The Master observed that throughout the six southern provinces, there were many people practicing religion improperly, whose greed and ego had not been eliminated, and who only cared about creating deceptive things to exploit the trust of the common people. If one practices the Way in this manner, the more one practices, the deeper one sinks into the cycle of six realms of reincarnation, with little hope of achieving liberation. As in the article “On Practicing,” He wrote: “The world is full of deceitful people, which religion would then look to the gates of meditation?”
The Six Provinces of Southern Vietnam, also known as Nam Kỳ Lục tỉnh, were a historical division of the region before the French colonial period. These provinces were established by Emperor Minh Mạng in 1832 and were part of the Nguyễn dynasty’s administrative reforms. The provinces are often subdivided into two groups: the eastern provinces of Gia Định, Định Tường, and Biên Hòa; and the western provinces of Vĩnh Long, An Giang, and Hà Tiên. The French occupied three eastern provinces in 1862 and eventually annexed all six provinces in 1867, establishing the colony of French Cochinchina
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