The principle is the conclusion, theory, and summary of practical achievements. Without practice, no conclusion can be drawn, and thus no theoretical guidance exists. It is evident that the principle and theory are derived from the subsequent causes through summarization and generalization. That is to say, the subsequent causes must first exist before the preceding conclusions and theories can emerge. Without the subsequent causes, there would be no preceding results, no principle, and the theory would be untenable, unable to guide practice.
Facts have proven that all the Buddhist teachings expounded by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are realized, summarized, and refined from their own genuine cultivation experiences over countless eons. They are the fruits of true cultivation and personal practice. Practice yields true knowledge; without practice, there is no true knowledge or truth. The entire Tripitaka scriptures are truths distilled and summarized by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas from their actual cultivation and realization. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas use these truths to guide sentient beings in their cultivation. After sentient beings have cultivated and realized, they further summarize and verify the correctness and reasonableness of these truths.
Similarly, those among our group who have achieved initial success in cultivation, through their unremitting efforts in practice and cultivation, have undergone significant transformations in their body and mind, personally experiencing the profound and wondrous nature of Buddhist cultivation and realization. When they present their personal experiences, the results of cultivation manifest, and the causes for establishing the principle are thus completed. Through the refinement, summarization, and generalization of the phenomenal realm of body and mind, the principle is subsequently established. The path of cultivation and theoretical framework are clearly and systematically revealed, without any forced interpretation, entirely natural and spontaneous. There is no room for falsehood; it is meticulous and precise, recreating the legend of the Dharma. In contrast, some groups, for the sake of worldly selfish interests, engage in rampant fabrication. Without the causes of cultivation and realization, they groundlessly establish principles. Such a principle without causes lacks any credibility, benefits neither oneself nor others, and instead becomes a weapon to destroy the tradition and the Dharma. It causes Buddhism to lose genuine cultivation, realization, and authentic transmission, preventing the methods of actual practice from being passed down continuously, thereby intentionally or unintentionally severing the seeds of the Dharma.
True cultivation and realization must involve both causes and the principle. When the principle and causes rely on each other, the results naturally manifest, the transmission naturally continues, and the lifeblood of the Dharma thrives endlessly, never ceasing. Therefore, it is urgent to expose falsehoods and rectify deviations. It is our duty to protect the authentic transmission of the Right Dharma. Purifying the pure land of the Three Jewels is an urgent task, and true Bodhisattvas have an unshirkable responsibility.
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