Venerable Master Hua's Talks on Dharma: Volume Six by Hsuan Hua

Author:Hsuan Hua [Hua, Hsuan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Published: 2011-07-15T23:00:00+00:00

In the past, although the requirements for leaving the home-life at this Way-place were not quite as strict, I have never accepted disciples casually. I am always very cautious, and only after long-term observation of the disciples’ thinking, speech, and conduct do I permit them to shave their heads. But now, when the Dharma-ending Age prevails in the world and demons are on the loose, I have no choice but to start this revolution to raise the ethical and educational standards of the Sangha. Every left-home disciple of mine must be an indomitable hero skilled in both martial and literary arts, a great general of the Dharma. His talents should be superlative, even from a worldly perspective. My left-home disciples should also memorize the Shurangama Sutra and be able to lecture on it whenever the occasion calls for it. If you can do that, you are genuinely propagating the True Dharma and are extending the lifespan of Buddhism, and you have not left the home-life in vain.

A talk given on the evening of April 14,1983,

at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

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