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*OVERCOMING SELF-DOUBT AND HAVING A FIRM BELIEF IN ONESELF ARE IMPORTANT IN BUDDHIST PRACTICE*
Master Jun Hong Lu: *Humans have the tendency to have self-doubt, thinking that they will never be able to accomplish things that others have failed. In fact, the moment self-doubt sets in, your mind state has prematurely entered a stage of powerlessness.*
❓ Why can’t we make an effort to attempt? There are people who are accomplished in their spiritual cultivation through sustained effort and there are others who managed to make their way to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. *The question is, why can’t we? There are also those who live their lives like a Bodhisattva and there are others whose lives are trouble-free. Once again, the question, why can’t we do that?*
💡 This calls for the need to have faith, and *faith comes from observing the precepts. Observe the precepts from this very day onwards, emulate the Bodhisattvas, reflect on all your daily actions whether you have been behaving like a Bodhisattva. In this way, you will be inching closer to becoming a Bodhisattva.* ‘This heart is the Buddha’ (是佛是心) means the Buddha is none other than your own heart. Hence, you should use your heart to create the ideal Bodhisattva in the human realm.
💯 We witness many people get full marks in examinations but we fail to see the effort made in doing their homework day in, day out. The same goes with those who tirelessly practise their speaking skills for the TOEFL examinations to the extent of developing throat inflammation.
🪷 We wonder how so many Buddhist friends have their prayers answered instantaneously? *What we don’t realise is the effort they made* in reciting 49 times each of the _Great Compassion Mantra_ and the _Heart Sutra_ daily, performing meritorious deeds and paying respect to the Buddha.
👩🏻💼🧑🏻💼 We see many outstanding young entrepreneurs but we are clueless about the countless nights they spent toiling away, exerting themselves so much more than those of us who, most likely, have already fallen into a deep slumber during those hours. There are also some celebrities who seemingly have achieved fame overnight, but what we do not see is the decades of painstaking effort they made when they were still a nobody, and the list goes on.
🤔 *We have seen none of the endeavours above, yet we tell ourselves that success is beyond our reach.* We have not even taken a stab at it ourselves, and we tell others that it is beyond us. What we cannot achieve, we make others believe that neither can they. The fact of the matter is, what appears to be impossible to us could possibly be attainable by others.
🧎🏻♂️ As Buddhist practitioners, we must have faith in ourselves that we too will be able to reach our goals. As your Master, I hope that all of you will put in your best effort in your Buddhist practice. Do not contend with all those mundane matters of this human realm and may we meet again in heaven after this lifetime.
💪🏻 As long as we work hard and put in the effort, nothing is insurmountable. Likewise, *those who do not have the courage nor interest to pursue their goals may end up failing by default in this lifetime.*
_Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting, Hong Kong SAR, China, 20 June 2015_
*OVERCOMING SELF-DOUBT AND HAVING A FIRM BELIEF IN ONESELF ARE IMPORTANT IN BUDDHIST PRACTICE*
Master Jun Hong Lu: *Humans have the tendency to have self-doubt, thinking that they will never be able to accomplish things that others have failed. In fact, the moment self-doubt sets in, your mind state has prematurely entered a stage of powerlessness.*
❓ Why can’t we make an effort to attempt? There are people who are accomplished in their spiritual cultivation through sustained effort and there are others who managed to make their way to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. *The question is, why can’t we? There are also those who live their lives like a Bodhisattva and there are others whose lives are trouble-free. Once again, the question, why can’t we do that?*
💡 This calls for the need to have faith, and *faith comes from observing the precepts. Observe the precepts from this very day onwards, emulate the Bodhisattvas, reflect on all your daily actions whether you have been behaving like a Bodhisattva. In this way, you will be inching closer to becoming a Bodhisattva.* ‘This heart is the Buddha’ (是佛是心) means the Buddha is none other than your own heart. Hence, you should use your heart to create the ideal Bodhisattva in the human realm.
💯 We witness many people get full marks in examinations but we fail to see the effort made in doing their homework day in, day out. The same goes with those who tirelessly practise their speaking skills for the TOEFL examinations to the extent of developing throat inflammation.
🪷 We wonder how so many Buddhist friends have their prayers answered instantaneously? *What we don’t realise is the effort they made* in reciting 49 times each of the _Great Compassion Mantra_ and the _Heart Sutra_ daily, performing meritorious deeds and paying respect to the Buddha.
👩🏻💼🧑🏻💼 We see many outstanding young entrepreneurs but we are clueless about the countless nights they spent toiling away, exerting themselves so much more than those of us who, most likely, have already fallen into a deep slumber during those hours. There are also some celebrities who seemingly have achieved fame overnight, but what we do not see is the decades of painstaking effort they made when they were still a nobody, and the list goes on.
🤔 *We have seen none of the endeavours above, yet we tell ourselves that success is beyond our reach.* We have not even taken a stab at it ourselves, and we tell others that it is beyond us. What we cannot achieve, we make others believe that neither can they. The fact of the matter is, what appears to be impossible to us could possibly be attainable by others.
🧎🏻♂️ As Buddhist practitioners, we must have faith in ourselves that we too will be able to reach our goals. As your Master, I hope that all of you will put in your best effort in your Buddhist practice. Do not contend with all those mundane matters of this human realm and may we meet again in heaven after this lifetime.
💪🏻 As long as we work hard and put in the effort, nothing is insurmountable. Likewise, *those who do not have the courage nor interest to pursue their goals may end up failing by default in this lifetime.*
_Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting, Hong Kong SAR, China, 20 June 2015_
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