Only merit in mind

If you come to the temple for the sole purpose of gaining merit, then you are on the right path and you will never fall into misfortune. On the other hand, if you come here to seek fame or popularity or to flirt, you will end up not making it. In understanding myself, I am able to understand all others. My eyes are wide open to my own nature and can look into what I have done in my past, what I am doing in my present, and what I will become in my future, all the way to Nibbana. I know everything now, including my path to end suffering. However, I still have to be reborn so that I can eradicate the rest of the defilements that are still with me. I observe quietude and have become a good role model in this regard. The monks here also enjoy the tranquility.

June 21, 1981