The Awakening of Loving-kindness.pdf

The Awakening of Loving-kindness

Based on the Work of

Venerable Master Chin Kung

Translated by

Silent Voices

Permission for reprinting is granted for non-profit use.

Printed 2001

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CONTENTS

Love 1

Harmony and Unity 2

Path to Buddhahood 8

Everyone Can Be a Buddha 36

Achieving Lasting Peace Through Education 56

The Foundation of All Religions:

Compassion and Lovingkindness 66

Compassion and Lovingkindness 72

The Ten Recitation Method 73

Glossary 74

Love

With their true sincerity, purity, equality,

Ultimate wisdom and compassion,

Saints and gods of all religions

Benefit all people in acting as

Leaders by guiding,

Parents by nurturing, and

Teachers by educating.

Saints and gods teach all people

The relationships between

Humans,

Humans and nature, and

Humans and spirits of heaven and earth;

To change from bad to good,

Deluded to awakened,

Ordinary to sage;

To have kind hearts and thoughts, and do kind deeds;

To differentiate neither by nationality, belief, or race,

Nor between self and others.

Coexist harmoniously,

Regard each other with equality and respect, and

Love one another.

Work together,

Care for each other and accord with all,

Unceasingly and forever.

Through true honesty, deeply believe that

All sentient beings are one with the

Same true nature, wisdom, and virtue.

One who achieves these teachings is a saint.

A manifestation of a Perfectly

Enlightened Being of Infinite Life and Light.

Harmony and Unity

1 January 2000

His Excellency, the President of Singapore, Mr. S.R. Nathan and

First Lady Mrs. Nathan, distinguished guests, honored

Ambassadors, the Deputy Director General of States

Administration for Religious Affairs of China, Mr. Tong-Xiang

Yang, representatives of the Inter-Religious Organization, religious

representatives from Singapore and abroad, guests and friends.

Everyone is a great Bodhisattva, a messenger of God, and an

utmost virtuous person.

Tonight, the nine religions of Singapore are united here for the

Inter-Faith Prayer for the Millennium and Charity Dinner to

celebrate the arrival of the new millennium. We wish to welcome

our guests, over five thousand senior citizens, and children of

different religions and races from Homes for the Aged and from

Children’s Homes. It is our deep-felt wish that this event would

help to foster harmonious relationships and unity among different

races and religions. In this way, we hope to achieve happy families,

a stable society, prosperous nations, and a peaceful world.

In recent years, we have witnessed disasters that are increasing in

severity and frequency. Many people think that these disasters are

unavoidable while others believe that these can be resolved. Most of

us are worried. How are we going to face the coming 21 st century?

We have studied the past and present teachings of the great

sages and virtuous people of various religions on the origin of life

and the universe. The Buddha said it is the True Mind; that the

universe is manifested from the mind. The Hindus say it is the

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