Dharma Outline????8 - 2 Layman diligently cultivates with impure mindfulness, ends up falling

(English Subtitles) Lectured by Master Jìng Jiè (淨界法師) from Taiwan. 佛法修學概要 居士以不純淨的念頭勤勉修行，最後墮落
Subtitles: Here we are going to talk about Nun Utpalavarna, whose good fortune came from her offering to a Pratyekabuddha. However, looking at her life, the sutra mentions it a lot, the blessings did not bring her happiness; she had no happiness at all because these blessings were impure, blessings tainted with karma.
You should know that there are two kinds of blessings: some people enjoy blessings at ease, which is a pure blessing.
Master Chan Yun said that some people are blessed with peace, which does not bring them suffering.
However, some people's blessings brings them a lot of misfortune.
This kind of blessings is accompanied by karma, which is related to their past causes. Friends!
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If you make impure vows when you are performing good deeds, you will suffer greatly when you receive the karmic results. Your happiness will be mixed with suffering because you induced many bad causes and conditions. Like attracts like. You made evil vows.
You see, some people receive blessings, and they are very at ease and enjoy them with dignity, but their blessings do not come with karma.
Everything in our lives is created by ourselves. All things arise from causes and conditions, and every event must have a cause.
The past is past; the key is what you do in the future. The blessings we accumulate through spiritual practice have two possibilities: First, we guide it to the Pure Land, to enjoy the joy of tranquility.
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Actually, if you think about it, even if you make a higher-level vow, you will still be happy, but you won't be disturbed by defiled circumstances.
It's a higher level of pleasure, a pure happiness.
Secondly, if you pursue worldly circumstances with low aspirations, then when you receive the karmic reward, things will go awfully. You will induce contaminated circumstances, and this blessing will cause you great pain. Like the nun Utpalavarna, both of her husbands were very blessed and wealthy, so she never had to worry about food or clothing. However, the karmic conditions that brought her good fortune were so unfavorable, which is related to her motivations.
Therefore, when we bring forth a resolve, the ancients called it planting a seed. Whatever seed you plant, you are prepared to receive the fruit in the next life.
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Some people reap sweet fruit without poison; others reap poisonous fruit and have to pay a painful price. So, if you initially resolve to perform virtuous deeds, but your motivation is driven by greed for worldly pleasures or the pursuit of future rewards, you must be careful when you enjoy pleasure in your next life. You will suffer greatly because this is the kind of seed you planted in your past life.
So what should we do? We should resolve to higher goals, not seeking profit, fame, or craving the rewards of pleasure, but only for the sake of liberation from birth and death, and for bodhi. Such resolve is called "right". If you bring forth a long-term commitment, you will still find pleasure in your next life.
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If you resolve for Bodhicitta, even if you don't achieve rebirth in the Pure Land in your next life, you will still be happy.
This isn't a matter of whether you want it or not, it's simply the law of cause and effect. You will certainly be happy after doing good deeds.
But when you are happy, you are enjoying a pure happiness free from negative karma, and this kind of happiness will not hinder your path.
Therefore, your motivation will affect the final outcome.
The difference lies in whether your seed is poisonous or not.
This is the first pair, the pair of good and evil.
【101】What kind of resolve is "false"? What kind of resolve is "true"?
Further, let's look at the pair of false and true. Read this passage first, please clasp your hands.
Those who do not repent for their sins, nor correct their faults,
are impure inside but pure outside, starting diligently but ending lazily; though they have good motivations,
they are often mixed with fame and profit; though they have good deeds, they are defiled by sinful karma. Such motivations are called "false".
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Constantly seek the Buddha's path, wholeheartedly dedicate oneself to the salvation of sentient beings. Hearing of the Buddha's path's long and arduous journey, one does not become timid or hesitant. Observing the difficulty of converting sentient beings, one does not become weary or impatient.
Like climbing a ten-thousand-foot mountain, one will surely reach its summit. Like ascending a nine-story pagoda, one will surely reach its peak. Such aspiration is called "true."
We previously discussed "evil" and "good," which are broad distinctions. "False" and "true" are even more nuanced. What does this "false" mean? "False" means that this person has indeed developed Bodhicitta, but it is impure. Just like gold mine, it contains gold, but it also contains mineral impurities.