Purify Our Mind

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TO DEAL with THOUGHTS:

 

IF we want to avoid disasters or calamities made by ourselves, we

have to stop to put ideas in our head. The moment we stop an idea

arising, the moment is called " True Awakening " .

 

THERE are all kinds of garbages in our mind, if we want to purify our

mind, getting rid of the garbages in our mind might be the first

thing we have to do. What are the garbages of mind? Dirty and

polluted thoughts, greedy thoughts, hateful thoughts, infatuated

thoughts, worried thoughts, suffering thoughts, haughty thoughts,

impudent thoughts, envious thoughts, indecent thoughts, heterodox

thoughts, dreary thoughts, and hollow thoughts, these can be called

garbages of mind.

 

SOME one in the history said once that some one who can govern troops

of million soldiers is not a hero, the real hero is that some one who

can govern his mind. Now we should understand the meaning of these

words.

 

IF an evil thought arises in our mind, then more evil thoughts like

water will come in torrents, nothing can ward them off, nothing will

shield them off. These evil thoughts will forever lead us to thinking

like evil, talking like evil, and acting like evil. Ever since life

began, the habitual temperament of human being makes us like this, it

is doubly difficult to get rid of them.

 

WHEN we can keep governance of our thoughts, hence our mind will not

be effected by situations, from this, our mind can free from control.

This is a very hard level to reach, but first step always is hard.

 

FOR those who have too much friendly feelings (crazy about women), if

they do not control their feelings well, they will follow this

special kind of thoughts to talk love, hence they will sink into the

deep sea of feelings. For those who desire wealth and honor greatly,

their mind are clouded by material desires, the covetous thoughts

will lead them to fame and wealth, and they will be in the bondage of

reputation and wealth forever. The gambling lovers, the alcoholics

and …, all will follow the specific thoughts to do something beyond

expectations.

 

ALWAYS keep watch for thoughts in our mind, try to realize or know

what and where our thoughts are, as a matter of fact, according to

the experienced people's idea " Thoughts always are vanished when you

watch them. " If we could practice like this all the time, our

thoughts will become less and less, this is not the level very easy

to reach, but at lease we have an idea that there is a way to get rid

of thoughts.

 

LIKE we mentioned, that things arise always depending on conditions,

when conditions come together or gather together, things arise, when

conditions disperse or dispel, things cease. [This is a doubly

important notion]. When we understand this notion, we will also

understand that everything in universes are impermanent, from this

point of view, we should be easy to get rid of CLING (Always persist

in our opinion). Always remember and practice the notion of

IMPERMANENT, this will benefit [To Purify Our Mind] a lot.

 

To be continued...