You Can Do It Too

On 22nd of July, I posted a video of my Grandmaster’s Dharma discourse. He imparted on how the poor should accumulate resources, and the importance of resource accumulation to our daily living.

A Dharma Sister saw it, shared with me her kind deed in Greece and commented:

“After reading your post, I can’t help but post something too..I also believe in doing more good deeds..I believe it isn’t the quantity that matters, but the intent and doing your best that do. Later on, I learnt that after contributing, we will gain more things..”

My reply:

The expansion of the soul must be the biggest joy after performing a virtuous deed. I think what many people do not realise is the influencing power and initiative behind a good deed.

For example, this Dharma discourse from Grandmaster inspired me to share it with everyone. You shared your act of kindness with your readers, after seeing my post.

What was merely an insignificant deed of virtue became multiple seeds of kindness sowed only because we made the effort to share it with others. This seemingly small act of kindness grows in influence. When the readers implement what they read and go on to perform good deeds, this small virtuous act transforms into a huge one.

When no one asks for our help, we take the initiative to bring happiness to others. We do it everyday, like the prayers of deliverance before our every meal, and act upon what Grandmaster said: be friendly to others. This act of initiative matches the intent and best effort you mentioned.

To put it simply:

The grade of family background that you are born into
How good the food you get to eat
How much you get to use daily
How great is your education
Our physical appearance, figure, health
Our family wealth
The family members we have
How many/little benefactors or difficult people we meet
Our wisdom, wealth, career, interpersonal relations, talents
Whether we marry a good spouse
Whether our children are filial, healthy, happy and can study
Whether we have the good fortune to meet a wise accomplished Teacher to guide us out of Samsara
Whether we can understand the Dharma…

All these and more fall under the scope of Resource Accumulation.

So if you meet with lot of difficulties in this life, aka the perpetual “damsel in distress” with no hero in sight to come rescue you, this means that you fail to accumulate sufficient resources for yourself in your previous lifetimes.

The signs will show up in your Bazi, giving a clear picture of your past and current lives.

Taking the initiative to do good is a very great giving example of putting in our best effort.

Social media is a wonderful platform for us to cultivate resource accumulation and mass positive affinities with the sentient beings.

Some people use Facebook to propagate desires, e.g. where to eat, where to have fun, what they bought, the romance between couples, the kinship between parents and children etc.

I’m not saying you cannot do that, but it would be a pity if you ONLY post that, for you are wasting the opportune affinity to cultivate more good fortune.

When you put up more posts of kindness, and doing away with posts that incite greed, hatred and ignorance, you will realise that you too have the ability to bring joy and convenience to people. You can also help others to eradicate some of their troubles and sufferings, no matter how slight.

The bliss of serenity you experience in your heart is the greatest reward you can present to yourself. It’s just that you have never given yourself the opportunity to train this ability.

We are all born talented in something. It is never too late for you to start cultivating your resource accumulation and live a happier life.

The Four Immeasurables:

May all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness
May all beings be free of suffering and the cause of suffering.
May all beings never be disassociated from the supreme happiness which is without suffering.
May they remain in the boundless equanimity, free from both attachment to close ones and rejection of others.

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