Good evening!
The rain of compassion and the full moon of prognosis brought the cool, crisp autumn air from the hot, dusty summer sun.
The Buddha said that the world is on fire. Our world is on fire of suffering due to our karmas and karma-machines – the actions and habits of our bodies and minds.
So, the solution is in stopping our karma – fundamentally stopping our three poisons of attachment, aversion, and delusion, individually and collectively.
We need to cultivate, changing the delusion of the separated self into the truth of the wholesome whole. This is the practice from self to dharma, the universal truth.
Only when we stop our self-centered karmas can we reach universal truth, peace, and compassion – from sinfulness (separated self) to holiness (wholesome whole).
Anybody can realize this. So, we can individually solve this by sitting and stopping karmas. But, collectively, all of us must practice it to solve our problems and sufferings.
So, our practice must be both individual and collective. It must be individual and collective – particular and universal. We must work together with all always.
9/15/11
