Another Discussion on "Taking the Fa as Master"
By a practitioner in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Since the beginning of our cultivation, Master has told
us to "take the Fa as Teacher," and even until now Master has
mentioned in almost all of his lectures the need to study the Fa (1) more and
more, and has repeatedly talked about the importance of studying the Fa. But, I have discovered some fellow practitioners who until now still cannot
truly achieve the state of consistently studying the Fa, practicing the
exercises, and sending forth righteous thoughts. They only place clarifying the
truth and offering salvation to people, and reading the Clearwisdom website of
uppermost importance. Fellow practitioners, Clearwisdom.net is extremely
important, clarifying the truth and saving people are also extremely important,
as they are what Dafa disciples should do. But, we also need to study the Fa;
when we are negligent in studying the Fa, we are not going to be as effective at
sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth. We may even regard
clarifying the truth as a kind of job or everyday peoples' work. Dafa is sacred, cultivation is great, Fa-rectification is unprecedented since
the beginning of time in the cosmos, and thus our attitude toward Dafa and Fa-rectification
is crucial. In the process of Fa-rectification, whether we can truly comply and
do well with the three things Master required (2) depends, in my opinion, on our
understanding of the Fa. If we are not able to really understand the Fa from the
Fa, and fail to realize the quality of our own cultivation, this not only
affects ourselves, but also affects whether the sentient beings in the huge
cosmos can be saved. It will also have an impact on the great significance of
sending forth righteous thoughts, the duty of a Fa-rectification Dafa disciple,
and our ancient vows. At the same time, this is being un-steadfast towards
Master and Dafa, and having insufficient righteous thoughts. Everything of ours
comes from Dafa, and therefore, we must remain steadfast towards Dafa. We constantly discuss determination, and believe that we are truly steadfast
towards Dafa. When I read the article "Golden Buddha" and Master's
comment of it, I only thought, "Oh, those two Buddhists were not very
steadfast," but I failed to relate the content of the article to my own
cultivation. However the next day while studying the Fa I suddenly realized, and
I found the deeply hidden attachment inside me. Despite what one says, what
matters in the end depends on what one can truly achieve. I thought about my
past. When I was studying the Fa, I occasionally had doubts about a certain
sentence. When sending forth righteous thoughts and doing other Dafa work, I
also had doubts such as, "Will this really work? What if something goes
wrong?" I never felt that I lacked faith in Dafa, but on that day I was
shocked. In all my cultivation up to today I still wasn't as steadfast as I
should be to Dafa. How, then, am I any different from the two Buddhists
mentioned in "Golden Buddha"? I feel that this is a very dangerous
situation. Fellow practitioners, let us seize these last precious moments of Fa-rectification,
and make good use of this time. Every day of the current time is created by
Master for us Dafa disciples. We should live up to Master's expectations and the
hopes of all sentient beings. Let's advance diligently together, truly do well
the three things Master has told us to do, and fulfill our ancient vows. Notes (2) The three things Teacher has asked practitioners to do are to study the
Fa, send forth righteous thoughts and clarify the truth about Falun Dafa and the
persecution to the world's people. July 23, 2004
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/7/24/80186.html
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