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Dear visitor, this non-profit web site is based on the free original book "Buddhism: The Wisdom of Compassion and Awakening" by Venerable Master Chin Kung. Please visit the official web site for more teachings and information. Before you start reading the online book, you may like to read this important speech of Master Chin Kung: How to Create a Fulfilling and Prosperous Multicultural World The Chinese classic from three thousand years ago, I Ching, the Book of Changes explains how Heaven and Earth, the four seasons and all phenomena were originally formed from infinite particles. Lao Zi clarified further that the universe and we share the same root and that all creations and we are one entity. As Buddha Shakyamuni said, we all arose from the same essence. ... If we wish to achieve a harmonious multiculture, we need to have the realization and understanding that we are all one, then all of our problems will be solved. As ordinary beings, we do not yet have this understanding thus our every thought, word and action is only for ourselves, our family and our group. Our selfishness has resulted in our harming others to benefit ourselves. This way of thinking has led to quarrels among people, feuds among families, wars among countries. It is the basic cause of natural and human-made disasters. If we observe this world calmly, we might well wonder what is the cause of these increasing disasters? It is our increasing selfishness. As the Buddha told us, all disasters; all consequences come from our ignorance, our false beliefs and wrong views. If we think of a tree as representing the universe and look at its leaves individually, as ourselves, they appear to be separate but in reality they are part of the whole. Our thinking of ourselves as being separate creates confrontations. ... If we were to look more carefully, we would see that the leaves originate from the same branch and that all branches grow from the same trunk. Looking deeply into the tree, to its root, we realize that the leaves, branches, trunk, roots are all one entity. Once we truly understand this, all confrontations will vanish, as our loving-kindness and compassion naturally arise, as we care for others as we care for ourselves. This is truly reaching the non-duality between us and others, understanding that we are one being, are all interrelated with one another. This is truly realizing that the universe is one ideal family, that all groups are one complete multiculture. ...
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