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Only when you have nothing in your mind have you really let go
心上沒有才是真放下 - 第169集
What are the benefits of learning and practising this Dharma method? We have to figure out the benefits we will gain now and in the future. What good is learning it if there is no benefit at all? Can I obtain the benefits mentioned in the sutra? This is more important than anything else. It will be futile to learn this Dharma method if its principles and methods are too profound and difficult for me to practise. There is nothing wrong with the sutra and method, but I cannot practise it.
We cannot practise the Dharma demonstrated by Great Master Hui Neng and Sakyamuni Buddha because we do not meet those conditions. However, we can practise the Dharma demonstrated by these venerables of Lai Fo Si; I believe I can also accomplish their achievements. We must seriously emulate their strengths (i.e., honesty, obedience and truly practising). If we do not meet these three conditions, it means that we cannot practise the Dharma demonstrated by these three elders of Lai Fo Si either.
What happen if we cannot practise it? We are then bound to transmigrate within the Six Realms, whereby we definitely cannot escape the retributions of past enmities. This is a very scary thing! If we are unwilling to continue to transmigrate within the Six Realms, then the only way is to adopt the principle of this sutra, whereby we truly believe in the existence of the Land of Ultimate Bliss. We also believe without the slightest doubt that Amitabha Buddha exists in that Land. I really want to go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss to be close to Amitabha Buddha. Then, I only have to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name sincerely and I am bound to succeed.
We think we can do this. The greatest difficulty is you cannot let go of the worldly affairs here. This is the biggest trouble! If you want to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, you must know that there is nothing in this world you can take with you to your next life, so you must let go completely. Instead of letting go of matters (which is of no use), you must let go mentally.
It does not matter if you still have things to deal with, but you must have nothing in your mind. This is really letting go. If you have let go of matters but are still thinking of them, then you did not let go. You must let go of your thoughts. The most difficult to let go are familial affections, fame, profits, wealth and lust. These are all illusory, so you must never be defiled by them.
While we are still healthy, we can do something good for the public. It does not matter if we go to great lengths to perform good deeds but once we have finished doing them, we must not retain the matters in our mind (as if we never did it). We know very well that we did not do good deeds for the sake of fame, profits or anything. Why do we do good deeds then? We did it out of compassion for sentient beings, knowing that they are one entity with us. We know clearly that fame and profits are illusory.