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The
Pictorial Biography of the
Venerable Master Hsu Yun
18.
Ordered To Serve
The Permanently Dwelling
When
the Master was twenty-three years of age, he had completed three
years of bowing the repentance ceremony. One day a Sangha member
came and said, "Your father has resigned his post because of
his age and has returned home. The Venerable Master Miao Lien
applauds your austerities and determination on the Path of
cultivation. However, he says one must have both wisdom and
blessings and one must understand phenomena as well as noumena. One
hand, bowing the repentance ceremony as you have done leads to
wisdom, but on the other, you should attain blessings by undertaking
the responsibility of serving those of the monastery, that is, of
benefitting everyone and the Triple Jewel."
