Use your will to bring peace between people ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t expect others to follow your direction. When it happens that others go along with you, it results in pride. So an ancient once said, “Use your will to bring peace between people.” Kyong Ho
Quote Archives: Kyong Ho
Don’t hope for a life without problems ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t hope for a life without problems. An easy life results in a judgmental and lazy mind. So an ancient once said, “Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life. Kyong Ho
Be rich in honesty ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t seek profit over and above what your work is worth. Acquiring false profit makes a fool (of oneself). So an ancient once said, “Be rich in honesty.” Kyong Ho
Clear a passageway through severe practice ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t try to make clarity of mind with severe practice. Every mind comes to hate severity, and where is clarity in mortification? So an ancient once said, “Clear a passageway through severe practice.” Kyong Ho
Enduring friendships ~ Kyong Ho
Make friends but don’t expect any benefit for yourself. Friendship only for oneself harms trust. So an ancient once said, “Have an enduring friendship with purity in heart.” Kyong Ho
Cutting free ~ Kyong Ho
Be equal to every hindrance. Buddha attained Supreme Enlightenment without hindrance. Seekers after truth are schooled in adversity. When they are confronted by a hindrance, they can’t be over-come. Then, cutting free, their treasure is great. Kyong Ho
Attain deliverance in disturbances ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t expect your practice to be always clear of obstacles. Without hindrances the mind that seeks enlightenment may be burnt out. So an ancient once said, “Attain deliverance in disturbances.” Kyong Ho
Don’t wish for perfect health ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t wish for perfect health. In perfect health there is greed and wanting. So an ancient said, “Make good medicine from the suffering of sickness.” Kyong Ho
Try again and again ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t expect to finish doing something easily. If you happen to acquire something easily the will is made weaker. So an ancient once said, “Try again and again to complete what you are doing.” Kyong Ho
Befriending every demon ~ Kyong Ho
Don’t expect to practice hard and not experience the weird. Hard practice that evades the unknown makes for a weak commitment. So an ancient once said, “Help hard practice by befriending every demon.” Kyong Ho