its Okay to practise now ...regardless your age
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To a 16 years old ,practising Buddhism seems too young
to a 30 years old ,practising Buddhism seems quite difficult at a working life
to a 50 years old,practising Buddhism seems too late
actually its okie to practise now ....regardless your age
Why did i start the thread with this topic ? eye-catchy and everyone can chip in their discussion informally
Here i introduce Pureland Patriach Ou i ,zhi xu teachings known as
Treatise at Mt LengFeng
Introduction
Ou I (Chinese mean the essense of Lotus Stem )
Dharma Name Zhi Xu(The Wisdom of the morning sun)
was born in near the end of the Ming Dynasty
The Chinese society is in great chaos as the Peasant is unhappy with
drought ,earthquake and Ming Government was corrupt and incompetent
to relieve the miseries of the people
Emperor dabbling in the Taoist Maoshan faction generate alot of backlash towards the Buddhist Community ,and lack of inspired teacher in Buddhist
community caused a serious decline in the Buddhist community
Since young ,well-versed in Confucianism and Zhuzi philosophy
he feel Buddhism is outdated and criticise the teachings of Buddhism
but he realised his folly when he chanced upon the Master Lianchi
Penning of Relaxed Thought of the Bamboo Window
He sees Buddhism as very accomodative and answers to the many issue of Life and Death that confucianism have failed
In this Treatise of LingFeng
He puts his essence of Teaching
based on his profound understanding of Chih Zhe
in the Great Contemplation and Visualisation
and His forte ... Amitabha Practice of Pureland Buddhism
Note: In this posting Pureland Buddhism is often referred by the
term Lotus School ,as the traditional school of thought of rebirth in the
Lotus of Sukhavati -
If 16 years old is too young to practice, I would not be moderating this forum now
Human life is so precious, the chance for liberation and enlightenment, the attaining of the supreme unconditional bliss of nirvana, we shouldn't waste it away in material pursuits which is bound to leave us eventually. And death is unpredictable. -
Patriach Ou-I was very hardworking .He first read the various tientai
writings on Buddhism,thereby build his foundation on Buddhism in a systematic analysis
The Readings he first encountered with Shurangama Stura made profound investigation on the Tathagatha's teachings
The treatise of Leng Feng wasnt named by him ..but by the students of the Patriach Ou-I