Praise the Kind Mentor
Author: Fafu
Translator : Lotus
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, you graciously teach us how to benefit from the Dharma: “ We should raise the thoughts of the World-Honored One for the preachers who speak the Dharma, raise the thoughts of the sick to the sentient beings who listen to the Dharma, and raise the thoughts of good medicine for the Dharma they speak. We have to get rid of the five desires, and have no hope of proclaiming the Dharma;”
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, you have made us realize the fundamentals of goodness: “loyalty (not two hearts for the Lord), generous (honest and not frivolous), honest (sincere and not false);”
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, you patiently admonish: “Humility is the best weapon to conquer people, arrogance is the
self-indulgence of fools; no matter whether others are low or not, we must always be low; we must keep ourselves crystal clear and not self-paralyzing, narcissism;”
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, you have given us the most important wonderful method: “In life, we should now train ourselves to be kind, like Guanyin Bodhisattva’s kind eyes to see all beings, and even voice, intonation, and body movements can be joyful;”
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, you personally guide us on how to cultivate: “First realize that these karmic characters are the effect of afflictions, and after a thorough understanding, you will know that they are all manifested through delusions; Following afflictions is a boundless ocean of suffering, and abandoning them is a return to the shore; no matter how karmic and habitual afflictions appear, your true nature is still clear, and you can separate from evil accordingly; if you have the five faculties and five powers as soon as possible, you can do it in one go; At the very least, you can control your physical activity. and then you can control your mental activity.
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, you skillfully teach us to incorporate our vows into worshipping Buddhas and let us rejoice and make great vows to worship all Buddhas. The rapid achievement, but also the formation of a great vow consistent with the Buddhas, to accept all sentient beings; In the future, we will naturally be able to receive the blessings of the vows of the Buddhas, and with our own efforts, we can achieve very quickly. At the same time, we also form a great vow consistent with the Buddhas to save all sentient beings;
I praise you endlessly our Kind Mentor, and I am full of gratitude: Recalling the past, there are mixed joys and sorrows: “I have been self-harming him all the time. The achievements, big and small, and all the good solidifications that I have now are all due to the bestowal of your good conditions.”
