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We imitate the Buddha’s wisdom in the invisible world when we are near that invisible wisdom which emanates from a person who has attained enlightenment. For that reason, even though Shakyamuni Buddha was a prince, even though He had the supreme authority in that country, even though His prestige had spreaded to all directions, He still begged for alms, using that as a means to enlighten the poor, the suffering, those who had little merit and affinity, those who could not believe the Dharma right away when they heard it, those who could not go to the Buddha to learn the Tao. So the Buddha had to go there, using the invisible, boundless power of the Buddha to influence the invisible wisdom, the Buddha Nature of the opposite person. […]
What I mean is, there are many different worlds, just like on our Earth, there are many different countries. There are civilized countries, backward countries, free countries. There are those who practice spiritually because they are not satisfied with the spiritual level of this world. They want to have a higher level, better wisdom, greater miracles. Those who practiced spiritually and went to the Buddha's realms, for example, Amitabha Buddha Land, they have great miraculous power. They do not need cars to travel. They do not have to go to the airport to buy air tickets, waiting for a long time and then the plane breaks down or has an engine problem like my plane this morning. So you saw it already, spiritual practitioners are those who want to find a different system. That’s all. It’s that simple, because on this Earth, we have so many systems, so many standards, so many levels, much less in the universe. Therefore, there are a lot of differences regarding the mentality, thoughts, magical power.
But the level of the spiritual practitioners is very different. If we talk to them for some time, we would see the difference. Sometimes, they just say one or two sentences, we already see the difference. Why? Because we already have wisdom. But if we listen for a long time but still don’t understand, then we know we don’t have our wisdom yet. For example, a university professor talks to a primary school student. Even though that primary school student attained the highest score in his school, he wouldn’t be able to understand what the university professor is saying, or wouldn’t be able to understand a university student who has the lowest score in college, much less the professor. Therefore, the spiritual practitioners, for example, my disciples, also have their shortcomings, because they are still new on the path. Even if they have practiced for a long time, but their human personality does not change, but we know to use our personality at the right time. Sometimes, one’s personality is different than another’s. So, it is hard to avoid rubbing against each other. Although they haven’t yet practiced properly, they are still better than those who do not practice spiritually. At least, they are vegan, they meditate, keep the precepts, and they have certain understanding that the non-practitioners do not have. Even though their understanding is not complete, but still better than the non-practitioners.
If you want to remain in this Samsaric world, hanging around to see if in your next life you will be a refugee or not, then it is your choice, you do whatever you want. But if you want in your next life, you will have a more comfortable life – just to be a human being, not talking about being a Buddha – then try to keep the five precepts. Especially the precept of “not drinking alcohol,” why? Because if you drink alcohol, you will violate all other precepts. But in the old time, there was a spiritual practitioner who kept the five precepts. And another person pressured him, said, “Now, of the five precepts, you have to violate one.” The Buddha was still alive at that time, perhaps. “Of the five precepts, you have to break one, otherwise I will kill you. Only one precept, you can keep the other four.” The practitioner kept thinking: “Killing people, I can’t. Killing is the first precept, no, I won’t do it. I can’t steal either. Sexual misconduct, no. Telling lie, no. Okay, then I will drink alcohol, because that will only harm me, no one else. I use my money, I drink alcohol. That will only harm my body, not others.” So the other person brought a lot of alcohol and forced this spiritual practitioner to drink. And then what happened? His mother and his wife tried to stop him, said: “Why do you drink so much? Drinking alcohol, your face become black and blue, and you can’t even open your eyes. You vomit all over the place. You keep falling down, got bumps in your head, and your hair all tangled up.” He was angry that his wife kept trying to stop him, so he beat his wife, and so his mother tried to stop him. Then he used the broken bottle of alcohol in his hand to hit his mother and she died. And the other precepts, when he saw some pretty girls, by the way, he took care of them, too. So what is left of the five precepts? For example like that. So if you want in your next life, you will have a freer and easier life, then you should keep the five precepts. Why? Whatever you don’t want others to do to you, then you don’t do it to others. Then later you won’t bear the bad karma (retribution). It means if we cause trouble for people, then later, they will trouble us. If we treat others badly, then later, they will treat us badly. That is cause-and-effect, and we can’t avoid it.
