Some students like to listen to more profound teachings that they don't understand. A group of college students invited me to give a lecture.

The first time I talked about compassion, I noticed that there was no reaction from everyone, so I asked an old disciple what was going on in the evening, and he replied, "I have heard all of this, and it is not profound, so I don't feel anything!" So the second time I talked about prajna (emptiness), that is

"Non-existent, non-non-existent, non-existent and non-existent", like a tongue twister, was told to them, and everyone applauded, thinking that today's speech was very profound.

Why is it profound? Because they don't understand! I think it's very strange: how can there be such a thing in the world - what you don't understand is profound?

But, that's our human nature. We have to know that it is more important to hear the Fa that is useful to you, and you can't understand the meaning of what you don't understand, so it doesn't mean anything to you.

This does not mean that it is bad, because the general perception of deep and shallow is the difference in the wording. So, you have to learn to explain the profound Dharma in relatively simple words that you can understand.

The most essential part of Buddhism is bodhichitta, we are Mahayana Buddhists, and bodhichitta is very important to us.

Since beginninglessness, until now, everybody has been accustomed to selfishness, and if we unravel this selfishness, the only thing we can rely on is other sentient beings – and it is precisely because we have to rely on other sentient beings to help us that we have to broaden our minds and think of others.

We always make a vow to do the best for all living beings in the world, and to benefit all living beings, we should start with our relatives around us.

Most of the people of the previous generation are more filial, and they will think about what troubles their parents have, whether they will get sick, whether they are doing well now, and whether they need any help, and often think about their parents.

Now the situation is reversed, and there are many

"Down" filial piety

"Filial son",

"Filial daughters", they are often worried

"My son is not short of money to spend",

"Do I need to help my children buy a house, buy a car" and so on. As some old laymen said: Don't send us to a nursing home, you will be very satisfied.

In fact, there is a great possibility of going to a nursing home, because the current generation of young people is busy with work and does not necessarily have time to take care of the elderly, so they will send their parents to the nursing home to live a lonely life.

For the younger generation, we must ask ourselves to lead by example. If we are filial to our elders and take good care of our parents, we are an example to our children, and our children will follow you and do well, and this tradition is the source of Buddhist compassion.

In the Sutra of Parents' Kindness, the Buddha said that when his father died, he went to carry the coffin; In order to save his mother to the thirty-three days, he went to practice the Dharma for 7749 days.

Although the Buddha became a Buddha, he was still very filial. This is the part that we should work on first, and then slowly extend out.

In this way, this best traditional virtue of the Chinese nation can be continued. Many people think that practicing Buddhism requires recognizing one's six relatives and being isolated from the world.

In fact, this understanding is biased. True Mahayana practice is about having compassion on all motherly sentient beings, and may they be able to attain happiness first and get rid of suffering as soon as possible.

Because if there are no sentient beings, we will not have the object to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, so we must be grateful for the kindness of sentient beings.

Then the same is true of the worldly law, no one has the ability to survive without relying on the help of others and external forces.

When we are self-righteous, it is a manifestation of a lack of wisdom, and no matter how capable a person is, it can only be shown with the support of others.

Parents are the biggest benefactors we have come to this world, and if we can even forget our own parents' kindness, then we really have no right to talk about it anymore.

Therefore, everything that seems simple is an object that can give us education and accumulate experience, and there is no point in rushing to be ambitious.