Monday, December 12, 2011

SI 2011-12

PT: Rejoicing in the visible shift from burden to ease, but who invisibly
carries the difference?

PSC 12: To transcend this mentality is to transcend to Li.

Rolling in the mud and expecting to be without stain, vanity is thus.

Considering benefit for one's self, it is easy to appreciate.
Considering hassle for one's self, it is easy to complain.
Seeing hassle as benefit, the negative mentality is transformed.

Supporting others motives, it is easy to agree.
Questioning others motives, it is hard to agree.
Reflecting on one's own motives is the way to self-review.
Transforming difficulty into ease is the way to break through.

To cultivate tolerance, one must first tolerate one's own intolerance.
Tolerating one's own intolerance, what then is intolerable?