Thoughts determine our behavior and consequences

The behavior is produced by thoughts, and the result is produced by the behavior, so this idea is the key to determining our result. Therefore, the Buddha said in the scriptures: All karma seas are born from delusions. All the consequences of pain are produced by wrong thoughts.

We have this result today. Recalling your result today, you are very satisfied with some of the result, and you are not satisfied with some of the result, which means that your past thoughts are right and some are wrong. The thoughts of the previous life create you in this life. Whatever your thoughts you have in this life will affect your next life. All karma seas are born from delusions. Since that's the case, can I destroy all my thoughts? Can't! Because all Buddhas are omnipresent in the sea of ​​knowledge, they are also born from the mind, and all the paramita and pure merits of all Buddhas are also born from thoughts. If you have no thoughts, you cannot take refuge in Amitabha, and you cannot develop the Bodhicitta due to the suffering of sentient beings. Therefore, Buddhism opposes no thought, and Buddhism believes that you need to reverse your thoughts, which is the key.

In psychology, this thought is called the association of the mind, which will affect the creation of our behavior. For example: When you think of chocolate, what associations do you have? Some people say: Chocolate is good, it will make me very energetic and physically strong. If you have positive thoughts about chocolate, I can guarantee that you will have a lot of chances of eating chocolate in your life, and you will have a lot of karma in this regard. If you say: This chocolate is not good and is too sweet, it will make me fat and produce a lot of stomach acid. If you have negative associations when you see chocolate for the first time, I think you will have few karmas when you eat chocolate in this life. This is the reason.

For example, when we talk about the appearance of becoming a monk, the idea is to take the appearance of a monk. When the appearance of becoming a monk appears in your heart, what is the first association you have? Hey, it’s good to become a monk, quiet and peaceful. If you have many positive associations about becoming a monk, then I can guarantee that your career as a monk must have a lot of happy time, and your career as a monk will be very long. If the image of becoming a monk in your mind is a negative association: how uncomfortable it is to become a monk! If your association is not eliminated, I think you will suffer a lot of time and not too long in your monastic career.

Therefore, our thoughts really seriously affect our behavior and will also affect the consequences.