All conditions kept me from progressing more than a year ago. I tried many and all ways to get up to be on the Dharma path again but no matter how hard I tried, I just fell back. I opened the dharma book and when I began to read, I simply closed it. There was a force that stopped me from carrying on reading. It repeated again and again. That was my negative karma being ripened. Everything fell apart in every way.
I read Ajahn Brahm’s book “Falling is Flying” recently. It was encouraging. I remember someone posted on facebook, it goes something like this “Things fall apart in order to fall together”. I am not sure if mine falls together. I met a very good teacher who lifted me up and gave me lots of advice. She is well restrained in speech. As many Dharma practitioners would agree, to restrain in speech is the toughest precept to keep and virtuous action to practise. And after so many years, I finally found one who live up to the Buddha’s teachings. She is everybody’s role model. Whenever there is a disagreement with my friends, I would think of her and naturally am more careful with the words I use or maybe I would just keep quiet.
Venerable Wuling is a patient teacher. Well restrained in speech, skillful in dealing with problems. She thinks before she speaks and always considers the feeling of others. Whoever attended her classes are very fortunate. I have no chance as she is far away, however, I hope I am able to create a cause to meet her :).
May she remain strong and healthy. May covid19 come to an end immediately and may all sentient beings learn our lesson from this pandemic and be kind and humble to all living beings as well as towards our mother earth.
May my dream to meet her personally be fulfilled and may I begin a new path under her influence.
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