Together Become Buddha

Our job is to practice hard and perceive this world. Humans do more bad actions on this planet than any other living thing. How can we help? Our consciousness and suffering people's consciousness must connect. Then we can help. If you only practice for yourself, that's not correct practicing. Our practicing means attain your true self. Attain your true self means Great Love, Great Compassion, the Great Bodhisattva Way. In other words, moment to moment keep correct situation, correct relationship and correct function. If we don't have enough money to help people, then we chant for them. Chant Kwan Seum Bosal many times and say, "Please may all suffering human beings and all suffering animals be relieved of suffering. Same day, same time! Together become Buddha." That's our direction. This direction never ends, lifetime after lifetime. That's our great vow. So, if we see suffering people, then we chant for them. That's our job. O.K.?

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