There is something within the human bodies, within the human beings, that will make you know that you are great. There’s Something inside us that when we find It, we’ll know that we are from God, that we are Buddha. Some of us have found a portion of this Something. Some of us have found the complete portion of It. The Buddha has found It completely. [Lord] Jesus found It completely, and so with many other Masters like [Prophet] Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), Krishna, etc. And when They have found this completely, They have become Buddha. They have become completely enlightened. They have become one with God, and They knew where They came from, and They knew where They were going after leaving this physical body. And then They told us that we have the Buddha Nature within ourselves. They told us that we have God Who dwells within this physical temple.
If we found even a portion of this magnificent Quality, this magnificent Origin within us, we will become wiser, more intelligent, happier, more peaceful, and more loving. Some people of this world have found a part of this Greatness and therefore, they have become greater than all other ordinary beings who have not found It. But every one of us has this Greatness within ourselves, and any time we choose to know this Greatness, or want to make use of this Greatness, we always can do so.
In order to find this Greatness, this original Self-Nature of all beings, we just need concentration in the right place, in the right way. Thank you. Everything, even in this physical world, if we want to be successful in anything, we need concentration. And I think the Japanese people know that best. Many companies in Japan send their employees to the Buddhist temple to learn the Zen method of concentration so that their company will have more efficient workers. Japan, I guess, is one of the very few nations, if not the first and only nation, who is aware of the power of the inner concentration. Maybe that’s why Japan is very successful in many aspects.
But in order to be happy, to be more peaceful, and to have forever lasting happiness, we need to use also our concentration for going to a higher dimension to learn a more noble purpose of life, more noble wisdom of the Universe. Then we can become a complete being, not only just successful executives in this world, but also we will become a saint, a Buddha, in order to bless the world and the Universe. Just with a little concentration, people can be very successful in this life already. So if we give more concentration, deeper concentration, and in the right way, we will be successful even in Heaven. We can leave this physical life any time we want, visit Heaven, visit the Kingdom of Buddha, and go back again, and discharge our duty on this planet, and vice versa. We always envy the people who are more intelligent, more successful. Perhaps these people know how to make use of their inner wisdom more than some of us. So they became very intelligent, very sharp, and they know how to solve problems quicker than many of us who do not make use of the inner wisdom.
That’s why the Buddha encouraged every one of us to find our own Buddha Nature, our own wisdom inside. That’s why the Bible told us, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.” We can at any time find this Kingdom of God, or this Buddha Nature, which makes all the Masters great, and which makes every one of us great, because we are originally great.
Photo Caption: Big or Small, God Loves N Cares for All
