(Chapter 36) A Brief Talk about The Scripture of Forty-Two Chapters Said by Buddha
Co-translators in the time of Eastern Han Dynasty, China(A.D. 25 - 200) :
Kasyapa Matanga and Zhu Falan (Who translated the said Scripture from Sanskrit into Chinese. )
Translator in modern time (A.D.2018: Tao Qing Hsu (Who translated the said Scripture from Chinese into English.)
Teacher and writer for explaining the said Scripture: Tao Qing Hsu
Chapter 36: Floundering gains the victory.
The Buddha said,” After people depart from the Evil Path, it is
difficult for them to become the human beings. Since they have become the human
beings, it is difficult for them to remove the female body but to be the male
body. Since they have become the male body, it is difficult for them to
completely have the Six Roots. Since they completely have the Six Roots, it is
difficult for them to be born in the central part of a country. Since they have
been born in the central part of a country, it is difficult for them to
encounter the world of Buddha. Since they have encountered the world of Buddha,
it is difficult for them to encounter the Dao. Since they have encountered the
Dao, it is difficult for them to raise the confidence. Since they have raised
the confidence, it is difficult for them to initiate the Bodhi-heart. Since
they have initiated the Bodhi-heart, it is difficult for them to be no-practicing
and no-proving.
If a person had
done the evil thing in the world of humans in the past life, this person would
be reborn in the world of the Evil Path after the death. What this chapter
mentioned is that, after the suffering was ended in the Evil Path and this
person finally had departed from it, it was difficult for this person to have
the blessings. If this person was lucky to be humans, it was still not easy for
this person to have any fortune. If this person was fortunate to have the
worldly blessings, it was difficult for this person to encounter the teaching
of Buddha. When this person had the opportunity to encounter the teaching of
Buddha, it was also difficult for this person to have the confidence to learn
the Dao in Buddhism. Even though this person had the confidence to learn the
Dao in Buddhism, there would be a lot of self-obstacles which are required this
person to overcome. In a word, it is mentioned that it is not easy to be human
body in perfect and thus to learn the Dao in Buddhism. If we have the auspicious
to know this blog and encounter the teaching of Buddha, it is the lucky and
blessed for us and we should know to cherish our human body to learn the Dao in
Buddhism.
In Buddhism,
there are worlds of six Paths in a wheel, which the humans would take turns and
rebirth in the world of the six Paths, according to the person's karma. That
is, what this person had done in the past life would decide which world of future
this person would rebirth, which is like the wheel continued to rotate, humans'
birth and death are rotating in the wheel of fate, and humans could not get rid
of such rotating fate, unless the person had enlightened and proved the Dao by
self, and become the Buddha. Then, this person would get rid of the rotating
wheel of fate forever.
There are the
worlds of Good Path for three and the worlds of Evil Path for three. The Evil
Path means the path of animal, the path of hungry ghost, and the path of hell.
Humans’ path is not belonged to the path of animal, but one world of Good
Paths. Heaven path are also one world of Good Paths. All of these paths include
the concrete form and the phantom. It is also some kind of world in the
person’s spirit, which would be demonstrated in the person’s heart or brain,
which is like the dream or phantom and would make the person feel so real.
When a soul has
done the good things, it will be existed in the world of Good Path. However,
when a soul has done the evil things, it will be existed in the world of Evil
Path. What is the difference between them are the form and appearance, and
whether to be blessed or to be suffering. Mostly, what a soul of humans has
done will demonstrate what kind of world in its current life and whether it is
good or evil. That is, the retribution of what it has done in life is appeared
in its current life.
The Buddha said,” After people depart from the Evil Path, it is
difficult for them to become the human beings.”
When a soul takes
its whole life to be suffering in the world of Evil Path and it is to be ended
finally, this soul immediately departs from the world of Evil Path. That is,
the form of body of this soul died in the world of Evil Path, and will be
reborn in another world with another new form of body. However, it is difficult
for this soul to be reborn in the world of humans’ path with a new form of
human body. Then, in which world this soul could be with a new form of body, if
it is difficult to become human beings?
It is possible
for this soul to be reborn in the world of heaven path and of Asura path. Both
of them are belonged to the Good Path. There are the worlds of heaven path for
thirty-three and some of them does not exist the teaching of Buddha. That is, there
is no Buddhism and no Buddha. Asura is similar to the heaven humans. The world
of Asura path is full of the hatred and they always fight with another heaven
humans. Even though Asura has the chance to listen to the teaching of Buddha,
however, Asura has the severe hatred heart so as to make Asura unable to learn
Buddha well.
One of the
thirty-three worlds of heaven is named as longevity heaven. That is, in the
longevity heaven, the beings have the life of longevity. Longevity heaven is
regarded as one of the eight difficulties in Buddhism. Once the soul is there,
its minded will be in the state of deep stability and does not think or care
about anything, until the life in the longevity heaven is ended. Under the
circumstance and during this time, this soul does not care about the teaching
of Buddha. That is, the beings in longevity heaven have no chance to learn
wisdom and to be enlightened. That is why it is difficult for the beings in
longevity heaven to learn Buddha.
There are some
beings in the world, who do not do any evil things, but obey the precept what
they believe, keep their mind in the state of stability, and thus hope to be
reborn in the blessed place. They even do not know what the teaching of Buddha
is. It is possible for such beings to be reborn in the world of longevity
heaven and enjoy the blessing life in there.
In Buddhism, the
world of humans’ path is regarded as the best world for beings to learn Buddha.
That is because there is the Buddhism and the teaching of Buddha in this world.
The beings in the world of Evil Path are too suffering to listen to the
teaching of Buddha. Even in the world of humans’ path, there are also a lot of
humans who are suffering and have no opportunity to encounter the Buddhism.
Meanwhile, there are also a lot of places in this world, where does not exist
the Buddhism. To sum up above, when the beings depart from the Evil Path, they
only have little chance to encounter the Buddhism. The Buddha said,” It is hard
to have the body of humans. And it is hard for humans to listen to the teaching
of Buddha.“ Therefore, it is so lucky for us to be the humans and have the
chance to encounter the Buddhism and to listen to the teaching of Buddha. We
should cherish it well.
The Buddha said,” Since they have become the human beings, it is
difficult for them to remove the female body but to be the male body.”
In the age of
information closed in ancient times, the female of humans is more severe
despised by the family and the society, and is treated in a severe unfair way.
The status of the female is very low. Furthermore, the female body is weaker
than the male body. Some families do not like the female infants, and thus
abuse the female, even to kill them mercilessly. That is why being the female
is more suffering than the male and the female has the less chance to learn
Buddha. Even today, the problem of inequality between men and women still
exists in many countries. There are a lot of places without Buddhism, and the
females are still suffering severely in those places.
Therefore, when
the beings depart from the Evil Path and are lucky to be human beings, the
beings have more chance to be the females than to be the male, because they
have to continually suffer in life. In the reality, it is indeed difficult to
change the female body to become the male body, unless to accept the sex
reassignment surgery. But, in Buddhism, there is a concept for removing the
female body to be male body.
In the concept of
Buddhism, the concept of male body has the symbol meaning. It thinks that the
male body are more strong, has the more blessed, the more chance to learn the
Dao in Buddhism, and thus to shoulder the responsibility to save the sentient
beings to be liberated from the suffering.
If a female is
willing to listen to the teaching of Buddha, to learn the Dao in Buddhism, to
practice it in daily life, and to shoulder the responsibility to save sentient
beings to be liberated from the suffering, she is thus no difference with the
male body, and she can certainly achieve the Buddhahood in the future. In
Buddhism, that is the meaning to remove the female body to become the male
body.
Therefore, if you
are a female, you have to know not to despise yourself, because everyone has
the Buddha nature. Whatever you are male or female, it is all equal in the
emptiness of Buddha nature. Even a female, she can become Buddha in the future.
The Buddha said,” Since they have become the male body, it is
difficult for them to completely have the Six Roots.”
If the beings
have departed from the Evil Path, and are lucky to have become the male body of
humans, it is difficult for them to completely have the Six Roots. In Buddhism,
the Six Roots means the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind. To completely
have the Six Roots means those function are normal and can be used well. That
is, there is no blindness, no deaf, no dumb, no mutilated hands and feet, and
no mental retardation or no mental disorder.
In the scripture
of Buddhism, the Buddha had said that, those who have departed from the Evil
Path and are reborn to become humans are either to have the short-lived life or
to have the low and humble status. They are either to be slavers or to be often
called to do things. Some of them even to have no complete Six Roots and even
their life are abused to die.
In other words,
those who have done a lot of evil things, and thus to be reborn in the world of
Evil Path are suffering every moment. When they have ended the life in the
world of Evil Path and to be reborn in the world of humans, even they have
become the male of humans, they still have to be tortured in their life and to
be suffering until they died again, and to be reborn in the world of Evil Path
once more. They are experiencing such pain of reincarnation again and again
until they have a thought to think of the Buddha and please Buddha to save them
to be liberated from the suffering. They accordingly have the chance to get rid
of such pain of reincarnation, and to have a chance to be a good people and
have a good life so as to accept the teaching of Buddha.
The Buddha
neither despises these beings nor ignores their suffering. The Buddha had said that, such beings will become Buddha someday, after they had ended their
suffering by themselves. However, during this time and before they become Buddha, they had to
endure the consequence which was deriving from what they had thought and what
they had done. Since these beings had the evil thought and had done the evil
things, the bitter consequences certainly had to be endured by themselves. No
one needs to take any responsibility for them or to endure any bitter
consequences for them. Now, we understand such relationship between the cause
and the consequence. If we are wise, we better to be cautious for our each
thought, our behavior, and what we have done, which is not to harm self and
others.
The incomplete
and any failure of eyes, ears, nose and body are easy to be found and felt by
the self and the public. Such self-subject can obviously feel the suffering.
And they can get the help from the masses. However, the incomplete and any
failure of mind are not like that. That is because it is not easy to be felt
and thus to be improved and healed.
Some people have
the complete eyes, ears, mouth, nose and body, which functions are normal. They
also have a job, a marriage and a family. Their intelligence is normal, too.
And their interpersonal relationship seems normal. But, they have the severe
problem of mood disorder or mental disorder, which they themselves and their
family members do not feel it, and just regard it as the problem of
personality. No matter the self-subject or their family members, their emotion,
life and work are severely affected by the mood disorder of the subject.
However, they do not think it is some kind of problem, and just think that they
encounter the unlucky fate. They even do not know that they are suffering from
it and do not have a thought to please Buddha to help them get rid of such
pain. It is also impossible for them to have a thought to inquire the doctor to
help them. There are many people with psychological problems like this.
However, there are few people who have the self- perceiving to these problems.
Those who have
the problem of mood disorder are easy to harm others through the verbal
violence, physical violence or mental violence. Meanwhile, they are easy to
harm themselves by bad diet, drug abuse, alcohol addiction or smoking addiction
so as to escape the mental stress. They also have the destructive behavior. They
even kill others or suicide in an irrational situation because of their
emotional storm. Such problem is more severe for the male of humans than for
the female of humans.
Those who
incompletely have the Six Roots have more suffering in their life. When they
have the chance to encounter the teaching of Buddha in their present life, what
they can learn is very limited. There are a lot of obstacles for them to learn
Buddhism because of their incompletely Six Roots. That is also because the
relationship between their personal cause and consequence has not yet
approached to the state of perfect. There are a lot of people who seems to have
the normal life and the normal appearance, and have the mood disorder or mental
disorder in the world. In fact, there are a lot of problem in their work and in
their relationship about the family. But, they do not think there is any
problem about themselves.
Observing the
humans in the world, especially the male of humans, there are few people who
have the complete Six Roots. The mind of the sixth Root is usually
malfunctioned. That is because most people have the problem in mood disorder or
in emotional distress. Usually, there will be one to three family members who
have such problems in a family, because their conditions would affect each
other. However, this problem is easy to be ignored by the masses. Especially,
the males of humans are easy to ignore these problems and do not know how to ask
for the help and cure.
This kind of
suffering in the heart is hard to perceive by the self. If the condition of
mood disorder is minor, it can be improved through healthy diet, exercise, and
positive thinking. To learn Buddhism is also helpful. However, if the situation
is very serious, it is better to inquire the doctor how to make it healed.
If we want to
learn Buddhism and wish to achieve the Buddhahood, it is one of the conditions
to have the complete Six Roots.
The Buddha said,” Since they completely have the Six Roots, it is
difficult for them to be born in the central part of a country.”
The central part
of a country is usually an area with better cultural and economic development. It
is also usually the main center of dissemination of knowledge and culture. It
is also relatively tolerant of all kinds of knowledge. Those who are born in
this place will be easy to absorb any kind of knowledge and to have the relatively
broad knowledge. All of these would help them to have the good economic ability
and to live a better life. In other words, it is a blessed place and those who
are lucky to be born in the place would be the blessed persons.
There is not
every country to have Buddhism. In the center of a country, there is the
knowledge of Buddhism and the teacher to teach Buddhism is not much in the
world. Those who are born in these places would be more chance to know the
knowledge of Buddhism and to encounter the said teacher. That is, they are
lucky to have the more opportunity to relieve their suffering.
In this world,
those who completely have the Six Roots and are born in the central part of a
country are not much in proportion. Therefore, it is also difficult for those
who have departed from the Evil Path and become the humans to have such
blessing. In the place of extreme hunger and hardship, there is almost no
Buddhism. Some people say that it is the purgatory on earth.
Even today, there
are a lot of poor place, people live there without computer and internet. They
are shortage of information and knowledge, and are suffering in the war. They
have never even heard of Buddhism, and then they die. In some countries, even
if people have computers and internet, a lot of information is blocked. Even
the information is not blocked, those who have the chance to encounter the
Buddhism and have the will to learn it are not so much.
Advances in
technology have made it easier for us to learn any knowledge. Whether we were
born in the center of a country or not is relatively less important. No matter
where you are, if you have ever read any article about Buddhism in this blog,
learn the knowledge from it, have the belief in heart, and practice it in daily
life, you are really a blessed person.
The Buddha said, “Since they have been born in the central part of
a country, it is difficult for them to encounter the world of Buddha.”
There are three
meanings for the world of Buddha. The first meaning is the time which Buddha Shakyamuni
is living, or the time which the other Buddha mentioned in Buddhist scripture
is living. For example, the world of Buddha Maitreya is
the time which Buddha Maitreya is living. Buddha Shakyamuni instructs that the next Buddha will be born in
the world is Maitreya.
The second meaning
is the time which the Buddhism is existed. It is also included the places where
the Buddhism is existed. The Buddha said that, when people read the Buddhist
scripture, it is as if they face the teaching of Buddha. That is, where there are
the Buddhist scriptures, there are Buddhas. When you read the Buddhist
scripture in this blog, it is as if you face the teaching of Buddha.
The third meaning
is the time which a Dao-practitioner who is truly proving the fruit of Dao in
Buddhism and achieves the Buddhahood is living. For example, in the history of
China, the first-generation to the sixth-generation Zen master created the
world of Buddha.
In the space,
when souls departs from the Evil Path and become males of humans with complete
Six Roots, and are luckily born in the central part of a country, where is
existed the prosperity of culture and economic, it is still difficult for them
to be born in the time which the Buddha is living. What the world of Buddha is as
mentioned above. Now we know, there will be such difficult processes for the
beings to suffer after they have done the evil things to harm others.
The Buddha said
that, no matter what people’s race is and what people’s belief is, there will
be a god of recording things to be born with them and to record what they have
done. Those who know such things and are willing to believe it is very few in
the world. If people have done the evil things and which are recorded by the
god, it is certainly difficult for them to be born in the blessed place and in
the world of Buddha.
According to the
record in Buddhist scripture, those believers who were born in the Buddha's
world and followed the Buddha's practice were once the dependents of Buddha
Sakyamuni in the heaven. They were born in the world following Buddha Sakyamuni
to protect Buddhism. In other words, these people own the supreme virtue and
bless. And there are the good purposes for them to come to the earth. That is
why they can be born in the world of Buddha.
Nowadays, we know
that, if we do the good things, it would be easier for us to be born in the
world of Buddha. If we are lucky to be born in the world of Buddha, we know
that we should cherish it well.
The Buddha said,” Since they have encountered the world of Buddha,
it is difficult for them to encounter the Dao.”
Many people exist
in the same time and space as the Buddha world, but unfortunately they don't
know the existence of Buddha. Since they don't know the existence of Buddha,
naturally they don't know the existence of Dao.
Even today, the
Buddhist scriptures in Chinese are existed in the world. Some of them are
translated from Chinese into English. We can find those scriptures in the
Internet. Unfortunately, many people still do not know to find it and to learn
it.
Human beings
would rather spend a lot of money to develop high-tech weapons, kill each
other, or intimidate each other, than spend time learning Buddha's wisdom,
improve each other's intelligence level, and improve human intelligence and
quality of life. This is a pity thing. Even though the humans have the
high-tech products and enjoy the convenience of the application, including the
information exchange to broaden their knowledge, many people have the mental illness. Those
people who have the serious mental illness usually have the physical illness,
too. And their income is usually relatively low and their life span is usually relatively
short.
Learning Buddha's
wisdom can benefit self and others. It can help us to know the true self and
the truth of the world, which can help us to improve our stubborn idea, adjust
the way in our life, so as to improve the quality of our life and increase our
lifespan. On this basis, we have the ability to benefit and help others. This
is an intangible asset, but it is often overlooked by the general public.
Many countries
use GDP to measure the national strength of a country. In fact, this is a
biased concept. The real strength of a country should be in the soft power of
wisdom. The intelligence, wisdom and quality of the people can truly determine
the strength of a country.
In this Buddha
world, many people own the confortable material life. Unfortunately, they do not
have the heart to know the Buddhism and how to learn the Dao in Buddhism. That
is also because they do not have the chance to encounter the person who
practices the Dao in daily life and the Dao in Buddhism.
There are two
meanings for “The Dao”. The first meaning is the Dao in Buddhism.
The second
meaning is the person who practices the Dao in daily life and has the wisdom
because of the enlightenment in heart, and who can teach the knowledge of Dao
in Buddhism to the public so as to enlighten their wisdom. For example, the
Buddhist monk, the Zen master, the Bodhisattva, and the Buddha are this kind of
persons.
Even those people
who live in the world of Buddha, it is difficult for them to encounter the
persons as said above. If you are lucky to encounter such persons, it is worth
for us to respect them and to learn Buddhism from them. That is, you are lucky
to encounter the Dao, because under their guidance, one day you will realize
what Dao is.
The meaning of
Dao has the narrow, shallow meaning, and the broad, deep meaning. According to
the extent of a person's wisdom, the teacher will give them different
instructions. The different meaning of Dao is already included in these 42
chapters. As long as you
finish reading these 42 chapters, you will have a basic understanding of the
concept of Dao.
The Buddha had said that, the sentient beings must be extremely blessed before they can
meet Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, then they can meet the Buddhist scriptures, and
then they can meet the Buddha's Path.
The Buddha said,” Since they have encountered the Dao, it is
difficult for them to raise the confidence.”
In this world
that values material life but deliberately ignores spiritual life, even if
people are lucky enough to encounter the Dao in Buddhism-the Buddha’s Path, it
is difficult for them to develop confidence in it.
In the process of
studying Buddhism, many people once aroused an idea and began to doubt their
own lives. This is how their confidence in studying Buddhism began to waver.
That is also because their soft power of wisdom and stabilizing is not enough.
It is very
important to have the confidence in learning the Dao in Buddhism. It will help
you keep learning Buddhism. Learning Buddhism is to alleviate your troubles in
life. If you learn a lot of troubles to hinder yourself in the process of
studying Buddhism, it is because your own wisdom is not enough. This will
naturally affect your confidence in learning Buddhism and will also cause you
to leave Buddhism.
Any noun, term,
words and expressions are just a code name. It just helps us understand
everything. Therefore, in the process of learning Buddhism, don’t be bound by
those code names. This is very important. Only when we can get rid of the
shackles of those code names so that we can truly enter the core of learning
Buddhism. We thus can really establish our firm confidence in learning
Buddhism. This is to avoid the obstacles caused by the subjective concept of
the code.
Many people study
Buddhism in the form of academic research. I do not recommend that you use this
method to study Buddhism, because Buddhism is not used for academic research. No
matter how reputable a university in which you study Buddhism, you get what the
relevant academic certificates of Buddhism, which cannot guarantee that you can
become a Buddha. On the contrary, this may be an obstacle to your Buddhahood. Academic
research is only to help us understand and increase the knowledge of Buddhism.
It is only a part of learning Buddha. If we want to become a Buddha, we even
have to get rid of the knowledge of Buddhism.
What the Dao is.
The Dao itself is clean, pure and still. That is our heart and living.
The Buddha said, “Since they have raised the confidence, it is
difficult for them to initiate the Bodhi-heart.”
The term “Bodhi”
is in Sanskrit. “Bodhi” is originally the name of the tree. Since the Buddha
Shakyamuni was meditating in sitting and enlightened under the Bodhi tree, the term “Bodhi” is used to mean the
enlightenment. Buddha Shakyamuni usually used the term of “Bodhi” as the
meaning of “enlightenment”.
Therefore, the
term of “Bodhi-heart” usually means the enlightened heart and the heart to
become the Buddha. The Bodhi-heart is Bodhicitta. The term “Bodhicitta” is in
Sanskrit. To initiate the Bodhi-heart means to wish the self to be enlightened
and to become the Buddha someday. For the beginner to learn Buddhism, to
initiate the Bodhi-heart is as to set a goal for the self and what they wish to
achieve it. Such heart would spontaneously drive the self to learn Buddhism
seriously and hardly.
Some beginners
subjectively think that practicing and learning Buddhism is a very hard work,
and becoming a Buddha seems to be a very remote thing for them, and they think
that as long as they have a good relationship with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas,
they can cultivate blessings. it’s good if there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
to protect themselves to be safe and peaceful.
In other words,
they only ask for the blessing, safe and peace in the current life. They do not
have the additional mind and the firm will to attain the Buddhahood. To
initiate the Bodhi-heart is like to vow to become Buddha someday. For the
general people, it is difficult for them to have such vow, unless they have the
very good blessings.
A Buddhist master
would lead the beginner to initiate the Bodhi-heart. Through such initiation of
the Bodhi-heart, the beginner would understand the meaning of Buddhism by the
leading of the Buddhist master.
Not only do we
have faith in Buddhism, we must also develop Bodhi-heart, if we have a strong
interest in learning Buddhism.
Since they have initiated the Bodhi-heart, it is difficult for
them to be no-practicing and no-proving.
When the said
people have developed the Bodhi-heart (bodhicitta), they immediately receive
the compassionate blessings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. That is because it
is not easy to achieve such a motivation, and they did it.
Since that time,
the said people would have a lot of homework to do, when they accept the
teaching of Buddha and the teaching from the Buddhist master. All these
homework would be different according to the different teaching from the
Buddhist master. What kind of teaching you can accept and can inspire your
wisdom, which is the best teaching for you.
You must clearly
understand that the teachings you have received can indeed lead you to
enlightenment and Buddhahood. If you have doubts in your heart, you may wish to
pause and wait for a while. If you are sure that the teacher has led you
astray, you must find a way to leave as soon as possible.
It is not easy to
encounter a teacher who is truly accomplished in spiritual practice. His
actions may also make you questionable. At this time, you may also wish to stop
and observe more. If you are sure that the teacher's actions are acceptable,
don't doubt it in your heart. Following the teacher's teaching, one's own
practice will advance forward.
Usually, when
teachers lead the masses to practice, they will focus on universal teaching
methods, which are teaching methods that the general public can understand and
accept. And this universal teaching is true in all religions. However, the
deeper teachings of Buddhism will transcend all of this. If you are not deeply
wise, you will not be able to understand this part.
In a word, the
universal teaching methods are some kind of doing method with skill. But, the
deep teaching methods are some kind of no-doing method without any skill. Neither
method should be biased towards either side. In other words, don’t cling to any
method.
For those people
who have developed the Bodhi-heart (bodhicitta) for a long time and are working
hard to practice the Buddha-law (Dharma), it is very difficult for them to let
go of the Buddha-law (Dharma). That is, it is difficult not to practice it and
not to prove it. That is because they have already cling to practice the
Buddha-law (Dharma ) and working hardly to prove it. However, such thought and
action also have to be broken. That is to break the cling to the Buddha-law
(Dharma). Only when doing this, the true wisdom could be truly inspired.
If you have read
the articles from the first chapter to this chapter, you will find that there
are a lot of chapters which mentioned about how to put the Buddha-law (Dharma) into
the practice. Putting the Buddha-law (Dharma) into the practice and proving it
are the basis of no-practicing and no-proving. The wisdom of no-practicing and
no-proving begins at the practicing and proving.
Therefore, if someone
did not have experienced the practicing in Buddha-law (Dharma) and said that he
was in the state of no-practicing and no-proving and was in the Buddhahood, we
now know that it is impossible. If people did not experience the practicing in
Buddha-law (Dharma), such as doing the good thing, giving, or removing the
desire of erotic, and said that his wisdom had been inspired and directly was
in the Buddhahood, we know that it is self-deception, and it's also deceiving
others.
If we really
experience the practice in Buddha-law (Dharma) and our wisdom are truly
inspired, our thought, mind and life will be free and easy, but it’s not
without rules, principle or respect. Whatever we are sleeping or working, or
doing anything, our thought are in the state of clear, pure and peaceful. Any
negative minded, or any idea intending to harm others, it is impossible to be
existed. If we have any idea to be emerged, we only think about how to help
people to be liberated from their suffering. That is because we have experienced
the training and practicing in Buddhism for a long time period and it has made our
mind achieved to the state of steadily. In this state, it is assure us to be in
the path of Buddha or Bodhisattva in our each life of present and future.
To sum up, when one soul have departed from the Evil Path, it is necessary for this soul to experience a lot of examination in morality and wisdom, and to struggle a lot in its each life, so that it is possible for this soul to overcome itself and then gains the final victory-to achieve the Buddhahood.
Supplementary note: Dao is transliterated
from Chinese, meaning way and method, deeper meaning as a system of learning or
religion. Dao is Tao, which is transliterated from Chinese. The original
meaning of Dao is the way and path, and it is extended to be the truth of life
that we can learn and practice in our lives.
