When people have thoughts, they will create karma and receive retribution, and all the bad karma they have done in the past is due to beginningless greed, anger, and ignorance.
Therefore, one must hone one’s mind through practice and change the mind driven by desire. This article will help you understand the meaning of ‘practice’, and by explaining the purpose and methods of ‘practice’, you can begin to learn to master inner peace.
What is spiritual practice?
Strengthen your mind and pursue the meaning of life
Simply put, spiritual practice refers to the process of consciously fertilizing one’s moral character through some actions and continuously improving physically, mentally, and spiritually.
‘Practice’ is mainly about correcting one’s own shortcomings and bad habits caused by greed, anger, ignorance, and pride. Therefore, a person’s thoughts, words, and deeds align with his/her morality and etiquette. Everyone hopes to meet a better version of themselves and have a happy life.
What is true practice? ‘Practice’ is not something difficult to describe in words. It’s better to implement in real life. Therefore, true practitioners will not only focus on superficial skills. In contrast, true practitioners will strictly demand themselves, always keep an eye on their own shortcomings, and know how to experience themselves in the chaos world.
What is the purpose of spiritual practice?
Get rid of suffering, gain happiness, and move toward the greater self
In a person’s life, the pain of birth, old age, illness, death, and uncertainties, often make people feel painful. Through practice, you can see the truth of things and find the root of the pain. It can reduce worries and gain health, also increase wisdom, become a better you.
A higher level of practice pursues altruism, and self-awareness —if you are freed from suffering, you also hope to help others free themselves from suffering; When you start care about others, it can be seen as the improvement of a person’s spiritual state from focusing on himself to caring about the public. It is also the path of sublimation from “small self” to “big self”.
‘Practice’ is not limited to specific external forms. As long as it can improve the inner state and spiritual realm, it can be used as a method. The key is perseverance. In the next post, we’ll talk about some easy/beginner methods. ‘Practice’ never has to be difficult.
