The Progress of Personality Transformation
Teachings from Namo Amituofo
Midday Offering on November 7, 2025
recorded and transcribed by Namo Amituofo’s disciple, Venerable HaiZe
On the seventh of November, 2025, during the midday offering, Namo Amituofo provided these essential teachings to the fourfold assembly at the Hsiang Kuang Buddhist Centre.
The Shadow of
Under the repeated reminders and earnest guidance of Namo Amituofo, Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju, and Practitioner Su, you have all come to understand the profound importance of changing your personality. But one must ask: how is your transformation progressing at this very moment?
For people in the mundane world, a personality is considered a natural and inherent part of being human. However, from the perspective of spiritual practice, this very personality often becomes a significant barrier. This is because your personality is essentially a manifestation of your and the persistent illusion of a separate self. If you wish to truly transform your karma, end the cycle of rebirth, and escape the suffering of the six realms, you must look deeper.
The Call to Transcendence
Practice is the process of achieving your true potential for the sake of all beings. It requires you to let go of the self and enter the state of , which is the only way to open the door to . For those who sincerely wish to realise their true nature, changing your personality is not optional; it is a necessity. You must strive to change until not a trace of your old, ego-driven personality remains.
Why is this transformation so critical? Consider these reasons:
- To seek the Buddha's path: You must change to align your heart with the vastness of the .
- To benefit all beings: You must change to become a vessel of that can truly help others.
- To attain purity: You must change to leave behind the stains of the world and find the clarity of a pure mind.
The Radiance of Awareness
Diligent practice is the key to dissolving your spiritual obstacles. When you maintain a state of purity, your inherent awareness will naturally arise. This awareness allows you to see your personality traits before they manifest into harmful actions. If you can use this awareness to pause and subdue your personality, you will avoid causing hurt to yourself and others.
When your awareness takes the lead, you can transform how you perceive the world:
- See the good: You learn to view every person, object, and situation with a positive perspective.
- Think the good: You cultivate thoughts that are aligned with the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way.
- Do the good: You act in ways that bring harmony and peace to your environment.
- Speak the good: You use your words to uplift and inspire rather than to criticise or complain.
By doing this, your heart remains calm and steady, free from the turbulent waves of emotion. This is how you give rise to all and achieve the fruit of . This is the mark of a practitioner who has truly succeeded in transforming their personality.
The Alchemy of the Buddha-Name
You may ask: how exactly does one change their personality? The answer lies in the practice of chanting Namo Amituofo. By holding firmly to the Buddha-name, you allow the Buddha's to subdue your delusions, discriminations, and attachments. Within the act of chanting, your afflictions are subdued, and your personality is gradually dissolved.
Furthermore, you must actively cultivate compassion and expand your mind-capacity. When you can genuinely tolerate the shortcomings and mistakes of others, you stop the fire of anger from arising. This is the very essence of changing your personality.
Continue to change, and change again. Eventually, there will come a time when your old personality is completely exhausted. It is much like washing dust from a garment; if you continue to rinse it in pure water, there will eventually come a time when the garment is perfectly clean. If you can use the Buddha-name to transform your personality, constantly adjusting your mental notes until they become thoughts of goodness, thoughts of purity, and eventually, the state of no-thought, you will have reached the pinnacle of your practice.
How is your personality transformation progressing, members of the fourfold assembly? You must continue to work hard and practise with diligence.
Namo Amituofo
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