Wenda20190203B 05:59
(Master Jun Hong Lu call-in radio program)
(An Excerpt)
HOW TO BREAKTHROUGH IGNORANCE
Caller: Master, how many types of ignorance that a person needs to eradicate?
Master Jun Hong Lu: What do you think? The bad habits of a person are innumerable! 84,000! That is why we say there are 84,000 Dharma doors to help them.
Caller: In our daily life, there are those who consume the meat of sentient beings, while Buddhist practitioners make vows to practise full vegetarianism in their effort to observe the precepts. This itself eradicates the ignorance of eating meat. The monastics have to observe more than 300 precepts. May I ask, is it correct that, through observing one particular precept, we are able to eradicate one particular type of ignorance?
Master Jun Hong Lu: That is right. The more precepts you are able to observe, the more types of ignorance you are able to eradicate.
Caller: That’s why Master Lu keeps telling us that the stricter we are in keeping to the precepts, the easier it is for us to break through ignorance and be enlightened.
Master Jun Hong Lu: Yes. You have to rely on your effort in keeping the precepts in order to break through ignorance. When you can’t tell what’s right and wrong in the beginning, you should start by observing the precepts. This is because at this time, the greed, hatred and ignorance in you have obscured your pure inherent nature resulting in your inability to discern and giving rise to a biased mind.
< Words of Wisdom