DO NOT GET CAUGHT UP BY THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF LIFE WHERE THE LAW OF KARMA RULES
Master Jun Hong Lu: As a Buddhist practitioner, we should not get caught up in the right and wrong of life, thinking, “You are right on this” today, or “I am right on that” the next day. As a matter of fact, there is nothing that is objectively right or wrong in the human realm because everything is a function of causes and conditions. We did not come to this world to argue over who is right and who is wrong because whatever happens in our life is an interplay of our affinities.
When you constantly delve into the right and wrong, it will only expose your own foolishness. If a person goes around speaking ill of others, it only goes to show that he is experiencing mental hindrances and has a negative mental attitude. To search for an answer of who is right and who is wrong will only make you someone who suffers from mental problems. To begin with, this world that we live in is imperfect, hence, is it even possible to find perfection in an imperfect world? Wouldn’t you say this is ignorance and absurdity? This is purely your fantasy! Delusion stems from an irrational mind. Only those who are irrational will be deluded and hence the phrase, ‘To be carried away by one’s absurdity and delusion’.
Let’s not figure out what is right and what is wrong in a world ruled by the law of karma and affinity. When we were little, we thought we were right, but as we grew up, we realised that our parents were right. When we were little, we thought we were always right, but as we grew up, we realised that what our teacher taught us was right.
Similarly, here I am trying to impart some Buddhist principles to all of you, but there are bound to be some of you who have the impression that what Master says is not right, and you may say, “I have all the reasons and yet, Master prohibits me from speaking up”. This is because there is no right and wrong in this world. To live, you must learn to forbear as only through forbearance can one forge ahead in one’s cultivation. If you hope to iron all worldly things out, rationalise them and sieve the right from the wrong, there are two ways to go about it: first, bring your issue to court; or second, raise your issue to the King of Hell.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Disciples to Discourse, Malaysia, 3 March 2014