1. Passionate about running tracks: Some Buddhists are very interested in running tracks and never tire of it. This is originally a good thing. Being able to visit and get close to good teachers is very helpful for learning Buddhism. But these people are not like that. They always boast about how many famous ashrams they have visited and how many statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas they have worshipped. They use these as their own Buddhist capital and do not put any effort into the Dharma door. Master Huifa and other eminent monks have given much advice on this. I hope that people who study Buddhism can put their practice into practice and take the problems of practice into practice instead of going on a trip, let alone think of it as studying Buddhism or as a capital to show off to new Buddhist disciples.
2. Keen to make Buddhist friends: People in the mortal world attach great importance to making friends and regard it as a means of making a living and fun. Some Buddhist disciples bring these worldly habits into Buddhism, as if the more Buddhist friends they have, the better their learning will be. In fact, most of the conversations he talked with Buddhist friends were about troubles in the world. He was not studying Buddhism, but taking learning Buddhism as an opportunity to make friends. He hoped that when he was in trouble in the world of mortals, his Buddhist friends could help him so that he could prosper in the world of mortals. The ancient master told us that we don’t need many true Buddhist friends, just three or five. Everyone learns from each other in Buddhism and helps each other to achieve Taoism.
3. Seeking blessings: In fact, these people have no renunciation. The purpose of learning Buddhism is to live a better life in the world, so that reincarnation can sing, dance, and prosper.
4. Engage in factional fighting: Many Buddhists report the secrets like spies when they meet, asking which sect the other person is from. If they are from the same sect, everyone will be happy. Will take care of it. This was never the case during the Buddha's time. This is probably also a characteristic of the Dharma Ending Period. We do not come together to pursue the truth, but gather in the jungle because we are on the same mountain, as if we regard the jungle as a green forest.
5. Treat learning Buddhism as Buddhism: You must know that the life of Buddhism lies in empirical practice. Some people think that they have read a lot of scriptures and studied Buddhism for many years, so they are complacent. They talk all about Buddhism and have a Buddhist aura. Just like Wang Ming, they talk about Marxist-Leninist dogma. In fact, it is useless and cannot solve fundamental problems.
6. Regard doing good deeds as the foundation and all of learning Buddhism: Pagans regard doing good deeds as the foundation, because that way they can ascend to heaven. Buddhism regards doing good deeds as a means of cultivating great compassion, and the fundamental goal is to achieve the Tathagatagarbha without form or thought. Therefore, a true disciple of the Buddha must, on the one hand, do great good deeds, and on the other hand, he must diligently seek enlightenment and achieve enlightenment as soon as possible. The latter is true karma, and the former is to help others. Nowadays, many Buddhist practitioners do exactly the opposite and engage in good deeds for humans and nature all day long.