Click on the below-mentioned, numbered subjects:
- Welcome
- What’s Happening?
- When Many Troubles Rain Down at Once
- Why We Fail to Look Inward
- Looking Within During My Wife's Sickness Karma
- A Cultivator Should Unconditionally Look Within
- Removing Resentment Towards Fellow Practitioners
- Eliminating the Attachment to Relying On Others
- 1. Welcome
Welcome to the September 2014 Falun Dafa India Newsletter.
In this issue, we have a compilation of experience-sharing Articles gleaned from Clearwisdom 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. What’s Happening?
Practitioners from Bangalore introduced the 9-Day Video Lecture to a new group of practitioners and in the process gained new insights and felt they should hold these sessions more often. Practitioners also visited St. Alphonsus School again on the request of the Principal to teach the exercises and initiate Fa study.
Practitioners from Hyderabad distributed fliers to Mr. Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister, Mr. Etela Rajender, Finance Minister, Mr. P. Mahender Reddy, Transport Minister of Telangana state, Dr. Laxman, Mr. Maganti Gopinath, M.L.As, Govt. officials, and other industrialists in a meeting.
Practitioners also distributed fliers to foreign students and others in a training camp in a Government institute.
They also distributed fliers and explained about the practice to many foreign Delegates (from 54 countries) and local delegates, students, professors and others in Women’s World Congress in University of Hyderabad.
They also distributed fliers to many, including the President of Hyderabad Management Association in a meeting on "Stress Relief through Music”.
Practitioners also explained and introduced the practice and exercises to 400 police for a week and clarified the truth.
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- 3. When Many Troubles Rain Down at Once
(Minghui.org)
When
Master talked about being able to endure the toughest hardships of all in
Lecture Nine of Zhuan Falun, he told us about a person who had so many
troubles sudden unemployment, an elderly parent hospitalized, a son involved in
a fight, a spouse having an affair, and more. He also said we would not
necessarily have such troubles, but xinxing"
conflicts are no easier to endure than these kinds of things. Reflecting upon my
experiences over the last few days, I was just like the person Master talked
about. All the troubles came almost at the same time creditors calling, my
mother's illness, my husband becoming unemployed, my son having bad grades, my
daughter's demands, fellow practitioners staying away, and myself also
experiencing symptoms of sickness.
I had borrowed tens of thousands of yuan to build my
house. Included in my debts was a debt of 3,000 yuan to my brother. However,
this brother unfortunately was diagnosed with a very difficult to cure heart
disease. He spent more than 100,000 yuan and no cure was in sight. I hastened to
put together all the money I had and finally got 3,000 yuan to pay my brother
back. I only had a little more than 100 yuan left. After paying the debt, I felt
completely relaxed. I thought that now I could study the Fa peacefully.
Unexpectedly, my 80-year-old mother called early the next morning and told me
that her leg hurt so much that she could not walk. She received a drip at the
hospital and wanted me to look after her. There was a humming noise in my head
it was just like someone was hitting my head with a stick. I realized that this
was interference. I started to send forth righteous thoughts. I told my mother
to recite Falun Dafa is good in her mind. With blessings from benevolent Master,
my mother started to improve. But then, my husband received a call from his boss
saying that the company business was not in good shape because of the world
financial crisis, and my husband had to stay home for a number of days. (My
husband was a driver for a private store owner.) In fact, he was facing
unemployment. My family depended on his income for food. I didn't know how to
deal with this sudden loss of income. Then, my son told me after school, Mom, my
teacher wants you to go to the school to have a meeting because my Chinese
grades dropped from top marks to the bottom on my mid-term exam. I had
previously taught at my son's school. Everyone there knew me. What would
everyone think of me?
With so many things suddenly appearing, I also started to
have abnormal reactions a toothache, backache, chest pain, and more. In
addition, my daughter started using foul language, saying it was my fault she
was suffering so much. All this occurred within three or four days; it was all
so sudden and unexpected. However, I remembered Master's teaching,
"Whatever you experience during your
cultivation--whether good or bad--is good, for it comes about only because you
are cultivating. (To the Chicago Fa Conference)
Isn't that true? At the beginning, I was not moved when
the economic persecution started. I thought I could go through it with Master's
help. Sure enough, my cash flow turned a corner again and everything was moving
in the right direction. The interference caused my mother's illness, dragged me
away from Fa study and the three things, and preoccupied my mind. However, my
mother broke through the difficulty by reciting Falun Dafa is good. Since then,
my mother has not interfered with my practicing Falun Dafa because she has seen
Dafa's beauty in me I have cultivated for ten years, I have good health and I
have saved countless amounts in medical expenses. Also, like thousands of other
Dafa practitioners, I am kind to others, and do not care about fame or personal
gain. I am always considerate of others first. I do not mind how much I lose.
Witnessing this for herself convinced her.
The interference wanted me to suffer economically and have
my husband lose his job. Actually, this was not a big deal. Maybe having another
job would improve his income. No matter what happens, I can always go through it
because I have Master, Dafa, and righteous thoughts. Whoever or whatever impedes
my truth-clarification will surely be eliminated.
In the process, I also looked inward. I found the deeply
hidden attachment of being sensitive to reputation. Then, I put everything
aside, and open-heartedly walked to the campus where I had worked. I found my
son's teacher. The young teacher said that my son was not good at listening in
class. I told her that my son was obsessed with computer games and did not spend
a lot of effort on school work. I had on several occasions pulled the plug or
hidden the mouse, but it proved useless. It was necessary to convince his heart.
I took advantage of this meeting and tried to educate him. So, the meeting was
not a bad thing. It exposed my own attachment, and I also got an opportunity to
educate my son.
In hardship, I was still cheerful and I did not dwell on
those things. I studied the Fa when I should have. I sent forth righteous
thoughts when I should have. I clarified things when I should have. I memorized
the Fa when I should have. Nothing could intimidate me! At the same time, I
denied the evil persecution, found my own attachments, and then eliminated them.
Is there anything that is not good? Actually, all the arrangements by the evil
interference are futile, and they are nothing in the face of a true Falun Dafa
practitioner. Disintegrating evil and following Master is our only true path.
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- 4. Why We Fail to Look Inward
(Minghui.org)
Looking inward has been a requirement
since the very beginning of our cultivation, and has been
emphasized time and again. I think it is a way to find out whether
we are real cultivators. When there is a conflict, we should always
look within ourselves for a reason regardless of who is right or
wrong based on appearance. You are a real practitioner when you are
not fooled by appearances. Every practitioner knows about this
method, and when it affects others, the picture is clear. However,
when it affects ourselves, the tendency is to look at the other
person for a reason.
I know of a couple who are cultivators. They have held an
opinion of their mothers-in-law ever since they began cultivation
practice. Both are confident that the other side is wrong. Thus,
there are many unhappy occasions leading to a negative impact on
Dafa. It is true that based on human reasoning it appears that the
other side is wrong, but practitioners should not use human
notions. He should look within for an attachment that may have
caused this unhappy event. Why is it that these conflicts continue
to exist? Is my level of consciousness high enough on this
particular issue? Is it a karmic debt that I should pay back and
then let go? The point is that we need to consider a problem from
the viewpoint of a practitioner, not an everyday human being. This
is the only way to resolve a problem.
Master told us to look within. This precious method is a problem
solving tool. When there is a conflict, it is an opportunity to use
this tool, find the real cause, and resolve the conflict. Once the
conflict is gone our character automatically improves. We are
cultivating in this secular society, so we must balance our actions
in our families, our jobs, and our dealings with society. We are in
fact applying the to balance our actions and improve our
character. A successful improvement in our character is a true
validation of the Fa. It also adds to our virtue. Such improvements
in our character will also earn the respect of everyday people.
When I face a problem in my practice, it takes time to work out
the right solution. It may take several trials. A case in point is
while doing the sitting exercise, fellow practitioners often told
me that my hands were too low. Although I didn't respond
negatively, and exercised patience, my mind remained disturbed. I
felt that my hands were usually in the right position and I
wondered how they knew about my hands since their eyes were
supposed to be closed. How could they be practicing with their eyes
open and watching someone else? I finally realized that all this
was irrelevant. The situation unfolded this way because I didn't
like to hear criticism. Master wanted to remove this negative
attachment from me so that my character could be improved. When I
reached this understanding my entire body warmed up and I felt very
much relaxed.
In short, conflicts present themselves to help us move forward.
Why don't we like it? Master explains in "Cautionary Advice" from
Essentials for Further Advancement,
"If you do not change the human logic that you, as an ordinary
human, have formed deep in your bones over thousands of years, you
will be unable to break away from this superficial human shell and
reach Consummation."
Master told us that the logic used by human beings is the
opposite of what it should be. Hence, in any given conflict we
should not use human logic to judge which is the correct way.
Actually, cultivating involves letting go of all human notions.
Holding on to human notions blocks our cultivation. Things will
improve for us when we let go of our human notions.
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- 5. Looking Within During My Wife's Sickness Karma
By Zhen Yan, a Dafa practitioner in Hebei Province
(Minghui.org)
Both my wife and I are Dafa practitioners.
One recent incident reminded me of the real benefits--for both mind
and body--of looking within. Here I would like to share my
experience with everyone.
In order to help our son, my wife and I went to the city to take
care of our grandchild. We took all of Master's writings, including
and , with us. We also
brought our MP3 players with us for the exercises. We used to join
the group -study in our hometown. In the new environment, the
two of us is a small Fa-study group.
In addition to taking care of the child, doing household chores
including cooking, every day we steadfastly study the Fa, do the
exercises, and send forth righteous thoughts. Since I haven't been
able to get in touch with local practitioners here, I still go back
to my hometown regularly to get copies of .
On January 15, 2010, five days after I came back to my hometown,
when talking with my wife over the phone, I learned that her
situation was not good. She had two blisters on her fingers after
burning them while cooking. She was also sneezing, had a running
nose, and had other symptoms of a cold. This looked like a
karma-related tribulation. In addition, due to strong human
notions, the environment around her also changed. After hearing
that, I asked how was it when she was getting up in the
morning--meaning doing the exercises in the morning. She said that
she still got up early every day. I then asked how her Fa-study
was. She said that it was not very good. I then suggested that we
both look within for reasons for her tribulation.
After hanging up the phone, I began to look within. Every day, I
have been squeezing out time for Fa-study. Sometimes when I started
doing the exercises late and missed one set, I often made it up
during the day. I often send forth righteous thoughts four times a
day. What loophole did we have?
Then it was time to send forth righteous thoughts. I began to
send forth righteous thoughts, and added one thought, "Both my wife
and I are Dafa practitioners. We do not allow the old forces to
interfere and persecute us with any excuse. Master is taking care
of us." I also sent forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the
bad elements and to strengthen her righteous thoughts.
After sending forth righteous thoughts, I continued to look
within and was surprised by what I found. I used to consider myself
to be diligent concerning Fa-study and doing the exercises, while
in fact I was doing them due to strong selfish motivations. Because
my starting point was not right, it was no wonder that I was sleepy
when studying the Fa and had pains in my lower back or stomach
while doing the exercises. I only considered myself when doing
Fa-study and the exercises, and did not care about my wife's
Fa-study. Sometimes when changing a diaper for the child, my wife
was very busy and she asked me to help get baby wipes or a diaper,
I complained, using my Fa-study and doing exercises as an excuse.
There were also occasions where I shouted at my wife and there was
no compassion in my words. Without considering other people's
feelings, I was doing things that a practitioner should not do. In
fact I was walking on a path arranged by the old forces. Wasn't
this dangerous?
In addition to these selfish thoughts, I also found my
attachments to showing-off and competition. My wife did not receive
much education. When studying the Fa together, sometimes she wanted
to share her understanding to improve herself. Instead of
supporting her, I stopped her, using "not interrupting reading the
Fa" as an excuse. I also often showed off that I was reading faster
and better than her. Because of this, sometimes it even led to an
argument. As a result, we had to study separately, which made it
difficult for us to share with each other and improve together.
This was not following the Fa that Master taught us.
In Zhuan Falun, Master said,
"You should always be benevolent and kind to others, and
consider others when doing anything. Whenever you encounter a
problem, you should first consider whether others can put up with
this matter or if it will hurt anyone. In doing so, there will not
be any problems."
When we don't follow the Fa, how can we not encounter problems?
I had pushed all the chores onto my wife and, out of attachments of
selfishness and showing-off, I maximized the time for my own
Fa-study. She hardly had time to study the Fa, let alone calming
down when studying the Fa. The old forces were actually taking
advantage of the barrier between us to persecute her, a fellow
practitioner.
When noticing these attachments of mine, I suddenly remembered
Master's words,
"Even now, in fact, there are some students who are doing very
poorly with Fa-study. Being able to study the Fa well is the
fundamental guarantee that you can head towards Consummation, it's
the fundamental guarantee that you can emerge from here."
("Teaching the Fa at the 2003 Atlanta Fa Conference")
In these past several years, I did study the Fa; however, I did
not study well, nor did I follow the Fa when doing things.
Through the process of examining myself, I dug out many
attachments that had been deeply hidden for a long time, including
showing off, competition, making a name for myself, and fame,
personal interests, and desire. I then decided to let go of these
attachments and share the workload with my wife so that she could
have more time to study the Fa and improve together with me. By
then, the understanding of selflessness, Fa-principles of the new
cosmos, flowed throughout my body like a warm current. The feeling
of being clear, heart lightened and capacity increased was beyond
description.
By the time for sending forth righteous thoughts came the next
morning, the pain that I had been experiencing in my legs and lower
back, as well as the sleepiness, were all gone. Feeling energetic
and relaxed, I truly understood the benefits of looking within.
When I asked her how she felt, my wife said that all her illness
symptoms were gone.
Through this incident, I came to understand that, whenever we
hear that other practitioners have tribulations or are stuck during
a karma-related tribulation, we should not forget to look within
ourselves. We need to find our own attachments and get rid of them.
With compassion and consideration towards fellow practitioners, all
these problems will be resolved.
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- 6. A Cultivator Should Unconditionally Look Within
By a Dafa practitioner in China
(Minghui.org)
In the past, when I ran into a problem, I would look within and find my attachments. I would then think that I had done what Teacher asked us to do and that I was a cultivator. It was only a few months ago, when I ran into an incident that greatly irritated my heart, that I realized that I was still far from reaching Teacher's requirements. I then understood what it truly means to unconditionally look within.
The incident was quite simple. A customer came to my company to ask for a receipt. Before I gave her the receipt, I asked her to verify the numbers. She said, "It is all correct," so I gave her the receipt. However, the next day she came back and said that the receipt was wrong. She was in a very bad mood. Being blamed for a mistake that I felt was not my fault, I was all of a sudden very angry. I said to her, "Didn't you say that it was all correct when I asked you to check it yesterday?" She was further irritated, "Ha, you gave me the wrong receipt, and now you are arguing with me!" There were a lot of people there at that time and they all started looking at us. Some then came over and said to her, "Don't blame her. It's not her fault. It's written here, 'Please verify the information carefully.'" But the customer continued yelling loudly, "You made a mistake on this receipt. I could forgive you if it was a mistake in Arabic numbers. But how could you write wrong Chinese characters there! And you said it's my fault! The original receipts that I gave you were all correct!" I calmed myself down and said, "We are both responsible for the mistake. Let's just fix it." She heard that I said she was also responsible for the mistake, and she got madder. She gestured and yelled at me. Then my manager came over. After he listened to the story, he asked me to fix the receipt and told her, "We do expect you to verify the receipt."
I was truly angry when she blamed me. I felt anger rush to my head and my right hand even became numb. I wanted to yell at her, but I managed to hold myself back. I reminded myself with Teacher's Fa that a cultivator needs to endure. I said to myself again and again, "I am a cultivator, I can't be like her. I must forbear!" But actually, I was just holding myself back, not meeting Teacher's requirements. Teacher said, "Forbearance is the key to improving one's xinxing. To endure with anger, grievance, or tears is the forbearance of an everyday person who is attached to his concerns. To endure completely without anger or grievance is the forbearance of a cultivator." ("What is Forbearance (Ren)?" Essentials for Further Advancement) Though I held myself back and didn't continue to argue with her, I still felt that I was wronged. Especially when people watching our conversation said it was her fault, I felt so wronged that tears came to my eyes.
I told my parents about this incident after I got home from work. My father started criticizing me after he heard the story. At work, since I was dealing with other people, I could manage to hold myself back. But when I was at home, I was expecting my family to understand and support me. But I was criticized there, too. I could no longer endure it and started crying and yelling. I hid in my room and didn't eat dinner. I felt I was so wronged.
Teacher said, "But normally when a problem arises, if it does not irritate a person psychologically, it does not count or is useless and cannot make him or her improve." (). Because I didn't truly pass the test, it continued. A few days later, the CEO of my company mentioned my mistake at the all-hands meeting and said I was responsible for it. Since I rarely made a mistake, I had never been referred to in public before. I felt unfairly wronged and hurt. But I didn't realize that I felt sad because of my strong attachments to saving face and to fame.
When I got home, my father started criticizing me again after he heard what happened. I felt sadder and wronged. I laid on my bed and didn't want to eat or drink. I just kept crying, as if it was the only way to release my enormous grief.
Then my mother said to me, "Don't cry anymore. Think about why you feel so upset. Is it worth it?" Mother's question awakened me. I thought that maybe Teacher was using her words to give me a hint. I was upset because I felt wronged. But why did I feel wronged? I started looking within myself, just liking peeling the skin off bamboo shoots, one layer after another.
Teacher has said that whenever a cultivator has a conflict with everyday people, it's always the cultivator's fault. Not to mention that it was my job, so why didn't I verify the receipt myself? Why did I want other people to speak for me? Wasn't that an attachment to depending on others? I had realized that it was my fault, so then why did I feel I was wronged when being blamed? I found a deeply hidden attachment - I didn't want others to criticize me! This attachment also included saving face, or fame, a concern of ruined reputation after being criticized by the company's CEO. But I didn't think about what damage my mistake created for the customer. Teacher told us to cultivate to a selfless, altruist, righteous enlightened being. But I was still a selfish being of the old universe. I was still attached to such a trivial thing. How could I have the great benevolence needed to assist Teacher to rectify the Fa and save sentient beings?
After finding my attachments, I thought of Teacher's Fa and I suddenly found my strong feeling of being wronged suddenly disappear completely. Then looking at the incident again, it was no longer a big deal. Thinking about what my father had said, it also made sense.
Compared to Teacher's and the Fa's requirements, compared to diligent practitioners, I knew that this time is "precious beyond measure" ("Teaching the Fa in the City of Chicago") and I should not relax my cultivation. I must study the Fa diligently, look within, get rid of attachments, and do well the to raise up in the Fa.
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- 7. Removing Resentment Towards Fellow Practitioners
By a practitioner from Europe
(Minghui.org)
Before I started to cultivate Falun Dafa, I was one of those typical people who are extremely serious about being right or wrong. When I noticed that I had made a mistake, I would admit it, but when I felt that somebody else made a mistake, I would feel extremely uncomfortable and hold a prejudice toward that person and moreover, I never wanted to talk to that person again.
After practicing cultivation, although I have taken this issue lightly and gotten rid of my human notion of hating people as if they were my foes, I would still keep my distance from anyone who had a conflict with me. This distance was very obvious and made me uncomfortable. I wanted to remove this attachment, but it was not that easy because the people who had conflicts with me often were fellow practitioners.
After studying the Fa today, I suddenly realized why I was unable to break through my attachment before. When I used to see a fellow practitioner doing things without considering others first, my heart could not remain calm. When a fellow practitioner didn't point out my shortcomings in time, as I wished, and because of this omission I strengthened my attachment. I was then unable to do Dafa work well. Especially afterward when I realized my mistakes, I would even hold more resentment towards the fellow practitioner. I thought: "How can I regard you as my fellow practitioner? When you see that I, your fellow practitioner, have an attachment, why don't you sincerely help me and point it out? Instead, you let my attachment arbitrarily interfere with me, thus wasting my precious time and making it impossible for me to do Dafa work, as well as the three things well that Teacher requested. "
Now while calmly thinking about these thoughts, I realized that they were still based on selfishness. I didn't truly look inward to find my shortcomings and let go of self. Teacher said:
"So what is character? Character includes virtue (which is a type of matter), it includes enduring, it includes awakening to things, it includes giving up things-- giving up all the desires and all the attachments that are found in an ordinary person--and you also have to endure hardship, to name just a few things. So it includes a lot of different things. You need to improve every aspect of your character, and only when you do that will you really improve. That's one of the key factors in improving your potency." ("Lecture One" in Zhuan Falun, 2003 translation version)
In fact, my resentments were still based on personal cultivation and that was why I felt I did not improve in my cultivation. Actually, during the period of Fa-rectification, we Dafa practitioners are one body and each one of us is a particle of Dafa, and the universal principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance." If a person is interfered with, it not only affects his or her personal cultivation but also affects saving sentient beings. Doesn't this actually affect and interfere with Fa-rectification? How can I resent fellow practitioners for not pointing out my shortcomings? I now realize this and am able to rationally think about this issue. This is not only about loss or gain or for individual improvement in one's cultivation, but rather it relates to the evil interfering with a practitioner and taking advantage of the practitioner's existing attachment. Therefore, the evil was able to achieve its purpose of interfering with the practitioner doing the three things. That is the fundamental issue!
When I truly understand the Fa from the Fa, when I am truly devoted to Fa-rectification, when I truly realize the value of the benevolence of the intrinsic lives in the universe, when I realize how much Teacher has sacrificed in order to save people, I find the volume of my heart has unconsciously increased. While I clearly started to understand the difference between individual cultivation and cultivation during Fa-rectification, my resentment toward fellow practitioners also disappeared.
Above is my individual understanding. Please point out any mistakes I made.
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- 8. Eliminating the Attachment to Relying On Others
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in China
(Minghui.org)
Recently while studying the Fa, I found that I had the mindset of counting on external factors, which taught me a great lesson in my cultivation. The purpose of this article is to help fellow practitioners with similar problems enlighten as well. Let's forge ahead continuously on the way to ending the persecution and saving sentient beings.
When I first started cultivation, my intention was to count on Dafa and on Teacher to help free myself from worldly pain. I had thought my purpose was pure, which prevented me from realizing my attachment to self. I was also mistaken in believing that counting on Teacher and depending on Teacher were reflections of an unshakable belief in Teacher and Dafa. Actually, this expectation is different from belief. Belief is strictly following Teacher's requirements to do everything. Belief is to cultivate one's own character, to put down everyday mindsets without any condition, change one's essential nature, to assimilate to Dafa, and to have full belief in Teacher and in Dafa in any situation. However, counting on others is one-sided, is pursuing external help, is caring about one's own loss and gain, is expecting external forces to play every part and it shows an unwillingness to change oneself.
When I didn't realize this attachment, I could not see that I deviated many times from the right path of cultivating my character and looking inside during my cultivation. And, I only staggered along, and was slow in cultivation. Especially when I was persecuted, I counted on fellow practitioners to send forth righteous thoughts for me. I also counted on relatives, friends, colleagues, the head of my company and people with high social eminence and influence to help me and speak for me. Through fear and attachments, I lumped myself with ordinary people and I did not have righteous thoughts. In this situation, it is no use to ask for Teacher's help because Teacher takes care of cultivators, not ordinary people.
I had once counted on the head in my company to block the irrational harassment and persecution by the authorities. I clarified the truth to him with this kind of selfish heart. The result was that not only did he not listen, he also assisted the 610 Office in trying to transform me. He forced me to write "The Five Documents" when I returned to the company. He would, otherwise, not assign me a job.
I had once counted on my husband. I was once moved by his words "If they dare to arrest you, I will go to government office to complain every day." But when I was arrested, he threw away all of my Dafa books. He listened to lies from the authorities and turned around to convince me to abandon cultivation. He even slapped me in the face when he saw me practicing Dafa after I returned home.
I had once counted on fellow practitioners. Although I could always see through practitioners with crooked understanding, I lost confidence after I listened to some words from that kind of practitioner. I was transformed against my will. There was another practitioner who I once counted on to make decisions and coordinate. I found she talked in exaggerated ways after making several contacts. She was two faced and even lies. She rarely studied Dafa in peace, had a strong attachment to fear, and was not brave enough to come out to clarify the truth. I pointed out her problem, but she could not bear it. Now, we are divided.
After a series of mistakes and being given many lessons, I compared myself to the Fa and looked inside. I found that my heart was counting on external factors. Also, I lacked a solid background in Fa study and xinxing cultivation. I need to get rid of all my everyday person's mindsets, fill my mind with strong righteous thoughts, and save sentient beings as soon as possible.
In the following, I'd like to write down Teacher's teaching and invite fellow practitioners to study together.
"In practicing cultivation, you are not making real, solid progress on your own, which would effect great, fundamental changes internally. Instead, you rely on my power and take advantage of powerful external factors. This can never transform your human nature into Buddha-nature. If every one of you can understand the Fa from the depths of your mind, that will truly be the manifestation of the Fa whose power knows no boundary--the reappearance of the mighty Buddha Fa in the human world!" ("Cautionary Advice" from Essentials for Further Advancement)
"Since you're Dafa disciples, you shouldn't put your hopes in so-called "natural" changes, external changes, changes in the ordinary society, or in some favors that someone might do for us. You are Gods, and you are the future rulers of different cosmoses, so who would you count on? All the beings are counting on you!" ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A..")
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