"Appreciating the Preciousness of Tao through Discussing Life and Death" by Rev. P-C. Huang

APPRECIATING THE PRECIOUSNESS OF TAO THROUGH DISCUSSING LIFE AND DEATH Transmitting Master, the Reverend Huang, Ping-Cheng

I.	Understanding the Truth behind Transmigration
	A.	If one does not understand the sufferings of Transmigration, one cannot realize the preciousness of Tao.

	B.	Understanding the cause of Transmigration from the Surangama Sutra.
		1.	"The Buddha said, 'Very good, Ananda. You should know that from beginningless time all beings are continually born and continually die, simply because they do not know the everlasting true mind with its pure nature and bright substance. Instead they engage in false thinking. These thoughts are not true, and so they lead to further transmigration.'"

		2.	"The Buddha said to Ananda, 'It is your perception of false appearances based on external objects which causes your true nature to be deluded and has caused you from beginningless time to your present life to take a thief for your son, to lose your eternal source, and to undergo transmigration.'"

II.	Buddhas Are Born in the World Because of the Causes and Conditions of the One Great Affair
	A.	Lotus Sutra: "All Buddhas, the World Honored Ones, only appear in the World due to the Causes and Conditions of the One Great Affair. All Buddhas, the World Honored Ones, intending to cause living beings to be open to the Buddha view and to obtain purity, thus appearing in the World. Intending to show living beings the Buddha view, thus appearing in the World. Intending to cause living beings to realize the Buddha view, thus appearing in the World. Intending to cause living beings to enter the Buddha view, thus appearing in the World."