六祖說：「 波波度一生，到頭還自懊，欲得見真道，行正即是道。自若無道心，闇行不見道，若真修道人，不見世間過。 」

Bustling through life, at the end regrets abound. Wishing to see the way, right action is the way. Without mind of the way, walk in darkness without seeing the way. A true cultivator of the way is blind to the faults of the world.

People rush about throughout their lives. Often, at the very end, they regret and feel remorse for not having done something. This is true for most lay people. But it is different for us cultivators. As cultivators, we ought to strive to practice the way. We should be focusing on seeking out the way, practicing the way, and affirming the way. According to the Sixth Patriarch, acting rightly and justly is the way.

For those who never aspire to seek the truth or the way, it is as if you are always in the dark. You will never see the way and will live out your ordinary and mundane life, just like everyone else. However, if you are seeking the truth, as a true cultivator, you do not see faults in others or of the world. Why don`t true cultivators see others` faults? As Acharya Lian Wong put it, it is because true cultivators have the capacity for tolerance and acceptance.

True cultivators are capable of tolerating all faults; they simply do not see others` faults. Even if the faults are self-evident, true cultivators do not regard them as such. For whatever it may be, if it is good and just, it is regarded as a model; if it is bad, it serves as an admonishment. Both good and bad are tolerated and accepted, for they are the same. This is a very advanced state of mind, called the 忛o-vain-thought and non-discriminating?mind.

The capacity to tolerate others is very important. If you don`t practice tolerance, your days are always filled with sorrow. Every cultivator should practice tolerance and develop the capacity to tolerate.

To see the way is to awaken one`s wisdom. To practice the way is to carry out the way using one`s awakened wisdom. To affirm the way is to become one with the way. True cultivators should view birth and death as the same. Thus we should practice everyday, be happy everyday and be thankful for everything.

Translated by: TBTT.
Summarized by Flora Cheung, edited by Justin Chiu, proofread by Angela Yeh.