Adapting to the Environment: Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju

Recorded by the Buddha's disciple, Venerable HaiZe, on 10 June 2022.

The Echoes of Past Dharma Affinities

When you step into a new environment, you are greeted by unfamiliar faces. Yet, deep within your heart, do you feel a sense of strangeness, or is there a flicker of familiarity? Perhaps you feel as though you have met these people before. In your past lives, you have sat together in this very way, listening to Practitioner Su deliver Dharma talks. The scenes of the past are manifesting before you once again today. This is because your Dharma affinity has fully matured.

Waking from the Dream of Samsara

How many lifetimes have passed since we first began our journey? We have been bound by the laws of karma and cause and effect, drifting through the cycle of rebirth. We are like dreamers who do not know when they will wake up. We have turned and circled through countless lives. Although the Buddha knows our plight, we have yet to see the truth, often mistaking the false for the real. This has become our normal state of existence. You must transform this state of confusion.

The Sacred Mission at Hsiang Kuang

When your heart’s true wishes and requests are aligned with the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way, you will receive the Buddha’s blessing. Today, the Buddha’s compassion has led Him to truly abide at Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. At this moment, Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre is dedicated to the following noble tasks:

• Promoting the Pure Land teachings to save infinite suffering beings.
• Guiding the confused and spreading the Dharma to future generations.

There is no need for further doubt or hesitation. Move forward directly and do not delay any longer. Finally, you will wake up from this long dream, see the truth as it is, and witness your priceless true self appearing right before your eyes.

Namo Amituofo