Chen Jin Chan was unclear of what Shen Lian had said, on the contrary, he became more confused and asked: 'what is determination?'
Shen Lian laughed: 'To know what you want and what you do not want, is determination. Any creature satisfying this condition can be regarded as a human.'
Never would Chen Jin Chan thought that the answer could be so simple, upon contemplating, he understood. To know what one wants, perhaps an easy task for most; but to know what one does not want, few would be able to do this.
To know a lot would be the prerequisite, and one needs to be able to abandon all external falsehoods that override human nature, only then one can clearly know what one wants and does not want.
Master spoke of determination, but in actuality, he is still passing on the Dharma of immortality.
To live a long time does not equal to immortality. Real immortality is to know what you want and what you do not want and to live forever knowing it.