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If unchanged, bad habits will last a decade, a century or even an eon, which will inflict constant suffering on us, and meanwhile bring endless harm to others.

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Afflictions are sly and always divert our attention to the external world. During our external pursuits and attachments, afflictions get the chance of survival and the room for growth.

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With a loving heart and great aspirations, an old gentleman longs to do something for the society, but fails to put it into practice due to insufficient causes and conditions. So he inevitably feels desolate as if the day was waning and the road was ending. Actually, while lifetime is limited, aspirations are limitless. As long as we stick with our aspirations, there will always be opportunities to carry them out in our endless future lives. Therefore, what we lack are not opportunities but aspirations.

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Let the soul keep up the pace! Hope the positive growth of our minds can keep pace with the fast-changing science and technology so that less tragedies will happen.

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Like raging currents, life continues similarly and changes ceaselessly, which is neither eternal nor nihilistic. Various psychological factors formed by our thoughts and behaviors are the core force to propel the continuation of life.

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As more people find inner peace and harmony, the world becomes a safer place. —by Venerable Master Jiqun

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With too many assumptions and attachments, the mind will lose freedom and creativity.

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Being inclusive, we leave ourselves free mind space while accepting others.

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It was not until the eighteenth century that the concept of subconscious was brought forward in Western Psychology, where subconscious was compared to the underwater portion of an iceberg on the sea. However, as early as 2,500 years ago, the Buddha already mentioned the existence of subconscious and used ocean and wave to illustrate the relationship between subconscious and consciousness, which are elaborated in the scriptures and treatises of Consciousness-Only of Mahayana Buddhism.

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Right View is the basis of positive energy; Right Mindfulness, the connotation; integrity, the manifestation. Buddhist cultivation, through establishing Right View, is to inspire the innate knowledge and ability, then to foster correct understanding and Right Mindfulness and to practice Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood, thus filling human life with integrity.

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It is hard to please the unenlightened mind. Keeping oneself happy is already not an easy task, and making other people always happy is even harder, because the nature of an unenlightened mind is impermanent and confused. If we cannot recognize this, everything we do to soothe the unenlightened mind tends to have various side effects and sequelae, just like opium, which eases the pain, but at the meantime brings much bigger trouble.

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All things that trigger emotions are opportunities for us to reflect on and correct mistakes. If we choose to dodge rather than confront them, it is similar to our seeing dirt on the faces but not wiping it off, instead, turning away and never looking at the mirror again.

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Without a control over the mind, negative emotions, even in time of seeming serenity, would gradually besiege you like leaking gas, which will blow up in a flash once lit by an open flame.

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I want to avoid suffering, and so do others; I want to pursue happiness, and so do others. We all share the same intent to avoid suffering and pursue happiness. Therefore, we should not just care about ourselves, but also consider others' needs, which is called empathy.

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A capable person, if not quite wise, usually has a highly unenlightened mind and can become an outstanding worldling. But to learn Buddha Dharma, he will have to start from scratch. If one is still attached to the secular status and capabilities as well as the unenlightened mind that helps him succeed, such attachment will become the hindrance to Buddhist cultivation.

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Too many emotions veil sincere feelings. Too much knowledge overwhelms an innate conscience. While the world is progressing, people’s mind is degenerating.

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One needs to learn self-criticism. However what one does not need to learn is to use it for self-protection, a common trick played by an unenlightened person who reveals a tiny problem to divert attention so as to cover up bigger ones.

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