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Then you watch some funny movies in the evening. It’s also fine. Do this occasionally, but not very often. Even if we see it this way, knowing it doesn’t matter, but later when we meditate, those things will emerge. Is it not so? (Yes.) Those things will stay in our mind. […] Sometimes everything in the world is making trouble for us. But it also depends on whether your mind is very stable or not. Whether it is very stable, and determined to find the Tao. Otherwise, even if I don’t let you watch TV, you’ll watch secretly, or you buy random books to read, it’s just the same. It depends on whether you miss them or not, love to watch or not, whether you love to watch or are addicted. Right? (Yes.) More or less, there’ll be some influence. Sometimes after you read random books, your mind will be thinking of those things; even if we’re not influenced, but we will still think of it. Such thoughts will delay you a few minutes or a few hours in focusing your mind. […]
Some people who are possessed like to go to the temple to smell sandalwood. […] Sometimes we don’t know that we are possessed. Why indulge in those things? Here we’ve practiced this much, why do we still have to rely on superficial things? Burning sandalwood, and then worship, and then sit down, and then “Ohyo ohyo.” And then devils appeared from the smoke. Sandalwood generates smoke. I tell you, some of you are really funny in spiritual practice. Love doing romantic things; you have been watching too many movies. […]
(Master, on Sunday two weeks ago, at the service desk for spiritual practice, one initiate asked a question. He said he was a master in playing Go [Weiqi]. He asked if he could continue doing it. Will it obstruct his spiritual practice?)
