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Transforming the Environment

The Heart as the Source of All Worlds

Whether you find yourself in favourable or adverse circumstances, you must understand that everything begins with the thoughts in your heart. We often believe that our environment is something external that happens to us, but in truth, it is a reflection of our internal state. If you wish to transform your environment, you must first transform your thoughts. When your heart transforms the thought, the environment follows suit.

The Unshakable Mind

If your heart is established in meditative concentration, then both favourable and adverse conditions are merely passing phenomena. No matter how the environment changes or shifts, it is simply movement. It is just a temporary display. If you can maintain this stillness, no external condition can move your heart. You will not be swayed by the environment, and because you are not swayed, you naturally transform the environment itself. Your original nature is inherently still and unmoved. When you face all conditions from this place of stillness, you will naturally see everything with absolute clarity and understanding.

Meditative concentration
is your original state.An unfocused or scattered mind is not your original state.Distinctions and attachments are also not your original state.

When you chant Buddha's name with a heart of meditative concentration, you attain a state of deep peace and wisdom. Because your heart is still, you can see that all phenomena in this world are illusory. Because you see the truth, you remain unpolluted by these illusions, and you naturally transform the environment.

The Path to True

Even if your body is still subject to delusion, your true self remains the master. When the heart-master within you transforms the delusion, the delusion itself turns into purity. This is the path to true awakening. By consistently practising in this way, you will eventually see your true nature clearly. This teaching was recorded by the Buddha's disciple, Venerable HaiZe, to share the wisdom of the Buddha with all beings.