Search for Truth
	CHAPTER 20
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	BODHIDARMA CHE FATT
	Bringing Truth to all land
	Of which Truth is from the heart
	Dealing with people, sound conies from the heart
	Hold onto the right thoughts in mind
	In which all causes are equal in our eyes
	During the Search, one must open the eyes
	Amend the wrong thoughts of the past
	Resolve all problems with an empty heart
	Making for purification, head for the right Gate
	A person will find whatever he truly seeks.
	Cease not the Search that has just begun
	Hold onto the pole with might
	Estimate not the value of this opportunity
	Failure to seek now, a chance is missed
	Along with fate, all surround this table
	Try hard but no word seems to be spoken
	Take a drop of water and may your mind begin to work.
	Ha! Ha!
	Q.1 Can Deity enlighten us what compassion is?
	Ans: Compassion is something that cannot be told but
	one may feel the urge that comes from within the heart.
	The compassionate love by the Great Merciful One, begins
	from the heart and with the thought of saving all beings.
	If one sees something by the road side, on a closer look,
	one finds a dead animal. There is a strong feeling of
	pity for its death. The feeling comes right from the heart,
	even to the extent of giving it a burial place. Man may pity
	the dead animal but has not thought of burying it. The
	compassion that we talked of is not things that are done
	to be seen by all.
	Q.2 What is the prayer for one to meditate?
	Ans: Prayers to most people are merely to steady the
	heart and to feel the protection of the ABOVE. If a
	heart is pure, where will evil come from? One is his
	own protector and must not always be too dependant.
	Just like a man who is dying, if he begins to pray,
	Does that mean he will not die?
	Q.3 Why are there many images distracting one's mind
	when one starts to meditate?
	Ans: Human, human, even without meditation, your mind
	is already obstructed by many objects. If a person can
	really be free from greed, hatred and delusion then man
	will be free. Objects do not obstruct you but your own
	illusion is doing the work.
	Q.4 Why is a child born without his or her consent other
	than Karma?
	Ans: When one plants a seed, does he first get its
	consent? Likewise the seeds are being sown for a purpose
	and one will get the harvest at a later day. Karmic forces
	are something that exists but not really accepted by man.
	However, if man thinks clearly, then he will get an answer.
	If the seeds are bad, no harvest is seen. If the seeds are
	rich, then the beauty lies before your eyes.
	Q.5 Since this human plane is a suffering sea, why does
	the ABOVE create man and beings?
	Ans: In the olden days, well-water was commonly found
	pure and cooling was its nature. It served its purpose
	for all beings. However, if a little extra were to be added
	into it, then whoever drinks it will suffer. Man are not
	created to suffer but man has sought to turn the pure well-water
	into something else instead.
	Q.6 How to become a true vegetarian and what does one
	gain by being a vegetarian?
	Ans; How to become a true devotee and how to become
	a true man? All things begin from the heart. If the heart
	feels that being a life vegetarian is a true vegetarian,
	then one may follow suit. If your heart feels that six
	hours a day is enough, then it is enough. But if one feels
	that six hours is not enough, then how can it be enough?
	To be vegetarian, basically the idea is to abstain from
	meat. There is a saying that if one takes eight tahils of
	meat, he has to return half a kati. If the body system
	abstains from taking meat, it may be purified to a certain
	extent.
	Q.7 In a country where there is "war and famine, now do
	the people carry out the Search without the basic needs
	of life?
	Ans: What are the basic needs of life? These depend on
	what man seeks. If he does not have such requirement he
	will not be around. As it is often said, this world is
	your own heaven and hell. The work of Cause and Effect
	can never be explained. Since you are not in that part
	of the world, be sure to treasure this little heaven of
	man. Given the chance to learn, be sure you do it.
	Since you know how lucky you are, continue the path of Search.
	Q.8 Why do people who cultivate usually become poor?
	Ans: They may be poor in wealth but their knowledge is
	abundant. One plants flower in a big plot of land. Existing
	on its own, the land may be big but not fertile. Yet if it
	is planted in a little pot of soil that is fertile, the
	flower looks better. Man as yet cannot pull himself
	from this materialistic world. A person who has a hundred
	thousand dollars may still find a day or two to serve the
	people. But a millionaire may not even have time to think
	of serving the community. Poor but not without good food.
	Simple but happy. So, why change this style?
	Q.9 Why does mankind still let the dust settle on the
	mirror knowing fully well that it will blur the image?
	Ans: Knowing, understanding and realizing, are different
	things. Only through realization will action be seen. A
	person knows that if he wants to be rich, he must work for
	it. Yet he remains still without working, though he knows
	the need for it. The satisfaction of man depends on what
	he thinks. The goal set out of realization, man may try to
	attain. Just as man knows liquor is bad but because of the
	satisfaction of it, he is not willing to give it up yet.
	They think that if time is given, they may cut out this habit.
	Q.10 Can a problem-minded person practise the Search for
	Truth and how could he do it?
	Ans: Can a person who is sick live long? The answer is yes
	and no. Yes, If he takes care of his health and seek for
	betterment and to help himself to be cured. No, if he does
	not bother to be cured or if fate means death for him. However,
	this will depend very much on oneself.
	CHE FATT
	Cooling things off, things may not be alike
	Hurry and work for the same result
	Examples set must be with actions
	Future undertaking one should know how
	A first or a last time, work must still be produced
	Take it not as human excuse
	Trying for the Path, one must work.
	Ha! Ha!