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- Master JiGong asked,
- "In cultivating TAO, why does one need to
be humble and gentle?
- Three words are used to express the idea.
- Being humble and gentle is for attaining
Calmness, Realization and Wisdom.
- The aim of studying is for understanding
the Truth-Principle
- After understanding, one needs to follow
the Saints and learn from the Worthies."
- With these words I can see the reason why most cultivators of
TAO are humble
- When I first encountered TAO in 1995
- This is one of the main reasons I agreed to be initiated with
TAO
- It was the humble and gentle people in the temple
- At that time I knew nothing about the main purpose of TAO
- There were two masters of TAO who spoke to me
- One was a master in charge of TAO temples in Japan
- And another was similarly in charge of Malaysia, both are
Taiwanese
- The one in charge of Japan was about 70 years old
- And the other was about 60 years old, both ladies
- They were in Kuala Lumpur for a visit to propagate TAO
- The 70 years old master was a Buddhist since young
- She has the look of a great lady with a compassionate and kind
heart
- Later I understand that she had lived almost like a nun in
Taiwan for a long time
- Her arm had the many ‘dots’ to indicate vows of Buddhist
precepts
- Just like the monks did it on their forehead
- For 15 years a senior TAO master had been inviting her to seek
TAO
- But she refused due to her strong belief in Buddhism
- One day her Buddhist master who had passed away came into her
dream
- Advising her to seek TAO in order to attain eternal bliss
- She then approached the senior master of TAO and requested for
the initiation
- Today she is a very respected master of TAO
- Looking at her itself gave me great feeling of peace
- I would like to grow old in the same way
- Listening to her in Mandarin or Japanese make me wish
- How wonderful if I could speak like her
- She is the one who performed the initiation of TAO on me
- Master JiGong further said,
- "You must move and transform others by
your words and conduct
- How can we carry people across when the
self is not right?
- Only by displaying the Holy Way (TAO)
through oneself
- Can we carry people across!
- If you commit ‘a good deed a day’
- The teacher would show a bright smiling
face"
- It is just great to be with great people
- Great in the sense of great virtues
- Great heart with great humbleness and gentleness
- May our hearts be the same
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