The Ability to Transform

Words of Namo Amituofo. Recorded and transcribed by Namo Amituofo’s disciple, Venerable HaiZe. 18 July 2026. Amitabha Buddha's discourse: A practitioner must possess the ability to transform, to transform immediately, and to transform in the present moment. Those who can do this will reduce the occurrence of many issues and decrease the opportunities to create karma, commit transgressions, or break the Precepts. [[BLOCK_0]] In a temple or a bodhimanda for practice, which is a place for group cultivation, there are rules and schedules for coming and going that everyone should observe. Those who can transform know how to let go of the attachment to the "self," their own views, personality, and habits, adjusting themselves to meet the needs of the group, rather than prioritising their own views and methods, which would cause inconvenience or harm to the group. [[BLOCK_1]] Those who can transform are selfless and have no-self; they can adjust their hearts and actions to integrate and cooperate with the group, avoiding inconvenience to others. If one causes other beings to feel afflicted or to have fluctuations in their hearts, one is creating a negative cause. [[BLOCK_2]] The ability to transform, for a Buddha, Bodhisattva, or an awakened being, means being able to transform so that one's actions and words align with the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way without deviation; it means being able to observe the conditions and act accordingly, transforming at any time, in a way that allows the other party to be transformed and receive the true benefits of the Dharma. This is the skill of one who can transform, and it is one of the ways to save beings. [[BLOCK_3]] This body is a universe, with countless spirit realm beings within it, carrying sentient beings with karmic affinity from accumulated lifetimes, such as parents and teachers from past lives, karmic creditors, spiritual attachments, and demon crowds. When one's own karma manifests, or when the conditions of old age, sickness, or approaching death appear, it often indicates that the beings within one's body are seeking to collect debts or repay grievances, resulting in physical suffering, such as the manifestation of ageing, serious illness, the suffering of old age, the suffering of sickness, or the suffering of death, and other states of Body-Mind-Spirit unease. [[BLOCK_4]] The ability to transform with meditative concentration is a skill, a sign of progress in spiritual achievements, and the salvation of beings. Those who are pure have purified their Six Roots; they can see the truth of reality clearly, transforming the environment rather than being transformed by it. This ability to transform is an essential skill for those who have achieved success in their practice. Namo Amituofo