5 Articles of Faith
On suffering
The interference I face and the suffering I bear for the salvation of all beings is simply unimaginable to an ordinary person.
The huge obstacles, in correcting the karmic matters that I have to resolve, this suffering that I bear is really unbearable.
While the enlightened beings of the past always preferred one nation, ethnicity, or group of people, here complete liberation is offered to everyone regardless of skin color, gender, or social status, etc.
Everyone can become enlightened, improve their nature and return to their origins. I am not teaching this thing because I want to prove something to someone, or to achieve something in worldly society, or to gain something materially. I am concerned solely with the hearts of the people, so that those who can return to their positions can return and achieve what they are meant to achieve.
The pain and suffering I bear, both physical and mental, would be absolutely unbearable for an everyday person. Why did the enlightened beings of the past always put so much effort into their cultivation and enlightenment? This is because this is something that transcends earthly life. It is something more, something that money cannot buy in a store. One can only cultivate it after immense effort.
Supernatural abilities, a body that can permeate dimensions, and varying levels of insight and qualities of enlightenment. These things an ordinary person simply cannot achieve unless they cultivate.
Glorious sun
There is a classic story in Buddhism about a man who wanted to practice cultivation but was very poor. One day someone gave him a bag full of rice. This person took it home to his hut and hung the sack over the bed. As he fell asleep, he began to fantasize, now that I have so much rice, I can plant and grow it. I will never be hungry again, on the contrary, I will earn a lot of money from selling the crops. When I'm rich I'll find a beautiful wife. I will definitely have a son. I will name him the famous moon. As he was thinking this sack of rice fell on his head and killed him. Instead of practicing cultivation, he wasted his time fantasizing.
There was also a second person who, like the first, received a bag of rice. You hung it above the bed and said to yourself. Now that I have something to eat, I can practice cultivation in peace. He practiced until sunrise, when the bag broke again, fell on his head, and killed him. This man was like the glorious sun, because he thought that by saving himself he could reach perfection. Didn't he also miss his chance?
There was also a quarter person who got a bag of rice, ate it and gave the rest away. Freely practicing cultivation without attachment, in the morning he shared the fruits of his practice with others. He thus offered salvation not only to himself, but also to others. This is the true path of supreme enlightenment in the immense universe!
About my teachers
All those extraordinary beings who gave me their teachings and their practices, I arranged all this many kalpas ago to make it happen.
Although the form in which we met was relatively impersonal, it is in accordance with the current arrangement of fellowship and my ability to enlighten allows me to understand these teachings.
The events and interference that took place were tremendous and were meant to stop me and thereby destroy all humanity and turn this kalpa into a kalpa of darkness.
Nevertheless, these teachers passed on to me very special and unique things, including those from a long time ago that are passed down from generation to generation.
This has allowed me to cultivate unique things to achieve enlightenment that is the highest possible and far beyond what ordinary people or practitioners of worldly paths imagine.
This issue is simply huge. It involves different questions and different manifestations of reality on different levels. It touches the very essence of the existence of the universe and therefore no one is allowed to interfere.
About cultivation in solitude
The depth of solitude is unimaginable to the common man. It causes fear and anxiety, it can result in panic, and the mental suffering is really great, for a person who is not used to the solitude of existence.
Practitioners at various levels will have to understand in solitude the meanings they are meant to understand and in the darkness and gloom of reality enlighten themselves to the truths to which they are meant to be enlightened.
Skipping these valuable lessons, even though they require a lot of effort, introspection and insight to understand, would be unwise and without them the evolution of energy would not be complete.
It is something like a cultivation technique in a dark cave, at night, in nature, in an abandoned cemetery, by the water, in an empty park, etc. The emphasis is on coming to terms with suffering, the reality of cyclical existence from which the only way out is the path of enlightenment in illusion.
On Practicing the Dao
Some people have started spreading rumors that I am telling them not to practice the true ways and instead follow me or what I write as true teachings.
Let me say that I have never said anything like that to anyone. If you are accepted, as a disciple in the true school, then you should not deviate and should not deviate from your path arranged by your teacher.
However, if you are constantly doubting, and for a long time you cannot move or become enlightened... If you are constantly looking for other ways and other practices, what to do? You must enlighten yourself to what is right for you and commit to one method until you have attained full consummation in that Path.
October 17, 2022
Ri Yaouyue
