Buddhism of Wisdom & Faith 8. PERSEVERANCE AND STEADFASTNESS IN RECITATION Remember the Ultimate Aim and Be Diligent For recitation to be vigorous and steadfast, we should have a firm standpoint. That standpoint is to remember the very goal of cultivation. For example, a farmer who aims for a bumper crop arises early and retires late, endures many hardships and toils all day long. Similarly, an aspiring official, wishing to pass his examinations with honors and make his parents proud, burns the midnight oil in study, tired but not discouraged. The cultivator should do likewise. His current practice is for the goal of ultimate liberation, to save himself and others. Elder Master Ch'e Wu, a master of the highest virtue, versed in both the sutras and the various schools, once wrote a stanza which can be considered the kernel of Pure Land: Because of Birth and Death, Develop the Bodhi Mind; With deep Faith and Vow...
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