{"id":6204,"date":"2021-03-03T23:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/?p=6204"},"modified":"2021-03-03T23:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T16:14:41","slug":"recite-meditate-love-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/recite-meditate-love-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"Recite &#038; Meditate, Love &#038; Understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 75%; color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Dharma Master Andrew. J. Williams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6206\" src=\"http:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LOVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LOVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LOVE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/phapnhan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LOVE-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%; color: #ff0000; background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>RECITE &amp; MEDITATE, LOVE &amp; UNDERSTANDING<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">\u25cf\u25c6\u25cf \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u25c6\u25c7\u25c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u25cf\u25c6\u25cf<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">&#8220;We should do our very best to mindfully recite important prayers and verses such as homage, refuge and the like, as well as important teachings of the Buddha, and commit them to memory, so that we can recall and access them at anytime and anywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">We should contemplate the meaning and develop genuine understanding of these immeasurably precious teachings, and then habituate our mind with genuine insight into the meaning of the words, verses and teachings that we are reciting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">When we mindfully recite verses and teachings, we are engaging our whole being, our speech, our body and our mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">Of course the mind is the chief, for it is the mind that will understand and realise the purpose, methods, practise of the methods and result of the practise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">Study, recite, remember, practise and share the Dharma well, and eventually you will understand and realise the unification and perfection of inseparable wisdom and method, and attain unsurpassed supreme enlightenment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">Furthermore, we must remember that all living beings want happiness and want to be free from suffering. We all need to breathe, eat, drink, and sleep. We are all dependent upon each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">We could say that all living beings are our brothers and sisters, and could have been our mother in our previous lives. Therefore, we must extend universal compassion, love, and understanding towards all living beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">The more we do this, the more happiness we will create for ourselves and all others. At very least we must abstain from harming. We should open our hearts with love and understanding.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">\u25cf\u25c6\u25cf \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u25c6\u25c7\u25c6 \u2550\u2550\u2550\u2550 \u25cf\u25c6\u25cf<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 115%;\"><strong>~Dharma Master Andrew. J. Williams~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dharma Master Andrew. J. 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