Be Compliant--Master Zhenlin

Master was talking about building the Bamboo Garden at the Sina UC Chatting Room, where he meets the disciples and Buddhist practitioners every night, when he said, as if jokingly, that it is to “Put into practice the Scientific Concept of Development.”



Zhijing (disciple) even got the "audacity" to ask Master, "What in your view is the core of the Scientific Concept of Development?"



Master explained, "To practice Buddha Dharma with a scientific concept of development is to apply real efforts to cultivation to improve and transcend ourselves, and make our due contributions as a Buddhist believer to building a harmonious community and world.



The great Way is found in the secular world. Being able to adapt to the world is inherent in our nature.



As the socialist development is still in its infancy in China, it is necessary that we equip ourselves with the socialist theory of Chinese characteristics. The government is supportive of religious freedom, but it is not the kind of liberalism that some wrongly assume. Therefore, we need to not only apply real efforts to practicing the Buddha Dharmar, but should also contribute to charity in ways we all can to make the compassion of the Buddha felt by more.



In the Vajra Sutra, the Buddha reminds us of the need to stay in accord with conditions and that our mind, however, should not dwell on anything, like the sailing clouds and flowing water leaving behind not any trace though having been there. Staying in accord with what is required of us in the secular world is the great Way of cultivation. "



Xuehuomuji(disciple) comment:



Master is never involved in politics. People tend to look at him as a reclusive who knows little about what is going on in the world.



It is not so. True, Master is never involved in politics. This is the code of conduct required of a genuine Dharma Master who is well cultivated.



This does not mean he knows nothing about politics. Master knows well all the marks of the world, of the Three Realms, of all the Buddhalands, and the state of the Thus Come One.



He sees in Mao Zedong the superb concentration of a great man, and therefore went into details talking about Chairman Mao in his Commentary of the Buddha Speaks the Eight-Yang Spiritual Mantra Sutra of Heaven and Earth



He finds in President Hu Jintao harmony, an essence of the Buddha Dharma, and therefore firmly upholds and practices the concept of Building a Harmonious Society. He advocates harmony of all religions, and took to give his commentary on The Forty-nine Sections of the Heavenly Worthy of Primordial Beginnings.



Now that Master has introduced into the Buddha Dharma the Scientific Concept of Development and the Theory of Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics to help his disciples realize that Buddha Dharma exists in every aspect of our life. Stay in accord with what is required of us by the community, keep in pace with the times, and contribute to the community with compassion and kindness. This is the spirit of the Buddha, and also what we disciples of Him are obliged to do.