WHY SHOULD I LET GO? ATTACHMENT CAN ONLY DO YOU HARM
Master Jun Hong Lu: Everyone comes to this world with his own destiny. Similarly, each and everyone of us is endowed with varied karmic rewards in life. One thing for sure, whatever you cling on to will be the thing that will cause you harm. If you cling on to your child, expecting him to excel in his studies; when he fails you, you get yourself hurt. When you hanker after money, insisting that you should earn more, you will end up not only without money but lots of unhappiness.
Whoever you cling on to will hurt you simply because there is no perfection in life and ‘everything is like a dream, illusion, bubble and shadow; it’s like the dew and a flash of lightning’. Hence, we need to let go of all our delusions.
When we desire things that we shouldn’t even think about, that is when you get yourself hurt. You should let go but by letting go, I don’t mean that you should give up. Whatever you need to achieve in this world, you still need to pursue it. In fact, you need to do it with all your heart and make sure you do it well.
Source: Master Jun Hong Lu’s Buddhism In Plain Terms, Episode 54, 29 April 2020
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