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There’s hope for everyone, no matter where we come from. What matters is keeping a simple heart. Don’t be arrogant; stay open-minded and ready to embrace the Truth at any moment. That way, nothing will stand in your way. Sometimes I have told you, or you might have heard that, if you’ve practiced other methods in the past, when you start practicing this method, you are bound to have obstacles. Or if we were too knowledgeable, say, if we’re highly educated – we might actually face more obstacles in spiritual practice. Or we might hear that only people who are a little dumb, like the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng, who was illiterate, can attain Buddhahood, or progress very fast in spiritual practice. That’s not necessarily the case. It did happen alright. But that doesn’t mean it happens to everyone. It might not happen to everyone. […]
Therefore, we cannot say that there are fixed rules for a spiritual practitioner to progress faster. It’s up to us. As long as we are truly sincere and humble, anything is possible. No matter where you are climbing up from, you’ll get there. If we practice and achieve a little something, and we become arrogant, or self-satisfied, thinking that that little something is enough, then that’s the end of it. We’ll drop immediately. […]
There’s another story. It may sound like there is a manifestation body, but actually, it’s not. We must make a clear distinction. There are manifestation bodies, like the billions of manifestation bodies of a Master, and then there are the souls of the departed. If the departed soul has a strong willpower, he can temporarily reveal himself, just for a while, but often to do bad things. He doesn’t usually do anything helpful or good. A true manifestation would come from a Master, often appears to help us in our spiritual practice, or helps us in times of disasters, or when we’re in agony. […] Wandering ghosts who are not yet liberated. They cling to this world but cannot return. This is very agonizing. But they have magic power. They can go very, very far in an instant; once we think of them, they come. That’s why it’s best not to think of them. […]
