AS LONG AS WE ARE TRULY CULTIVATING, WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR
In this society, no matter what we do; there will always be comments and judgements from others. If you pay special attention to other people’s comments on your views and thoughts, you will develop a sense of fear in whatever you do. Thus, many people do not succeed because they developed anxieties in this way. Some people live their entire lives based on what others say or see of them. They are afraid that other people might criticise them.
Regardless of what others say, this a negative mentality making our lives very exhausting. So long as you are truly cultivating and not putting on an act, other people’s views are just passing clouds. In this way, you will become fearless and there will be no anxiety and nothing to fear.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting, Singapore, 22 April 2016
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