To tame our mind is like taking care of a baby

To support and take good care of a baby right up to 24 years adulthood requires a lot of love, closed attention, education, food, medical fees and much more.

We can’t guarantee this grown up man will appreciate what the parents have done for him. It is not a surprise to see a highly educated person earning high salary will deposit his parents to an old age home.

So to tame our mind is like taking care of a baby, loosing sleep and appetite, takes at least more than 20 over years to train and motivate the mind to walk a virtuous path with compassion and kindness.

At the same time we need to watch our ego that will poison or feed our mind with pride, anger and undesired bad habits with vulgar speech and killing cruelty.

It is a big battle to defeat our ego and tame our mind. Only through careful reading and understanding of the sutras and dharma with the help of proper exercises and meditation can we be the winner to control our mind. It is indeed an uphill task to work this out.

要培育一個健康快樂成長的人 (從嬰兒至廿四歲成年人)，需要投入很多的關心丶愛護丶教育丶食物丶醫療丶等等。

這樣多的付出，並不能保證這位成年人，會感恩父母為他所投入的一切。 就算受過高等教育，有一份高薪工作，也只是把父母送去安老院。

要降服自心，就如同照顧嬰兒一樣，會廢寢忘餐，需要用廿多年去訓練和鼓勵自心，來培育慈悲心走在德行的路上。

與此同時，我們要注意「自尊心」，不要讓它以粗言穢語和殺獵獸性，來毒害頭腦，產生自嬌自大、容易發怒、及養成各種不良習慣。

要打敗自尊心和降服自心，需要小心選擇所讀的書本內容，了解佛法經文和體証法的實相。 這些要以適當的運動(和禪修) 作為扶助，最後才能成為心的主人。 這個需要大家付出很多努力才能達到的。