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Disciple: Master, may I ask as the Master shared just now, that is, we can watch the teachings of other masters, but we still keep reciting the Buddha Amitabha, or can we increase the compassion mantra or something?

Master: It depends on your personal needs. If you think that I am very happy in reading the Buddha, and then I can be more specialized, the better, because if you, like I just talked about going out to study, it’s not up to me, is it? ?Because of this, so I will grasp every cause and condition to absorb and learn, and then it will be attributed to our major. Then if you are yourself, if you have a cause, the more specialized you are, you can go deeper, and you can go deeper and deeper. .But if, as I just said, if I read the Buddha and the chanting is not very flavorful, then do you have to listen to the sutras more?To listen to that truth more deeply, this is also to help us recite the Buddha more enjoyable.

  When listening, do you have to listen to a lot of masters?It doesn’t have to be this way, it doesn’t have to be this way.Unless you feel it is necessary, if you listen to it now, you feel like what the mage is saying, I am very responsive, and I can understand everything, then you have to review it frequently, that's enough.Unless you think you have learned something about him, you are almost at his level, or if it is really possible, you can worship other masters, it doesn't matter.But if you have not assimilated his realm or his Dharma, or if you don't respond to it, you can read other master's teachings more. It's all right.But if you respond, you can go deep, don’t mess with it, it’s not necessary!You don’t know what to do here, and if you look for this and that, it’s complicated.For example, should I recite the Great Compassion Mantra?If you have a predestined relationship with the Great Compassion Mantra, you will miss it very much. Master Yinguang will also say OK!right? OK is translated by me, what he means is yes, right?But when we recite the Buddha, look at the old monk Jingkong, he also said that you just have a good Buddha's name, but he doesn't mean that you are forbidden, absolutely nothing else!This is just a big principle!Everyone’s situation is different!In other words, if you think it is enough, the simpler you are, the better. You are more relaxed!You are not going to be a mage, are you?You don’t have to answer a lot of other people’s questions, then you feel like, oh!I have enough, I am very happy, yes.If you feel that it is not enough, you can increase it.

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Disciple: This means that it is okay to recite a sutra and a Buddha's name, but can we still listen to other masters when we listen to the sutra?

Master: It depends on the cause and condition. For example, you are my student and you are by your side, like we have classes on the Internet!Now they can't stand it anymore, all have to be sent to the Paradise of Bliss. It's been seven years, no matter how you teach it, it's almost like that.That is, if you are by your side, then you have to abide by the rules around you. For example, if you are in a dojo, the rules of your family are not so strict.Depending on the situation, if you follow a master or a dojo, then you have to abide by the rules here.Then if he says that no one cares about you, you can decide for yourself, and no one really teaches you directly, then you can listen to anyone and you can decide for yourself.Then if someone teaches you, you have to listen, you can, and others are willing to teach you more deeply, because you are obedient!Then you can be straightforward, this is called mentorship.It's just a heritage!A teacher, a method, well in-depth, unless you learn one day, one day, you have... his Dharma, just like at the time of Sakyamuni, he also followed many teachers!Later, he felt that he had learned almost the same, not enough, so he left again and changed another teacher. That's why it was necessary to change, and then it was necessary.In other words, he is learning a lot of objects at the same time, because he thinks it is not enough!Just need.If you have not yet mastered it here, and have not finished your studies, you feel as if you still need a lot, that is definitely a miscellaneous practice.right?You have no mastery of the Fa of one of your masters, and you can’t absorb so much of the others. Unless this master teaches, you feel that there are still many doubts and you can’t answer them, so you can, and then you are yourself again. In the case of self-study, no one will give you a rule to assign you homework!When there is no rule for you, then you can think of a solution by yourself. Then I will look at which Master taught it, so I can add it!Let me add that the two sides complement each other. There are some things that the mage didn’t talk about. The mage can talk a little bit.

For example, when I talk about the Brahma Net Sutra, I talked about it in Canada for two months, and for two months I talked about important programs. Every article has an explanation, but I didn't explain every word.If you want to understand the explanation of every word, then you can find it, but there are very few people who explain it like this now, because it takes a lot of time now. If you explain every word, the people who listen to it will be impatient. right?The most important thing is to focus on catching it, and then know how to use it flexibly.Then if you are still familiar with this sutra, the "Vatican Net Sutra", you really want to be able to understand every word, then you continue to look for it, because what I'm talking about is only the outline. Is that clear?But has the outline I talked about been fulfilled?I personally feel that it is Consummation, because I tell you the outline, the meaning of each precept, and then how do you go... If you really understand it, you will use it in your life. This is the most important thing.Rather than saying that you have to be familiar with every word, you are not going to take a test, you are going to use it flexibly, you have to learn how to use these precepts in life, this is more important.Therefore, each person's explanation has his own different points. Some people explain the words clearly, and some people tell you how to take the Bodhisattva vows and learn in life.How to deal with the situation of the open-bridging crime depends on your own needs, a range, a mage’s teachings, and a sutra. If you think you are very useful, then it is enough for you to continue to deepen it. In fact, it is enough. , There is nothing that is not enough, unless you feel that it is not so corresponding or not so understanding, then you can refer to other ones.Or, as I just said, when we were young, when we were young, when we chanted the Buddha, I was not going to recite the Great Compassion Mantra, but I was going to study the teachings, because I wanted to get the truth through!And in my role, I am a person who promotes Buddhism, so it is the duty of a monk to promote Buddhism!So it happens that there is also a reason for being nurtured by the old monk, and that is to take this path to cultivate my precept, concentration and wisdom.Then of course I will add it from the teachings!Come and help me how to recite this Buddha's name so that I can understand the teachings of the Pure Land Method, right?Put it here, it is not a miscellaneous repair.

  This is not a miscellaneous practice. It depends on the individual's abilities and needs, so do you understand?So if you want to recite the Great Compassion Mantra, you can recite it or not. It's all right.It depends on yourself. You have to listen to your own voice. We must learn to listen to your own inner voice. Only you know what is most suitable for you. Others can give you a direction and refer to some principles. Only you know the taste best.You see if you go to the doctor to get your pulse. Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine are good. He will definitely ask you, how do you feel?What are your symptoms?He still asks you, is it yourself who knows best what your current situation is like?Then others use the position of assistance and give you some guidelines, so the most important thing is that after others tell you how to practice and what principles, after you listen to it, you have to use it in your own life, try it out, and do it. .Then when you do it, you have to experience it. You have to ask your own heart, how do you feel, do you like to recite this Buddha's name?Or, if you are more happy when you recite the Great Compassion Mantra, then you should recite the Great Compassion Mantra more. Even if you recite the Great Compassion Mantra, you can still yearn for life. If generally speaking, recitation of Buddhism is based on reciting the name of the Amitabha Buddha.Then the Buddha's name suggests more and less, and you still have to recite it the same.Because after all, Amitabha is the boss!Guanyin Bodhisattva is his student and assistant.In principle, it is all right, but in terms of rules, we are still customary to take Amitabha Buddha as the main one!So no matter what, the Buddha's name is to be recited. You should feel it yourself. Your feelings are the same as those of others. Others' feelings do not represent yours. Is that clear?Therefore, we must use our heart when we do anything, and you can see the truth with your heart.

Only then will you know what is most suitable for you. Such a person who knows how to work hard will have an enlightenment day. Although we do not seek enlightenment, you don't want to be a fool!right?It would be nice to be a little more clear-headed when we are not dying!is not it?What I give you is a big idea, a big right thought.I’m not saying that I’ve instilled you something, a few words, a few sentences, a lot of classics, and no one can read the words. What we lack is not written information. It's just some ideas, I will tell you about it, wow!Suddenly, some concepts need to be established. This is more important. The principles and principles must be mastered. What is miscellaneous practice?What is a specialization?Your situation and your needs must be different from those of others, so there is no absolute answer. Only you know the answer that suits you best.