(Clearwisdom.net) Teacher said,
"You are cultivators, whose conduct is [supposed to be] pure and righteous. There are so many people who think you're great just by having seen how you act. If we don't pay attention to our own behavior in our daily lives, everyday people will see our actions and, since they can't get to know you at a deep level such as by studying the Fa, they will just look at how you act." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa Conference in Boston")
If a practitioner does well in his/her daily life, he/she actually plays a role in saving sentient beings. I am very much convinced this is so.
One day I came across a woman and I asked her if she had heard about the "three withdrawals" (refers to the movement of withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party and its subordinate organizations, the Communist Youth League and the Young Pioneers). She said, "Yes, I have. I quit the CCP a long time ago." When I asked her how she came to withdraw, she said, "My mother-in-law is also a Falun Gong practitioner. It was she who helped me to quit the CCP." She continued, "All of my family members did the three withdrawals. The old lady would not be happy if we had not done it." I said, "She certainly will be happy now since it was the best thing for you!" "Yes, I know," she said.
Then she said, "My mother-in-law wasn't like that before. She had three daughters-in-law but she did not like any of us. Whenever she saw us with nothing to do, she would stare at us and begin to swear. This created a lot of discontent among the family members and the atmosphere in the family was very bad. The old lady had heart problems and was hospitalized at least twice a year. We spent a lot of money but nothing cured her. However, after she started to practice Falun Gong she did not go to the hospital any more, not even once. She was able to take care of herself and was always happy when she saw us. She treated us daughters-in-law as her own daughters and often asked us not to cheat our customers in our business and told us that we should not do things we know to be wrong. Instead, she said, we should treat others compassionately. She was completely changed into a new person. I haven't read the Falun Gong books but from the changes I have observed in my mother-in-law, I would say for sure that Falun Gong is good!"
This story truly shows that we must cultivate ourselves well in our daily lives and set good examples for all people. Only by doing this can we do a better job in saving sentient beings. Let's be more diligent during the limited time left to save sentient being during this final stage of Fa-rectification, fulfill our grand vow and reach consummation to return with Teacher.
