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17 Aug 2019    Saturday     1st Teach Total 1833

Not discovering objective truth does not mean that objective truth does not exist.

All objectively existing facts and principles do not depend on whether some sentient beings, certain sentient beings, or all sentient beings understand and recognize them, nor on whether sentient beings acknowledge them or not—objective facts are simply facts. A blind person cannot see the sun in the sky, but that does not mean there is no sun in the sky. Therefore, whether the beauty of a flower exists, whether the expressive and non-expressive forms on the five sense objects exist, does not shift according to the knowledge and cognition of sentient beings. Truth and objective facts require ignorant sentient beings to continuously explore and uncover them; without exploration there is no discovery, and the absence of discovery does not mean that objective truth does not exist. It is called "objective" precisely because facts and laws do not shift according to the individual or collective will of sentient beings; one can only say whether sentient beings have the wisdom to discover and recognize them.

Sentient beings all take their own mind consciousness far too seriously, so when the mind consciousness is ignorant and deluded, they do not know that it is ignorant, and instead complain that there is no truth. The truth is right before their eyes; what kind of perspective one uses to see it is a very big question.

In the Sahā world, when all sentient beings, or the majority of sentient beings, do not recognize the Buddha-dharma and do not endorse the Buddha-dharma, the Buddha and noble ones will not come to this world to transmit the Dharma and teach. Sentient beings who do not wish to awaken cannot attract the light; even if the light shines continuously above their heads, they will still remain fast asleep and not wake up.

——Master Sheng-Ru's Teachings
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