(Clearwisdom.net) After reading the article titled “Some Understandings about Educating Children According to the Fa,” (http://www.clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2011/3/31/124139.html) I would also like to discuss my understanding. Since these children are young Dafa practitioners, Master arranges their cultivation matters. Let me give an example of a practitioner's experience so that we can learn from this and improve from the viewpoint of the Fa.
This practitioner started cultivation at the end of April 1999 and followed the suggestion from other practitioners to read Zhuan Falun with all due seriousness. After reading something that she did not understand, she didn't go back to read it again. She told me that she dared not re-read even one word. The first time she finished Zhuan Falun, she understood that the book taught people to be good. The second time she read it, the impression she had at the first reading changed and the contents were totally new. The questions that she had during the first reading were all answered on the second reading. She then had new questions. On the third reading, her previous questions were all answered, and she continued to have new questions. Later she told me that it was like new questions were continually forming and continually answered. She did not know how the questions were formed or how they were answered. It was as if questions were formed on the spot and answered on the spot. Later she could even see Master’s new articles in Zhuan Falun.
I was shocked as to why she had so many questions. When I read Zhuan Falun, my reaction was, “I see, I see.” After the first five readings, I subsequently would only have one or two new understandings. Around March of 2004, I asked her, “Now what are you seeing when you read Zhuan Falun?” She smiled and found it hard to describe. She thought about it and said, “Whatever you think of, you will see it.” When she listened to Master’s Fa, his words would suddenly become like a hammer banging down on her. Then she would feel like she had been given a “wake-up” knock and realized, “Oh! Master was talking about me!” She also told me, “Every time I was prepared to listen carefully, I would hear words that were stern and directed at me!”
There was only one occasion in which I heard words that were not in Zhuan Falun: I had been pondering on an issue for a week, “Did I handle this matter correctly?” I used the principles of the Fa to measure that issue and thought I was right. At the end of one day, while I was reading Zhuan Falun, a male voice said sternly to me, “You are wrong!” At that time I suddenly understood that I was wrong, and I felt really ashamed! It was like there was nowhere to hide. I shared this incident with another practitioner and asked her if she had ever had this feeling of shame before (I was referring to Master pointing out her shortcomings). She said, “Yes! Sometimes I am so ashamed that I cannot raise my head and walk with my head down.”
We are all cultivators of Dafa and we are all improving our xinxing. None of what we come across is accidental. It is all related to cultivation. The current environment is very complicated. It is like a “dye vat” out there, but as Dafa practitioners, we must face it. If we avoid these tribulations, we are losing the chance to improve ourselves. The experiences we face in everyday people's matters, especially those enticements, are obstacles to our cultivation. The tension and problems that we encounter expose our human attachments. If we ignore them, we are using human “cleverness” to avoid getting rid of these attachments. This will increase the difficulty in our cultivation. The path of cultivation is very narrow, and we are not allowed to harbor any mentality that deviates even slightly from the Fa. Cultivation principles are very broad, and as long as we are on the the Fa we will be able to sense the ease and uprightness that comes with being selfless.
In the end, I used the principles I understood to teach my children, using methods that they could understand and accept. I helped my children to have an exceptional ability to differentiate right from wrong. I did not force them to follow exactly what I said. When my child is faced with wrong perceptions and behavior, I point them out. I do not reprimand him; instead I get my point across by humoring him. The method I use is peaceful. When my child tells me about incidents that happen in school or disputes between his classmates, I analyze the situation with him: “You see, he is hurting someone. He does not know the person he hurt has suffered so much. He seems to be very clever, but he is actually dong a bad deed.
Our hearts are being assimilated to the great Buddha Fa. How do we leave behind pure things for our descendants? I would like to educate my child to be sincere from the bottom of his heart, not do bad deeds, and be considerate of others at all times.
This is my low level understanding. I hope that practitioners will point out anything inappropriate so that we can all improve.
