Pick It Up and Use It Anywhere
Be the master wherever you stand, and the place you stand on is all true.
Do I live as a guest dragged by circumstances, or stand as the master of my place anywhere?
📝Reflection
The same situation, met as a guest, drags you along; met as the master, you govern it. This line of Mazu's urges us to be master of our place. Not waiting for a good environment to arrive, but standing as master right where you set your foot. The master does not blame circumstances. When it rains, he lives the rain; when a guest comes, he receives the guest. Wherever he is, he lives the moment as his own. I long lived like a guest — good when things were good, swayed when they were bad. But the same day, met with a master's mind, flows differently. Accept what you can't control, yet be master of the one step you can take within it. Then any place becomes a true place.
🌱Apply It Today
In an unwelcome situation today, don't stop at "nothing I can do" — find "what one step can I take as master within this?"
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
