(a)

What we see with our own eyes is not necessarily the truth. For example: the horizon.

It is the thread where heaven and earth meet at the ends of the earth. But heaven and earth never intersected, nor did they ever meet.

We are often deceived by visions that we see with our own eyes.

To get out of this illusionary deception, someone has to wake us up.

This person who awakens us is the root guru.

The fundamental guru is a horizon that appears before our eyes, between wisdom and compassion, between science and faith, between truth and feeling, so that we can measure, assess, and compare our condition.

(b)

Marriage can be arranged, but love cannot be arranged. A good husband is not necessarily a good lover, and vice versa.

But this root guru, he needs to be both a good lover and a good husband.

In order for you to face a series of strong spiritual shocks and subversions of common sense, keep going, stay completely open, insist on receiving guidance, and finally merge with him, he, in general, is more like a good lover.

He gives you a sense of security and trust that you have never felt before.

That way, you won't be startled by what he's going to show and hold back.

Just like you, often in front of my eyes, show a magical world, and this magical world, is not outside this world.

In fact, this magical world is the world here.

(c)

The way to learn to achieve success is to eventually become one with the root Guru.

This combination of the two does not mean that you are tired of eating, sleeping, bathing, and traveling with your guru day and night, nor does it mean that you will follow your guru like a little pug with reverence and be his loyal fan.

This one becomes one, a bit like a bottle breaking, and the air inside and outside the bottle merges.

Our inner self and the inner self of our root guru are completely integrated and cannot be separated from each other.

It can also be said that we have replaced our original self with the inner self of the root guru.

To put it more directly, we have to attain the state of the root guru for ourselves.

If you do this, you will find that the Guru's inner self is already latent within you, but you don't recognize it and can't activate its function.

The Guru's manifestation is to guide you to rely on external forces to discover and find your inner essence and realize your inherent potential.

The role of the guru is to lead you to discover the inner guru, the inner vast omnipotence, the immeasurable merit within.

The root guru is the bridge between this shore and the other, the map and signpost of the way forward, the conduit between us and our inner wisdom.

In this sense, without an external guru, one cannot discover one's inner better self.

The Guru is the first step on our path to Buddhahood and sanctification.

A good teacher is indeed the whole of achievement.

(iv)

A good and qualified teacher can lead you to finally realize, according to your individual situation, your characteristics, and your qualifications, in various skillful ways: everything that can be touched and seen by the mind is a teacher!

On the one hand, the Guru shows certain qualities of ordinary people that make us feel cordial and safe, and on the other hand, he shows the qualities of sages and sages, which arouses our yearning and pursuit of transcendent holiness.

Before we can really generate the direct experience that everything is a guru, we all need the guidance and help of an external guru.

If we finally have the profound experience that everything is a teacher, that everything is edification, then we can get rid of our dependence on external teachers. Therefore, at this time, everything is a guru for you, being taught all the time.

It's like growing up as a baby, when you're able to get all kinds of nutrients from the outside world independently, you don't need a spoon to feed you. But, until then, leaving the spoon is dangerous.

(5)

Before we can meet a great teacher, we must have a prerequisite: we must have the right motivation to desire the root teacher.

This motivation, like a compass pointing to the South Pole, leads us towards an encounter with the Guru.

The right desires include:

1. Do not pursue all kinds of success in the world, or at least understand that success in the world is not the ultimate happiness;

2. Strong enthusiasm for spiritual and spiritual life;

3. This is the most effective motive: to stop all suffering for the sake of all life, and to be willing to understand the truth of the world, the causes of suffering, and the secrets of life and death.

Of course, we may have a lot of other motives mixed in at the same time. However, the above motivation should be the most important and strong one.

If we keep doing the right thing, it's easier to meet the right people.

As the saying goes, things gather by like, and people are grouped. One drop of water attracts another. The right thing will also attract the right person.

(f)

Cats and cats can resonate, but cats and fish have a hard time resonating.

Therefore, it is better for the root guru to be someone who has a lot of similarities and resonances with us.

As disciples, we should focus on the teacher's precious insights, his hands-on practice of these insights, and how he does not be distracted by things that are contrary to his insights, rather than the teacher's handsomeness, gentleness, kindness, personability, etc.

— but not completely exclusive. Because these may be the initial triggers for the establishment of a teacher-student relationship.

A good teacher and student must have a deep karma for many lifetimes.

Teachers and students have met each other again and again on the path of seeking the Tao because of each other's magnificent, correct willingness, and constantly improving.

(g)

Without reverence for the fundamental guru, it is difficult to learn the essence of the guru's inner realm.

Sincere reverence is the foundation and premise of a student's achievement.

The best students are often not the ones with the highest IQ, but the ones who have the most confidence in their teachers.

Once, you once asked me, "Do you think my image is less than perfect after hearing that I once pulled the trigger on my temple, and I heard that I smoke sometimes?" Shaken your confidence in learning from me? ”

I said, "No." My faith in you has never wavered. Even if the teacher is imperfect, it does not mean that the Tao taught by the teacher is imperfect. Besides, I don't think that's your imperfection. ”

I said, "I think you pulled the trigger to teach me why I can't succumb to pain and commit suicide, so that I can feel the great psychological trauma that that such behavior causes to those who love me." ”

"As for you smoking sometimes, it's to teach me that although sometimes we have to do some polluting behavior, we can still keep our minds clear and in control, and don't let those pollution control us."

I ask you, "Am I right to do this?" ”

When you hear this, you sigh with emotion: "It is said that a good teacher is the whole of achievement." But, that's just one side of the story. On the other hand, a good student's unconditional confidence in the teacher is also the whole of achievement. ”