All suffering comes from the mind; ultimate freedom comes from a study of the mind. Meditation aims to reduce mental activity and begin the process of deconstruction of egocentricity or
self-centreness. The goal of meditation is to make you aware of your inner space and how vast it is. Meditation is the laboratory in whcih you deconstruct the self. When the mind starts to look inward, rather than reacting to everything outside, this it is said to be the beginning of nirvana.
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The Japanese army made Gasan's temple as their headquarter.
Gasan told the cook to let the officers shared the simple food as the monks.
One of the officers who heard this, shouted at Gansan, " Who do you think we are? We are soldiers, sacrificing our lives for our country. We should have better food and treatment."
Gasan answered back sternly," Who do you think we are? We are soldiers of humanity, aiming to save all sentient beings."
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Gasan, one day, gave a speech on 'killing' to the people.
He said," Those who speak against killing and who desire to spare the lives of all conscious beings are right. It is good to protect even animals and insects. But what about those persons who kill time, what about those who are destroying wealth, and those who destroy political economy? We should not overlook them. Furthermore, what of the one preaches without enlightenment? He is killing Buddhism."
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It is important to treat everyone as a Buddha and speak kindly to them. This way of cultivation will help you to clear a lot of your karma. In the past and even nowadays, when I give treatments to people and I always regard and think of them as Kwan Yin bodhisattva. And it is a very effective way of curing their illnesses. When someone sent me a message and asked me to give him or her a solution for his or her problem, I also treat them angels and somehow an answer will come to my head and it is quite easy to help them to solve their problems. I learnt this method from the teaching of Lotus Sutra. You may try this method.
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