Don't use the goodness of the people to take advantage of the people.

 

Author: Tao Qing Hsu

 

I observe in the world that there are many people who are smart and self-righteous. These people who are not purely motivated, they often use the goodness of the people, and then take advantage of the people. When these unruly people are engaged in these things, they are also good at blackmailing the people, saying, "Everything I do is for you and for your sake." They might even brainwash the people and say, "Because we are so good to you, so you should pay for us.” But, in fact, these evil-motivated people, after giving the other side a little bit of benefit, want to get a greater double benefit from the other party. In other words, these people made it clear that they wanted to sacrifice the rights and interests of those kind-hearted people. Did you find out? Such people generally exist in the political arena, society, company organizational structure, our interpersonal network, and even they might be one of our family members.

 

Most people do not understand why their own kindness becomes a method used by others and a tool for others to safeguard their own interests. These kind-hearted members of the public are busy with their lives every day. They have worked hard to feed their families and the expenses of their daily lives, and they have no thoughts to think about this issue anymore. Unless they wake up one day, their kindness becomes a tool for others to use. Of course, the general public does not have this kind of awakening, and there is a great possibility that they themselves are someone who will use the goodness of the people to take advantage of the people.

 

During my observation, I also found that some people were taken advantage of by relatives and friends because of their own kindness. However, these kind people, although they themselves feel this strong sense of persecution, unfortunately, they may not have such a strong awakening: Don't use the goodness of others to take advantage of others. On the contrary, these kind-hearted people who have been victimized, without awakening, will turn out to be offenders to others. In other words, he will become a person who uses the goodness of others to take advantage of others. When the whole world, national politics, society and family are full of such people, a vicious circle will be formed. If the whole world is such a person, including many leaders of the world, it will definitely take the world in a very bad direction.

 

Therefore, self-awakening is very important. If we understand the principles of cause and effect, we will be cautious about what we do and remind ourselves: Don’t use the goodness of the people to take advantage of the people. Starting from ourselves, then, even if others use our kindness to take advantage of us, we will stop here, and we must not use our brains to harm others. This approach can prevent ourselves from falling into the cycle and whirlpool of bad karma.

 

As for others who use our goodness to take advantage of us, or those who use the goodness of others to take advantage of others, they must bear the consequences for their bad behavior and bear any bitter consequences that result from it. According to the Buddha's teachings, this kind of suffering has not ended in this life, and it will certainly continue to be paid in the next life. Do you know what this bitter fruit is? According to my personal observation, this kind of people will end up in a life of poverty and hardship and struggle endlessly. This kind of poverty and suffering is not only manifested in the material, but also in the spirit.

Blessed people do not need to take advantage of others to profit.

Author:Tao Qing Hsu

In observing numerous numerology, it is found that some people have insufficient luck, and their lives seem to be blessed, but in fact they have insufficient luck. The reason is that the desire is deep. In the "Miaohua Lianhua Sutra", the Buddha once stated: "Greedness is the source of suffering." The Buddha also mentioned that all beings take pleasure in greed and do not know that greed is suffering. This observation of human nature can allow us to perceive the motives of these actors, and even observe their future destiny. The destiny trend mentioned here is not only this life, but also the afterlife.

There are thousands of human desires, which are covered in various sounding reasons and arguments, and even use ridiculous and ridiculous legislation in an attempt to "legalize" their selfish desires and unwholesome motives. Maitreya Bodhisattva has a famous saying: "A big belly can tolerate things that are hard to bear in the world; when you open your mouth, you laugh and laugh at people who are ridiculous." But these uncomfortable things and ridiculous people happen every day. What's interesting is that these happen not only to ordinary people, but also to those who are rich and powerful.

Whatever the reasons for seeming to be rationalized, we will find that in fact, the motivation behind these attempts to rationalize their actors is nothing more than the desire to obtain personal benefits by taking advantage of others. And this behavior will even be done in the form of groups or political parties. Therefore, when we learn Buddhism, in addition to perceiving our inner greed from self-examination, and being cautious about what our greed is doing, based on this, and thus observing the behaviors of greed of all beings, we can naturally raise wisdom to help them and lead them towards the good side.

We observe that those who try to obtain personal benefits by taking advantage of people may achieve their temporary purpose, but when we look at them in the long run, we will find that these people's ending will be very tragic. Unfortunately, those who are miserable in the end are those who have no introspection and vigilance. If these people have such self-examination and vigilance, they will know that they have been reformed, and will automatically become good after repentance, so they will not go to a tragic life situation.

It seems that justice or legislation can safeguard justice and human right for the world. However, justice or legislation is artificial, it may be misused and distorted. It may even be misused by wicked people, using justice or legislation as a tool for authoritarian dictatorship and controlling the public for personal gain. Unfortunately, this happened in the current world.

The Buddha once mentioned that some of the beings on our planet are controlled by the devil, thereby deliberately destroying the goodness and justice of mankind. These demons are also a kind of celestial beings. They have some supernatural powers. They can control the human will through the power of supernatural powers to disrupt human civilization. And who is most easily controlled by these demons? Those who are greedy.

There is a civilized world 100 times higher than human civilization in this world, living in the same space as our human beings. Western scientists have recently stated that they have discovered at least 38 highly intelligent civilization worlds, and the wisdom and civilization of all beings in these worlds surpass humans.

The Buddha has revealed in the past that there are many different worlds in this universe of thousands of worlds. Many of the sentient beings living in these worlds have been verified as Bodhisattva fruit positions, and they are all highly intelligent sentient beings. At the same time, these highly intelligent beings can move in different worlds. How long does it take to move? It is the time for the forearm to stretch, which is one second, which is just an instant.

Therefore, the earth is just a small world in the universe, and in this small world, there live good and good beings who are just and can give others benefits, and greedy and vicious beings who take pleasure in encroaching on the interests of others. Interestingly, the highly civilized and intelligent beings of other worlds are actually not very involved in the human things on earth, but in fact, it does not mean that they do not intervene and assist. There are many kind-hearted beings on earth who often pray for world peace from God or Bodhisattvas. If the majority of people tend to be kind, they will help. If the human heart tends to be evil, they will persuade all beings to be good. However, if most people's hearts are evil, they will let humans eat the fruits of their own evil.

In addition to affecting the blessings of mankind, the good and evil of mankind will also affect the lifespan of mankind. In the Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha revealed that the human heart is pure and the life span of human beings can reach ten thousand years, which existed hundreds of millions of years ago. It is a pity that this does not exist in the five thousand years since mankind began to have historical records. Because people's hearts are becoming evil, their lifespan is gradually decreasing. At present, in the five thousand years of human history, human life span is only 100 years, which is the longest possible human life span. In fact, more than half of human life spans are less than 50 years.

It can be seen that most sentient beings are not blessed, so they infringe on the rights and interests of others to gain their own interests, not only to hurt others, but also to let themselves eat the fruits of their own evil. Some organizations and political parties even use lies, fraud, concealment, shirk their responsibilities, label others, arbitrarily convict people, intimidate, violence or kill people, and even let others commit suicide to achieve their personal interests. Such evil in the human heart is also a cause of shortened life expectancy.

The Buddha said that humans on this earth are living in a world of five turbidity and evil. There are very few good people who can learn the Dharma and learn from the Buddha. Unless it is the blessings accumulated over the ages and the long-cherished wishes of the world, human beings cannot encounter the cause of learning Buddha in this life, nor have they had the opportunity to meet the Buddha and Bodhisattva to teach the Dharma in person. Blessed people have many patron saints who personally come to support their daily needs. These blessed people do not need to encroach on the rights and interests of others and take advantage of others to make profits for individuals. This is not something ordinary people can understand. If we understand it, we know how grant our blessings are, so grant that we can share them with all beings. Therefore, instead of being a person lacking fortune and hurting all beings, it is better to expect to be a blessed person and benefit the world.