Search for Truth
	CHAPTER 23
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	CHE FATT BODHIDARMA
	Coming up with a chapter a day
	Hoping all will gain
	Examples given, in-depth studies of if
	Fooling not with one's own imagination
	A set of rules is dead material
	Taking on the task; the heart be one
	Trying to control things, but first control the mind.
	Bringing facts to meet you
	Only to find walls in between
	Dealing with factual things
	Hope not to see, showing like a picture
	In Truth only the heart will feel
	Drag yourself to begin now
	At the basic, do not feel ashamed
	Remain steady in your search
	Moulding the path to its perfect shape
	Amend the mistakes but do not point at others.
	Q.1 Why does an evil person enjoy the fruits of his
	treachery and the good often suffers for his honesty
	and integrity?
	Ans: When seeds are sown fruits will be seen. Whether
	harvest time is early or late, the fruits, one will still
	see. For a person who wishes to cultivate, hardship is
	merely something that helps to mould him. He is not too
	concerned about materialistic things. Some people have very
	smart children some have naughty children and some have
	retarded children, man often ask, "why?" instead of
	seeking the Path, man spends too much time thinking
	unnecessary things.
	Q.2 What will be the outcome for a person who has done
	wrong but at the same time he performs good deeds? Will
	his good deeds off-set his bad Karma?
	Ans: In life, who has not done wrong? Everyone hopes to
	off-set all wrongs with good deeds. No doubt there is some
	truth in it, but for all doings, man must answer for them.
	By performing the good deeds with a motive of balancing
	the wrongs, then the merits will be minimum. A person who
	does good in the morning and by noon he forgets without a
	motive then the merits are different.
	Q.3 Can attainment be reached through the cultivation of
	the heart and not the mouth?
	Ans: Cultivation of the mouth is by speaking less and
	only of righteous words. Holding back what one wishes to
	talk will minimize a lot of human problems. If the
	cultivation of mouth alone will lead to Pureland, then
	all the dumb will be there first. No doubt to some
	extent, this virtue must be practised but the cultivation
	of the heart is more important. One does not talk malicious
	words because the heart does not have such words and the
	thoughts do not have evil. By cultivating the heart, the
	mouth will naturally be cultivated.
	Q.4 What is 'Shyuan Guan' and is it necessary for
	cultivation?
	Ans: A well-guarded place needs to be opened up. A place
	where the Truth will enter in order that man will realize.
	A point not open up for the naked eyes, one may not see it,
	yet feels it as the heart. Do its part, man will know where
	it lies. A person who is in the Search begins with the
	first step. CULTIVATING in the proper progress, one will
	learn this point.
	POINT BODHIDARMA CHE FATT
	People seek a point
	Onto places to search
	In the hand of the Master
	Netting in results of the mysterious point,
	Taking the heed, the Light will guide.
	Bring forth all ways to cultivate
	Only one path is needed
	Dig out the right part
	Hold onto it without fail
	Into the pit one jumps out
	Darkness they no longer see
	A new stage thus begins
	Recognize the Path and do not go astray
	Make ways for rectification; begin now to undertake
	A lifetime is not too long after all.
	Ha! Ha!
	Creating some differences, Truth is still told
	Hoping to catch its meaning
	Erase all impure thoughts
	Faster one reaches the opposite Shore
	A new beginning awaits at the point
	Tackling all things, use a calm mind
	Tracks are laid, take note of them.
	Ha! Ha!