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Cultivating Dao after receiving Dao

Phil

Apr 27, 2025 — 2 min read

Class Summary: Cultivating Dao After Receiving Dao (求道後修道之功夫)

In this session, Landy explored with us what it means to truly cultivate Dao after receiving it. Receiving Dao is not just a ritual—it awakens us to the true master within: our innate Heavenly Principle and good conscience (天理良心). Before receiving Dao, we may have sensed right and wrong, but only afterward do we deeply recognize and identify with this inner guide.

True cultivation begins when we follow our original nature—living in alignment with Dao through sincerity, perseverance, and heartfelt action. Cultivation is not abstract or theoretical; it must be lived in daily life—within our families, relationships, and responsibilities. Merit and virtue arise from selfless action rooted in conscience, not from calculation or personal gain.

Prayer of Repentance

I, unworthy, with utmost reverence now kneel before the presence of God. Fortunate am I to have received the True Transmission.

Ode of Filial Piety

百孝經 "Classic of One Hundred Xiào (孝)" 天地重孝孝當先一個孝字全家安 Heaven and Earth esteem filial piety; therefore it must come first. One single word—“filial”—keeps an entire household in peace. 孝順能生孝順子孝順子弟必明賢 Serve your parents with devotion and you will raise devoted children. Filial sons and daughters mature

Heart Sutra

般若波羅蜜多心經 "Heart of Perfect Wisdom" Sutra 觀自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。 The Bodhisattva Who Contemplates Freedom, while practicing the profound Perfect Wisdom, 照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。 clearly saw that the five aggregates are all empty, and thus crossed beyond every suffering and distress. 舍利子。色不異空。空不異色。 Śāriputra, form is not other than emptiness;