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Vietnamese|English
Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
At all times we should take stock of ourselves to ff see whether we have done what we ought to do. If we haven't, why have we failed? The propagation of the Buddhadharma is everyone's business. Only when we all share the work - when people who have money give money and those who are strong give their strength - and strive to unite can we make Buddhism flourish. There's a saying, "Unity is power.” We shouldn't be scattered, like grains of sand on a plate, nor should we think that we can be idle spectators who just watch from the sidelines. Once we clearly recognize our duty as Buddhist disciples, we should not leave it to others and think, "Well, people are working on the propagation of Buddhadharma anyway. I am only one person; I can't make much of a difference.? If everyone thought that way, when will Buddhism ever revive and flourish? Probably never! In the present age, if there are no genuine cultivators in the world who can act as leaders, Buddhism will probably gradually decline and disappear. As Buddhists, we ought to do our very best for Buddhism. When it's time to propagate the Dharma, we should advance heroically and unhesitatingly, without worrying whether people will be jealous or try to obstruct us; these are all tests. Vajra is forged only after being smelted and refined hundreds and thousands of times in the great blasting furnace. There's a saying, If you can endure the greatest suffering,You'll become the loftiest person.
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