Letting Go Your Attachment

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What if we can truly put down all the wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments? The world will change immediately. What will it become then? The world will become a Land of Ultimate Bliss. What is the difference between our land and the Land of Ultimate Bliss?

Sakyamuni Buddha introduced us to the Land of Ultimate Bliss where people of superior virtues assemble. when people's minds are virtuous, the land will be stable and secure. Everything will be wonderful, without the least defect.

When people's minds are vicious, the land and everything in it will be vicious too. People with true aspiration and profound insight need to know that seeking rebirth into the Pure Land wholeheartedly and meeting Amitabha Buddha is the perfect and complete accomplishment of life.

We should let go of attachments to worldly activities, both physical and mental and rid ourselves of differentiating thoughts. There is nothing worthy of worry and nothing worthy of greed. We accord with conditions and do not seek affinities in our daily lives. How happy and free we will for we will have truly achieved.

This world does not provide a good learning environment nor does it provide good teachers or fellow practitioners. The human life span is short, far too short for learning. Amitabha Buddha provides us with the best learning environment and if we want to go, we can. Sakyamuni Buddha told us that when we go to that environment, all Buddhas will be our teachers, the people of supreme virtue will be our fellow practitioners.

In the Pure Land, there is no cause for our greed, anger and ignorance to arise. Why? Because whatever we need will appear before us, so we have no cause to become greedy. Everyone in the Western Pure Land is a good person. Nobody has any bad thoughts or ill intentions. Nobody uses harsh language. We have no cause to become angry. In other words, there is no condition for us to become angry at all.

What our sense touch is the Dharma, the sages' teachings. We will not be ignorant. In other words, we do not have to end or do anything about the greed, anger and ignorance. When we live there long enough, our greed, anger and ignorance will naturally ceased.

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