The Path of Compassion and Gratitude

My children, you must always cultivate compassion in your hearts. When the karmic creditors residing within your body have awakened and are seeking to settle past grievances, you must respond with sincere repenting and a genuine desire to change your ways. By doing so, you bring peace to their hearts. Do not allow these beings to remain trapped in the past, dwelling in a space filled with the blood and tears of old conflicts. Do not let them continue to suffer. Instead, express your willingness to resolve the conflict, to offer them the benefit of Chao Du, and to help them enter the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is how you truly resolve these debts and transform hatred into peace.

The Stillness of the True Nature

If the karmic creditors within your body have not yet awakened, you must be even more compassionate. You must engage in sincere practice. Focus your efforts on the cultivation of Precepts, Concentration, and Wisdom. Do not allow the Five Poisons—Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Arrogance, and Doubt—to arise within you. When you are in a state of deep meditative concentration, you can help these beings reach the Western Pure Land, even as if in a dream. When they awaken from this dream, they will find themselves in the presence of the Western Pure Land, which is the true home for their spirits.

The history of past blood and tears is merely a scene within a dream; it will eventually dissolve into nothingness. When your karmic creditors no longer suffer or seek revenge within that dream, and instead enter the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, you have demonstrated true compassion. This is the mark of a wise practitioner.

Staying Firm on the Path

My children, you are now walking on the path to the Western Pure Land. Do not retreat back into the ways of the world. Do not fall back into the cycle of being reincarnated. Do not continue to dwell in the murky dreams of worldly life. How often can you encounter Namo Amituofo, Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju, and Practitioner Su? How often will the Dharma affinity of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre manifest to allow you to travel to the Western Land? At this moment, as you walk this path, you must ask yourselves: how should I conduct my practice?

The Power of Gratitude

As members of the fourfold assembly at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, you must cultivate a heart of gratitude. First, you must be grateful to Practitioner Su. If Practitioner Su had not descended into this world to manifest the path of learning from a teacher, of self-cultivation, of realising one's true nature and attaining Buddhahood, and of bearing the suffering on behalf of all beings, then Namo Amituofo would not have descended to walk the path of saving the world and rescuing beings alongside him. Without this, none of you would have been guided into the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre to step onto the path to the Western Land.

You must also thank Practitioner Su for protecting you. Your body, mind, and spirit are at peace here at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre because of the tireless efforts of Practitioner Su, who works as if one day were two. With such a dedicated teacher, how could any of you find a reason to be lazy or lax in your practice? You have witnessed the Buddha-heart, actions, and vows in action. You have benefited from them; therefore, you must emulate them. You must diligently practise to realise your true nature and repay the Buddha's kindness and the kindness of Practitioner Su.

Transforming Ties into Dharma

Furthermore, you must be grateful to your parents and family. Regardless of how the past has been—whether it was filled with complex grievances or peaceful, comfortable times—you are now here at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, where your body and mind are settled in practice, undisturbed by the world. You must diligently seek to rediscover your true self. Transform your family ties into Dharma affinity; do not let them remain mere emotional attachments. Follow the unfolding of your Dharma affinity to repay the kindness of your parents and family.

Finally, offer your third gratitude to all beings. This human life is difficult to obtain, yet you have found it. Although you possess a body burdened by spiritual obstacles, you can diligently transform this karma. By realising your true nature and attaining Buddhahood, you can send all beings to the Western Land. This karmic body of yours is now at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. You must make the vow to transform your karma, to practise beyond the world, and to join Namo Amituofo, Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju, and Practitioner Su in the work of saving the world and rescuing all beings. Namo Amituofo.