Praise our Kind Mentor
Author: Fafu
Translator : Lotus
I praise you endlessly, our Kind Mentor, because you have taught me how to be grateful，saying “When we are replete with gratitude, we shall not become worse but better. Once we lose the mind of gratitude, the affinities become less and less, so do the good rewards.
I praise you endlessly, our Kind Mentor, because you have enlightened me, saying “Cause and Condition decides everything. Every phenomenon is definitely originated from the arisal of conditions. We should try our best to build up the wholesome conditions. The conditions are very important because they can spur the causes to flower and fruit rapidly. Different conditions can produce different effects on the same seed.
I praise you endlessly, our Kind Mentor, because you have made me understand that this world itself is suffering and every single arising or stirring of my thought is low and filthy; because you have made me realize that our teacher Shakyamuni Buddha abided in the world with great and endless compassion and you, just like him, is so precious and rare; because you have taught me that when the conditions are gone, people will separate and part ways according to their causes and conditions, so we should be grateful to and value each other.
I praise you endlessly, our Kind Mentor, because you have emphasized the importance of praising, admiring, offering and making obeisance, all of which can establish the wholesome conditions so that we can achieve swiftly. If we create bad conditions, it will be not easy for us to achieve.
I praise you endlessly, our Kind Mentor, because you have taught me how to create karma at ease and to do it as I wish. You have often demonstrated to us that for fear of creating bad speech karma, you stop what cannot be spoken suddenly and are careful with speech karma. You have taught us that do not casually speak that there is no meaning to do that because it will manifest no meaning before you. If you say it is good, it will be good for you; if you say it is bad, it will be bad for you. What is the best to speak? You should say everything is good because at least it will not create a barrier for you. Never belittle others and never dismiss, reject, belittle and find fault with them or all of these will happen to yourself.
I praise you endlessly and are grateful to you because you have saved and protected the sentient beings who have been suffering in Saha World with great compassion, wisdoms, vows, merits and virtues. You have been established in limitless Perfections and carried on with the practices of bodhisattvas, like the unsurpassed flower which is unrivaled. I make such a vow like True Self that I will treasure and protect you like my eyes.
