Willing to accept hardship |
I pursue Perfections with the goal to attain Nibbana after I have vanquished
all Mara. As long as Mara still remains I will not allow myself to enter Nibbana.
My mind is focused on merit. This is my final life that Mara can affect me. In
this life, I am willing to lower my ego and accept hardship. It is not easy to
find someone who can do this.
As for people who come to the Buddhajak Center, some come with
respect but some come with an intention to find faults. Even so, I always expressed
my gesture of respect to them first by giving them a ?wai?32 (joining
palms together in a prayer gesture). I am a clumsy old lady; by giving a ?wai?
to someone much younger always brings that person?s guard down. So,
instead of looking for faults, the person would ?wai? me back showing his/
her respect in return. By lowering my ego, I have transformed an act of ill-will
to an act of goodwill for that person. |
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