Quickly Adjust Your Heart and Actions
Teachings from Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju
The Mirror of Faith
To the fourfold assembly of disciples gathered here at the Hsiang Kuang Buddhist Centre, I ask you: Do you truly believe in the Buddha? More importantly, do you believe in yourself? Can you truly accept that you are, in essence, a Buddha? Do you believe that you possess the same Buddha-nature and true self as Namo Amituofo?
If you truly have faith in the Buddha, then you must listen to His teachings. You must be willing to change and adjust your heart and actions. Only by aligning your inner state with the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way can your practice gain true strength. This is the only path to .
Aligning with the Universal Truth
If you continue to practise according to your own ego and personal preferences, you will find that all your efforts are in vain. You will remain trapped in the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and continue to wander within the six realms of rebirth. This is a tragic waste of your precious life.
Therefore, you must quickly adjust your heart and actions; this is the most vital task for your own salvation. To save yourself is to take full responsibility for your spiritual journey, ensuring that every thought and deed is directed toward the ultimate goal of liberation.
The Urgent Work of Self-Salvation
What does it mean to save yourself? It requires a dedicated commitment to your spiritual journey:
- Diligent practice: Engaging in your daily lessons and chanting Namo Amituofo with sincerity and focus.
- Changing your personality: Letting go of old habits, stubbornness, and negative traits that hinder your progress.
- Purifying , heart, and spirit: Clearing away the dust of the world to reveal your true self and reach Awakening sooner.
- Making vows and living them: Committing to the path of the and acting upon those commitments in every moment.
By doing so, you transform your life from one of suffering into one of profound purpose. Each step taken in accordance with the is a step away from the cycle of rebirth and toward the light of the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
The Path to Buddhahood
Once you reach Awakening, you will be able to freely travel to and from the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, liberated from the constraints of life and death. This is the ultimate skill—to save both yourself and others. At Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, all these achievements are within your reach.
We await the fourfold assembly to quickly adjust your heart and actions, to generate the vow power for self-salvation, and to attain the supreme, profound, and subtle Dharma. Chant Namo Amituofo, seek rebirth in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, and realise one's true nature and attain Buddhahood.
Namo Amituofo
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