Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:
- Welcome
- Some thoughts on Righteous Thoughts
- Looking Inward
- Prevailing over "Carelessness"
- Beware of the Evil's Assault on Fa Study
- Studying the Fa with Attachments is not True Cultivation
- Only Through Studying the Fa and Looking Within When Conflicts Arise Can We Be Worthy of Master's Compassionate Salvation
- A Few Words on Gaining an Advantage in Cultivation and What Genuine Cultivation Is"
- 1. Welcome
Welcome to the February 2007 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.
We had an interesting workshop/training program for Reporters conducted by an overseas practitioner working for The Epoch Times. We gained new insights on methods, styles and ethics of reporting and writing.
In this issue, we have an insight-sharing Article by an Indian practitioner and as usual we have a compilation of experience-sharing Articles culled from Clearwisdom and Pureinsight that always shine through because of their insights and fine quality of sharing. It is important to read the Clearwisdom, Pureinsight and other Dafa sites. We make an effort to select Articles from the Archives which people don�t go back to and are relevant even today. Contributions are welcome from practitioners.
Heshi! Hope, you like the selection of Articles and gain some new insights!
Note: "All the contents in this newsletter - except for quotations and excerpts of writings of the founder Mr. Li Hongzhi - are only ideas and experiences of� practitioners and do not represent Falun Dafa in itself."
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- 2. Some thoughts on Righteous Thoughts
By a Falun Dafa practitioner from India
We often fail to get a clear understanding and define what Righteous Thoughts are.
In my understanding, righteous thoughts have many components and many dimensions.
But at the very basic level, righteous thought means an energy field which is not tainted by self-doubt, ifs and buts, negative outcomes and any thought karma.
In Teaching the Fa in San Francisco, 2005 (Q & A)�
emphasizing the importance of Righteous Thoughts, here is an excerpt from what Master says in answer to a question�..
"Today, I read a report on the Minghui website. A student was beaten so badly that her legs were smashed and broken into pieces, and they set her bones before applying a cast. It never even occurred to the student
that she would become handicapped because of this. She didn�t pay any attention to it at all. She just studied the Fa every day, and her righteous thoughts were very strong. When she was able to sit up a little bit, she started to do the exercises. The doctors told her that her bones had been smashed and fractured at several places, and that the cast had been applied before the bones were set. It was all done by those people in the prison hospital. She didn�t pay any attention to it and just told herself, �I want to cross my legs and do the exercise�. She pushed herself and did it even though it was extremely painful to do. As time went by, she no longer felt any pain when she crossed her legs. The end result is that she has recovered. She can now jump up and down without any problems; and she is just like a completely normal person. If any of you can conduct yourself like this, the old forces will not dare to touch you. Whoever can be like that will be able to make it through when encountering tests. What are �righteous thoughts� about? That is what righteous thoughts are about."
I feel your thoughts and attitude do not qualify to be termed righteous thoughts when they are still wrapped up in human emotion and sentimentality. You are still giving in to the arrangement of the old forces.
"Of course, each one of our Dafa disciples say that we don't recognize the old forces' arrangements, but that's not something you just say--you have to follow the requirements of Dafa and the Fa-rectification. I absolutely will not acknowledge any of those things you arranged in the past, old forces. I don't even acknowledge you. When your righteous thoughts are very strong you can purge it and you can reject their arrangements." (from "Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.")
Talking about maintaining righteous thoughts whatever the situation, Master says in answer to a question�..
"When students exhibit severe sickness karma, it undoubtedly has two goals. One is to have that person display such a state and then see how people around him or her look at it. It�s to see how and whether your minds are moved by it. Isn�t that the case? If everyone is moved, thinking, �Whoa, he�s cultivated so well, how could he be like this?� then attachments rear their heads and human thoughts surface. Some people think, �If even he has become this way, will I be able to make it?� All kinds of human attachments thus resurface. Then the old farces say, �I was right to have done this, wasn�t I? The reason I had that person�s sickness karma get so severe was to test whether they have righteous thoughts or human thinking. We did the right thing, didn�t we? See, didn�t those human thoughts of your disciples return? So many human thoughts have returned, so we need to target those human thoughts. We�re therefore going to increase that student�s sickness karma and see if all of you still cultivate.�
No matter what happens, nobody should be affected inside. Each student should think of giving help as a Dafa disciple as he�s able, and there is nothing to get worked up about. Even if you can�t help that person you should still face the issue with righteous thoughts. Continue to do whatever you are supposed to. Don�t become attached to it by looking at it in a human way, don�t make these problems worse in your minds, look very righteously at how it relates to everything else and don�t think of it as being very important, and be very calm. The old forces will then lose interest, thinking, �These people aren�t moved. If none of them are moved, what is the point?� They will then let the matter drop, and that person�s sickness karma will disappear instantly. That�s one scenario.
The other goal applies to that person himself: how well has the person who exhibits the sickness karma cultivated? Is he able to make it through with strong righteous thoughts while in such a state? Does he truly treat himself as a god and pay no attention to any of it whatsoever?
These are just a few insights at my level on righteous thoughts that has so many dimensions to be explored!
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- 3. Looking Inward
Miao Shan
Master told us in the Fa that if one were sincerely concerned about others without thinking of oneself, what that person said would move others to tears.
My husband told me I was selfish, but I always denied his comments. I believed it wasn�t true and that he said it just because he wanted to prevent me from practicing Dafa. Since I started practicing Dafa, I did more housework and I was responsible for my two children. I didn�t quarrel with him, even if he didn�t care about me or help with the housework. I also treated his parents better in accordance with my belief that �suffering losses is a blessing.�
In fact, these are just things on the surface. What one actually does is not what is most important. The most significant key is one's heart when doing things. I actually have a very strong attachment of selfishness because a lot of times I consider things from the view of my own cultivation instead of thinking of others as my vantage point.
For example, my daily life was hard because my husband was opposed to my practicing Dafa. When I picked up Master's books to read everyday, my hands always held together Heshi to ask Master to offer salvation to my husband. Of course, on one hand, it was for my husband, but on the other hand, it was to ask for a better environment for myself. This is selfish and my heart is impure.
Most of the time I considered things according to my own feelings, rarely caring about others� feelings. For instance, last time I went back to China with my husband to visit his parents, he did not allow me to take Dafa books with us but I took them without letting him know. When my husband found this out, he was very upset. He said I was selfish and only thought about myself. Because he thought that if customs found out about them, my whole family would be detained in the airport. How could my two children deal with that? He said that he had not been back to his hometown for ten years. I was pretty sure nothing would happen if I took those books. In fact, nothing happened. Now I know that I should not conceal it from him and should talk with him more often. After he agrees with me, then I can do something instead of doing it all by myself without his input.
I was steadfast in practicing Dafa. But how to cultivate and how to truly step-by-step cultivate one's inner self is an issue that needs to be seriously thought about. It cannot be a superficial form. The key is to cultivate the heart, the inner self. I cannot hide my attachments and hide my selfishness under something superficial.
Giving up attachments means giving up the self and thinking about other people every time and in every place. Giving up self does not mean giving up cultivation. It means cultivating towards the level that Master said, �Have the righteous thoughts of unselfish consideration and always think about others before ourselves.�
One Friday night towards the end of July, I talked with him from an everyday person�s point of view that he could understand. I truly wanted the best for him. That night he changed a lot. Our relationship improved. One week later he even asked me to buy some medicine for him to quit smoking. On Saturday, when I came back from shopping, he went to the garage to help me take the food into the kitchen. He hasn�t helped me with the shopping bags for a long time, at least a year or two.
I think it�s because what I said that night was totally for him, without thinking about myself. At that moment, I was neither selfish nor self-centered. I did not think how beneficial it was for my cultivation or how much de (virtue) I would gain and so on. Moreover, I did not think about what benefits I could get from the realistic issue of everyday people. I just did what a kind-hearted person should do and sincerely cared about him.
My husband said to me several times before, �You think what you are practicing is very good but why am I not assimilated into it? Why is there no affinity for me?� I hope that one day he will be illuminated by the Buddha light and assimilated into Dafa.
From PureInsight.org
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- 4. Prevailing over "Carelessness"
A Dafa Practitioner
Master pointed out that many of our attachments are so deeply ingrained in our minds that we would only be able to overcome them through diligent Fa study. Therefore each cultivator has to study the Fa, conscientiously search within him/herself and not be lax in addressing the roots of any attachment. Master's words made me realize that I had not truly faced one of my attachments, "carelessness." Moreover, I frequently used carelessness as an excuse for underachievement. For instance, when I lost points in tests because of carelessness, I would appease myself, "It was not that I did not know the answers!� In other words, it was perfectly all right, as long as I did not lose the points because I was not smart or because I had not studied hard enough. I placated myself, as I knew in my heart that I was not stupid and could answer the questions correctly, if only I would be a little less careless. Yet, I could not motivate myself enough to become less careless.
As with so many human attachments, I did not recognize the severity of the problem until after I cultivated in Dafa. Although I was serious in my cultivation, I could not break my old habits. I made the same mistakes over and over again. I just could not motivate myself enough, because it was so difficult to correct my mistakes. However, I knew instinctively that I had to break through whatever held me back. Therefore, I asked myself, �What is the root cause of my carelessness?�
I remembered that Master said,
�People have to think in leading their lives. Because one is lost among everyday people, one will often develop in one�s mind thoughts for fame, benefits, lust, anger, etc. Gradually, these thoughts become the powerful thought karma.� (From �Your Main Consciousness Should Predominate� in Lecture Six of Zhuan Falun.)
I contemplated deeply, thinking of what Master was telling us. I slowly began to understand the role of thought karma in our life. Thus, when recollecting the mistakes I had made, I began to gradually understand how thought karma had affected my cultivation. My thought karma had played a major role in my inability to address this attachment. My thought karma controlled me instead of my consciousness being in control. The thought karma had numbed my main consciousness to an extent that I became oblivious to my flaws. I suddenly understood clearly that this was the reason why I was unable to break the habit of being careless. It was my inability to be in charge, to control my life and make decisions. I allowed my thought karma to control my life and thus made the same mistake over and over again during the course of my cultivation. And, who was to blame? I had to take control over my actions and overcome my rather active thought karma.
Reflecting more deeply on Master's words, I began to understand that all matter had life, including thought karma. Yes, Master has told us disciples many times that all matter had life, but it just did not sink in. I just had not been ready to hear this truth. I remember clearly, that I once woke up in the middle of the night to find that I was making up a story in my head. At that moment, my main consciousness was dominating, so I knew for a fact it was absolutely not I making up the story. As soon as I realized that, it became crystal clear to me that it was an independent life trying to manipulate my thoughts, and that I must eliminate it. I pondered at how easily one may fall under the influence of this thought karma. How easy is it to let our post-natal acquired notions take over? How difficult is it to break away from our conventional thinking? What happens when one�s main consciousness does not dominate? Who is in control - my main consciousness, thought karma, post-natal acquired notions or my assistant consciousness? I had learned another truth. I had moved another step forward in my arduous journey of cultivation.
I am quite certain that I have to be a diligent cultivator. I can no longer make excuses for being careless. I can no longer be oblivious to my flaws. I must at all times remember to keep righteous thoughts. I must remind myself at all times that I am a practitioner in Dafa. As soon as bad thoughts emerge, I must thoroughly eliminate them. I must stay in control. I cannot let any other matter control my life. It is even more important as we are cultivators during the Fa-rectification period. A cultivator should be beyond these bad thoughts. After all, thought karma is filthy matter at a very low level. I remember clearly how Master tells us that our main consciousness, I, should predominate. Moreover I have to be diligent in my Fa study. I have to continuously improve myself. I can never forget that I am a cultivator in Dafa.
From PureInsight.org
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- 5. Beware of the Evil's Assault on Fa Study
A Western Practitioner in Canada
In my cultivation path I have witnessed the evil's attack. It is a systematic attack that can target the most veteran practitioners to the newest at any time. Recently, many practitioners have shared how they were attacked. Some had vicious attacks of sickness or crippling pain. Others battle laziness or bouts of anger and frustration. However, no matter how the evil tries to attack, I feel its mission is a focused and fundamental attack on the one thing it knows that can defeat it. Master has continued to tell us over and over again about the one and only way we can strengthen righteous thoughts and truly and fundamentally eliminate the evil. This is studying Zhuan Falun. I feel the systematic and fundamental mission of the evil is to keep us away from studying the Fa.
As new articles come out I sometimes feel ashamed when I see that Master has to tell us about our shortcomings several times in more that one article. It is because as one body we haven't learned the lesson that could be affecting the whole body and the Fa rectification. Still, Master continues to compassionately tell us what we have to do in order to improve.
In past articles Master usually didn't point out our mistakes more than twice, three times at most. However, since the beginning of my cultivation I have constantly read in almost every article Master telling us over and over again to study the Fa. "Study the Fa more." "You can't forget Fa study." "Don't neglect Fa study" "You must study the Fa a lot."
At this stage of Fa rectification our time is most precious, and in the blink of an eye the weeks continue to go by. I look around at my own environment and I see that I am so busy. I look back over the past year and ask myself, "Am I busier than I was last year? Do I have more Dafa work to do? Am I involved in more projects? Am I involved in more ideas? Do I have more fires to put out? Am I flooded with more emails to read and respond to?" The answer is "Yes."
I then ask myself, "Am I reading Zhuan Falun more than I was last year? Do I study the Fa more each day? Am I taking more time and more focus to study the Fa? Do I truly set aside more precious time to really study the Fa? The answer is definitely no.
I feel this is a blatant attack from the evil. It is similar to demonic interference in cultivation as stated in Zhuan Falun, where everything comes and tries to stop someone from practicing cultivation in order to keep his level down.
Some practitioners tell me how much they read Dafa websites. They read everyday for two hours. They then tell me they wish they had more time to read the book. Others say they try to find time to read but they are so busy with Dafa work. They tell me the reason they do so much Dafa work is because they can see immediate results from the things they create, which they can use to clarify the truth to people. They also wish they had more time to read the book. I feel it doesn't make a difference how much time we had. If we don't fundamentally change our thinking, we will never get around to reading more. There will always be more and more to do.
A practitioner shared her understanding with me. She feels that Zhuan Falun is the new cosmos. When we read Zhuan Falun we assimilate to the principles of the new cosmos, we become the new cosmos. The old forces have ruled the world for millions of years. We have all lived within the old forces for thousands of years and in this lifetime our consciousness has been dictated by the old forces ever since we were born. How can we possibly break through any of the old force arrangements if we ourselves don't fully assimilate to the new cosmos as much as we possibly can? When we read Zhuan Falun we are eliminating the attachments that keep us chained to the old forces.
In "Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.", Master says,
"Of course, each one of our Dafa disciples says that we don't recognize the old forces' arrangements, but that's not something you just say--you have to follow the requirements of Dafa and the Fa-rectification. "I absolutely will not acknowledge any of those things you arranged in the past, old forces. I don't even acknowledge you." When your righteous thoughts are very strong you can purge it and you can reject their arrangements."
I used to read the book, looking to enlighten to new principles and deeper meanings. This in itself was not only a pursuit but was fundamentally off. In my understanding the desire to enlighten to deeper principles of the Fa won't fundamentally change my being. I take the example of the old forces. It is comprised of many extremely high level beings that have enlightened to high principles themselves. However, they continue to persecute and go against the Fa. Why is this? It is because their attachments to this undertaking have warped their very nature. When I search for principles I keep my focus away from the more fundamental plan of eliminating my own attachments. It is when I can truly find my omissions by reading the Fa and eliminate them through cultivation that I truly feel my levels raise within the new cosmos.
Master says that we can't be everyday people doing Dafa work. We must be Dafa disciples who do Dafa work. In my understanding it is because when we don't study the Fa we are using all the old force arrangements to dictate our every thought and every action. Of course we can't sit back and do nothing until we all reach the ultimate enlightenment state. This is not possible. However, Master tells us if we do what we are supposed to do, everything will be covered. In my understanding a big part of this is studying Zhuan Falun.
One night I sat down to study Zhuan Falun. I felt I had lost a lot of time in my Fa study over the months and it would take a lot to catch up. I had a restless feeling because I still had so many things to do. Some things I was excited about, others I didn't want to do but had too. I actually stood by my chair and stared at Zhuan Falun on my coffee table. I didn't pick it up. I felt as if there was some force keeping me away from sitting and reading. The restlessness, the excitement, my emails, my projects! I stopped and looked inside my head. At that moment I saw it. I recognized it and said to it, "You are so eliminated! I finally see you and your power is gone!" I then sat and started to study Zhuan Falun. It was a great and powerful reading experience.
After I finished I went upstairs to continue my work. My mind was clear and I felt focused and alert. I started to chop away at all my responsibilities. I found that all the things I had to get done got done faster when I read. If I don't read the stress, frustration and procrastination set in, and I find my ideas are messy and usually not within the Fa.
We all know this principle. The fact is Master has given us so many chances to upgrade our levels before this time is over. I feel we must finally put our Fa study first and foremost. We must listen to our Teacher and truly put the effort into studying Zhuan Falun. Only then will we be able to fundamentally destroy the evil and fundamentally clarify the truth. Without this we may miss this precious chance. We may look for salvation in doing more and more things. Our attachments will forever remain buried and we may crawl within the boundaries delimited by levels of our own ignorance.
"Your righteous thoughts and everything you accomplish come from the Fa, so no matter how busy you are, don't neglect Fa-study." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A.")
(Clearwisdom.net)
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- 6. Studying the Fa with Attachments is not True Cultivation
By a Dafa disciple in China
In "Towards Consummation," Master said:
"Studying the Fa with attachments is not true cultivation. Yet during the course of cultivation a person may gradually become aware of his fundamental attachments, rid himself of them, and thus meet the standard for a cultivator."
For a long time, I still have had my fundamental attachments, and I studied the Fa with those attachments. I have now realized this situation, and wanted to share my experiences.
At the beginning of my cultivation, I started to have a problem: my hair began to fall out. Some non-practitioners claimed that I might have a renal weakness. I believed that I was a practitioner, and that it definitely would be cured. Still, I was very worried and believed that I had a problem. The problem always came to my mind even though I tried to forget about it and tried to cultivate Dafa with a pure mind. Whenever I studied the Fa and held myself to the xinxing requirements well, I believed that my situation would improve somewhat. I believed that I cultivated well when I felt better. When I didn't feel very well, I believed that I had too much karma in that respect. Consequently I fell badly. When I fell [in terms of requirements], I thought more about the problem. It formed a knot that I couldn't untie, and I didn't realize it. I was still studying the Fa, but the "disease" was in my mind frequently, and I was wondering when it would get better. After the persecution began in 1999, there was a time when I was persecuted by the evil and forgot about the hair loss. Amazingly, my hair began to grow back slowly. It stopped growing when the environment became better, and I began to worry about it again. Last year, I felt that my health was deteriorating, and I worried more about it. The knot was getting larger.
Recently, I suddenly noticed the attachments that I still have while studying the Fa; I realized that I wanted to cure my "illness" via studying the Fa. It was an attachment. I asked myself: Why do I practice? What is the Fa? Is the Fa to be used to cure diseases? The Fa is solemn, and it should be used to save people. The way I studied the Fa was to study the Fa with attachments. I suddenly understood the reason why I was circling around and understood why Master didn't allow people in critical condition to participate in his class. If a patient who is a non-practitioner is in a critical condition, how could he let go of the illness? Master cannot help him if he is not a practitioner and cannot let go of his illness, and the patient might put himself in danger. At the same time, I also understood why some people who were seriously sick recovered by studying the Fa. They did not think about their illness at all and forgot themselves; they were studying the Fa wholeheartedly. It's that simple, but we have to truly understand it.
In reality, there are practitioners around us who are in the "illness" state and in that particular tribulation for a long time. I felt that those practitioners should think about it deeply and ask themselves the fundamental question: Why do I practice Dafa? Is my intention pure? Am I seeking anything? Even if your cultivation progresses well, you may still have fundamental attachments. Of course, the key is to study the Fa more. When we study the Fa and enter the state where there is nothing else in our minds but the Fa, then many problems will be resolved easily.
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- 7. Only Through Studying the Fa and Looking Within When Conflicts Arise Can We Be Worthy of Master's Compassionate Salvation
By a Practitioner in China
Ever since I started to do Dafa work, I have treated Fa-study and the cultivation of xinxing as the top priorities in my life. I quiet my mind and study the Fa when there are no problems. I study the Fa even more when there are problems. Even though my workload is very heavy, I still have enough time to study the Fa. The reason is that when one has a very strong desire to study the Fa, Master Li will arrange the time for doing so. Saying there is no time to study the Fa is just an excuse. I continuously remind myself of Master Li's words from Essentials For Further Advancement, "It is not a Job, but Cultivation Practice." What is cultivation? Isn't it cultivating the mind? In working for Dafa, every incident is a good opportunity to improve xinxing. I have repeatedly experienced this.
For example, do you look within when confronted with difficulties? Is it because your way of handling things is incorrect? Do you realize that you need to cultivate when other practitioners criticize you? Do you feel wronged when you are blamed when it is not your fault? Do you endure it? Are you conceited when you have a bit of success? Are you delighted when others praise you? Are you a bit upset when others criticize you? There are so many areas to cultivate. There are so many ways to improve. Nothing is accidental. Some things are hard to let go and make one uncomfortable. When this happens, I often say to myself, "Look within. It is not the fault of others. This is one notion that a true practitioner needs to correct first. There must be things you have not done right. You definitely need to cultivate better."
For hundreds and thousands of years, ordinary human beings have formed a habit that has become second nature to them: When confronted with a problem, they always look for the fault in others and then try to change others. Or they may create conflicts to resolve problems. For practitioners, these attempts are all examples of looking externally for causes and mistaking the conflicts set up by Master for their improvement in cultivation as something bad. Thus, they treat themselves as everyday people. This habit has become a strong notion, one that often prevents a practitioner from improving his xinxing. One must break through this notion in order to cultivate. The process of breaking through this notion exists throughout cultivation from beginning to end and can be painful, as blaming external factors is often easier than looking within. However, one needs to discipline oneself to look within, because the conflicts that happen to and around a practitioner are not accidental.
Once a practitioner and I had an argument over some Dafa work. We could not come to an agreement, and I then became a bit angry. I felt anxious and then blamed her. Each of us had our own opinions, and parted unhappily. After she left, I suddenly realized that something was wrong. What had happened to me? I remembered what I had said to myself, "When confronting a problem, don't look for the fault in others. You are the source of the problem." When I realized that, I decided not to see anyone else that day. I locked myself up to examine myself thoroughly to see what my problem really was. I looked within from morning until night, and finally I understood. My mind suddenly cleared, like a window brightened by the sun. The next day I met that practitioner and said, "I am sorry; it was my problem." She smiled. I felt Master Li's Fa deeply imprinted in my heart. The standard that I have adopted is, "I will not miss any opportunity to improve myself no matter who is involved."
Following the July 20 persecution, some people misinterpreted the profound meaning of Dafa. For example, while being detained in a forced labor camp, a practitioner said we needed to look within. Finally, he found his "mistake"-- that he shouldn't oppose the government and should cooperate with the police. This is a deviated understanding of "looking within." Therefore, during cultivation, there are many aspects of ourselves that we need to improve. Any attachment that prevents us from understanding the Fa well can cause problems in cultivation. We need to righteously understand the Fa. Because many people did not understand the Fa clearly, they ended up opposing the Fa. I think we need to draw upon these lessons.
(Excerpt from personal cultivation experience.)
(Clearwisdom.net)
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- 8. A Few Words on Gaining an Advantage in Cultivation and What Genuine Cultivation Is
By a Dafa Practitioner
Thoughts of Gaining an Advantage
After one has studied the Fa for a long period of time, thoughts of gaining an advantage should not arise. No matter if the thought is regarding an advantage in daily life or cultivation, such thoughts are caused by various selfish pursuits.
If you were told that when studying the Fa, the advantages that you desire are not available to you, and the only benefit you will receive is that you will really be a better person who must first work hard, would you still want to cultivate? Cultivation of Dafa is not for gaining an advantage; it is for striving for righteousness and returning to one's original true self. Cultivating in hopes of obtaining an advantage in the future is not a pure thought, as there is no such thing as trading one thing for another in cultivation. Cultivation is the awakening of our inborn qualities, and we should cultivate in order to be a really good and righteous person.
Is It Genuine Cultivation?
Some people think that they are in cultivation of the Buddha Law, but what is the cultivation of the Buddha Law? Master Li told us in "Lunyu" of Zhuan Falun, "In order to explore this domain, humankind must fundamentally change its conventional thinking." Have we changed our human concepts? Do we really understand the Buddha Law? If we do not change our ordinary human concepts, we will have only our own understandings, as the Buddha Law is boundless. No matter what, we must continue to strive to advance diligently.
Some others think that cultivation is a type of insurance. Buddha saves sentient beings instead of just blessing and protecting them. If we cannot conform to the requirements, will that do? Teacher has said in "Solid Cultivation" of Hong Yin :
"Study the Fa and obtain the Fa.
Share in learning and share in cultivating,
Following [the Fa] in everything.
Compliance is cultivation."
We must achieve this to be successful in cultivation. If we knew everything that is within the Fa, yet at the crucial moment we don't act according to Dafa's requirements, instead acting according to our various excuses, old habits, human emotions and notions, etc., then this is not cultivation. That would not be cultivation. That is only studying the principles and saying one thing while doing something else!
The above are my personal understandings. Please kindly correct any errors in my thinking.
(Clearwisdom.net)
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