Good morning!
We saw the brilliant shining spring sun before we came here. We have now a dim candle light here.
At night the candle light could show us the dim world. In the day time the sun can show us the bright wide world.
Small candle light lives only a short time. The great sun light lives billions of years beyond day and night, beyond birth and death.
Our practice starts from small self world like short-living candle light and grow into the great dharma world like the bright beautiful sun light.
The awakened way starts from the self-island and reach the dharma-dhatu (realm), which has always been actually here.
Only by cultivation, we can go beyond karma world and reach the dharma world beyond samsara suffering.
2/25/12