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Below is a talk from our enlightened Chan Master Wu Jue Miao Tian for
your reference.
Why Practice Chan?
*The purpose of practicing Chan is to establish a place for our life
after death.*
Why practice Chan? What is its purpose? From a religious point of view,
whether it is Protestant, Catholicism, Buddhism or Islam, the common
emphasis is to ferry our spirit. Jesus said that "Believe in me, you
shall live forever!" Buddhism teaches the attainment of Buddhahood. How
do we obtain everlasting life and land in heaven? Practicing Chan is the
answer.
Through out our life, most of us seek fame, fortune, political power,
etc. Can we keep them after our death? What we really need to seek is a
place for our afterlife. This way, we will not panic when our time
comes to an end. This is the real purpose of practicing Chan. Though
we probably don't know where we were from, we should at least be clear
about where we will be going. At the least, we should have some control
of our destiny. In Buddhism, the end game is enlightenment.
*Surpass our physical lives and terminate reincarnation*
When we are alive, through our senses, we could be pretty sure that we
are living in a material world. However, this is not the world of our
spirit. When our lives come to an end, where will our spirit be going?
What do we know about the spiritual world?
According to Buddhism, there are ten spiritual realms. From top down,
they are Buddha, Bodhisattva, Sravaka, Pratyeka, Deity, human, Asura,
Animal, Hungry Ghost and Hell. The realms below "human" contains mostly
sufferings and disasters. The lower the realm, the worse the conditions
are. The only way for us not to be in these realms is to practice Chan,
purifying the karma from our previous lives, so that our spirit could be
elevated to a higher realm. Perhaps even possible to be landed in the
realm of Buddha or Bodhisattva, if we practice Chan with dedication.
In other words, spirits are eternal. When our body die, our spirit will
journey to a spiritual realm corresponding to the merits or karma
accumulated throughout our lives. Therefore, when we die, it is not the
end. It is just another beginning. This is the "judgment" as labeled
by Christians and the "reincarnation" by Buddhist.
On the other hand, practicing Chan enhances our spiritual purity. If
majority of the people has purer spiritual quality, the society would be
in general more peaceful and harmonious. For the first fifty years in
Taiwan, though we had little material wealth, but we were generally
happy and content. Different from nowadays, our society is filled with
murder, violence, incest, etc. These are indications of being in those
realms below "human". It is urgent for us to practice Chan as soon as
possible. Otherwise, there will be more natural disasters and man-made
miseries. If war ever breaks out, we will be in the realm of hungry
ghost and hell.
*Liberate our spirit into everlasting joy*
Simply, the purpose of the Chan practice is to be enlightened in this
life. Some people may have difficulty in believing that. Such
disbelief is usually resulted from thinking or analyzing with our
physical human brain. Shakyamuni is as much a human as any of us.
After six years of searching as an ascetic and six years of meditation
under a Bodhi tree. Shakyamuni liberated his spirit from his body and
his consciousness, and ultimately attained Buddhahood. Exemplified by
his journey, he taught everyone of us, that we all could be enlightened
also. We all possess Buddha nature. Just have to practice the
authentic lineage Chan.
What is an authentic lineage practice? It is an absolute practice
liberating our spirit, terminating our reincarnation, and living in
Buddha's bright lights forever. It is a practice enabling us to surpass
the three realms of "Desire, Form and Formlessness". Desire is the
hindrance of our consciousness. Form is the hindrance of our physical
body. Formlessness is the hindrance of our karma hidden in our
subconsciousness. Therefore the practice of Chan is, through the
purification of authentic lineage dharma, cleans the hindrances of our
consciousness, our physical body and the karma of our previous lives,
and entering into a journey of purity, which means a path without
hindrances to Buddhaland. So that upon our death, we would not panic.
We would be certain that we would be on our way there.
Each of us has approximately one hundred years to live. How many years
do you have left? We must quickly learn to practice Chan, through which
to improve our health, de-stress our mind, and broaden our focus from
material world to the spiritual world. Turn our knowledge into wisdom.
Transform our transient self to be everlasting. Awaken from delusions to
the "final truth". This is only way to liberate our spirit.
Otherwise, we will continue to be reincarnated and float through various
spiritual realms without end. Be reminded that our entire life span,
from beginning to end, is nothing but emptiness. The only possible
meaningful accomplishment is a spiritual one. If you understand this
truth and dedicate yourself to be enlightened in this life, not only you
shall receive everlasting bliss, you shall be able to help more people,
just like what Buddha and Jesus did.
About Us
Heart Chan is the teaching of Grand Chan Master Wu Jue Miao Tian. He is
the 85th patriarch since Shakyamuni, 58th patriarch since Bodhidarma and
48th patriarch of Linji School.
He teaches that we all could be enlightened in this life.
The Four Practices To Enlightenment
Purity
Detox our body, our mind and our spirit.
Wisdom
Detach from all forms. In Sync with the Heart of Buddha.
Fulfillment
Fulfill every encounter without question or expectation.
Enlightenment
True Nature Connects With Buddha.
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