How Do We Determine if We Have Deviated From the Right Spiritual Path?

Published on June 25, 2022

HOW DO WE DETERMINE IF WE HAVE DEVIATED FROM THE RIGHT SPIRITUAL PATH?

Caller: Greetings, Master. How do we determine if we have deviated from the right path in our Buddhism practice?

Master Jun Hong Lu: Despite your spiritual practice, you feel increasingly hateful and troubled; you seem to hate everything around you, and nothing pleases your eyes. This is a sign that you have strayed from the right spiritual path.

Caller: I see. So, some of the signs include finding things to be unsatisfactory despite our practice, or having an increasingly unstable mental state.

Master Jun Hong Lu: That’s right. If you are unable to control yourself, especially if you are prone to losing your temper, that is a sign that you have deviated from the right spiritual path.

Source: Wenda20150710 53:37, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program