DEC 13

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Contributed by Evelyn Leonard Wright 
Namu Amida Butsu 
(I take refuge in Amida Buddha)

To take refuge in Amida Buddha is to abandon attached, ego-centered thinking and to entrust oneself to the infinite wisdom (light) and infinite compassion (life) of Amida.

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To take refuge, it can mean that I believe the teaching to learn to love myself and others. To be peaceful and happy, I believe in making others to be happy. So I take refuge as a guidance and a road map for myself to fulfill and to believe. I need to do and think good everyday and to allow others to share my good deeds when I dedicate all the good deeds to them. I take refuge so that I learn to be selfless and beneficial to others. This refuge has the compassion and love that will shield me from all evils..

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I told my student there is nothing to cultivate for because all of us have all the potentials and make-up to be a future Buddha. She was quite surprised and said why I needed to tell her so early about this information.
Many people are struggling to cultivate this method and that method, charming this mantra and that mantra, seeing this master and that master and doing this prayer and that prayer. Yes, all of us as a beginner needs to find out and work hard on it. Once you realise who you are and you are already doing good for others and have no plan to move back into the negative path, you are already there. Just be aware of your mind-heart, your compassion and loving-kindness are flowing out all the time like a fountain. Anyone coming near will feel good and happy.
I wish all of you to be awakened as soon as possible and to become the future Buddha. May your wishes come true.

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I read most of the posts written by fb friends and also their messages they had sent to me. I discovered that they can't set themselves free. I can feel their anxieties, worries and not sure of the spiritual teachings. Some one asked me why his or her life is so difficult, always meeting problems after problems. He or she has been praying so hard and yet has to face so many troubles.
One of them said, " I want to see Buddha, but I can't see HIM. He is invisible."
So I said, " No. We are all buddhas. When I look at you I see you as a buddha." Suddenly that person seems to understand. Yes. Most of the time we are the one who create our own problems. We are too lazy to look at the cause of the problem. We started to rely on the invisible buddha or God to help us solve our problems. All of us have the same potientials and intelligence. As long as we accept and content with what we have, we don't have much difficult problems to solve. Please to chant this. May all sentient beings free from suffering, sickness and troubles and the causes of suffering, sickness and troubles. May we be happy, peaceful and calm everyday. ( 2 cents opinion )