Master Ren Shan - Eradicate Past Karmic Hindrances and Welcome New Year 消除过去的重重业障，迎接新的一年

(English subtitles) Master Ren Shan 仁山法師, born in 1980, is a remarkable Buddhist master in China.
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Whatever happens, don't fret, and don't be selfish. No fretting means not to get caught up in your emotions. Don't only care about your own feelings. I'm upset, I feel wronged. Why don't you understand me? That is emotion and vexation. What is the reason? Because you think of yourself too much. If a person thinks too much about himself, he will definitely be more troubled than others. When a person is very vexed. Someone asks: I'm vexed, I'm gloomy, what can I do? You will be fine if you become a volunteer. No way. I'm too vexed to become a volunteer. This is a remedy. Psychologists also suggest that when a person is depressed, the most effective way is to help others and serve masses.
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No wonder bodhisattvas are so happy because bodhisattvas have forgotten themselves. A Bodhisattva is resolved to give joyfully to all sentient beings.
Our thoughts. Do you bring your heart, everyone? Is it an old heart or an used heart? But no new one. Most people enter a new year with old experiences and thoughts. Old thoughts and used ideas should be weeded out and must be upgraded. Our hearts are originally very simple and clean without any defilement,
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so-called there was nothing at all originally. Where is the vexation? But we have now, and we are proud of our vexations. Why is that? Whoever you meet, you say: I am vexed. See, are you not showing off your vexations? When others don't realize it, you say: Why don't you know about me? I'm vexed, I'm depressed, I'm wronged. See, you have been kidnapped by vexations. Last year you received a red envelope filled with many vexations. You regard it as your wealth. In fact, it has another alias, and everyone knows it. That's karmic hindrance, what is it? It's your obsession. Why is it called heavy? You're going out with it, and it’s heavy. What is heavy karmic hindrance? We carry these emotional thoughts every day.
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You carry them when going out. You hold them when coming back. Taking a train to Shanghai or a plane to Beijing, you have all kinds of karmic hindrance when playing mobile phone. In dream, you are still accompanied by emotions. It won't be surprising that you have heavy karmic hindrance. When you learn Buddhism, you must first live a relaxed and easy life. How to live a relaxed and easy life? It's not doing nothing, you'll feel relaxed. If doing nothing, you'll feel relaxed, you may ask beggars, are they all liberated? If a person is not troubled by emotions, his spirit is liberated. His body may be tired, but his spirit is relaxed.
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When a person's spirit is relaxed, at any time, he does not look tired no matter what or who he is facing. He can cheer up at any time. So now we need to sort out our thoughts and weed out the used one. How about the new one? In fact, you don't need a new one, just weed out the surplus one. Then it is done. Let me speak some serious ones. Those people, things, and circumstances that you have been troubled in the past year. Clean it up this year. You didn't get along well with someone for disputing over... no matter what. Maybe for money, for a few words, or different opinions. It has passed. Let it be.
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I didn't think, but it acts by itself. See, you have been kidnapped, and you don't know. You have been kidnapped by your emotions and vexations. Not only will it plunge you into a life of misery, but when your life is over, you will be haunted by the karma of reincarnation.
I heard that repentance of karmic hindrances has become popular among fellow practitioners these years. How to repent? That is, walk up to the podium and tell everyone that I have heavy karma. It is for sale, and the weight is so much more. Everyone, this is confession. this is to feel remorse. Repentance is never to do it again.
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Then Never keep this thing in mind. What if a person confesses, but continues to do so? That is what Master Huinang said. The previous confession has not faded away, the subsequent sin is created again. Is this repentance? Such repentance will have no practical effect. Repentance is a form of self-washing, self-release of stress, and self-relaxation. That is to weed out the negative emotions and afflicting thoughts one by one.