The Truth of Reality: Teachings from Namo Amituofo

The Weight of the Mind and the Burden of Attachment

To walk the path of the Buddha, one must learn to accept the various truths of the six realms of existence with a calm and peaceful heart. If your heart is agitated, you immediately summon the beings within your body to awaken and attract external attached spirits. This causes your body to feel heavy, leads to a state of drowsiness, and allows these spirits to enter your personal space. When you carry so many beings within your own body, how can you possibly possess the strength to save beings? Even if you possess certain abilities, if the number of beings within you continues to increase, your capacity will always be limited. You will find it difficult to make progress in your purification, and you will either remain stagnant or regress. Therefore, those who aspire to save the world and deliver beings must maintain a courageous and forward-moving spirit, while always keeping the heart calm and peaceful.

The Fleeting Nature of Causal Conditions

When an event occurs, it feels incredibly real, yet once it has passed, it leaves no trace. One might ask: is this reality or is it an illusion? If an event no longer exists after it has passed, then it is merely a phenomenon born from Causal Conditions—a manifestation of birth and death. It is an illusion, a false appearance. When Causal Conditions arise, it appears as an illusory existence; once those conditions fade away, it vanishes, never to return in the same form. The time has passed, the moment is gone, the people involved have moved on, and there is no trace left behind. This is the truth of reality.

The Unchanging Spirit Within the Cycle of Aeons

Causal Conditions are constantly changing in every fleeting moment. Even when things appear to be unchanging, there are subtle shifts occurring within them. This is the nature of birth and death; Causal Conditions are always in a state of flux. While Causal Conditions are subject to birth and death, the spirit itself is neither born nor destroyed. Every being possesses this spirit. Within the life of this eternal spirit, we have passed through countless ages. These years are beyond calculation—surpassing thousands, tens of thousands, millions, and even trillions of years, extending back to time immemorial. Although beings may not remember their past, that past exists truthfully and vividly within the Alaya consciousness.

Returning to the Pristine Clarity of the True Self

This spirit possesses a true and authentic nature, which is the true self. It is eternally pure, never wavering, and inherently complete with all virtues. Every being possesses this true self, yet it is covered and polluted by the endless illusions stored within the Alaya consciousness—the history of our cycle of rebirth since time immemorial. We must undergo continuous purification, removing defilements to attain purity, and then purifying ourselves again and again, until we can finally behold our original, true face.

The Compassionate Presence of Namo Amituofo

The truth of reality is that Namo Amituofo truly abides at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Australia. Together with Teacher Practitioner Xia Lianju and Practitioner Su, Namo Amituofo follows the wishes of sentient beings to guide them toward rebirth in the Western Pure Land. Through the Chao Du performed by Practitioner Su and the fourfold assembly of disciples, beings are guided and delivered. We teach the fourfold assembly of disciples, all sentient beings in the Dharma realm, and those who listen to sutras and hear the Dharma, helping them to study the Buddha's path and attain full Buddhahood. Namo Amituofo.