善待自己Treat Yourself With Benevolence
道家的太極圖畫得實在好。一半白一半黑，白中有黑點，黑中有白點。 這當中蘊藏著修行人最終所要悟得的真理，那就是證道。 這當中也蘊藏著罪業眾生，從這五濁惡世，返回太虛清淨界的深密。吾等罪業眾生，一直在六道中輪迴，一世一世的受盡生、老、病、死、求不得、愛憎會、五陰熾盛等眾苦，沒能真正享過「清福」，那是因為我們太過執著於認假為真啊！
人一出生就是「大夢一場」，如何斷之？
吾，玳瑚師父，實實在在的告訴大家，當我們投生為人時，就開始一段「活生生」的，幻生幻滅的旅程。這裡講個笑話，帶領大家進入正思維，領悟笑話中的禪機。有位婦女向其先生，深情注視地說：「感謝你給於我如此美輪美奐的房子，舒適豪華的房車、珠寶鑽石······，真不敢相信，這一切是真的。」 其先生則木訥地望著她。此時，鬧鐘的鈴聲響在耳際，啊······原來剛才是在做夢。哈哈哈！是的，人生是場大夢，而睡眠中的境界，也就是人生的小夢。
要斷了人生的大夢，方能斷了輪迴的大大夢。獨一無二的方法，唯有趁早修行，且精進不懈，願能早日修至無眼界、無意識界、無無明、亦無無明盡。這樣就不會「見色起相」，誤了自己的「終身大事」，求出無期啊！學佛修行重在三無漏學，即戒、定、慧是也。戒止不當之身、口、意、定力方能產生。定力產生之後，慧力也就隨之而生，此時此刻，所判斷之事情，才能超出「見色起相」，之心裡做出，無知加重自己的罪行啊！
善待修行人，亦是善待自己
真學佛者皆知，且知之甚詳。咱們偉大的大聖佛陀，教示我們勿誹謗修行人與出家僧眾。因此，我們學佛修行的佛子，若對於某某修行人，或出家僧眾有「不明白之處」，可以親近她他，研究她他的書、細心聆聽她他的說法開示，才下定論，方是學子、君子所為啊！千千萬萬不可人云亦云，以訛傳訛才好。妳你知道嗎？在這人世間，誹謗她他人已是有罪哦！本是同根生，務請善待自己。
The Taiji diagram from Taoism is a fantastic illustration. One half of it is white, and the other black. In the white half lies a black dot, and in the black half lies a white dot. In the diagram lies the one and only Truth which all spiritual practitioners aspire to, that is, to be one with the Way. This Taiji diagram also holds the deep secret for all sinned sentient beings, on how to return to their original form in the Universe. All sentient beings, including myself, have been suffering endlessly in the six realms of existence through endless reincarnations. They are being put through the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, death, unfulfilled wishes and desires, separation from loved ones, association with those we dislike, the flourishing of the Five Skandhas, etc. We never really enjoy a life of peace and blessings because we are overly stubborn about mistaking the illusory nature of things as the reality.
The Human Life is a Dream, how do we break out from it?
Master Dai Hu offers you the truth: the moment we are born as a human, a seemingly real journey of fantasies begins. Let me share a joke with you, so as to guide everyone onto the Path of Right Thought, and comprehend the hidden Zen in the joke. A lady looked at her husband lovingly and said, “Thank you for giving me everything. The lovely house, the luxurious limousine, the diamonds and jewellery…, I cannot believe these are all real!” Her husband looked at her with a wooden face. At this moment, the alarm clock rang. Aah… it was only a dream. Ha ha ha! Yes, your life is like a big dream. Even as you sleep, you are entering another dream state, albeit a smaller one.
You must pull the plug on this big illusion of life, to break free from the endless dream-like cycles of reincarnations. The only way is to start spiritual cultivation as early as possible, with steely determination and diligence, and set your intent to attain spiritual accomplishments of no elements of consciousness; no ignorance and also no ending of ignorance. In this way, form shall not arise, to distract you from the greatest affair of your life, or escape will be in vain. The focus in learning the Dharma and spiritual cultivation is on the Three-fold Training of Sila (Discipline), Samadhi (Meditation) and Panna (Wisdom). Discipline restrains transgression of your body, speech and mind, giving rise to concerted focus in meditation. Wisdom follows when the state of meditation is accomplished. The moment wisdom emerges, your judgement shall transcend all forms and attachments caused by the mind, that commits sins due to ignorance.
Treating spiritual cultivators well is akin to treating yourself well
As a genuine student of the Dharma should know in detail, the Great Lord Buddha taught us to refrain from slandering spiritual cultivators and the Sangha. Therefore, we, as students of the Dharma and spiritual cultivators, should not jump to conclusion if we have insufficient understanding of any particular monk or spiritual practitioner. We can get nearer to him, read his books, listen intently to his Dharma discourses, before we make any unbiased judgement. This is the trait of a real learned person! Please do not ever follow the herd and base your judgement on hearsay. Do you know that slandering is a criminal offence as well? We are all born from the same source, so please treat yourself with benevolence.
