BENCHMARK AND CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF CULTIVATION

Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program

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【心修得好有什么标准和特征】

男听众：师父，您一直强调修心的重要性，心修好了行为才会好。为了方便我们自查和反省，请师父开示一下，心修好了的人有什么标准和特征呢？
师父答：心修好的人，
第一，不会吵架；
第二，不会骂人；
第三，不会乱看女人，眼睛不会色眯眯；
第四，彬彬有礼，讲话让别人先讲，不讲妄语，不挑拨离间。这些都是心修好的样子，给人家看见的。所以一个能够成功的人，他必须行为举止像菩萨，所以大家才会觉得他像菩萨。如果这个人跑出来，行为举止根本不像，你说说看他的心怎么修得好啊？（明白明白。谢谢师父慈悲开示）
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Wenda20151127 26:51
(Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program)

BENCHMARK AND CHARACTERISTIC OF A PERSON WITH A HIGH LEVEL OF CULTIVATION

Caller: Master Lu, time and again you have stressed the importance of mind cultivation; whereby only through proper mind cultivation that one's behaviour will be dignified. To facilitate our self-check and self-reflection, can you advise us what are the benchmarks and characteristics of someone who does it well? 

Master Jun Hong Lu: A person who cultivates his mind well:

1. Will not quarrel with the others;
2. Will not scold the others;
3. Will not hold any lustful thoughts towards the others and will not look at anything that stirs lust;
4. They are decent and courteous. They allow others to speak first. They do not tell lies and neither do they incite disharmony.

These are all the obvious characteristics of a person who cultivates well. Fundamentally, a successful person’s behaviour and mannerism would resemble that of Bodhisattva's, which leads others to perceive that he bears a resemblance to Bodhisattva. Contrarily, if a person's behaviour and mannerism bear no resemblance to that of Bodhisattva’s, how could he possibly have cultivated well?

Caller: I understand. Thank you for answering my question, Master Lu.

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