My Experience Memorizing Scriptures
By a Dafa practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Recently I have been memorizing the scriptures in
Essentials for Further Advancement that target attachments that I find hard
to relinquish. I discovered that I could easily suppress attachments, which I previously
found hard to let go of, with strong righteous thoughts a few days after
memorizing "A Brief Explanation of Shan" and "Melt into the Fa." It is really
wonderful being able to memorize those scriptures. While memorizing, I sometimes
felt my body filled with energy because my body in another dimension was
changing rapidly. I now understand why we should focus our thoughts while
studying the Fa. We must focus our minds in order to memorize the Fa. There are
countless Buddhas, Daos, and Gods behind each word. I realized that one doesn't
obtain the Fa simply after reading the Fa. We must study the Fa with utmost
respect toward the Fa in order for it to appear, and it is considered
disrespectful of the Fa if we can't realize this fact. In the past, I never
slacked off in studying the Fa, yet I felt that my state was not right, and I
improved little. The old forces took advantage of this loophole to continuously
interfere. But this was also because I had a hidden disrespect towards the Fa. I now have a better understanding of a portion of Teacher's words from "Fa-Lecture
at the Conference in Florida, U.S.A.," "You all know what state of mind a person must be in to see the Fa's
principles. You know it without my having to say much. When your eyes read the
Fa and yet your mind isn't on the Fa, think about it, aren't you reading in
vain? Who are you reading for? You yourself aren't really studying the Fa,
then. Haven't I told you to make sure that you yourself truly obtain gong?
Then if your mind isn't on the Fa when you're studying the Fa, who are you
studying it for? This isn't to criticize you--I'm just telling you that this
is a really critical situation."... "If we look at it from another angle, when
you study the Fa and your mind isn't on the Fa, it's not only a problem of
just going through the motions, but also that the person studying the Fa is
actually not being very respectful of the Fa. How could the Fa reveal itself,
then? So from this angle, I think that you have to calm your mind when you
study the Fa, and remember to keep your mind steady during Fa-study when
you're busy." I personally think that this is a criterion for assessing whether or not a
cultivator has obtained the Fa, and is a very important factor. The next scripture I will to memorize is "Expounding on the Fa." I feel that
some of my questions originated from not having a good understanding of the Fa,
and the evil thus took advantage of this. I recall this saying from Zhuan Falun, " 'It remains a question of whether they can understand your Dafa itself
while they are in the midst of confusion and tribulations.' It involves such
an issue, so there will be interference and tests." It is my personal understanding that the old forces think we obtained the Fa
too easily and that whether or not we are able to understand the Fa becomes a
critical issue. Therefore, cultivators must truly understand Dafa, cherish Dafa,
and let go of all attachments and pursuits when studying the Fa.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/3/10/69493.html
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