#tags-top <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid0jidWQ6zD3hbateZ8JFqnCyQKjSV2NjmuKTp7V1DVtLfZw1nWARsX9GEDEcua8wRDl%26id%3D61587615854752&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="289" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe> --- #tags-bottom <br> Today is a Buddha Recitation Assembly, meaning that we get together and recite the Buddha’s name in order to pave the way for us, in our next lifetime, to go to the Pure Land. That is the best possible ending for this lifetime. The best thing, bar none. You can make a lot of money, but at the end of your life, you have to leave it behind. The only measure of success, for me, is this: I strongly advise you, I strongly urge you, to think about the time of death and what happens after you die. According to Buddhist teachings, after you die, you simply change bodies. That’s all. We’ve been doing it for a long, long time. This time, we’re human beings. Next time, if you’ve been a good person, you may ascend to the heavens, be with God or above God, and so forth—in higher-level heavens. That’s a good thing for you. But don’t fall into the lower realms. Don’t fall into the animal realm, the hungry ghost realm, the hells, and so forth. We’ve been revolving through reincarnation. We change bodies after we die. Right now, we have human bodies. Our goal, our hope, is to make you aware of the need to get out, because there is a lot of suffering. Look at your own lives right now as human beings. You may be very rich, very famous, and very comfortable, but you still have a lot of suffering. If you manage to go to the Western Land of Bliss, then you will never know suffering again—ever.