The Dharma is operating perfectly when I have no self.

Vạn pháp đang vận hành một cách hoàn hảo khi mình không có cái ta.

Note: dharma means phenomenon. Phenomenon in Cambridge dictionary means
1. Something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc. especially something unusual or interesting.
2. a remarkable person or thing.
3. Existing thing

Sister Hue Chau taught me a lesson on the above statement. She said whether a person/thing is good or bad, right or wrong- they are only the phenomena. We shall let things be, not to stop, not to interfere, not to put our ‘self’ in it. Whatever will be, will be. We shall move on and not let these phenomena interfere ourselves. We should see these phenomena are our teachers who challenge us to overcome our trouble mind.

What a beautiful and strong statement I will never forget. I have to thank this bodhisattva spiritual sister who taught me an important lesson in life. Now I can truly see how the phenomena is operating. They are purely based on the law of impermanence, the law of interconnection, the law of cause and effect.

They arise and pass away under the right conditions at the right time. We just can’t interfere and if we insist to interfere, the thing or situation will transform into another things or situations based on the law of cause and effect. The world inside and outside us keep changing, changing and changing. We can’t stop instead we go along without letting these phenomena affecting us. If we let these affect us then we suffer. The reason we suffer is because we attach/hold onto the continuously changing thing/situation. This is so logical and yet we just cannot see it.