Diamond Sutra Chapter II
Chapter II
THE VENERABLE BUDDHA SAID, "FROM-THE-WORLD-WORSHIPPER, WILL THERE BE PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE WHO WILL HAVE REAL FAITH IN YOUR TEACHINGS JUST BECAUSE THEY HEAR ABOUT THEM?"
VENERABLE BUDDHA SAID, "HUNDREDS OF YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE WILL STILL ENJOY MY WORDS, AND SOME WILL ALSO FIND ENLIGHTENMENT. TO PUT TRUST ONLY IN WORDS SEEMS DIFFICULT AT FIRST, BUT FAITH AND TRUST ARE GOOD COMPANIONS ON THE WAY TO TRUTH."
"BEFORE ME AND AFTER ME, PEOPLE WILL PLANT THE GOOD SEED, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BUDDHAS PROCLAIMED AND CONTINUE TO PROCLAIM THE TEACHING OF OVERCOMING SUFFERING."
SO WHAT DID THE BUDDHA WANT TO TELL HIS DISCIPLE?
ALL PEOPLE CAN BE OR BECOME BUDDHAS IF THEY WANT TO.
ENLIGHTENMENT IS NOT AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT RESERVED ONLY FOR THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA; ON THE CONTRARY, THIS PATH IS OPEN TO EVERY HUMAN BEING. EVEN BEFORE THE BUDDHA THERE WERE ENLIGHTENED PEOPLE, AND AFTER HIS PASSING THERE WERE AND ARE OTHERS.
IN ORDER TO REACH THIS DESIRABLE STAGE (A HAPPY LIFE WITHOUT SUFFERING), HOWEVER, ONE MUST FIRST GIVE IT A CHANCE.
WHAT IF THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, IF THERE REALLY IS A BUDDHA SLUMBERING IN ALL PEOPLE?
GIVE THE PHILOSOPHY 24 HOURS, TRY TO LIVE A WHOLE DAY ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO LOSE? NO ONE WILL NOTICE, JUST FOR YOURSELF!
PUT REAL TRUST IN THE WORDS OF THE SUBLIME FOR 24 HOURS, TRY TO MAKE YOUR THOUGHTS FREE, NOT TO JUDGE AND NOT TO CLING TO ANYTHING, JUST ONCE AS A TEST, FOR ONE DAY.
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