Master Jiqun

Ven. Jiqun, Buddhist Master. http://www.facebook.com/masterjiqun http://www.twitter.com/masterjiqun

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Acknowledgement and Denial

Acknowledgement brings one satisfaction while denial enables him to go beyond himself. He will make greater progress when he not only accepts acknowledgement but also bravely denies himself.

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Transcend the limits

Each limited moment implies infinity. Transcending the limited assumption and attachment makes it possible to achieve infinite freedom.

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The nature of the universe

The universe is valuable because of the existence of life. If life is only an accidental phenomenon, and human dies like a flame goes out, then I can see neither the ultimate meaning of life existence nor the reason why the universe exists. The nature of mind is exactly that of the universe. Life implies infinite value, so does the universe.

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Theory of Dependent Arising

Buddhism is not non-causality, creationism, nor fatalism, but the theory of Dependent Arising. Buddha told us to observe the world with the wisdom of dependent arising. Only through right understanding of causes and conditions and cause and effect can one clearly apprehend the truth of life, ultimately eliminating suffering and obtaining bliss.

Note: dependent arising, also dependent origination, conditioned genesis, causal production, etc., meaning all phenomena are given rise to due to the mutual relationships of countless causes (hetu: 因) and conditions (pratyaya: 缘) and are not independently existent.

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Just a Thought

When a thought is involved with self-attachment, it becomes a self-view and then results in opposition. If the thought is stripped from self-attachment, it is simply an idea. Whether it is right or wrong , this thought can be handled with calm.

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Busy

The Chinese character for “busy” is “忙”，which consists of two other characters “心” and ”亡”，meaning “heart and insensitiveness”. Many people are busy all day long, living like a machine. Their heart is really lifeless. But if people do everything with consciousness, they can be busy yet with a sensitive heart.

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Fool

As long as one is unclear of the truth about the cycle of birth and death, keeping clinging to and pursuing things, he is an utter fool no matter how wise he believes he is.

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Hopeless

With superficial knowledge of life, one can only determine the value of his behaviors depending on his immediate needs. He follows his senses, going with the flow and drifting along. He lives by the day. Such life is hopeless.

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The Largest Consumption in Life

The largest consumption in life is to satisfy oneself. The stronger one’s ego is, the more demands one generates and hence the higher price one pays. The endless cycle of rebirths is a continuous process of generating and satisfying demands. Only by reaching the status of no-self, can one terminate such meaningless consumption.

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Focus on the Present

Many people play spiritual travelling every day, either living in the memories of the past or living in the fantasies about the future. Meditation is a way to help us bring our minds back to the present and live at this moment. It enables us to see through clearly each of our thoughts and to maintain undisturbed even if our thoughts are travelling through past and future.

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Enlightenment and Ignorance

The mind consists of two aspects: enlightenment and ignorance. Before the enlightened nature is developed, life stays ignorant, creating and repeating the cycle of birth and death. Once enlightened nature is awakened, the darkness of ignorance will be dispelled, and liberation can be achieved.

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Enlightenment and Ignorance

The mind consists of two aspects: enlightenment and ignorance. Before the enlightened nature is developed, life stays ignorant, creating and repeating the cycle of birth and death. Once enlightened nature is awakened, the darkness of ignorance will be dispelled, and liberation can be achieved.

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Space and Cloud

Ego is merely a label and a kind of recognition. When we grasp at something as “ego”, the rest are non-ego. Therefore, self-recognition is always narrow and limited. Once the label and self- recognition of ego are removed, your existence will be infinite. If the “ego” is a piece of cloud, “non-ego” will be the entire space. Then what do you want to be, cloud or space?

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Dominating Each Other

Human beings create illusions, which in return dominate the former and deprive them of liberty.

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Reality Is An Illusion

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one", said Einstein. According to Buddha dharma, all conditioned phenomena (Saïkhatà) are the false form of conditions, like dream or phantom.

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Water knows the answer

Water knows the answer, which does not mean that it can read or hear, but it reflects the correlation between the thoughts and the world. Thoughts mould personality, determine fate, influence health and create the world. Buddhism lays stress on the arousal of Bodhicitta, which exactly explains the significance of selecting thoughts for life.

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From Despair to Hope

Resisting impermanence causes despair, while embracing it brings hope.