ONLY GRATITUDE AND COMPASSION CAN ELIMINATE ALL KARMIC OBSTACLES
Question: Master Lu has mentioned in Buddhism in Plain Terms that every passion and desire within the Seven Emotions and Six Sensory Pleasures has the effect of creating karmic obstacles and it is only through gratitude one is able to exterminate them. Why is gratitude the only tool that can help prevent karmic obstacles from forming?
Answer: I covered this in my earlier chapters of Buddhism in Plain Terms. Our original aspirations begin with a heart of gratitude, which is the foundation of compassion. Compassion is in our innate nature. Compassion is derived from a heart that knows gratitude and correspondingly, gratitude stems from a heart of compassion which in turn helps unleash the Buddha nature within us. Hence, compassion is the only way that helps prevent the formation of all karmic obstacles, regardless of the type. With this, do you think this person will commit an evil act?
In a truly compassionate heart, there’s no room for greed, resentment, ignorance and arrogance. Would you now agree that compassion is the only effective way that can exterminate all karmic obstacles? This is how this concept works.
Source: Master Jun Long Lu’s Discourse (Question 203), 22 January 2018
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