25/11/2021 Daily Enlightenment - 日日觉

Often, the reason beginning bodhisattvas lose their aspiration for enlightenment is that they haven't met authentic teachers. If they don't meet authentic teachers, they don't listen to true dharma.

If they don't listen to true dharma, they deny cause and effect, emancipation , the three treasures, and all things in the present and future. Then, they are wastefully attached to the five desires of the present moment and lose the possibility of enlightenment in the future.

初学菩萨之所以会退心，往往是因为没有遇到真正的老师。 如果他们没有遇到真正的老师，他们就不会听闻真正的佛法。

若不听正法，则否认因果、解脱、三宝、今世未来一切。 然后，他们执着于当下的五欲，失去未来成佛的可能。

- Zen Master Dogen