Good morning everyone. Remember our body, speech, and mind. All different types of karmic
activity. The reason Buddha and Bodhisattva they can free of the sufferings is because
their internal mind already transformed to selfless, compassionate, and great wisdom.
In order we can follow the path of Bodhisattva and walking on the path to attain the Buddhahood,
and very important part is we need to always respect our own body, respect our own speech,
respect our own internal precious mind. Exactly the same like a Buddha and Bodhisattva. But
the Bodhisattva they are more advanced in spiritual practices. So in order we can reduce
and remove our own sufferings, we need actually to pay attention to all the people around
us first. When we practice selfless, and you will notice that we are actually not so bad
because all the suffering is created by our own. Let me share a story. One day, a person
walks to the small village next to his house. There are a bunch of people approached him
and criticized him you are a poor guy and you are stupid and nothing else you can do
in your life. This young man ignored all those people who made bad speech to him. He said,
if someone gives you a bad gift, if you do not receive them, those people will take back
those bad gifts. It is just like if I listen to all your criticism I already receive your
garbage, and I keep in my heart, in my mind. In order I can free myself from the suffering
is I do not take your bad gift, which is your criticism about me. Once this young man said
that, all these people around him insulting him just became silent. From this story you
can understand, whatever the people how they insult us, if we do not actually take their
criticism to our ear, to our heart, these suffering actually will not arise in our heart.
So the key is we do not take those bad gifts. So I wish by my short sharing today, you need
to remember on a single day basis what are the good gift you should take from the people
around you. What are the garbage, and we should actually try to evaluate from our internal
wisdom. I wish by ending today, you enjoy my sharing and hope next time you will join
me again. Thank you.