Planting More Bodhi SeedsYutang Lin
Comment: Once I received a letter from a Buddhist, whom I did not have the pleasure to be acquainted with, requesting me to send my works on dying to help her write on the subject. Happily I obliged accordingly. Later she wrote again saying that the project had been discontinued, and citing as a main reason that there were already many works on this topic. My view is different. I do not stop writing on a subject that I have something to say even though others have already treated it. The reason is that, even though there are many books on the Dharma, there is no guarantee that they would all reach needy and appreciative minds. There remains only a few who have the opportunity to get to know the Dharma and develop faith in the teachings. Those of us who are dedicated to the spreading of the Buddhist teachings should each does his or her best by continuously engaging in writing on Dharma topics and printing them for free distribution. Only in this fashion could the maximal number of novices be reached and helped.
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