DEBUNK THE MYTH OF DILIGENCE: IT IS NOT ABOUT TRYING HARD
Master Jun Hong Lu: If you are diligent in your spiritual cultivation, you will immediately correct any shortcomings pointed out to you – this is what being “diligent” is about.
However, this explanation is not what you would usually hear from other venerables, whereby, “diligent” is more commonly explained as “try hard not to slack”.
Instead, I would like to turn this concept around to encourage all of you. The next time someone makes a comment about your shortcomings, you should immediately transform them, because that is what ‘steadfastness’ in one’s practice means.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse at Guan Yin Hall, Sydney, Australia, 17 July 2018
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