When we work hard to reduce our tanhā increasing our compassion and kindness for others as primary components, purity within our own hearts will develop. Dearth of these factors is the reason for our bad conduct, and jealousy over the good-fortune of our neighbor. What we have done next…that means, what do we do having impure citta intact? Instead of giving food to someone who needs it, we offer food to35 some statue thinking it is the Buddha! 2549 years have passed. We all know very well about it by now. What do we do then, knowingly quite well about it, we place some food in front of a statue and say that we have paid respect to the Buddha. Cheating whom, are they trying to cheat the Buddha? Will the Buddha be tricked? Where does the Buddha live? Is He living in that statue? Is He in that Chaitthiya? Is He on a Bo tree? Is He in Tipitaka? No! Where does the Buddha reside. Where does the Dhamma found. Where does the San̊gha reside. It is very clear. (VEN. VAJIRA BUDDHI THERO)
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