Be a kind strong

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Excerpted from Shaba Rinpoche's "Lectures on the Stages of the Bodhi Path"

How can I be happy in this life? Let me tell you, there are fallacies and heresies in our world, what fallacies and heresies are there? It is said that "people who are good are bullied by others, and horses who are good are riding". What is this statement? It's the words of someone who doesn't know the real deep truth. The reason why people are bullied by others is definitely not because of "goodness", but because of ignorance. Your cowardice and "goodness" are completely two concepts. Goodness is a strong psychology, while cowardice is a very fragile psychology. How can cowardice and kindness be put together? This in itself is problematic. Furthermore, there are good people, there are strong good people, and there are cowardly good people. A cowardly and kind-hearted person can achieve almost nothing, a strong and kind-hearted person can play a very powerful role. Therefore, if you are weak and strong, it is a question of whether you should practice diligently. If you are slack and lazy, you are weak; if you practice diligently and diligently, the better you practice diligence, the stronger you will be. So cowardice is not the product of goodness, but the opposite of goodness. The opposite of diligent parami practice is the manifestation of laziness and laziness.

There are three kinds of laziness and laziness: one is the slackness of being greedy for the comfort and enjoyment of the world; there is also the cowardly and cowardly mentality of not having confidence in oneself; the three is to practice the Dharma very simply, not to do it. This slackness of upholding the Tao is perfect. The three are the opposites of goodness, not goodness, so putting these two together shows that you are very ignorant. You don't even understand "what is good and what is evil", so you say " It is very unreasonable to say that people are good and being deceived by others.

Therefore, we have to remember a problem, that is, kindness does not mean cowardice, but strong kindness is kindness that can accomplish great things.Is not it? A leader leads the whole country, this king is both good and very powerful, he can push the country to its peak, push the people to prosperity and happiness, and the whole society pushes him to extreme prosperity. However, if you meet a cowardly but kind king, he will not push you to a desperate situation, but he will not be able to push you to the peak, so the people will not follow him to enjoy happiness. If you encounter an evil, but cowardly king, you will be degraded and regressed, but it will not be too serious, because his ability is limited. If it is evil and a strong person encounters it, then it will be a big trouble, then he will completely destroy the country, and then the happiness of the common people will be gone. So it is extremely foolish to say that being strong and kind cannot combine it into one. Therefore, we need to be strong, but we also need kindness. To practice good deeds and accumulate virtue, this is the first thing we must need. It is not enough for us to understand the meaning of this word. We must correctly understand what we must do. This is how I teach the Fa here, and it has played a role in you.

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