The opening sermon for the 2014 KPY USA Retreat
Just like in the sermon, we’re taught that in contemplating dhamma, to default to if you feel any kind of suffering, that means you’re wrong. In certain issues, we can feel discomfort when we don’t think we’re wrong. But when we say, “we’re always wrong,” it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re wrong in a worldly sense.
We are talking about being wrong because we have a personal view that clashes with the universal truth. Wrong in thinking permanently. Wrong in holding tight to a view and expecting everyone and everything to conform to it.
In a worldly sense, we might be entirely justified, right according to the rules at that organization, right according to generally accepted customs. However, that right can also change once the environment or majority changes.
That’s why it is most important to determine why our personal truth clashes with the universal truth.
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