08/24/2011
"When we plant and bury many seeds, they will bear many karmic fruits in the future. Therefore, in our spiritual practice, we really must tend to every thought that arises. We must pay careful attention. If we are not careful, a thought will become an affliction. Once afflictions arise, karma will manifest. Karma causes, conditions and retributions continually reproduce; life after life, it is very difficult to find liberation. So spiritual practice is about taking good care of every thought that arises …" ~ Dharma Master Cheng Yen (Pix)*
Source: 06/22/2011《靜思晨語。法譬如水》顧好剎那間念頭 (Look After Every Single Thought): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T57g7McSzxM
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*The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, founded by Master Cheng Yen in 1966, has grown from its original 30 housewives, who saved 2 cents from their grocery money each day to help the poor, to nearly 10 million volunteers and supporters in 50 countries and has provided disaster relief in 70 countries to people suffering from disasters such as the Southeast Asia tsunami, Myanmar cyclone, floods in the United States and Australia, and earthquakes in Turkey, Pakistan, Sichuan China, Haiti, Chile and Japan. The Tzu Chi International Medical Association is made up of more than 5,000 medical professionals worldwide who volunteer their expertise and time to provide quality medical services, both in their own communities, whether urban or rural, and worldwide.