A FALSE SENSE OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

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【不要拥有虚假的自我意识】

(中英版，Chinese & English versions）

希望你们不要拥有虚假的自我意识，虚假的自我意识就是自己在骗自己，很多人就是在骗自己，明明做错事情，自己还要找理由，“大家都是这么做的，我也不算为过”，很多人就是这么活着的，经常觉得自己做的是对的。为什么？他不肯承认自己做错，他觉得别人比他做得还要差，这样你就永远不会进步。学佛人就是要看到自己的缺点，要勇敢地忘记自己的缺点，因为你忘记了，你才能拥有自己的优点。天天拥有伤心和缺点在你的心灵深处，你永远不可能得到更多的优点。所以要干净，心净你会得到心静——心的干净，会得到你心的安静。有“静”你才会得到“戒”，所以守戒的人心非常容易安静，这样你才会得到智慧。
～ 20160410比利时、西班牙连线开示

A FALSE SENSE OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS

Master Lu hopes that we will not have a false sense of self-consciousness as this will be deceiving ourselves. Many people deceive themselves by looking for justification when they know that they have committed wrongs, “everyone is doing it, I should not be considered to be going overboard.” Many people live their lives thinking that they are always right. Why? They refused to admit that they had committed a wrong and felt that other people are doing worse than them. In this way, they will never improve themselves. As Buddhist practitioners, we must be able to see our own faults and be brave enough to forget our own shortcomings. Because, when we are able to forget our own shortfalls, we are able to embrace our good traits. Our good traits will not accumulate if our souls are dwelling on sorrows and shortcomings every day.

Therefore, we must be clean. When the heart is clean, we will be able to attain calmness. Purity of the heart will enable us to have a calm heart. When there is “calmness” we will be able to achieve “precepts”. Hence, a person who abides by the precepts will be able to calm down easily and attain wisdom in the process.

Words of Wisdom
Master Jun Hong Lu's
Online with Belgium and Spain Buddhist friends
April 10, 2016

Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore)
Proofread by 2OR Secretariat

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