"The people in the world are all struggling for unnecessary things. In this terrible acute suffering of the Triple Realms, they work and slog so as to benefit and support themselves. The minds of the men and women, when they are old enough, the honourable ones or those who are inferior, the poor or rich, will be defiled with all kinds of thoughts and worries, and they act according to their false thinking. For example, the men with no land to work on will be worried about how to buy land. Those who do not own a house will be anxious to get one. They are constantly worried about relatives, properties and other things, whether they obtained them or not. Finally when they manage to get one item, they feel that they are still lack of other things, whether them or not. And they are forever struggling to become the owner of things because they wish to be like others. At last, when they manage to accumulate all the things, again they are worried about the impermanence of things, flood, fire, thieves and robbers, the enemies and the creditors. The flood water will sweep away the property, the fire will burn them and the thieves or robbers will rob the things from them until nothing is left behind. They cannot let go of the stubborn and stingy feelings that are firmly rooted in their false thing mind. By the time they have to leave the world, they can never bring anything along upon their death. This is true for the rich and the poor, and their hearts are all filled with anxieties and acute sufferings.
Also in this world, father and son, brothers, husbands and wives and relatives, all these people should be respectful and kind to one another. They should never create the feeling such as hatred and jealousy among them. The rich should help the poor and should not attach greedily to their property. Everyone should speak kindly and calmly to each other and never should they fight or create obstructions in their daily relationships.
At times, a man may fight or argue with anger with one another, the negative feeling will get worse in the next life until it develops into great animosity and hatred. At that time, they will try to harm each other in the worldly affairs. Even though such happenings may not occur immediately, but we should quickly find ways to cut off these negative feelings.
A man is born alone in the world from the desire for love, and he will die alone. He comes to life, then he passes away all by himself, and he alone will experience the suffering and happiness, In fact, no other people can really understand what he feels and experiences inside his mind. The change of good and bad karmas will follow him when he chases and seeks for the things in life. He will have to walk the ways according to the different karmic retributions. It is very difficult and a rare chance for us to meet and be together again. So, why are we not cultivating good roots diligently while we are still strong and healthy? What are we waiting for?
The living beings in the world are unable to see the good and bad effects which are created by themselves, so they are each racing to do all kinds of good and bad deeds with deep attachment. They are born in the darkness of delusion. And many a time they change their faith and believe in the teaching of other religions. They are constantly born with upside down false views and do not believe in the transiency of all worldly phenomena. Like the blind men, they do not have faith in the Buddha Dharma but go against it. They do not care for their future but seek for the present enjoyment and self-benefit, wishing to fully enjoy life. They are deluded by anger, greedy only for money and women and are unable to be free from these poisonous feelings. They are truly the pitiful ones. Our ancestors did not cultivate blessings because they were not taught to cultivate merits and virtues. Nobody told them about that and so we cannot blame them. They do not believe in the round of birth and death, in the good and evil paths. They deny the existence of the six paths. Just take a look at the surroundings, we can see for ourselves. For example, the father who is crying for his dead child; or the son who cries for the dead father; the brothers, husband and wife, everyone of them is crying for the others because one of them is dead and the other is alive. They are thinking of each other because they are tied up by worries and loving attachments. They are never free from the attachments and always have false thinking of their past happiness and loving desires. That is why they are unable to think deeply and plan properly to cultivate the pure way seriously. Finally, when they have to leave the present life, they cannot do anything but to leave the world sadly. Most people are deluded and seldom can we really find the awakened ones. Deep in their hearts they conceal the poisonous hatred, which darkens the evil practices that are against the laws of heaven and earth. For the satisfaction of their desires, they dare to act sinfully and violently. Finally, the bad karma arises and they have to die young, and fall into the evil paths, where there is no time for future release.
But if a man were able to think carefully and plan properly, then he will stay away from all those evil deeds, and to choose and practice the good deeds vigorously. He knows that love, desire, fame and fortune can never be forever in his keeping; that they are sure to leave him one day; that they are not things to cling to. Everyone should practise the way diligently and seek to be born in the Buddhaland of Ultimate Bliss. Then he will be able to penetrate the true wisdom, and adorn himself with special merits and virtues. He should never follow his selfish desires, and loses the great benefits of the sutras and precepts, and forever stays behind the serious cultivators."
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