Eight bitterness is actually bitterness, which is divided into eight categories. "Those who suffer eight times, people also suffer". This conversation is very real, our suffering in the world. Which eight kinds? There are eight kinds of life, old age, illness, death, love separation, resentment, ambition and prosperity. The first one, "Living in a fetal prison is suffering." When a person comes to be reborn, in the ten months of his mother's pregnancy, these ten months are equivalent to being in hell, which is miserable. When his mother drinks a glass of cold water, he feels that he is in a cold hell. When his mother drinks a bowl of hot soup, he feels that he is in an eight-hot hell, where he can feel all his mother's intentions and words. Therefore, the ancients in China had prenatal education, and everyone who studied ancient rituals knew it. A woman is pregnant. During these ten months, we should correct our mentality and act rationally. Why? She infected the fetus, which is called prenatal education. With the right mind, this fetus will have a pure mind in the future, which was taught by her mother. Dignified words and deeds, do not violate the ethical code. When a child is born, he is good-looking, healthy, easy to teach and obedient. China called this prenatal education in ancient times. As soon as a child is born, you can see with your eyes open and hear with your ears. Although he can't speak, he has begun to learn and imitate. Therefore, Disciples Rules in China's family education is not for children. Where did you learn the Disciple Rules, the basic principle of being a man? From the moment he was born, the ancients in China talked about "teaching children to teach babies", and he was just born. Parents are his teachers. Parents should be dignified in front of their children. Why? The child sees and hears, and he learns. Three years, a thousand days, this is called rooted education. As the old saying goes, "at the age of three, you can see eighty, and at the age of seven, you can see your whole life." Take root in education for three thousand years and never change at the age of eighty. This kind of education, sage education, is only available in China, but foreigners don't understand it. China's education has been practiced in China for at least 10,000 years, with written records for 5,000 years and no written records before 5,000 years. China, an ancestor, knew religion. Buddha and Bodhisattva are taught by people, so are Great Sage and Great Sage. It depends on how you teach them.

Now that we have lost the education of sages, these ancient traditions are really the best. Who can teach children now? Television taught him. When you watch the birth, you open your eyes and face the TV. What did TV teach him? Teach him violence, pornography, murder and prostitution. I grew up and went to school. I know foreign schools. I haven't been to China primary school. Foreign schools teach computers in the first grade. Children touch the computer. There are too many game programs in the computer, and there are killing games. He has studied them since he was a child. It is really 180 degrees contrary to the teaching ideas and methods of ancient sages in China, and it is not good for teaching people. It's like watching a disaster in Japan these days. I heard that at least two Japanese officials, both senior officials, said exactly the same thing, and neither of them was good at business. Disaster is a bad sense of karma, which is right, the Buddha said in the scripture. Your community, human kindness, there is no disaster in this community. I have participated in two world peace conferences led by the United Nations in Japan, which is very rare. Both of them are in Okayama, and I have a deep relationship with the county magistrate and the local mayor. I like Okayama town very much and respect them very much. People in this small town are very dutiful, have no greed, are content with the status quo and live a very frugal and simple life. People are really polite. He is not fake, not perfunctory, but comes from his inner respect for others. This small town can do it without connecting the road and closing the door at night. We only heard of this situation in ancient times, but we didn't expect it to be seen in Okayama, Japan now. The local people told me that there has been no disaster in their town for more than 400 years. I called my friends in Okayama and asked them if there was any disaster in Japan. The people in the small area are kind and correct in words and deeds, and he has no surrounding disasters. Isn't it obvious? If you don't believe this, what else do you believe? He made it for you. A few years ago, we did an experiment to learn Disciples Rules in a small town in Tang Chi. In those two or three years, there was a disaster around this county, but there was no disaster in this area. What the Buddha told us is true. The most obvious is the Wenchuan earthquake, which is very obvious. The source was in Sichuan, and an earthquake was felt and detected in Shandong, and an earthquake was detected in Jiangsu. Our small county should have noticed it. The earthquake surveyor in this small town said it was not here. This is very strange. Because from Sichuan to Shandong, he said he had to go through Anhui, a county where no earthquake was detected. This is what the local officials told me. They didn't measure it, but they did in Jiangxi in the south. Blessed are those who believe what the Buddha said, but it is hard to believe. As the Buddhist scripture says, "You can't live in another country without good deeds." Without deep goodness, you can't accept it and you can't believe it.

Eight sufferings are human sufferings. Living in a fetal prison is painful. You cried when you saw the baby born. Why are you crying? You cry when you are bitter, and he is happy when you are not bitter. Have you ever seen a child born happy? I didn't see how hard he was born. Suffering is something we all have to experience. Forget it, forget it. The old man who hates the dragon bell is a suffering old man. Young people don't know the old sufferings. Look at Hu Xiaolin, who is over fifty years old and doesn't know his father's pain. He told me that he took his wife and children to San Francisco, not San Francisco, but Singapore for sightseeing. Visit the museum for the elderly, where there are many props to show the sufferings of the elderly. Only after his visit did he know that the old man was so miserable that it was inconvenient to walk and move, just like carrying 30 kilograms of sand with him. You have 30 kilograms of sand tied to your leg. I'll see if you go. More than 80 people walk like that. I don't know! After knowing it, it is very rare to learn traditional culture and go back to filial piety. Four months before his father died, he really showed filial piety and touched the whole family. My father is an old revolutionary, so is my mother. Seeing the benefits of learning traditional culture, the children really turned around, knowing how to be filial and take care of their old father. Not what ordinary people can do. He didn't know his parents' fertility until his conscience found out. People are old, dizzy and deaf, and the functions of teeth and organs are declining. It's really hard to live in this world.

After the Second World War, many countries became prosperous and started welfare undertakings for the elderly, with Americans taking the lead to take good care of the material life of the elderly. After retirement, the state will give you living expenses every month, and the state will provide for the aged. Many countries in the world have this system. I preach the law internationally, and I am very concerned about this matter. Every time I go to a region, I will go to see the welfare of the elderly in this place. But Australia is the best. Australia is because of its small land and large population, and the apartments for the elderly in Australia are the best. Old people live in a park. It's really hard to get. I'm glad to see it. The government takes care of the elderly for one day 100 Australian dollars, so the material life is better than other countries, but it lacks spiritual life. Compared with the traditional family in ancient China, supporting you, supporting the elderly and raising children are the two biggest tasks in the family, which can never be imagined abroad. Old people in China retire when they are old and enjoy family happiness. You should tell a foreigner that he doesn't understand family happiness, and he doesn't know what it means. A house full of grandchildren, a big family, there are at least 50 or 60 children in this family, all around the old man. It's really fun. Therefore, in a nursing home like Australia, if the nursing home is combined with a kindergarten, the elderly will see their children every day, and the children will see the elderly every day and treat them as grandparents. Old people will love children, and children will learn to respect them. This is a good folk prescription, so that old people will never leave young people and children, and they will live happily. Special attention should be paid to spiritual education. Religious education, which was his favorite course in his later years, made the old man really happy in his later years. He was happy in his later years. No one knows this great merit. Everyone who studies Buddhism knows that when an old man dies, his heart is safe, and he will be born in a good place without worry, care and resentment. If he leaves with resentment, he will pay a lot for the society all his life and no one will take care of him in his later years. As long as he has resentment, he will probably fall into the road of animals and hell. Think about it, helping the old man feel happy in his later years is equivalent to sending him from evil to heaven. What a great merit! I visited the nursing home and they asked me to speak. I admire the service staff inside. They are angels, not mortals. It is a great merit to be devoted to filial piety to the elderly like parents and send them from evil to heaven. People who read Buddhism helped him die and sent him from ordinary people to Buddhism and Taoism to become a Buddha. This merit is so great that nothing can compare with it. These things, these truths, only the Buddha knows.

Third, "if you are sick, you are sick." Young people all have experiences of suffering, especially in this era. Why? The diet is not clean, and the water is not clean. Nowadays, the air is not clean for the poor. I just read a message here. This information is about the earthquake in Japan, and the materials from the Fukushima nuclear power plant drifted to North America. This kind of fallout with the wind is radiation dust, which is a very troublesome thing. Now many people are worried that this earthquake will affect Mount Fuji, which is a volcano, and that this volcano will erupt. The Prime Minister revealed the crisis, which was well conceived and thought of "the complete destruction of East Japan". That's the headline, said the Japanese Prime Minister. I'm afraid that once Mount Fuji erupts, many volcanoes will erupt, and eastern Japan will be finished. These waste gases discharged from nuclear power plants, like radioactive dust from atomic bombs, are extremely harmful to people and are scattered with the wind. Looking at the development these days, if the volcanic eruption continues, it may be that the radioactive dust from Japan's nuclear power plant can affect the northern hemisphere. Now that the United States has detected that Europe is inevitable, this is a very troublesome thing! Now in this world, many advanced countries have nuclear power plants. The nuclear power plant is equivalent to the atomic bomb over there, and the earthquake will destroy it. Buddhist scriptures say that "human life is impermanent and the atmosphere is fragile", and it is no exaggeration to describe the world with these scriptures now.

How to resolve the disaster? It can really be solved, but people don't believe it. What method? Read Buddha honestly, and read Buddha honestly with a sincere heart. Nobody believed it. We believe that chanting Buddha has such a great effect. Why do we believe it? We have a thorough theory, and we have seen a lot of factual evidence, which is not false. A Buddhist, a real Buddhist, a sincere Buddhist, a few years ago, more than 40 people in Shanxi small courtyard got cancer and were sentenced to death by the hospital, with a life span of only two or three months. They also know that everything is really put down, and they are dead set on reading this sentence, Amitabha, living in the pure land. After seeing them for three months, they will be fine, and then check for cancer cells. The merit of this Buddhist! Liu Suyun got lupus erythematosus ten years ago, which is more serious than cancer. The doctor told her that she could die at any time, so she should be mentally prepared. So she put everything down, honestly read the Buddha, and listened to the scriptures for ten hours every day. Except for ten hours, she was reading the Buddha all the time. It took her three to five months to take the exam, and there was nothing left. Lupus erythematosus has recovered, and even the scars on his face can't be found. The doctor was surprised: How are you? What medicine do you use? She said: I don't need any medicine. I read Amitabha. The doctor believed her. Why should the doctor believe her? She has never lied in her life, which ordinary people can't do. I have been honest with anyone in my life and have never lied once. So she is a household name in the northeast, and everyone doesn't believe what she says. Read Buddha. All right! There is this truth in Buddhist scriptures, and quantum mechanics also recognizes this truth. Thought can change the external realm, so thought can change the cell organization in one's own body. Bad thoughts will turn into viruses. Pure good thoughts will make viruses return to normal, all natural, and no drugs are needed. This has been done by many people. Let's see. The Bible says that it not only heals your body, but also helps the environment. There is a disaster in this global environment, and collective consciousness can solve it. It is necessary to sincerely read Buddha, and sincere reading Buddha can resolve the human disaster. So, this time, two Japanese officials openly told everyone how the disaster came about. What it feels like to be unfriendly. We are good at doing good, and there will be no disaster.

Fourth, "it is a bitter death to die." This body is divided into four parts, and all the family members in this world are also divided. Everyone can't be their own master in the afterlife according to their own karma. People with concentration can make their own decisions, but people without concentration can't make their own decisions. You have done good all your life, your heart is good and you were born in a good place; If you have a bad mind, you will be born in a bad place. Hungry ghosts, hell and animals are all bad. True Buddhists are born in bliss, and true believers can be born in heaven, but they are not fake. Birth, old age, illness and death are inevitable for everyone, regardless of gender, age, wealth and dignity.

In addition, the fifth song "Love is not bitter". Love is a deviation. People you like, things you like and things you like always want to be together, but they just leave. "The people you have always loved are disobedient and can't coexist, so it is a name of love." This kind of thing is just around the corner, there is no way. We always want to have a stable environment and practice hard all our lives. There is no such fate. The longest in my life is living in Singapore. Three and a half years later, I still want to leave. Fate is near, fate is scattered, and gathering and dispersion are impermanent. In the early years, in the United States and Canada, these big cities toured for a week every year. Every place has a long time. Vancouver stays for a month at a time for a long time. In other places, it takes about one to two weeks, in more than a dozen cities. If you want to live in one place, you can't. You can go anywhere you are invited. To Australia, the rest of the world will still go, and it won't be long. I have lived in Hong Kong for a little longer these two years, about one year. Buddhism follows fate and is not forced at all. Where there is fate, it goes. However, if you have the ability to cultivate yourself, if you achieve nothing, this fate will be gone. This kind of fate is also necessary, and there is no blessing. Look at the great virtues of ancient ancestors. If you have lived in the mountains for decades and never go down, it is admirable. When the mind is settled, the mind will be clean, and when the mind is clean, it will produce wisdom. Similarly, disasters occur frequently. What is the most important thing? The most important thing is that you have to decide. You survived the disaster, but you are calm and not chaotic. If there is chaos, there is anxiety and there is terror; When you decide, he is born with wisdom. Wisdom can solve problems, but fear cannot. Therefore, the more disaster strikes, the calmer the mind, and the more you should be able to hold your breath and not be disturbed by the external environment.

Sixth, "resentment is to escape. Those who often complain about others will gather instead of staying away. This is a name full of resentment and hatred. Hate people and things, always want to stay away, but often meet. This is called complaining, and it's miserable. When I was a child at school, good classmates always liked to sit together, but they were far away. It's annoying to sit with him. So when I heard what Buddhism said, I thought it was from an early age. Looking back now, life is not as good as before, and unjust relatives and creditors are just looking for the upper body.

Seventh, "If you seek, you will lose what you want. Everything you love in the world, if you seek and you can't get it, you can't get it. " "This one 7, welcome. Why not? Why do you love to leave? Why do you hate meetings? " Life is life, and nothing can be helped by people. " People really understand these truths, understand, the heart will be settled, and the heart will get pleasure from suffering. People have fate, people have fate with the environment, and people have fate with everything. There is always something in life, and you can't lose it. You can't get what you don't have in life anyway. What you got by illegal means is still in your life. Isn't that right? If you don't have it in your life and get it by illegal means, disaster will follow. If you get it illegally, you can still enjoy it without disaster, which means it is in your life. There are blessings in your life, great blessings. If you get them in this inappropriate way, you will lose the blessings in your life. For example, if you have 1000 billion wealth in your life, how much can you actually get if you harm others and benefit yourself by illegal means? 50 billion. You feel very satisfied, I am amazing, you don't know that life is originally 100 billion, giving up half is wrong! If he is honest and meticulous, he still wants to help others and take care of others. His life was originally100 billion, which may increase to150 billion. Why? It is true that he is kind-hearted and does good deeds. The ancients in China used to say that it is a blessing to suffer, but a curse to take advantage, and we can't take advantage. What is the suffering of people? Loss is to eliminate disasters, to eliminate industry, and to avoid many disasters. This is not a blessing! The ancients said a very reasonable saying, "Give up wealth to eliminate disasters". When wealth is lost, your disasters will be eliminated, and your karma will be eliminated. In Buddhism, the elimination of karma is a good thing, not a bad thing. Sure enough, the Buddhist scriptures say that everyone is a good person and everything is a good thing. You can see this, your realm has been greatly improved, and the realm of Buddha and Bodhisattva is not the realm of ordinary people. Ordinary realm, a little haggle over every ounce, wrong. Let go and you will realize. Let go, and what you get will spread all over the void of Buddhism.

The last one, the eighth one, "The five elements are bitter." "Circle Money" says: People who have five yin will know what they want. These are five kinds. Color is a material phenomenon, and what you think and do is spirit. You can't let go of material and spirit, and you have a serious attachment to your body and mind. Mind is a spiritual phenomenon. I don't know if these five things are true or not. "Heart Sutra" is the most familiar classic for Buddhist learners, translated by Master Xuanzang, with 260 words. The first sentence "Guanyin Bodhisattva" is Guanyin Bodhisattva. "If a long line of paramita, see five aggregates are empty. "Five aggregates are what you want to know. You are so wise, you will know that it is all false, and it will be miserable if you are greedy. Put it down when you know it's fake, and you'll be free and at ease. These five things are called yin. What is Yin? "Cover" means to cover it. Cover up what? Cover yourself up, you can't see yourself. Self-nature, self-nature is true self, color is false self, it is not true self. The mistake of ordinary people is to take the fake seriously and really don't know. It is really wrong to engage in six divisions in the wheel of karma.

You see, it is well said here, "You can cover up the truth without making it obvious." These five things will never make you see the truth. Remove these five things, and you will see your heart clearly and become a Buddha. "Prosperity means grandeur", which is explained as follows. It means "life, old age, illness, death, etc." And "waiting" refers to the seven kinds of sufferings mentioned above, that is, love parting, hate meeting, no desire and no demand, and "all kinds of sufferings are gathered together, so it is said that the five yin are flourishing and bitter." There are eight kinds of sufferings in front of us: birth, illness, love, separation, resentment and disappointment. These eight kinds of sufferings are concentrated in your body and mind. The physical and mental uneasiness you feel day and night. Everyone has these eight kinds of sufferings, and it is particularly obvious that the rich are rich, the five yin are prosperous and serious, and they suffer from loss. Try to get what you don't get, and then be afraid to throw it away. Getting older every year, I am afraid of being old and dying, so I am more worried than the average person. I can't sleep at night. I need sleeping pills. I can't delay a day. I have seen it with my own eyes. Billionaires take sleeping pills every night. He was unhappy, ran too much business, had no leisure time, and lived in isolation.