传递善意,点亮心灯

MPI 个人传灯实践课

Passing on Goodwill, Lighting the Inner Lamp

MPI Personal Lamp-Transmission Practice Course

MPI 个人传灯实践课

一、认识自己,点亮心灯

I. Know Yourself, Light the Inner Lamp

身处今天这个时代,很不容易。物质和科技文明给生活带来便利的同时,也带来污染、暖化等生态问题,及焦虑、抑郁等心理疾病。与此同时,频繁的国际冲突更是令世界动荡不安。这种一日千里的变化,使人对未来充满不确定感。一直以来,我们习惯于向外建立依赖,寻找幸福。当世界相对稳定时,这种依赖似乎还靠得住。只要努力,幸福也可以企及。但当外在世界充满变数时,就会感觉,自己依赖的一切越来越脆弱,幸福也越来越渺茫。在这样的大背景下,唯有认识自己,让自己变得强大,才能减少对外界的依赖,减少由此带来的影响。不管从个人还是人类来说,如何安顿身心,实现人身的独特价值,将是未来的头等大事。

Living in today's world is not easy. While material and technological civilization has brought convenience to our lives, it has also brought ecological problems such as pollution and global warming, along with mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression. At the same time, frequent international conflicts have left the world in turmoil. Such rapid change fills people with uncertainty about the future. All along, we have been used to looking outward for support in our search for happiness. When the world is relatively stable, this reliance seems dependable---with effort, happiness seems within reach. But when the external world is full of variables, we feel that everything we rely on is growing ever more fragile, and happiness ever more elusive. Against this backdrop, only by knowing ourselves and making ourselves strong can we reduce our dependence on the outside world and lessen the impact it has on us. Whether for the individual or for humanity as a whole, how to bring peace to body and mind and realize the unique value of being human will be the foremost task of the future.

如何认识并提升自己?什么才能帮助我们安身立命,认识心性?正是东方文化,尤其是佛法智慧的长项。儒释道文化都是让我们向内观照,从认识自己、改变自己,到建立美好的世界。其中,佛法更是人生的大智慧,因其对心性的透彻认识,有"东方心理学"之称;学佛,正是引导我们认识自己、安顿身心,改善生命品质,从而造就良好的心态、高尚的精神、美好的人格。这在当今世界尤为重要。

How do we know and improve ourselves? What can help us find our footing in life and understand the nature of the mind? This is precisely the strength of Eastern culture, especially the wisdom of the Buddhadharma. The cultures of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism all teach us to look within---from knowing ourselves and changing ourselves to building a beautiful world. Among them, the Buddhadharma is the great wisdom for life; because of its thorough understanding of the nature of the mind, it is known as "Eastern psychology." Learning the Buddhadharma guides us to know ourselves, bring peace to body and mind, and improve the quality of our lives, thereby shaping a healthy state of mind, a noble spirit, and a beautiful character. This is especially important in today's world.

二、传递善意,点亮更多人心灯

II. Pass on Goodwill, Light the Inner Lamp in More Hearts

我们要深刻认识到,传承东方智慧对自身及人类的意义。物质文明的发展已来到十字路口,在何去何从的抉择中,东方智慧正在显现它的独特价值,关键是我们去做,去向世界传递,让更多人听到东方智慧的声音。这并不是我们一定要去传播,而是世界发展到今天,确实需要这样的文化,才能让人心更和谐,社会更有序。

We must deeply recognize what passing on Eastern wisdom means for ourselves and for humanity. The development of material civilization has reached a crossroads. As we choose which way to go, Eastern wisdom is revealing its unique value---and the key is for us to act, to carry it out into the world, so that more people can hear the voice of Eastern wisdom. This is not because we insist on spreading it; rather, the world as it has developed today genuinely needs this kind of culture to make hearts more harmonious and society more orderly.

当我们从修学受益,看到传承东方智慧的意义,就要发起愿心,以帮助众生为己任,要去点亮更多人的心灯。包括中国人、海外华人,乃至外国人,因为大家都是贪嗔痴的重病患者,都被无明和烦恼所困扰,都有自我拯救的需要,寻找光明的需要,觉醒解脱的需要。

When we have benefited from study and practice and see the meaning of passing on Eastern wisdom, we should arouse the aspiration to make helping sentient beings our own responsibility and go light the inner lamp in more hearts. This includes the Chinese, overseas Chinese, and people of every other nation alike, for we are all gravely ill with greed, hatred, and ignorance; we are all troubled by ignorance and affliction; and we all have the need to save ourselves, the need to seek the light, the need to awaken and attain liberation.

如何帮助更多人点亮心灯?过去几十年,我们在弘法过程中探索了很多经验,希望大家参

How can we help more people light the inner lamp? Over the past decades, we have explored and gathered a wealth of experience in spreading the Dharma, and we hope everyone

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与其中,让智慧文化走进千家万户。

will take part, bringing the culture of wisdom into thousands upon thousands of households.

三、个人传灯如何实践

III. How to Practice Personal Lamp Transmission

每个人可以根据自己的兴趣、意愿、时间等因缘,选择力所能及的传灯行为,进行广泛地实践。个人传灯的实践分为两方面,一是基础行动;二是提升行动。

Each person can, according to their own interests, wishes, time, and other conditions, choose the lamp-transmission activities within their capacity and practice them widely. The practice of personal lamp transmission has two parts: foundational actions and advanced actions.

(一)基础行动,脚踏实地,循序渐进

(1) Foundational Actions: Steady Steps, Gradual Progress

基础行动包含两方面,一是学习禅意项目,弘扬禅意生活;二是传递善意,落实四个一。

Foundational actions include two aspects: first, learn Chan-inspired programs and promote Chan-inspired living; second, pass on goodwill and carry out the Four Ones.

1. 学习禅意项目,弘扬禅意生活

1. Learn Chan-Inspired Programs, Promote Chan-Inspired Living

1.1 学习项目。每个人都可根据自己的因缘和兴趣,选择学习一个禅意项目(如安心禅茶、正念咖啡、静心蔬食、静心整理等),有条件者也可以学习多个项目。

1.1 Learn a program. Everyone can choose one Chan-inspired program to learn according to their own conditions and interests---such as Dhyana Tea, Dhyana Coffee, Dhyana Vegan Experience, or Mindful Decluttering---and those with the capacity may learn several programs.

1.2 持续训练。通过不断地学习与持续训练,把禅的智慧带入到生活中,建立正确的用心方式,过一种以心灵为中心的生活,让身心自在。

1.2 Keep training. Through continuous learning and sustained training, bring the wisdom of Chan into daily life, establish a correct way of using the mind, live a life centered on the mind, and let body and mind be at ease.

1.3 发心弘扬。不仅让自己过上禅意生活,还应将这份宁静与美好分享给身边人与社会大众,帮助他们体验禅意生活,获得身心的安顿。

1.3 Arouse the aspiration to promote. Beyond living a Chan-inspired life yourself, share this peace and beauty with the people around you and with the wider public, helping them experience Chan-inspired living and find peace of body and mind.

2. 传递善意,落实四个一

2. Pass on Goodwill, Carry Out the Four Ones

2.1 每日一善,转发法语

2.1 One Act of Kindness a Day: Share a Dharma Saying

每天可以在网络媒体平台转发一次导师法语;可从国际静心协会与导师社媒账号获取法语信息,配上禅意图片等会加强吸引力。

Each day, you can repost one of the Master's Dharma sayings on social-media platforms; you can get the sayings from the social-media accounts of Mindful Peace International and the Master, and pairing them with Chan-inspired images will make them more appealing.

通过网络媒体(如Facebook、WhatsApp、Instagram、小红书等)分享自己学习禅意项目的体验与收获。

Through social media (such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Xiaohongshu), share your own experiences and gains from learning Chan-inspired programs.

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静心生态社媒传播一览表

Overview of Mindful Peace Community Social-Media Channels

类型
Organization
账号
Account
网址
URL
国际静心协会
Mindful Peace International
网站
Website
www.mindfulpeace.org
YouTube 账号
YouTube channel
https://m.youtube.com/@MindfulPeaceIntl
脸书中文频道
Facebook (Chinese)
https://www.facebook.com/mpichinese
脸书英文频道
Facebook (English)
https://www.facebook.com/mindfulpeaceintl
Instagram 账号
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/mindfulpeaceintl/
济群法师
Master Jiqun
个人网页
Personal website
www.masterjiqun.com
YouTube 账号
YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/@MasterJiqun
脸书中文频道
Facebook (Chinese)
https://www.facebook.com/jiqunfashi
脸书英文频道
Facebook (English)
https://www.facebook.com/masterjiqun
Instagram 账号
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/masterjiqun/
济群法师与国际静心协会 WhatsApp 频道二维码卡片(中英双语各一) / QR-code cards for the Master Jiqun and Mindful Peace International WhatsApp channels

QR-code cards for the Master Jiqun and Mindful Peace International WhatsApp channels (one in Chinese and one in English for each)

2.2 每周一书,法宝结缘

2.2 One Book a Week: Share Dharma Treasures, Form Affinities

一本书很有可能就能够改变一个人,甚至拯救一个人。我们随身携带《静心学堂小丛书》、法语卡片、静心学堂或小院宣传页等,建议贴上静心学堂或小院二维码。带着利他心介绍书籍,分享自己读书心得和启发,引发共鸣。以恭敬心、珍惜心给对方赠送1~2 本导师书籍。根据对方兴趣点介绍其它书籍,引导扫静心学堂或小院二维码或留下联系方式,便于后续结缘或邮寄书籍;也可邀请对方到静心学堂或小院参加活动。

A single book may well change a person---even save a person. Carry with you the Mindful Peace Academy Booklet Series, Dharma-saying cards, and flyers for the Academy or the Yard, and it is a good idea to stick the Academy or Yard QR code on them. Introduce the books with an altruistic heart, share your own reading insights and inspirations, and strike a chord. With reverence and cherishing, give the other person one or two of the Master's books. According to their interests, introduce other books, and guide them to scan the Academy or Yard QR code or leave their contact information, making it easier to share more books or mail books to them later; you can also invite them to attend activities at the Academy or the Yard.

2.3 每月一邀,传灯亲友

2.3 One Invitation a Month: Pass the Lamp to Family and Friends

邀请亲友参加静心学堂或小院的相关活动,不仅可以培养自己的传灯意识,还能让对方学习到智慧文化,听到更多学员分享的好机会;让对方感受静心学堂的积极、正向、清净氛围,体验禅意项目,感受身心安顿,对修学佛法生起向往之心。

Inviting family and friends to relevant activities at the Mindful Peace Academy or the Mindful Peace Yard not only cultivates your own awareness of lamp transmission---it also gives the other person a chance to learn the culture of wisdom and hear more students share. Let them feel the positive, uplifting, and pure atmosphere of the Academy, experience Chan-inspired programs, feel the settling of body and mind, and give rise to a yearning for the study and practice of the Buddhadharma.

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2.4 每年一灯,点亮他人

2.4 One Lamp a Year: Light the Lamp for Another

自己于法受益后,在合适的时机与他人真诚分享;因缘合适时,引导对方加入静心学堂或小院。也可以给自己设立一个小目标,每年至少推荐一位亲友加入静心学堂或小院,成为会员或学员。

After you yourself have benefited from the Dharma, share sincerely with others when the time is right; when conditions are ripe, guide them to join the Mindful Peace Academy or the Mindful Peace Yard. You can also set a small goal for yourself: each year, recommend at least one relative or friend to join the Academy or the Yard and become a member or a student.

(二)提升行动,根据因缘,选择开展

(2) Advanced Actions: Choose According to Your Conditions

加入静心学堂或小院一段时间后(建议3 个月后),通过传灯项目的专业学习与传帮带,可以选择开展个人传灯提升行动。

After being with the Mindful Peace Academy or the Mindful Peace Yard for some time (three months is recommended), and through specialized study and mentoring in the lamp-transmission program, you may choose to undertake the advanced actions of personal lamp transmission.

提升行动包括三个项目,一是打造安心茶室;二是开展小小读书会;三是推广法宝结缘点;可以根据自身因缘,选择开展。

The advanced actions include three projects: first, creating a Dhyana Tea Space; second, running small reading groups; third, promoting Dharma gift points. Choose and undertake them according to your own conditions.

1. 打造安心茶室,构建和谐家庭

1. Create a Dhyana Tea Space, Build a Harmonious Family

希望安心茶室成为东方智慧的载体,走进千家万户,帮助天下人安顿身心。现代家庭中,人们都活在自我感觉里,缺少连结。有条件的家庭可以设立一间安心茶室,就能召集家人和亲友,在一起喝茶、读书、交流分享、互相关爱,构建以传统文化为中心的生态圈。安心茶室可以是家里的阳台、客厅、书房等,一方静心之地,在此安顿身心。

Our hope is that the Dhyana Tea Space will become a carrier of Eastern wisdom, entering thousands upon thousands of households and helping people everywhere bring peace to body and mind. In modern families, people live in their own self-absorbed worlds and lack connection. A family with the means can set up a Dhyana Tea Space at home, and then gather family and friends to drink tea, read, exchange and share, and care for one another, building a circle of life centered on traditional culture. A Dhyana Tea Space can be the balcony, living room, or study at home---a quiet corner where body and mind can settle.

2.1 打造禅意空间,落实禅意生活。有条件可以打造自己的家庭安心茶室,让家庭环境变得更加禅意,同时也成为自己学习、修行、禅修的静心之地。其实禅意生活的成本不高,反而更低。它不是一种奢侈的生活,它是一种富有精神内涵的简朴的物质生活。

2.1 Create a Chan-inspired space; live out Chan-inspired living. If conditions allow, create your own home Dhyana Tea Space, making your home environment more Chan-inspired; it can also be a quiet place for your own study, practice, and meditation. In fact, the cost of Chan-inspired living is not high---if anything, it is lower. It is not a life of luxury; it is a simple material life rich in spiritual content.

2.2 用好文化连接,构建和谐家庭。建立安心茶室,可定期的举行家庭聚会和禅意活动,比如办一场家庭茶会、吃一顿素食、共同读一本书等,不仅可以帮助家人之间建立连接,形成良好的家庭文化氛围,还可以弥补家庭教育,社会教育和学校教育的不足。

2.2 Use culture to connect; build a harmonious family. With a Dhyana Tea Space in place, you can regularly hold family gatherings and Chan-inspired activities---such as hosting a family tea gathering, sharing a vegetarian meal, or reading a book together---which not only helps family members connect and forms a healthy cultural atmosphere at home, but also makes up for what family education, social education, and school education may lack.

2.3 推广安心茶室,走进千家万户。主动分享自己打造安心茶室的经验给身边人,帮助有条件

2.3 Promote the Dhyana Tea Space so it enters thousands upon thousands of households. Take the initiative to share your experience of creating a Dhyana Tea Space with the people around you, and help those with the means

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的人打造家庭安心茶室;也可以通过网络自媒体,或者走进社团、社区等团体,把安心茶室文化分享给更多人,帮助更多人打造安心茶室,推动安心茶室走进千家万户。

create home Dhyana Tea Spaces of their own; you can also use social media, or go into associations and community groups, to share the Dhyana Tea Space culture with more people, help more people create Dhyana Tea Spaces, and bring the Dhyana Tea Space into thousands upon thousands of households.

2. 开展小小读书会,点亮更多人心灯

2. Run Small Reading Groups, Light the Inner Lamp in More Hearts

选择一本导师的书籍或一张法语卡片,邀约三五亲友,围坐一处,学习智慧文化,分享读书心得。通过小小读书会,点亮自己心灯,也帮助更多人点亮心灯。具体操作如下:

Choose one of the Master's books or a Dharma-saying card, invite three to five relatives or friends, sit together, study the culture of wisdom, and share your reading insights. Through the small reading group, light your own inner lamp and help more people light theirs. The specific steps are as follows:

1.1 搞定自己,向内求。学习智慧文化是调自己的心,治自己的病,向内求;小小读书会就是向内求的读书会,接引周边有缘人;哪怕一个人也可开始"自己的读书会,读到自心。

1.1 Sort yourself out first; seek within. Studying the culture of wisdom means tuning your own mind, healing your own illness, seeking within; a small reading group is a reading group for seeking within, welcoming and drawing in people around us who have the affinity. Even one person can start "their own reading group," reading all the way to their own heart.

1.2 把握关键,朗读+分享

1.2 Grasp the Key: Read Aloud + Share

朗读,就是智者在说话。读书,就是读给自己听的。

Reading aloud means the wise ones are speaking. Reading means reading for yourself to hear.

分享,就是和导师对话,结合自己的问题和感悟分享。

Sharing means conversing with the Master---sharing in connection with your own questions and insights.

1.3 三不做原则

1.3 The Three Don'ts

一是,不离题,就是不离开本期学习的内容来分享。

First, do not stray from the topic---that is, share without leaving the content of the current session.

二是,不评判别人,就是不指点、引导、评判其他人,举例结合自己。

Second, do not judge others---that is, do not direct, guide, or evaluate anyone else; draw your examples from your own life.

三是,不解释,就是不解释名相和法义,因为答案都在读的内容里。

Third, do not explain---that is, do not explain terms or Dharma meanings, because the answers are all there in what is being read.

1.4 四个因缘,人法事处

1.4 The Four Conditions---People, Texts, Timing, and Place

一是,时间,随时都可以、一周固定时间做一次。

First, time---any time will do, or a fixed time once a week.

二是,场所,随处可安禅、每周一次,安心茶室、静心小院。

Second, place---any place will do for quiet sitting; once a week, at a Dhyana Tea Space or a Mindful Peace Yard.

三是,读本,智慧人生小丛书、小读本一折页、手机读本。

Third, reading material---the Wisdom in Life Booklet Series, small booklets and single-fold leaflets, or mobile reading editions.

四是,人物,自己发心,自己的读书会自己做,可以有搭档。

Fourth, people---arouse the aspiration yourself; run your own reading group yourself, and you may have a partner.

1.5 五个步骤

1.5 The Five Steps

第一步,找到当下的心。名字,职业,此刻当下我为什么会愿意参加读书。

Step one: find the mind of the present moment. Name, occupation, and---right here, right now---why I am willing to take part in this reading.

第二步,收摄身心安住当下。让我们不念过去、不念未来,专注、安住地来朗读+分享。

Step two: gather body and mind and settle in the present. Let us not dwell on the past or think of the future, but read aloud and share with focus and settled attention.

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第三步,简述三不做原则。不离开读的内容来分享;不指点、引导、评判别人;不解释名相。

Step three: briefly state the Three Don'ts. Share without leaving the content being read; do not direct, guide, or judge others; do not explain terms.

第四步,朗读+分享。不跑题小妙招:第几页第几行,不接其他人的话题。

Step four: read aloud and share. A handy tip for staying on topic: cite the exact page and line, and do not take up anyone else's topic.

第五步,谈谈今天最大的收获。把智慧的种子种到心田里。

Step five: talk about your biggest takeaway of the day. Plant the seeds of wisdom in the field of the heart.

1.6 六字真言:越简单越高明

1.6 The Six-Word Mantra: The Simpler, the Smarter

3. 推广法宝结缘点,建设静心文化生态

3. Promote Dharma Gift Points, Build an Ecosystem of Mindful Peace Culture

法宝结缘点,可以是一个小小的书角、或是一个活动展位、或是一个体验区等,面向大众免费结缘法宝,把更多人带回心灵家园;通过法宝结缘点的推广,为教界助力、为社会助力,帮助更多人走向生命觉醒,营造良好的静心文化生态氛围。

A Dharma gift point can be a small book corner, an activity booth, or an experience zone, offering Dharma treasures to the public free of charge to form affinities and bring more people back to the home of the heart. By promoting Dharma gift points, we support the Buddhist community and support society, helping more people move toward life awakening and fostering a wholesome atmosphere of mindful-peace culture.

3.1 建立意识、大力推广。认识到法宝结缘的重要意义和价值,建立法宝结缘点的推广意识;主动与社区、商家、机构、团队等开展合作,设立法宝结缘点;法宝结缘点的场地安全可靠、关系纯净,氛围良好,可以长期稳定使用。比如,茶庄、书店、素菜馆、瑜伽馆、中医馆、社区中心、心理咨询诊所、儿童医院、药店商会、大学、传统文化班、政府部门、文化部门,企业内部、寺庙等。

3.1 Build awareness; promote vigorously. Recognize the significance and value of sharing Dharma treasures to form affinities, and build awareness of promoting Dharma gift points; take the initiative to cooperate with communities, businesses, institutions, and organizations to set up Dharma gift points. The venue for a Dharma gift point should be safe and reliable, with pure relationships and a good atmosphere, and should be usable on a long-term, stable basis---for example, tea houses, bookstores, vegetarian restaurants, yoga studios, traditional Chinese medicine clinics, community centers, psychological counseling clinics, children's hospitals, pharmacies and chambers of commerce, universities, traditional-culture classes, government departments, cultural departments, companies, temples, and so on.

3.2 合作报备,获得支持。主动向静心小院或静心学堂报备法宝结缘点的设立情况,小院或学堂应积极支持与协助。

3.2 Report partnerships; gain support. Take the initiative to report the establishment of Dharma gift points to the Mindful Peace Yard or the Mindful Peace Academy; the Yard or the Academy should actively support and assist.

3.3 稳定护持,有效流通。如理如法地做好法宝的申请、运输、陈列、结缘等相关工作,建议每月至少一次对法宝结缘点的法宝进行整理;可由法宝结缘项目专员护持,或者由学堂传灯组护持;做好结缘的数据管理,及时接引有因缘的大众参与小院或学堂的相关活动。

3.3 Maintain steadily; circulate effectively. Do a proper job, in accord with the Dharma, of requesting, transporting, displaying, and sharing the Dharma treasures; it is recommended that the materials at each Dharma gift point be tidied at least once a month. A dedicated officer of the Dharma gift point program may maintain it, or the Academy's lamp-transmission team may do so; manage the sharing data well, and promptly welcome and draw in people with the right conditions to take part in relevant activities at the Yard or the Academy.

3.4 网络结缘,方便快捷。在法宝结缘点放置海报、法宝结缘宣传页等,详细展示、介绍书籍,大众可以通过学堂的二维码或申请链接地址,线上申请结缘相关书籍;线上结缘可以由静心学堂统一结缘与管理。

3.4 Online sharing: convenient and quick. Place posters and Dharma-sharing flyers at the Dharma gift point to display and introduce the books in detail; the public can apply online for the books via the Academy's QR code or application link, and the online sharing can be managed centrally by the Mindful Peace Academy.

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MPI 个人传灯实践课

四、发愿承担,积极践行

IV. Aspire and Commit, Practice Actively

静心学堂也会创造条件,鼓励更多人为东方智慧在海外的传播创造条件,给予支持。我们的课程和模式,实践证明,这一套是行之有效的,重点还是落实到每个班,每个人。

The Mindful Peace Academy will also create conditions to encourage and support more people in spreading Eastern wisdom overseas. Our curriculum and model have been proven effective in practice; the key is still to carry them out in every class and in every person.

我们要认识到传灯对于我们个人生命和整个社会的意义是多么重大。或许我们现在的能力还很微弱,既没多少说服力,也没什么感染力,但关键是我们有没这样的愿力?能不能认识到点灯和传灯对每个生命所具的价值?

We must recognize how significant lamp transmission is for our own lives and for society as a whole. Perhaps our abilities are still weak---we have little power to persuade and little power to move others---but what matters is whether we have this aspiration, and whether we can recognize the value that lighting lamps and passing on the lamp holds for every life.

万事开头难,起初做什么都不容易,自己对法的信心不足,周边也没有力量,而且末法时代的环境特别不利于修行。但我们要知道,不修学是没有出路的,只会在无明、迷惑中沉沦。只有通过修学摆脱迷惑,走向觉醒,才是生命的唯一出路,而且是没有退路的。其他人做的只能是创造条件,真正修行还要靠自己努力。当点亮的灯越来越多时,我们就会更有力量。

All things are hard at the start. In the beginning nothing is easy: our confidence in the Dharma is not yet strong, there is little support around us, and the environment of the Age of Dharma Decline is especially unfavorable to practice. But we should know that without study and practice there is no way out---we would only sink deeper into ignorance and delusion. Only by shaking off delusion through study and practice and walking toward awakening is there any way forward for life, and there is no retreat. What others can do is only create the conditions; real practice still depends on our own effort. When more and more lamps are lit, we will have ever greater strength.

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