The
purpose of understanding the preciousness of our human life is to encourage
ourself to take the real meaning of our human life and not to waste it in
meaningless activities. Our human life is very precious and meaningful, but
only if we use it to attain permanent liberation and the supreme happiness of
enlightenment. We should encourage ourself to accomplish the real meaning of
our human life through understanding and contemplating the following
explanation. Many people believe that
material development is the real meaning of human life, but we can see that no
matter how much material development there is in the world it never reduces
human suffering and problems. Instead, it often causes suffering and problems
to increase; therefore it is not the real meaning of human life. We should know
that at present we have reached the human world for just a brief moment from
our former lives, and we have the opportunity to attain the supreme happiness
of enlightenment through practising Dharma. This is our extraordinary good
fortune. When we attain enlightenment we shall have fulfilled our own wishes,
and we can fulfil the wishes of all other living beings; we shall have
liberated ourself permanently from the sufferings of this life and countless
future lives, and we can directly benefit each and every living being every
day. The attainment of enlighten- ment is therefore the real meaning of human
life.
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