é™æ€è¯ Readings For Silent Reflection
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Unfocused Thoughts
Wandering thoughts resemble waves – they ebb away if we pay them no heed. But if we attempt to restrain them by pressing down with our hands, they only become more turbulent. The harder we try, the more ripples will form.
Our unfocused thoughts have no form of their own. They are rooted in our longings, from reminiscing about the past and fantasizing about the future. If we just ignore them, we put an end to such yearning. Our racing thoughts will then be cut off from their source and disappear at once.
The best way to deal with fanciful thoughts is not to bludgeon them but to pacify them. When mollified, even bandits switch allegiance and become good citizens. As the military strategist Sunzi says, “Supreme excellence is to break the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
The practice of Amitabha-recitation comprises two kinds of deep faith: that we are iniquitous ordinary beings subject to endless rebirth, and that reliance on the power of Amitabha Buddha’s vows enables us to gain rebirth in the Pure Land. We therefore invoke the name “Namo Amitabha Buddha” to offer ultimate pacification to the three bandits in our unfocused thoughts – greed, anger and ignorance. Even if they return later, they will be like civil disputes during times of peace and prosperity, unable to shake the stability of the country.
-Master Jingzong
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When there's light, there's no darkness. Likewise, when one has wisdom, one has no afflictions.
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Always recite "Nanmo Amituofo".
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“Training” the mind does not in any way mean forcibly subjugating or brainwashing the mind. To train the mind is first to see directly and concretely how the mind functions, a knowledge that you derive from spiritual teachings and through personal experience in meditation practice. Then you use that understanding to tame the mind and work with it skillfully, to make it more and more pliable, so that you can become master of your mind and employ it to its fullest and most beneficial end.
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The more giving of compassion, the more receiving of blessing. One bit less of attachment begets one bit more of wisdom.
