Chapter 847: Fifty-five Grades

Almsgiving is a dojo, and there is no hope of retribution.

True generosity is the giving of everything, so why don't you ask for good fortune?

It is very difficult to give without expecting something in return, we can be very generous and regret it later when we encounter a stake.

When you go out, you should leave it behind, and you don't expect anything in return.

Do we often hear people complain: we are not a bad person, I have done a lot of good things, why do we end up with such a thing?

Have we checked our psyche to see if this is the case? For example, if you are kind to someone, this is generosity, and if you think that someone should be good to you, this is a subconscious expectation of reward.

Bodhisattvas do not ask for anything in return, I am good to you, whether you are good to me or not is your business, there is no concern or interest.

Holding vows is a dojo, and you have to make a wish.

Those who study Buddhism start with the three refuges, the five precepts, the eight levels of fasting, the novice vows, the bhikshu ordination, and the bodhisattva vows.

Wisdom doesn't have to depend on precepts, it comes from the inner movement to the outside.

Those who have truly attained wisdom must be very serious in taking the vows.

The attainment of Hinayana bhikshu ordination and bhikshuni ordination is for the purpose of attaining the unspilling fruit of arhats.

When we talk about Zen rules, we also mention that the non-leakage of the appearance is the beginning of the non-leakage of the heart.

The Mahayana vows are held in order to attain the attainment of the attainment of the ten paramitas (generosity, vows, forbearance, diligence, meditation, wisdom, convenience, will, strength, and wisdom). This is the end of the Dharma, and there is no nirvana in the first place, and nirvana is in the heart.

Forbearance and humiliation is a dojo, and there is no obstacle in the hearts of all sentient beings.

I often say that you can accept anything, but you can't get angry, and you can't be angry with others.

You can learn from me in everything, don't learn this sentence, if you learn it, it will become poison.

The phrase "not being angry" is a convenience for educating specific people, and in fact, no one is angry with me.

Everyone seems to be more and more angry when they study Buddhism, and they all look at people according to the standards of sages and bodhisattvas, this is not it, that is not, but they do not reflect on themselves.

Because he did not reflect, he did not endure humiliation.

Forbearance is not forbearance, but forbearance is great compassion, and there is no need to endure, so the humiliation of forbearance is not necessarily the insult of others insulting you.

When we encounter the pain of the environment in our lives, all the unsatisfactory things belong to humiliation, and they are all within the scope of forbearance, and it doesn't matter if we really study Buddhism, we can deal with it as we do.

If you really do this kind of Mahayana forbearance, you won't feel humiliated, that is, the dojo.

There is no obstacle to all sentient beings in my heart, and I see that you are the same as me, and I see the enemy as a relative, so that naturally I will not be troubled.

In other words, how do we practice Mahayana forbearance?

It is "to the hearts of all sentient beings is unhindered, it is a name for forbearance and humiliation is a dojo", which is also a good couplet.

Diligence is a dojo, and we will not slack off.

Those who study the Mahayana path are always diligent in the Dharma, diligence is courageous hard work, and slackness is to forgive one's laziness. A person who is truly diligent will not slack off.

Meditation is a dojo, and the heart is soft.

The practice of meditation is always inseparable from four words: the state of mind, that is, the attachment of the mind. However, the meditation of the Mahayana Bodhisattva path does not need to be tied to the heart. The purpose of attaching one's mind is to subdue our strong sixth consciousness mind, and if you tell yourself not to think about it, it won't listen to you, and you can't do it if you tell yourself not to lose your temper.

People who have meditation cultivation can slowly soften their strong thoughts and then empty them, so meditation is a dojo.

Wisdom is the dojo, and now it is seen in the law.

This wisdom is Prajna. This paragraph is all about the six degrees, and the simple sentence is: the six degrees are the dojo.

But let's talk about the six degrees separately. True wisdom, clear Tao, is the dojo, and you will understand at the moment that all the worldly laws are the Tao.