WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF CRISIS

Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program

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【人没有危机感，那是最大的危机】

有两个人在森林里遇到一只老虎，其中一个人赶紧蹲下，从背后取出一双运动鞋换上。另一个人看了，骂道：“你干吗？你再换鞋也跑不过老虎啊。”换鞋的人说：“我只要跑得比你快就好了。”这个就是告诉你们，在21世纪，人没有危机感，那是最大的危机。你看到别人飞机失事，别人生癌症，别人的家庭破裂，别人的孩子跟父母亲闹翻，你要想到，有一天你会不会这样。所以一定要修心学佛，防止危害和危险发生在自己身上。别人不学佛，别人会有灾、有烦恼，然而我们自己要先换好“鞋”，才能逃出人生的苦难。只有先救自己，我们才能救度众生。
- 澳大利亚・悉尼《玄艺综述》解答会开示190127

Master Jun Hong Lu’s
Public Talk
Sydney, Australia
27 January 2019

WE NEED TO HAVE A SENSE OF CRISIS

Master Jun Hong Lu: Once, there were two men who ran into a tiger in the forest. Immediately, the first man squatted down, took out a pair of sneakers from behind him and put them on. The second man saw what happened and scolded him, “What do you think you are doing? Even with your sneakers on, you can never outrun a tiger!” The first man replied, “Well, I just need to make sure that I outrun you!”

The lesson learnt from this story is that the greatest crisis faced by humanity in the 21st century is having no sense of crisis. When we hear news such as plane crashes, people falling ill with cancer, families breaking up or children falling out with their parents, does it ever occur to us that these things may happen to us? That brings us to the importance of Buddhist practice and spiritual cultivation, i.e. to protect ourselves from any possible harm and crisis. While non-Buddhist practitioners are susceptible to calamities and worries, we on the other hand have geared ourselves up with our 'sneakers’ to deal with life’s sufferings. To save ourselves is an essential prerequisite for saving sentient beings.

Translated by Oriental Radio Practice Centre (Singapore)
Proofread by 2ORSecretariat

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