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To Put One's Consummation or Saving Sentient Beings as First Priority By a Taiwanese Practitioner (Clearwisdom.net) When I put my consummation as first priority, I always want
to see Fa principles of higher and higher levels while studying the Fa. Because
of this mentality, I am unable to maintain a calm mind when sending forth
righteous thoughts, as if was trying to fulfill a task. When I clarified the
truth, I had a strong attachment to achieving good results, forcing someone to
change, and enriching my own world. Looking at my self overall, I study the Fa,
send forth righteous thoughts, and clarify the truth with the concern of whether
I can catch up with the Fa-rectification process. I also have the mindset of showing off and competitiveness, trying to display
among practitioners that my idea is good and I have good enlightenment in the Fa.
In this way, however, I cannot really get any good result, and my attachment is
strengthened. The mindset is similar to taking a college entrance exam. I could be admitted
to a prestigious major college as long as I do better than others. If I think
that I can reach consummation and establish mighty virtue by doing a certain
amount of Dafa work, isn't it just like a person who thinks he can achieve
Buddhahood by building a certain number of temples? However, when I put saving sentient beings as first priority, I know I have
to clarify the truth with a pure heart. Otherwise, people will not be able to
take in what I say. Therefore, I have to rectify myself constantly. I know that
if I cultivate myself well, there will be great power in my words. In this way,
I do not have the attachment of pursuit in Fa-study. Sending forth righteous
thoughts is to eliminate the interference of the evil. When with practitioners,
I know that I should think from the point of view that we are here to save
sentient beings together. Then the unnecessary attachments of jealousy,
competitiveness, and fussiness do not become issues to me any more. Since we
have the same goal, we are able to make up what's lacking. I feel that as long
as the mindset is changed, everything becomes smooth again. In fact, the Fa is fair to all sentient beings. Only when one can get rid of
the attachments and meet the standards of the Fa, can one be really reaching
higher realms. Posting date: 5/4/2004 |