Apr 24, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
If we do something for others, even though it is well done, perfect and complete, some people are satisfied, but some are not; some praise, but some criticize. This is inevitable, because all of us are ordinary beings dwelling in the world of fivefold turbidity.
Nevertheless, once we decide to do something, we should think it through and strive to do our best to complete it. If people praise us, we can feel good; but, if people criticize us, we shouldn’t be upset, because we have tried our best. We should understand that those responses were simply due to causal conditions.
為大眾做事,即使做得好,做得圓滿,都會有人滿意有人不滿意,都會受讚美,也會遭批評;身處五濁惡世,彼此都是凡夫,難免如此。
但只要經過決議,自己也深思熟慮、盡心盡力之後,若受讚美,固可欣慰,即遭批評,也不必氣餒;因為已盡心力,而因緣如此。
Namo Amituofo!
