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Be patient on my behalf in taking care of your family. It doesn’t matter if they practice spiritually or not. Leave them alone. Everyone has his own karma. Everyone has his own cause and effect, and destiny. We can’t change that. Even GOD can’t change them. Who are we? If GOD could change them, it would have been done long ago. HES would have turned this Earth into Nirvana. No need for us to talk so much here. Therefore, when you go home, be patient. Knowing that this is how the world is, let’s be patient together. You be patient with your family, while I’m patient with you. That way, no one loses out. And you also… Sometimes if I scold you, you also have to bear with it a little. Just think of it as Grandma being a bit long-winded. Most mothers are kind of nagging, because they care so much about their kids, worrying that they won’t grow up healthy and strong, that they won’t learn to talk, won’t be educated, or will be impolite, or lack manners, etc. We want our children to be the best in everything. […]
Being bitten by a few dozen mosquitoes is nothing. That’s how we practice “giving” at the same time. As well as keeping the precepts, and endurance. Just by being bitten by a mosquito, you’ve kept the five precepts. He bites you, then you have practiced “giving.” You’ve completed the “Paramita (Perfection).” He bites you and you don’t complain, then you have “given” already. You don’t swat him or scold him, then you’ve kept the precept. And you don’t drive him away, then you have practiced endurance. Then when you are bitten and feel hurt or itchy, you still sit there without moving, because you are afraid I’d scold you severely. That’s called “diligence.” In this way, you keep compelling yourself to be diligent, and you’ll enter samadhi soon. Then you’ll achieve Zen samadhi. After Zen samadhi, you’ll have wisdom. You see how nice the mosquitoes are? That’s what comes of not killing. You see, isn’t it a very nice thing? As I’ve said it before: Mosquitoes have to fulfill their duty. We also fulfill our duty. It would be good if we could do that. I’ve seen fellow initiates like this. They have truly practiced all “Six Paramitas (Perfections),” all trained by the mosquitoes. […]
