If you really cultivate, it is impossible not to become a Buddha even you don't want to; however, if you don't cultivate, it is impossible to become a Buddha even you want to.

Someone has a doubt that he would become a Buddha or not. It is not the question whether you would become a Buddha or not but a question of your working hard in cultivation. Whoever cultivates would become buddha; Whoever doesn't cultivate would not become Buddha. It is the same thing that whoever eats will get his filled. It is useless If you only say you want to cultivate but fail to put into practice. " Talking about the food and counting the jewels" Talking about the food, it is useless just talk about how delicious of the pancakes, dumplings, or Chinese buns but not able to taste it. Or perhapes you are working in the bank and counting for millions of millions dollars all day, but they are not yours, you still only earn three or five hundred dollars per month. Because of this you should honestly work hard. If you cultivate, even you don't have the intation to become Buddha, you will still eventually to be a Buddha; but if you fail to cultivate, even you want to become a Buddha, it seems impossible to make it. Someone has asked what he could do if he has too much false thoughts, is there any wonderful method to counteract the fase thoughts?

No, to contemplate " Who is mindful of the Buddha" is the method for counteracting you false thoughts. If you could concentrate looking for " who" , you are dispelling others fault thinking. I had told you many times few days ago that the topic of " who is mindful of the Buddha" can work like a bloom. It gets clean a bit each time you sweep it, as you contemplate " who" would eredicate many false thoughts, how much the more you keep on doing it, then all your false thought would be sweep clean. If you trying to find another methos? there is no better way than this. Either reciting buddha's name or reciting mantras are the way to counteract your false thoughts. If you really apply your efforts, the fault thinking will become real; No, real false thoughts would turn to be unreal. So it all depends who you know to work on it then everything is true, true, true; If you don't know how to work hard, then everything become false, false, false. You should always take up this vajra sword to illuminate all illusionary thoughts, to vanish it, to make it disappeared.

The Dhyana Session has passed quickly. those who have had a response from their work should not be pleased with themselves; those who have had no response should not be distressed, but should continue to work hard. You now know the method for meditation, and so you can continue your work on your own even at home, and be mindful of the topic wherever you are. As long as you maintaining the investigation, one day you will become enlightened. Be singleminded on your work will you become accomplish the way; If you do not concerntrate, then even Sakyamuni Buddha came to teach you , you wouldn't become enlightened. Why is it? It is because you are not singleminded that make you unable to accomplish.

This Dhyana Session has been a good one, and most of you worked very hard. Although some time was wasted after lunch, it would be unfair to scold you for it. We are breaking new ground here, no one had done anything in here before, so we have to do it little by little, that is why I did not scold you for some little things which is not according to the rules. But you should know that we will be more strick each year. Isn't that last year was not strick than this year, right? You might forget about. I know that last year we are not so serious as this year. This year we have a bit of accomplishment, some of you had obtained some advantages and realized small , not big, enlightenments. If you ask who they were, then one of them wsn't you. if you don't ask, then perhaps you had a share of it. There will be more chances in the future, don't be nervous.

Whether have a response or not from your work will just like one drinks water, only you would know the water is warm or cold, others may not clearly know about it. This year Dhyana Session has passed, in the future if you have chance to attend the Chan session, you should work well and don't waste your time, to find your origional face, the one you had before your parents give birth to you.