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"Love sees no faults" is a Vietnamese proverb, that had been passed on to many generations; but we do not know its author. This proverb basically means that when we like someone, you can easily accept their flaws; on contrary, when you dislike someone, you can easily ignore their greatness.

In the preface of Lotus Sutra, it is said that when the aura of Buddha appeared, the assembly relied on the power and the aura of Buddha to see countless realms of other Buddhas in the universe, in which Buddha and Bodhisattva were preaching to sentient beings, drawing very beautiful pictures. The aura of the Shakyamuni Buddha shocked all the realms it reached. Buddhas of those realms sent their attendants to this Saha world to visit and pay homage to Shakyamuni Buddha. Among those greetings, there was a question, "It is said that beings of this Saha world are very stubborn. Is it difficult for you to teach them?"

What is a miracle? It is not from any physical or biological principle. It actually indicates extraordinary abilities of human beings, or it could be a message from God, or Saint from the holy land.

Everyone is trying to live right. Really! It is true. If we did not try to live right, and always made mistakes and committed sins, bad consequences would have happened. When we made mistakes, others would look down on us, or even worse, we might have been punished by law, leading us to a miserable live. And speaking of religious beliefs, the law of Cause and Effect will always govern and direct our lives. The retribution will come to us in many afterlives “As ye sow, so shall ye reap”.

One of the special characteristics of human beings which other living creatures can never have is thirst for knowledge. We talk about UNKNOWN so that we can speak of KNOWING.

We have heard that many people, especially businessmen, are looking for a practical method to balance between their busy lives and their minds. There would be nothing better than meditation, especially in the Buddhist tradition.

Divination has long appeared everywhere in the world, from East to West. Even a sage once prophesied that the Tat Dat Da prince would become enlightened when he was just 7 days old. In the naming ceremony, seven Brahmins also said the Prince with his 32 good ministers would become a king of all kings or a sublime enlightened person.

There is a French saying: “Vouloir c’est pouvoir” (meaning you’ll get what you want). However, according to the points of view from Buddhism, not everything we want would become reality because of karma, the law of Cause and Effect. It also depends on the amount of blessings we have accumulated from many past lives.

All of my homage
Sent with this incense
To very high cloud
Offer to Buddha.

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