Just the other day, I was talking to a Dharma class student and he was telling me that things are stressful at work. I mentioned to him about how our last Group Practise* session was on the quality of Patience, the Perfection of Patience or Forebearance, and that he should have attended. His reply was that he did not attend it precisely because he cannot do it yet**!
I really do not know to laugh or to cry. Why do people cling onto such an obstinate and obsolete view that you have to be good at something before you attend the Dharma classes or Group Practises. This is ABSURD!!
This reminds me of the time when an aunty tells me that her son cannot become a monk because he still have defilements. I’m like … thinking “Duh! If he is perfectly free from defilements, he wouldn’t need to be a monk, now would he?”
It is an upside down view that people seem to have and does not help anyone here. We should strive to be more energetic in our learnings and practices!
Take Away Piece
It is precisely because you do not know about something, that you go attend . . . → Read More: I cannot do it yet so I am not learning it
