BE THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SENTIENT BEINGS
Master Jun Hong Lu: Those who aspire to become a Buddha or a Bodhisattva must have great resolutions. I hope that you will have a great resolution to help sentient beings in the future, just like me, your master. Do not be preoccupied with your personal gains and losses.
Enduring hardships for the sake of sentient beings is your blessing. It will gain you merit when you are able to do something for others.
Those who only live for themselves are seriously lacking in virtue. We should be considerate towards others and be of service to them.
Being able to help goes to show that you have both the energy and capacity to do so, without which, you are very much like living in vast emptiness, where you can’t even receive any positive energy. All you can gain is only worldly fame and wealth.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse (Question 382), 10 May 2020
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