【Description】
Grandmaster JinBodhi has been teaching dharma for more than 30 years. In all these years, Grandmaster’s aspiration to help others and spread dharma has never wavered. Such a deep commitment has allowed him to surmount all challenges.
What made Grandmaster JinBodhi give up living an easy life, and instead aspire to spread dharma and help people around the world? Please listen to Grandmaster explain his profound motivation to create positive change.
【You will learn】
- An understanding of the genesis of Grandmaster JinBodhi’s dharma-teaching.
【Featured aphorism】
- Meditation is like a sea of wisdom – boundless, endless, infinite.
【Content】
Living a healthy, happy and long life isn’t easy. This goal is what I promote and pursue. When I was young, I had poor health. From the time I was born, I was ill all the time. That is how my childhood was spent. At about 7 or 8 years old, I followed my master and started my cultivation; I learned meditation, esoteric dharma, Energy Bagua, and martial arts. That is what made up my training.
I found that the seemingly simple and calm methods produced the greater health benefits. As for sports, I have done many, such as running, long-distance biking, and Shaolin-Fist martial arts. Those methods aren’t as effective as the methods in which we move less. For example, Energy Bagua requires slow movement; there isn’t much action. It is quite effective. For standing, sitting or even kneeling to chant and visualize, in my opinion, those are the most effective.
I have studied and tried many methods to come to such an understanding. In experiencing these practices, my physical changes have become evident; I have become healthier. You take your medication when you are ill and you stop taking them when you are well. But meditation is different; it is like an ocean that is endless, never reaching the shore. During certain periods, you may realize that some health issues or mental afflictions can be easily resolved through meditation. Or perhaps you haven’t thought of any solution to your problems, but they just disappear. There are many such cases.
Thus, the more I learn, the more I realize that practice is like the “sea of wisdom” mentioned in legends. It is boundless, infinite and immeasurable. So I keep learning and can’t stop. I dive into its depths. I practice daily. I’ve experienced all sorts of emotional upheavals, time and again. One day, I felt that my world suddenly brightened, as if a cloudy sky had cleared. Initially, there was a crack through which light shone. Later, the crack got bigger and bigger. Eventually, the sky was completely clear and bright. When I was looking at the sky and the Universe again, it seemed transparent and clear. Since then, I have experienced quite a lot.
And since then, I have repeatedly entered those meditative states in which I can see many people who are ill as I once was. There are still many people suffering from poverty. I have felt all their suffering. It may come from my understanding of compassion. When compassion became a part of me, I came to feel pity for those who suffer. Later, a vow arose: I hope I teach all the methods I have learned to people who grew up suffering from pain, illnesses and afflictions. The Buddhist sutras say: Teach those destined to learn.
Once I made this vow, I sought opportunities to prepare myself. Then I researched what to teach and to whom, and how to organize the teachings into levels. I researched thoroughly and made plans. Then I started spreading dharma, from 1991 till now. Many people are learning my dharma; it has been spread to many countries.
I am experimenting at every step. Say, can people with different races and religious beliefs learn my dharma? I tried it on them, with good results. Can Europeans or Westerners practice? I tried it with them. Yes, they can. The results are great. Can Indians from the birthplace of Buddhism practice? Yes. Check out our website. In the US and Canada, many Indian immigrants have come to learn at our centers, and they have become very happy. Their physical health has improved significantly.
People of various races, ethnicities and religions have come to us, and they have all achieved one thing–health. That encourages me tremendously to teach and benefit more people. Also, like me, after many have benefited from our dharma, they became volunteers, continuing their practice and serving others. As their cultivation status gradually elevates, their intelligence and dharma power may become stronger. Many of them go abroad to spread dharma. Here, in a few short years, many have joined us to help others.