Understandings on Doing Well the Three Things that Teacher Told Us to Do
By a practitioner from China
(Clearwisdom.net) We have experienced many hardships since the
persecution began on July 20, 1999. With our determined minds and hearts we have
gotten to where we are today. In the process we are all trying our best to do
well the three things that Teacher asked us to do.
I just heard that a fellow practitioner died. I know that practitioner was so
busy validating the Fa every day that he didn't leave enough time to
study the Fa. His death was a huge loss to us. I'd like to share some of my
understandings on this incident.
"...as long as you study the Fa more, your righteous thoughts will be
strong. For some practitioners, sometimes you've really gotten caught up in
doing things to clarify the truth and have overlooked Fa-study. The things of
Dafa disciples surpass personal cultivation, such as our currently validating
the Fa, clarifying the truth, and saving sentient beings, but all of these are
actually based on a foundation of personal Consummation, so if you can't reach
personal Consummation then everything else is out of the question."
Teacher also said,
"...there is a path for you to take, even though it is a fairly narrow
one. You have to go down that path correctly, and it won't work if you come up
even a little short or stray a little bit." ("Teaching the Fa at the
2004 International Fa Conference in New York")
Teacher repeatedly talked about this issue. Whether we can walk our paths
well depends on whether we can study the Fa with a peaceful heart every day.
Only the Fa can solve all of our problems. Only the Fa can give us all that we
need.
As Dafa disciples we should not deviate from the Fa no matter what we are
working on. We should understand the Fa from the Fa so that we can get maximal
results from our efforts. Teacher said,
"Validating the Fa isn't something ordinary people do; only Dafa
disciples are worthy of doing it. So now study and study the Fa more, study
the Fa more." ("Explaining the Fa During the 2003 Lantern Festival
at the U.S. West Fa Conference")
When we study the Fa well we will be able to truly understand the meaning
of using mighty Buddha power to truly eliminate all the evil elements
persecuting the Fa in the cosmos when we send forth righteous thoughts. Only
when we study the Fa well can we understand the Fa principles in a perfectly
harmonious way. Then we can easily clarify the truth to achieve
the goal of
"Validate the Fa with rationality, clarify the truth with wisdom,
spread the Fa and save people with mercy..." ("Rationality"
from "Essentials for Further Advancement II)
Each of the three things that Teacher asked us to do is very important. Our
personal cultivation is connected to our doing these three things. During the
process of doing the three things any of our attachments could cause losses to
the Fa-rectification. We need to continuously eliminate our attachments and
diligently go forward when we do the three things. Only then can we call
ourselves Falun Dafa disciples. Only when we melt into the Fa, cooperate with
each other, and coordinate well can we more correctly walk our paths and help
make the Fa-rectification process move further while suffering fewer losses to
the Fa and to the practitioners, and be worthy of being called "...those
who are on their way to divinity." ("Teaching the Fa in the City of
Chicago")
September 8, 2005
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/9/8/109957.html
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