Early one morning, the teacher walked into the classroom and said "Good morning" to me. I didn't even raise my head, but just returned his greeting with an "En!" while feeling impatient. The teacher scolded me, saying that I was being arrogant again. I was then asked to read a section of the Fifty Skandha Demon States which says that if one is unrestrained and arrogant, one will become a demon very soon. I am always being haughty and arrogant—I really don't know what to do about it.

Great Master Hong Yi said, "I only wish for failure and imperfection in the things I do, so that I will always feel great shame and remorse! ... Only then will I work harder to change my faults and improve. If one succeeds in everything one does, one will become complacent and conceited. Consequently, one will grow increasingly arrogant and thus develop all kinds of faults." After reading that, I asked myself, "Have I greedily sought perfection in everything I do?" Absolutely! Every day, I want to do everything perfectly. For instance, in memorizing The Song of Enlightenment by the Great Master Yong Jia: once I finished memorizing it, I couldn't help feeling arrogant, thinking very conceitedly, "Look! I have a better memory than all of you!" It's really terrible.

I hope that, from now on, I can imitate the spirit of the Venerable Master and Great Master Hong Yi to be humble and to discipline myself. I hope that I will not be picky and seek for perfection in everything, but will just do my best; and that I will not care about the result, but will just make the effort. Every day, I shall examine myself three times and look upon myself as the tiniest ant. I dare not be arrogant anymore, lest I become possessed by a demon.