Realise your true self and triumph over who you are, from overcoming vengeance and the desire to defeat your enemy, to becoming a person free from hatred and evil intentions. Forgive others, including the ones you hate.
- Master Jin Bodhi - Buddhist Robes
找到自我，战胜自我，从一种强烈的战胜敌人和复仇心境里，跨越到战胜自己、消除仇恨、消除恶念、原谅他人，包括原谅自己的敌人 。
- 金菩提禅师 - 袈裟
Commentary by Jerome:
True self is the luminous Buddha- nature. It is the awareness free from defilements such as greed, hatred, jealousy, lust, etc. It is present in everyone. Why are people unable to see this luminous Buddha-nature in them? It is because all of us are covered many layers of karmic debts. The mind patterning that has been ingrained from our previous thoughts and deeds creates a tendency such that one tends to do things in a particular way. If one is always greedy, one's future actions will tend to be greedy. If one is always hateful, one will tend to be hateful. This is called karmic debts.
To get rid of karmic debts, we must change our thoughts. We must peel the layers of karmic debts one by one from outside to inside before we can see the luminous Buddha-nature. One should learn to forgive, repent and make aspirations not to do evil deeds. On the other hand, one should strive to do all wholesome deeds and make merits on a vast scale to help all sentient beings.
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Author:
Jerome is a Buddhist practitioner that has learnt from Theravada, Mahayana and Tibetan traditions and is still learning! He first learnt meditation and Dharma from Theravadan monks and practitioners in the lineage of the Arahant Venerable Amatha Gavesi Maha Thero from Sri Lankaramaya Buddhist temple in Singapore. Then, he completed a Diploma in Buddhism from the Buddhist and Pali College in 2016. He also learnt from Zen Master Wu Jue Miao Tian (85th Zen Patriach) from the LingJi lineage in Taiwan in 2014 - 2015. Subsequently, he learnt from Garchen Rinpoche from the Drigar Thubten Dargye Ling tradition (Tibetan) and attended annual Om Mani Padme Hum and Om Ami Dewa Hrih retreats from 2015 till date. Currently, he is a disciple of Master Jin Bodhi (Mahayana) from Bodhi Meditation in Singapore and is an active volunteer there. Master Jin Bodhi is his main Dharma teacher. Jerome feels that Buddhism is not a religion but is a practical way to reduce our life's problems. The essence of Buddhism is not in the books or sutras but in the way we apply it into our lives. Having understood some aspects of Buddha's teaching, he wants to give back to the society and hopes to share his insights with everyone who has the affinity with him.
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