October 10, 2021 Intermediate Class: What to do with your life so that it won't be wasted

Lecturer: Mr. Lu Song

Topic 1: Being a happy Ming De person ------- What to do in this life so as not to be wasted.

Mingde Meaning: ① Understand the meaning of virtue; ② Mingde system of people (identifiers followers)

Question: 1. What exactly to pursue in this life ?

I used to not have my own specific considerations, I just want to work well to earn money, support parents to raise good children, their own health.

Now I'm learning Chinese medicine to nourish my body and traditional culture and psychology to nourish my heart, and I'm going to use this as a tool to nourish the people around me.

2. How to realize?

Follow the mentor, learn from those who have results, follow the team, and set the goal to go all out.

Those who aspire to morality and righteousness are not enough to tire themselves; those who aspire to fame and fortune are not enough to tire themselves.

The heart of the matter, through the matter to practice

How to practice: crushing the self.

How to practise things: practice good fortune in good times, practice wisdom in bad times. The first thing you need to do is to do more good things in good times, and in bad times, you need to do more wisdom.

The teacher in the classroom is called to understand the reasoning, not to preach, preaching must be in the daily life of the practice.

Let's look at this picture, the external career, achievements, stocks, health, income, performance ...... The first thing you need to do is to look at the chart and see how the external career, achievements, stocks, health, income, performance, are all impermanent and changing.

Theme two, why volunteer

Everyone,

came to this world

no matter poor or rich

no matter ordinary or noble

is to realize the happiness of the ......

We have ① material pursuits (clothing, food, housing, transportation) ② spiritual pursuits (physical and mental health, children's success, family happiness, recognition of value, respect)

What to ask for has to be planted seeds first.

All the people want to get rid of the pain, but the cause of the pain

Foolish people want to be happy, but the destruction of happiness is like the destruction of hatred .........

What is invisible determines what is visible, and what is invisible determines what is visible

What is visible cannot be taken away

What can be taken away cannot be seen

Why should you have a million hearts in your life when you are alive, and empty hands when you are dead?

There is no need for a million hearts in your life when you are alive, and no need for a million hands when you are dead.

The growth of bliss and wisdom is the fundamental answer to all problems in life.

Merit does not go without merit,

and blessings do not go without merit.

(This phrase means that what one does has a mark on it and does not happen in vain, cause and effect.)

Seeking merit requires a hundred lifetimes of merit

Seeking profit requires a thousand lifetimes of profit

Seeking fame requires ten thousand lifetimes of fame

This is based on having a right view, practicing the right path, and cultivating blessings and wisdom, or else it is just a matter of greed

Life and work are facing ups and downs and the difficulties are increasing, which is the time we need to cultivate blessings and virtue; and the time we have troubles in our heart and get entangled is the time we need to cultivate wisdom. The first thing you need to do is to get a good understanding of what you're doing.

Theme 3: Why volunteers do not benefit

Because ① the initial heart is not right, one is to do it for the benefit of the second is to do it for the interest,

② the decline in confidence

③ no commitment

④ do not hear, do not think, do not practice, do not test

⑤ into the state of what I think: (only to be a scholar do not do it, the small rich and content with the status quo, the good times come to look for feelings)

The first is to do it, but it is also to do it for the good times, and then to do it for the good times. I am not a scholar, I am satisfied with the status quo, I am satisfied with the present situation, I am satisfied with the present situation, I am satisfied with the present situation, I am satisfied with the present situation, I am satisfied with the present situation, and I am looking for a feeling.