Jingzong Fasting Society-Shi Ai-Master Renjing Global Propagation Website-Session 1 [2st to XNUMXnd Vows]

Home Lectures from Dharma Propagation Interpretation Forty-eight willing to talk about righteousness second round

The second session [1st to 2nd wishes]

(XNUMX) This phrase Amitabha is very auspicious

(XNUMX) This phrase Amitabha is very auspicious

Dear fellow practitioners of the Great Virtue, distinguished organizers, good evening everyone, Amitabha!

Last night I saw an old bodhisattva in our audience. It was a bodhisattva whom I became acquainted with when I came to the Mahalari Pure Sect Society last month to study with everyone.He couldn't understand Chinese, but he took the initiative to listen, which moved me very much.So here, please, please allow me a little time to speak a few words in Hokkien for this old bodhisattva, and also simply use Hokkien to explain to everyone that I and this old Bodhisattva’s A cause and fate.

This old Bodhisattva met when I came to Muar Mahalari Pure Sect Society last month and came here to study with everyone.Then this old Bodhisattva knows how to educate her children and grandchildren. There are almost XNUMX people in her family, and XNUMX or XNUMX people are learning to practice together. So her children and grandchildren are almost full in the past, which can be said to be a special trip. Open a class for them to practice time together.Then her children and grandchildren can devote themselves to cultivating together, of course they all have good roots.

However, this old Bodhisattva misunderstood the Buddha name "Namo Amitabha".So although she respected the Three Treasures very much, and was very happy that these children and grandchildren came to the Buddhist hall to practice together, but she herself did not dare to recite the name of the Buddha.This kind of fear is truly fear from the bottom of my heart.Because the old Bodhisattva has always believed that the phrase "Nammo Amitabha"... is a dead person... Someone in the family is about to die, and there is a dead person in the family... This feeling, the impression that this is very unlucky.

If you hear this or recite the Buddha's name, you will think of things in this area, as if the family is going to ask for it, and it's almost going to be a funeral.It feels like wishing that it is best to avoid it as much as possible.I heard that there are many old Bodhisattvas who have this kind of misunderstanding. Fortunately, all these descendants are very obedient and filial, so when I came to Muar this time, they were very respectful and respectful.Please take this opportunity to explain to this old Bodhisattva. I did not expect to say that this old Bodhisattva has such good roots that he would not dare to recite it in ordinary times. In the end, I only spoke a few words to her, and she was completely capable of it. Understand, it can be transformed.

I told her what he meant by "Nanwu Amitabha Buddha". "Nanwu" means refuge-relying on Amitabha Buddha. The meaning of "Amitabha Buddha" is: immeasurable light, immeasurable wisdom, and immeasurable lifespan.We take refuge in this Buddha who has infinite wisdom and an infinite life span. This is very auspicious! It can make our home safe, and everything will be auspicious.So I persuaded her, I said that when you see a person, you should clap your hands to him... and say to him: "Namo Amitabha" Blessing! Don't take it as this phrase specifically praised by the deceased. I told her about the Buddha name at the time... I also asked her to read it to me at the scene. I deliberately told her to read it immediately so that she could turn her heart around immediately. This on-site training was very effective.

Because for a long time, if you have an impression of misunderstanding, it is sometimes difficult to reverse it on your own.The best thing is that when we understand the meaning, we immediately practice and do it right away. In this case... our merits... the experience is very deep right now.So it should be for this reason, so after the old Bodhisattva listened to it, coupled with her good roots, I didn't expect to say that the effect was so good.It didn't take long for me to go back and after another day or two, I came back to learn here again and I wanted to make offerings to the monk and the master.Moreover, she told her sons-in-laws and grandchildren, some who have not studied Buddhism and haven’t taken refuge, and asked them to join forces. This is very powerful, and it will save sentient beings immediately, you see! Not only can I accept it with joy, but also immediately. The fastest way to take advantage of this extraordinary benefit is to influence our relatives and friends first.The good things are of course to be shared with everyone, and then a few days later, on the last day, many people will take refuge.There are also people who receive the Five Precepts, so this old Bodhisattva herself, her good roots and her intentions are also worth learning.

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(XNUMX) The correct learning attitude is to do it immediately after listening

(XNUMX) The correct learning attitude is to do it immediately after listening

Therefore, our Pure Land Method, to be able to really benefit, is to be like this old Bodhisattva, and be able to accept it after hearing it.And immediately self-interested and altruistic, this is the real listening to the truth, not that I feel good after listening to it, I feel at ease after listening, and forget it after listening to it.In a few days, not only won't benefit, but also all kinds of suspicions will come out. So it's not easy to believe in our method. It must have deep roots of goodness and do it immediately after listening to it.If you do it right away, your experience will be very deep. Just like her, she has already misunderstood this Buddha name very deeply. Normally, she wouldn't dare to recite it, and she could turn it around right away.Because if you do it right away, if you have this condition, turn around and do it right away. From the bottom of your heart, you can receive the blessing of Amitabha.This power is all present in the world, so we have to do it right away after listening to it, and you will feel it.

That is to say, we are here in Muar, and this old Bodhisattva is here today. I am really very interested. I don’t understand Chinese and I still have the solemn dojo here.This is the real benefit of getting the Fa, and the intention to benefit the public to come to the solemn dojo. If you have the heart, you will really do something. It's not like talking with your mouth. If that's the case...it means not having it. What a pity! I will not benefit myself much in the future. I will stop here for the time being in Hokkien, because I am not fluent in speaking. Although I am a Taiwanese, but like our generation... I am considered young. I look young. Compared with our generation Speak Fujian dialect less frequently.So today is especially to encourage the mind and behavior of this old bodhisattva. She is setting a good example for us, a model, and let us learn from it.

We reciting Buddhism are to do our best in this way. If we have the predestined relationship, we will rejoice the merits and do it immediately after listening to it. This is an honest person.So we can see that she has got a lot of benefits. After more than a month, I didn't expect to say that she would come to listen.If she can recite the Buddha often at home, she would be very Amitabha and behaved! I didn't expect to say that she would come to the solemn dojo if she didn't understand, so I was very touched when I saw it yesterday! Give her some encouragement.Ok! There is one more situation I would like to mention here, because I think that when we recite Buddhism, we really want to be in our lives, we must be able to get immediate results, and the benefits and changes will be very fast. First of all, we must also learn from Start learning your own commandments.

Although we reciting the Buddha’s emphasis is: [Faithful and willing], but Master Yinguang said: "One point of sincerity and respect will get one point, and very sincere respect will be very profitable!" So where does this sincere respect be implemented? Precepts-keeping precepts means observing the rules.There are so many rules, where do we start? The most important thing is to learn from what we are practicing together.The basic rules must be met, why? Because whether it is listening to the scriptures or reciting the Buddha, this is all to help us and get the benefits of the Dharma.Then we can implement a very critical stage in our life.So at this stage, if you don’t have the right attitude to learn, that is, if you don’t have a true respect, then you will listen to the scriptures and the Dharma every day, and go to the Buddha and practice together every day, and the benefits will be very limited!

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(XNUMX) Respect for listening to the scriptures and the Fa

(XNUMX) Respect for listening to the scriptures and the Fa

So there are many rules and regulations. Where do I start? Let me cite our current example. This is also a common phenomenon that I have seen in several cleansing societies in Malaysia over the past month or so.I don’t know if it’s because the climate in Nanyang is so good that we have developed our...very leisurely and lazy lifestyle.I found out that before each lecture, the practitioners actually listened to the lecture very seriously and enjoyed studying the Fa.But there is always a phenomenon that... It’s too late! Have you noticed? Sometimes we start speaking at eight o’clock, and we’re all seated one after another. It may be half past eight. Fortunately, we rush back and forth before the end. of.Anyway, it is also a cheer. If it is like this... Actually, this respectful heart may be overlooked by us, but we really did not achieve it.Unless we are really busy and can't keep up, that is definitely excusable. You are so busy and willing to come and study specially, then this spirit is especially worthy of praise!

But if it’s not, we are very leisurely like this, walking slowly as if going to a movie. This kind of mood to listen to the Fa, in fact, is not equal to the rhythm of receiving the Fa benefits...the kind that can correspond to the Fa...the mood of the mood is not equal .Five minutes...ten minutes, for example, let's talk at XNUMX:XNUMX, preferably at XNUMX:XNUMX.It’s best to sit down in advance or at the slowest twenty-five minutes before listening to the Fa. Cultivate your emotions first, and do well... The state of letting this Fa reach your heart is to sit and recite the Buddha's name silently.

In the past, the Patriarch’s Great Virtue even preached the scriptures, or when the Blessed One was preaching...usually, he had to enter concentration before the lecture.That's because we are talking about it now, because we can't get into samādhi, so we just save this set.But what is its spirit? It must be in concentration, whether it is the speaker or the listener, first let the mind dwell in a very stable state.People who speak at this time are easy to have enlightenment and inspiration.The content that I didn't expect to talk about in the first place suddenly appeared, and people who listened to it were especially easy to enlighten.If you have made preparations beforehand, and settled down your mental and physical mentality of listening to the Fa; then, in this way, you will definitely be different in terms of obtaining the benefits of the Fa.It’s actually not difficult to do. We usually ignore it and don’t pay attention. We usually learn it, and it seems that there is no special requirement.

I only noticed one place, there is a society, it has a special written on the bulletin board: Lectures start at XNUMX o'clock, then please be seated forty-five minutes before! Because on the one hand, let yourself calm down first; on the other hand, We should be there when we open the scriptures and salute in front of us, and say the master Shakyamuni Buddha three times, we should be there, right? This is the Buddha! We all respect the Buddha, the Dharma and the monk! The Buddha doesn’t care about him, just come in and listen. Fa? Then get close to this monk's treasure? It seems that there is a bit of regret and incompleteness! Right?

Moreover, "Buddha" we must be the most respectful. Although it is inconvenient for us to sit in a position to worship, we must also give birth to respectful worship in our hearts, and then chant through this opening verse. This process, this solemn atmosphere, allows us to develop a respect for the Fa! Strike the heart... Strike a form of respect from the heart! The blessing power at that time was great, different! If you don’t believe me, try it again. Think about it. Don't do wrong demonstrations again.Come early, and then calm your mind down...including the whole... The opening part of the scriptures in front of you, you should feel attentively...It's really different.

This opening verse is from Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, this generation of empress, her own Buddhist accomplishment is very high, this verse is written by her: Hundreds of thousands of catastrophes! Since it is hundreds of thousands of catastrophes, I can withstand what I have seen and heard. , I wish to understand the true meaning of the Tathagata! She has this kind of heart... But, take your time and walk slowly, sometimes you don't hear it before, then it is not like willing to understand the true meaning of the Tathagata.Wait a minute, maybe you made a mistake. I didn’t hear the first one, but the latter is interpreted in the text. Isn’t that very miserable? So this is a respect. We want to show up in our behavior. Isn’t this perfect? There is a head and a tail... No Is it an auspicious thing?

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(XNUMX) Observing the rules in life is keeping the precepts

(XNUMX) Observing the rules in life is keeping the precepts

That... So in everything we do, we must also develop this habit, try to have the beginning and the end as much as possible, big and small things, this is observing the rules, that is, keeping the precepts.We have a lot of opportunities in our lives to train, big and small things... We all use this kind of respect and a perfect mentality to complete it from beginning to end! No matter whether I do well or not, I will do my best. It is completed, this is respectful heart!

Respect is not about seeing the mage coming, and seeing what kind of special situation, and then immediately raising this alert, then there is no way to change your habit, and there is no way to become your inner temperament.It should be this kind of respectful attitude in everything from morning to night in the middle of two or six o'clock, then you unknowingly develop your righteous habits.Your temperament will soon transform, and it really looks like-a good man, a good woman! To practice like this, this is a way of doing things.

Our practice is not just to recite the Buddha, this is the fundamental foundation of being a human being.That’s because we usually ignore it and don’t pay attention to starting from here, so take this opportunity to remind everyone here! We can hear a little and we will do a little, and slowly we will find that we actually know a lot. , I really know the rules, so if you have the opportunity, you can guide some later studies. We really look like seniors!

Don’t learn for one or twenty years, and don’t even understand the basic rules! Even if we are very compassionate and want to persuade others to study, but they seem to have a bad foundation, then there is no way to build confidence in you. .Of course, this is aimed at the disciples we have already converted to enter Buddhism.I don’t know anything about beginners.... Of course, we have to be particularly tolerant of him, and then slowly guide him to learn. In fact, this is also the most basic etiquette. I hope everyone can pay attention here!

Like the ancient patriarch of the great virtue, the second ancestor of Zen, this is the most representative-Hui Ke.He used to ask for the Dharma and the ancestor of Bodhidharma, because his heart was restless, and he had studied and cultivated for a long time. Before he went to see Bodhidharma, Hui Ke was a master of the scriptures. He was also very close to the Dharma. He was also very clever and learned. well.But because he hasn't fully enlightened him, he just understands the teachings, but he hasn't gotten into his realm yet, so his heart is restless, and he always feels that he hasn't gotten real benefits and no sense of relief.So after arriving at Dharma, he went to seek Dharma, hoping that Dharma could help him and give him a way of peace of mind.

In fact, when we practice Buddhism, we just want to be at ease, so how did he ask for it? When he went, Bodhidharma ignored him. Bodhidharma had been meditating in the Houshan cave and facing the wall for nine years.So he is a person who really wants to work hard. He doesn't interrupt or care about people casually. It's not that he sees people and is embarrassed not to say hello to you. Then he will stop talking when he wants to participate. There is no way to participate in enlightenment.

A true practitioner, he doesn't like being interrupted by others, just like when we recite Buddhism, it is easy for him to make a movie.It seemed very embarrassing to meet the people in the world who didn't say hello to the people in the world.However, practitioners can actually not deliberately care about these etiquettes.But you have to let people understand that you are working hard and don't be misunderstood. In this case, he can actually ignore Hui Ke, which is normal.However, in order for Hui Ke to ask for the Fa, he would rather wait outside.

Keep waiting... keep waiting... even in the snowy weather, the snow has been... he waited for a long time, until the snow had accumulated to his knees so high, Bodhidharma deliberately ignored him, to test his sincerity! In the end there was no way, he... Bodhidharma remained as if he did not move, the Patriarch is the Patriarch! In the end Hui Ke cut off his arm with a knife. This is called the broken arm to seek the law... this gongan.

What does this tell us? To truly demand liberation, you must truly have respect and sincerity! It is to have this kind of willingness to sacrifice one's life, but also to complete the wholeheartedly to complete this thing, it does not matter that you can pay all the price, this It's really respectful. Of course, we don't need to do this now. We need to understand that our current human nature is really far behind the previous people.

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(XNUMX) All things in life must be fulfilled with respect and consummation

(XNUMX) All things in life must be fulfilled with respect and consummation

Master Yin Guang said: "One point is sincere respect and one point is benefited, and very sincere respect is very benefit!" So why we have been studying for so long and always feel unable to do so. In life, there is no way for even some small things in general. To hold back the troubles, there is no way to solve them, use cleverness to solve them! The reason is that we have problems in our attitude towards learning, so even if you listen to a lot of Dharma, that Dharma does not reach your heart! Into your heart! Of course you did not receive the blessing power! The same is true even when we recite the Buddha! So these days, we have to study with our heart. How can we recite this Buddha's name? How can we use our heart to experience this Buddha's name The merit?

So first of all, when we listen to the Fa, we must first have this respectful heart. Where can the respectful heart be implemented? I just gave an example: Please be seated on time! As much as possible! It is really too late to traffic jams, of course, you have to be careful when driving. , Then we try our best to arrange the time to go out early. From here, we can gradually grasp how to show our respect? The little things in life are the same, and the trivial things in life are also required. To implement respect is to make things complete from start to finish, and then try to do it well, don't just do it casually.

Then this is enough for you to be busy. For many things in life, you must use this mentality to train yourself, develop good habits, and develop good living habits and attitudes.In this way, we can quickly transform our temperament, so no matter what you are studying or listening to the Fa, you will feel that you can easily absorb it and get benefits easily.

Yesterday, I probably talked to fellow practitioners about the causes and conditions of our initiation of this Fa conference, and I also made a self-introduction, so since I want to talk it is an explanation to the public. Talk about Consummation.

So we will continue to give you a report in the next part, so this part also particularly involves me in studying the Fa. This part also mentions the process of my understanding and transformation of our Pure Land Faculty. Come out through this self-introduction part and share it with everyone.

Yesterday, I was talking about that after we received two full ordinations at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, for three years in a row, I still made my mind to go back to Po Lin Monastery and settle down in summer, continue to learn the precepts, learn the precepts, then other I also made dharma fate with everyone at home and abroad during the same period of time. I went to the mainland and also in XNUMX... In XNUMX, I also returned to the Singapore Pure Sect Society. I also worked hard for more than a year. I have also participated in many places at home and abroad, so I have formed a connection with fellow practitioners.

During those few years, I found that...every time I was promoted to lecture, the lecture became tasteless. How could it be like this? This is a very serious problem. At first, we devoted ourselves to teaching lectures, and then...after graduation, of course we were very happy. Hi, it's the same as everyone...thanks to many bodhisattvas who also took the initiative to accomplish our repetition.Even if he didn't speak well...coming to doze off, he was very interested in coming to the solemn dojo.

So after that period of retelling, we are also very grateful for the achievements of the public, and of course we are very motivated and work hard to communicate with you.

But after a few years of this, I found that the more I talked, the more it tasteless, why did it tasteless? I saw fellow initiates dozing off and then became listless. Although I listened very carefully, but... I always I feel ashamed to the public, and there is no way to give real benefits to the practitioners.Always let everyone make us, the teachers are the teachers, and the students are the students. We must always maintain this humble attitude towards learning.Of course it should be, but... I always hope that the audience can also benefit.

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(XNUMX) Karma of participating in studies at home and abroad

(XNUMX) Karma of participating in studies at home and abroad

But it is true... Based on the experience of the past few years, it is indeed not only me, but also other classmates. What we see seems to be able to bring you great joy and great benefits... I’m afraid it’s not easy. Probably only our old monks can do it.Then I thought it seemed like...it should be a breakthrough, but I don’t know where the problem lies? Later, I went to study everywhere, hoping to get some enlightenment from the Confucian classics first, because I studied for a few years, and it was completely impossible. He specializes in the Pure Land Dharma, and has no contact with the teachings of other sects.

That.. Our old monk, when explaining the Pure Land Method, he actually quoted the names of various sects, such as the "Huayan Sutra" rooftops, consciousness, precepts, etc... He mentioned them all.So I thought... it’s better to take this opportunity to learn from the old monk’s mention of these other denominations, and really understand it; then maybe it can help us in forming bonds with the masses. It can increase some benefits... can really be produced, and you can speak happily, and people who listen to it can also get real benefits.

So after three years of living in this place, I returned to Singapore for more than a year. After that, I went to study everywhere. When I returned to Taiwan, I went to a Buddhist academy. Then this Buddhist academy is Taiwan... and it is very famous. A Buddhist college for women.Master Zhaohui, the head of the dean, is very good. She is the eldest sister among our bhikkhunis, and a strong woman! Taiwan's academic circles are very developed, so I went to this place to study.

After that, I went one step further and went to the research institute, Taipei Yuanheng Research Institute. The equipment of that research institute is also top-notch and international.The class we have in class uses the international-level conference hall, which is really hardware equipment, and the teachers are the best.We hired professors from research institutes in Fo Guang Shan, or Hua Fan University, etc.... professors from these government-registered universities or research institutes to teach us.Therefore, during my time in the school, my destiny was indeed very good, which broadened my horizons, so I really learned the core principles of other sects.

However, after studying for a few years, I came to a conclusion: We have all heard people say that the Pure Land Method is the first and the highest level.But when we listen to it like this, even if you really agree with what our teacher said, you can’t realize it... Then when I go to the school, I really learn the doctrines of other sects, the core doctrines, it’s really true. The thing is that Viet Cun has a higher respect for our Pure Land Method... and it is indeed true to the teachings of our Pure Land Method. This practice is the most complete and highest state.

However, although we understand, is there any way we ourselves can get the decisive... to achieve this state of consummation.It's still not good in our pure land method, and it's still not good after participating in it for a long time.I thought... After we can understand the names and signs that the old monk said, we may be able to achieve breakthroughs in our chanting of Buddhism. From my personal experience... there is still no way!

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(XNUMX) Encountering the cause and condition of good guidance thought

(XNUMX) Encountering the cause and condition of good guidance thought

Then one day there was a miracle... the blessing of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas! When I was studying in the institute, in the classroom of the institute, it was impossible for the booklet to appear in the classroom. It was the quotation of Master Shandao. It was the only one. A copy of it seems to be waiting for me to get it.This booklet is... It turns out that it’s impossible to appear in that place. There is only one. Then I have a habit of seeing magic weapons. I would pick it up and flip through it. At that time, I saw that the more I turned it over, the more my whole body was shaking. , Trembling! Very shaking! That feeling is really incredible! If it were not for the blessing of Buddha, there would be no such strong reaction.

Intuitively... I feel that in our Pure Land Method, you need to be able to grasp the most core practice, to truly break through the bottleneck and reach the state of Consummation, this is in this book.Of course, such a great kind of...this kind of strong sense of intuition can arise...and the ability to respond to the content is also because of the past nearly twelve years, from the beginning to that time, when encountering...in the past twelve years, some of the results have been laid down. Basics.

So when I accidentally saw the content of Master Shandao’s teachings, I was able to produce such a big sense, and my whole body was trembling! Then my heart kept beating, as if drumming, that feeling was probably only a beginner, a beginner in Dharma. At that time, there was such a strong reaction.So I instinctively... After groping for the past few years, the way to really solve the problem for participating in the school is in this booklet!

So I spent a few years, two or three years to verify my intuition. How to verify it? Pure land thought, we haven't studied in the past and haven't come into contact with it. This level of pure land thought will be studied again.Later, because we were in graduate school, we also had to study the history of Chinese Buddhism and so on. We also read and did research on the inheritance analysis of the entire Chinese Pure Land Buddhism.

It turns out that there are three types of ideas in our Pure Land Method. Among the thirteen Patriarchs, there are three types. They have classifications. The three types of different ideas and practices. We have always thought that it is one type of practice. The Pure Land Method is the Pure Land Method.But in fact, there are still subtle differences. So what kind of difference? Simply put, like the first ancestor-Master Huineng, his practice is not based on our Pure Land Zhengyi Classic Three Classics or One Theory of Five Classics. neither.What he relied on was the Prajna Sutra-"Banzhou Sanmai Sutra", and he relied on Prajna to practice his own views and visualize the world of bliss.So he saw the Paradise of Bliss three times in his life. He cultivated through his own power and then returned this merit to the Paradise of Bliss. Therefore, the division of academia judged him to be "self-reliance."Relying on one's own strength, the more emphasis is on own strength.

Then if we follow this practice, can we achieve it? Probably no one here can achieve it, only our old monks can achieve it.Because the old monk is already sure, we quote this way; then the second one is to put more emphasis on the "two powers of oneself". The two powers of oneself are probably the practice of our ordinary practitioners. On the one hand, we cut off evil and cultivate good. On the one hand practice the six paramitas, giving, practising precepts, patience, diligence, meditation, wisdom... and so on, and then recite the Buddha, practice Kung Fu, practice this Kung Fu into a movie, practice without confusion, and hope to be able to dying mindfulness. , And then put all these merits of learning back to Survival Bliss, right?

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(XNUMX) The thought of Master Shandao is the core practice of the Pure Land Method

(XNUMX) The thought of Master Shandao is the core practice of the Pure Land Method

Our previous concept is that this way, are you sure about your studies? Half and half? Or are you frightened, right? On the one hand, knowing that the blessing of the Buddha depends on the power of the Buddha, on the other hand, I always think that my skill is not good. Do you know if you have completed the training? Even if you have completed the training, what should I do if I am unconscious in the future? What if I am in a coma? In case of an accident... You see there are so many disasters now, what should we do? So we learned a bit , Twenty years, still not sure! I have this kind of pain very personally.

Because when I have been studying for a few years, why should I go to a Buddhist academy to a graduate school? Find a solution in this doctrine of other sects...find a breakthrough...the way to learn the Pure Land method is because I don’t know how to die! I want hope We can be sure that our studies will have results earlier, or else the impermanence will come in the next second, we will cultivate for nothing in this life, so on the one hand, I participated in school, on the other hand, I also retreat to Buddha, and retreat for a short period of three months. , I have also closed several times, and I hope to practice Kungfu by reading the Buddha honestly.

So at that time, I once went to Malaysia to talk about Yuantongzhang. I often talked about the practice, and I also encouraged fellow practitioners to rest assured that there is no problem with kung fu, as long as you read it carefully...really, this is fine.But I didn't dare to tell fellow practitioners... It's okay to be unruffled, righteousness at the end of the day... Then even if it's a piece of work, we are still unsure of our death.

Then through myself, I took a little bit more attentiveness and really closed the door intently. Someone guarded the gate and chanted Buddha in it. After such a few times of experience, even if I had a little bit of effort to complete the film, even if there was that. Kind of... Anyway, large and small films, this is not difficult for everyone to experience.But even after you exit the customs and enter the crowd, you will find...will retreat! Your confidence will retreat, and your filming will...that state will disappear.In other words, how do we work hard, this kind of confidence and this kind of power still can't make us able to ensure that we have faith in the next life.So our practice really needs to be further studied to find out where the problem is? We always have to achieve the goal, we must be sure of the death.

Okay! I just talked about... Why is it so shocking to meet Master Shandao? Because what he said is the third thought analyzed in the history of Chinese Buddhism: it is pure "other power", XNUMX% relying on the power of Buddha .Therefore, among the thirteen ancestors of our Pure Land Sect, there are three categories, different thoughts and different practices. After in-depth research...I am sure that it is indeed in accordance with the master of Shandao.

He is the second ancestor of our Pure Land Buddhism, and Gude is recognized as the incarnation of the old man Amitabha himself.Indeed, according to his thoughts, according to his annotations to practice the Pure Land Method, every one of us, whether it is an old bodhisattva, children, or even the worse, can quickly be in the present moment, the so-called good roots. When virtue is sufficient, you will be able to develop the confidence to decide to die...this confidence! So if we truly master the practice of good guidance thought, then we can quickly obtain the true benefits of the Pure Land Method, which is the most extraordinary benefit. .

Then why didn't we have the chance to encounter it in the past? Actually, our old monk often praised Master Shandao. He often quoted a sentence, he said: "The Tathagata is born out of this world, but Amitabha's original wish is the sea."I believe that the fellow practitioners are not unfamiliar and can say this sentence. This is not an ordinary person. The Tathagata was born out of this world. He only said Amitabha's original wish for the sea.This means that the Buddhas in the ten directions have come to Tathagata. They have taught and said for a lifetime, just like our Blessed One’s Tripitaka and Twelve Books. The forty-nine years of so many sutras have been taught in order to guide everyone. In the end, He is truly The original heart is to teach us to recite the phrase Amitabha.The only thing is that Amitabha's original wish is the sea! Amitabha's original wish is Nanwu Amitabha! Who dares to say such things in this practice? No patriarch dared to speak, he had to be sure to say this, otherwise he would become too arrogant.

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(XNUMX) Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's ten great wishes to guide and lead to bliss

(XNUMX) Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's ten great wishes to guide and lead to bliss

Then this statement is really very consummate. It makes our Pure Land Method the most wonderful. We often hear that the Pure Land Method has the highest realm. From this sentence, we can get the response. Why is it the highest? Because of all None of the methods surpassed it. All methods must be guided to this place in the end, just like the "Hua Yan Sutra" Samantabhadra, who performed for us! "Hua Yan Sutra" is recognized as a very complete large Sutra, the most outstanding and complete sutra, but at the end of it, it will be led by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva to bliss.

Just to prove to us that there is nothing wrong with this sentence, "The Tathagata is born out of the world, but the Amitabha's original wish is the sea." The old monk also said how Buddha Shakyamuni became a Buddha? It means to recite and become a Buddha, not only Samantabhadra, but also waiting for enlightenment. A bodhisattva must lead to bliss if he wants to become a Buddha. Even the Blessed One has to recite the Buddha to become a Buddha. Therefore, this method is truly the most extraordinary!

So how do we get the most extraordinary? As long as we follow the teachings of Master Shandao, we can get it, because we know what the characteristics of the Pure Land Method are? Simple and easy-three roots are universal, ten thousand people will go.Right? Then why did we not find it easy to learn in the past? It is not easy to do? Then there is no hope for each person to go, it is not in line with the characteristics of the Pure Land Method!

Where is the problem? It turns out that we didn't grasp the most core practice. The previous practice was not wrong, but it was not the most core practice.It’s not the most standard pure land practice. What about the past? Because Master Shandao’s works have been lost in China for more than XNUMX years. It is because of the many difficulties in China, and the difficulties of extermination of Buddhism by the Three Wus. Many magic weapons have been lost. .Then the five nine-volume works of Master Shandao have been spread to Japan. For more than XNUMX years, many people have benefited greatly from the teachings of Master Shandao, and many of them have come out!

Therefore, Huang Nianzu, the old layman, often quoted some teachings of Japanese masters when he explained the Pure Land Scriptures.So it was not until modern times that it began to spread back to China for about a hundred years.Therefore, Master Yinguang was also very impressed. Master Yinguang said... teaches us to take the words of Master Shandao as what Amitabha himself said. In the past, we have never had the opportunity to learn the thoughts of Master Shandao completely. This is Karma...Each has a karma.

Because our old monk, because his teacher Li Bingnan, an old layman, passed him the "Infinite Life Sutra", he was then asked to promote this "Infinite Life Sutra". Therefore, the old monk’s dharma and the book he promoted are mainly Mainly based on "Blessed Life Sutra".Of course, we have less chance to learn the book of Master Shandao.So when I came across this book, I searched everywhere by myself. Where did I check? Check from the source...Where is the source?

Let’s not talk about Buddha Shakyamuni first. Why? Buddha Shakyamuni taught the Hinayana method at the time. We learned the Mahayana method. The ancestor of the Mahayana method started with Nagarjuna Bodhisattva.So Nagarjuna, our eight Chinese sects, all respect him as the common founder of the ancestor.The eight ancestors of the Dragon Tree Bodhisattva, he has the second honorific title of Sakyamuni. In other words...everyone thinks that he is transformed into a bodhisattva again. After the Buddha Shakyamuni has passed away, he will continue to develop the Hinayana method into the Mahayana method. , Continue to develop, this doctrine continues to develop...

So what is the representative work of Nagarjuna? It is the "Yi Xing Ping" in the "Davi Po Sa Lun".From here, we have seen that the pure cultivation thoughts of the method rely XNUMX% on the power of the Buddha.Then next is Tianqin Bodhisattva. We know that "Deliverance of Life" is the book of our Pure Land-Zhengyi Three Classics. The thought of "Deliverance of Life" is also inherited from Nagarjuna.Let's come to the Patriarch Tanluan. The inheritance of this lineage is based on thought. The thirteen patriarchs we generally know---Jingzong Patriarch, are not based on thought.

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(XNUMX) Inheritance of Pure Land Thought

(XNUMX) Inheritance of Pure Land Thought

So we just talked about, after the whole analysis, there are three different mainstream thoughts: one is "self-strength", one is "self-strength", the other is "pure other-strength."There are three different kinds of thoughts, so the Dharma line that I am talking about, the inheritance of the Patriarch, is based on thoughts.He really has inherited it, and our pure land thoughts also have inherited it: Nagarjuna>Tianqin Bodhisattva>Re-come Tanluan Patriarch.

The old layman Huang Nianzu was very unfair to him, saying that he should be listed as the patriarch of China's Pure Land Sect.Because he really did this idea is pure pure land method thinking, he has a "Last Life Commentary", which is often quoted by the old layman Huang Nianzu, which is very advanced and performed very brilliantly.Then there was Zen Master Dao Chuo, who later was also dedicated to promoting the Pure Land. When he was promoting the Pure Land, his Dharma connections were very extraordinary, just like our old monks are now, with a wide range of Dharma connections.

At that time...Master Shandao was only in his early twenties, and he practiced meditation according to the "Sutra of Immortal Life". After three years, he personally witnessed the samādhi of Buddhism. He was already able to enter and leave the concentration freely, and he could immediately enter the state of bliss.He already has such skills, and he is only about twenty-three years old, but even if he has attained the samādhi of Buddhism, his principles are not yet mastered, you see...precept, concentration, wisdom, if we practice on our own, do we have to keep precepts first? , And then open wisdom after birth.If you have concentration, you don’t necessarily enlighten wisdom. Wisdom is at the last stage. He has not yet reached this stage. If you have attained concentration in meditation and attained samādhi meditation, you are still in the stage of concentration, and have not yet reached the final stage of wisdom. Now.So he knew at the time that Zen Master Dao Chuo was very... admiring him very much.He was also not far away, so he ran to get close to Zen Master Tao Chuo for ten years.The thought of Master Dao Chuo, his representative work "An Le Ji" is also pure other power thought.

The Master Shandao approached him, and Zen Master Tao Chuo taught him a mental method... He said: "You really want to understand the core principles of the Pure Land Method. You must look at the three classics and one theory together, so that you can truly understand everything. It's a hindrance." Give him a mention. This is like a sentence, saying that it is worthless, and it seems to be nothing? In fact, this sentence is the mental method. Sometimes when the Patriarch teaches the Fa, it is just a sentence, and he doesn't even speak, but initiates with the heart. .But this sentence is very hard to come by, so he can accept it, and then follow this direction to learn.

Therefore, the inheritance of the Pure Land Thought began with Nagarjuna Bodhisattva...and has been developed to master Shandao here.So it is very complete, very rich.This whole series are all purely other-powered thoughts, XNUMX% relying on Buddha power, relying on the achievement of Amitabha's forty-eight vows.

If this is the case, it would be easy. With the power of Buddha Amitabha, all of us can die.Then Amitabha...If we rely on ourselves, there will be a situation with profound karma! Will there be a situation with Amitabha? A Buddha can't have a situation! When a situation occurs, he will not be a Buddha.Right? So what are we going to do here? The only thing left is very simple-believing you are willing to do it! You believe it! You are willing to accept it! The performance is also very simple.Not what we used to talk about... If you want to read kung fu into a movie, and read it without chaos, then you have to do it yourself!

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(XNUMX) Arouse confidence and enter righteous samādhi now, gather and gather without turning back

(XNUMX) Arouse confidence and enter righteous samādhi now, gather and gather without turning back

Therefore, in the next few days, we have to follow the explanation of Master Shandao, who wrote a very representative book called "Guanjing Si Tie Shu".Although it seems to be talking about the "Sutra of Buddhism", but I just said that his master, Tao Chuo, guided him to study the three sutras together.Therefore, the content of this "Guanjing Si Tie Shu" actually covers the content of the Three Classics.

Therefore, if we follow his scribble, this scribble is also recognized as "Kai Ding Gu Jin".Because there are many practices and concepts in it that are different from what we usually hear before, so it is called "Kai Ding Gu Jin". Kai is Kai Zheng, to correct some wrong teachings in the past, or to say that the teachings are not satisfactory. This tone is not Ordinary people, he is the incarnation of the elderly Amitabha Buddha himself, to explain the teachings of this Pure Land method truly, correctly and perfectly.

Because the previous Patriarchs commented that our Pure Land Sutras were all based on the standpoint of other sects. Look at the Tiantai Wise Master, there are also many Patriarchs, Master Lotus Pond, and his thoughts are natural, very close to this Master of Good Guidance.However, he also admired Master Shandao very much, but because many ancestors were generalists, it is inevitable that they did not completely stand on the standpoint of the Pure Land Method and understand it from the perspective of the Pure Land Method-the cultivation of the Pure Land Method.

Isn’t that easier to get into some situations? Even if I said that I didn’t make a mistake, it’s still relatively...I didn’t grasp the core.On the last day we might be able to do this, I will analyze and compare the scriptures based on the scriptures in the XNUMX vows. It is clear to everyone. What is the difference? Why was it so difficult for me to cultivate before? Which part of the cultivation? Then we will re-understand now, the more core, simpler, and easier to achieve the guidance of this good guide master.Where is his basis? There is also a classical basis, and we will explain this to you one by one.

So the reason for our listening to the Fa this time is very special.It can be said that as long as we study diligently, it is possible that in the present moment, we will be able to develop the confidence to decide to die-that is, we will not turn back.I can prove it to you personally. I'm here to teach you this Fa, just to make a practice report to give you a testimony.Because after I came into contact with it three years ago, after a series of studies along the way, my confidence has grown day by day. It can be said that the moment I have the confidence to decide to die, I will not retreat.Facts have proved that in the past three years there has been a period of time to prove it.

Then I will give you another classic. The scriptures are used as a basis. Our Tang version of "The Wuliang Shou Jing" has five original translations, and there are five original translations.One of the books, the twenty-second book translated by the Tang Dynasty, has a paragraph that says: "If there are good men and good women, if you have been born, if you are alive, you will live in the gathering of Zhengding, and decide to prove to Ahunduo. Luo Sanming Sanbodhi. "Look at what it says here... If you are alive, if you are alive, it refers to those of us now, if you are a person who has already passed away, if you are alive in the gathering of right concentration, the gathering of right concentration is non-retreat.

So this paragraph, Huang Nianzu veteran layman, he explained, he quoted the thought of Master Shandao to explain this wish...it has a meaning to explain the secret meaning of non-returning in life.Secret is a secret, the meaning hidden in it.That is to say, what is said in this passage. If we are alive, we are explaining to us that as long as we can develop faith in the present moment, we can enter the right congregation in the present moment.That is to say, you can't regress, so the old layman Huang Nianzu also pointed out his statement. He said that this is a disagreement, and it is different from the teachings of other patriarchs.

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(XNUMX) Deep forty-eight, wish to experience the great compassion of Amitabha

(XNUMX) Deep forty-eight, wish to experience the great compassion of Amitabha

Nagarjuna Bodhisattva also has a verse to illustrate this point of view. In the "Yi Xing Ping" of the ninth piece of the "Ten Zhu Vipassa", there is a verse that says: "The ten directions are now Buddhas. Cause and fate, sigh the merits of other Buddhas, I will return to my destiny; people can recite that they are Buddhas, and immeasurable merits, instant access must be sure, so I often recite. You see that people can recite to be a Buddha, and they have infinite merits. They must enter immediately, and the moment will be immediate. If they enter immediately, they must determine the state of becoming a Buddha.It is the gathering of right concentration, which is explained to us by the great virtues of the Patriarch.

So we are now based on this. In the past few days, we have to learn from this commentary by Master Shandao, and we will go deeper. This does not hinder what we have learned in the past, but we have to improve further and master this more core practice.Then we are very likely to be able to develop the confidence to decide to die with confidence right now.Do you hope that you can gain this confidence as soon as possible? I really hope that you will make a vow in your heart now. I hope Amitabha will bless me for a few days, so that I can get this kind of induction and enter this realm.

If you hold a kind of... I just come to listen and see if the Master speaks well? Or to pass the time to make connections... If you only have such a small need in your heart.. You don't want much, then you Really get very little.I now hope that you can first establish a good mentality of listening to the Dharma, and then you will have the feeling: "I hope that during my listening to the Dharma for a few days, I will be able to develop the confidence to decide to become a Buddha." Your mind power And as soon as your aspiration is issued, Amitabha will know it when he hears it. It's incredible!

You don’t want to say that my karma is profound and impossible. I can’t even think about it. It’s really miserable! You blocked yourself by this thought, and Buddha Amitabha can’t bless it in. We all know that the Buddha’s light shines all over the Ten Dharma realms. .Then why don’t we usually take pictures? It’s that we’re not prepared and obstructed ourselves! Don’t believe in ourselves! We can decide right now and be sure that we can become a Buddha in this life! Be careful not to bear it, right? So we Just through the study of this classic, help everyone build confidence.

Then this confidence, because there are specific scriptures, especially from the forty-eight vows, Amitabha personally made a vow for us... Let's learn this content, we come to experience this confidence in depth, it is really very firm.You will find that I was able to die with confidence based on this principle, then of course I can regenerate into a Buddha! That is taken for granted, because we don’t understand this theoretical principle and basis, of course you can’t even think about it! You just said, "How is it possible that I have deep karma? I haven't practiced Kung Fu well!" This is because the concept is not mastered correctly, and there is a mentality... Be careful and small, so is it important to adjust the mentality? Then this is We must do a good job ahead.

Next we are going to study this, the first wish and the second wish, but because the time is approaching now, then we originally had an expectation... there is half an hour for everyone to ask questions.Then pause first. If everyone has a question, answer it first.If not, we will continue to study the scriptures. Do you have any questions to ask? Or you can write a note. Do you have any questions to ask? Everyone is very polite, that’s okay, wait a minute, if you have any questions, you can raise them. hand.

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(XNUMX) The first wish: the country has no evil and the wish.Second wish: a wish not to fall into evil.

(XNUMX) The first wish: the country has no evil and the wish.Second wish: a wish not to fall into evil.

Then we will seize the time to continue listening, because everyone seems to be very interested and hope to get the blessing of Amitabha as soon as possible! In fact, this is also very important, because before we organized the layman, he also hopes to help you directly solve some problems. The current problem.In particular, we will set aside some time, so if you have any questions at any time, you can raise your hand.

Then we first recite a paragraph of the forty-eight vows: Dharma Zang Baiyan: "Only wish the Blessed One, listen to the great kindness, live in the Buddhist temple, with immeasurable, incredible, and solemn merit; there are no hells, hungry ghosts, beasts, squatting, squirming, etc. , All sentient beings, as well as the realm of Flame Mora, in the three evil ways, in the next life, I will be transformed by my law, and become Agudara Sanya Sanbodhi, no more depraved interest; to get a vow is to be a Buddha, not to be Vow, don’t get the supreme enlightenment!” Well, so far, there are two wishes in it.

The first wish: a wish for the country to have no evil, and the second wish: a wish not to fall from evil.This place... the two wishes that we are going to learn now, we first hope to be able to experience the feelings of Amitabha Buddha, from the perspective of understanding the heart of Buddha, let's get closer to Amitabha first, and you can easily produce it by getting closer. Induction, resonance, and confidence in Him! Generally, when we see these two wishes in the past, do we have any special feelings? In fact, even if we already have a little feeling... we have a little bit of ourselves. In the past, we listened to old monks teaching the Fa, or listened to our masters. When teaching the Fa and explaining these two wishes, even if you have a little experience, you still have to continue to learn and deepen.Through a kind of meditation of these two wishes, and then continue to connect with Amitabha's heart to draw closer.It's best to be one with Him directly, then you really are...just like the great enlightenment taught in Zen! The great enlightenment taught by the teacher, the whole is completely understood, what is Amitabha's mind thinking?

But this is difficult! It’s hard to rely on ourselves, but as long as we have this heart, the power of the Buddha will bless it! Through daily chanting of the Buddha, and often with our heart, we want to have a deeper understanding. The meaning of these vows... we really With each passing day, the more I can feel the heart of Amitabha.What kind of state is it? Then these two wishes show, what kind of heart is Amitabha Buddha? The great compassion that surpasses the Buddhas!

Usually we see... the average fellow practitioners in the past impressions would not pay special attention to these two vows and fail to see the true inner meaning of them, so you won't get the blessings of these two vows.Generally, fellow practitioners would think that anyway, as long as the land of the Buddhas in the ten directions is the land of the Buddha, there must be no three evils, so this is not very special... And we are not beings of the three evils, usually it has nothing to do with us, we I don't pay special attention to it, right? They really ignore it gently...just take it lightly.

In fact, these two wishes are also telling us, are there three evil ways in our world? Yes! Is greed the way of hungry ghosts? Is there anyone who is not greedy? On the surface, people are hungry ghosts in their hearts, many... There are also animal ways. Those who don't follow the precepts... People who get married and still have girlfriends outside... Then his morality and behavior are no different from Brutal Dao.No one here, I’m not scolding you, I’m just talking about the matter! Hell, let’s go and see... the emergency room in the hospital, cut you here, cut off this hand and foot...for fear of your cancer spreading...here One piece, cut a piece there, sometimes the heart will open... What's the difference between that and the way of hell? Suffering and suffering!

So in fact, the objects of these two wishes are not just the three evil realms in our past concepts. In fact, their true meaning is... the six realms of sentient beings that contain sin and suffering are all counted.Then these two vows are issued for us, so why are they put in the first vow and the second vow? We have to interpret this sutra from many angles...from the order of its scriptures, it has its meaning. The first two vows are issued, and the first is for us. What does this mean! Amitabha is the one who loves us the most! This method is also the forty-eight vows, and the most important thing is to save us. Out of the forty-eight vows, there are only five vows. The forty-three vows issued for the Bodhisattva are placed at the end, and the forty-three wishes are placed at the forefront for the sentient beings in the ten directions, especially the sinful sentient beings.

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(XNUMX) Really understand the relationship between Amitabha and us

(XNUMX) Really understand the relationship between Amitabha and us

From here we can see, we can prove, we can experience the relationship between Amitabha and us.We are like children around him. Usually parents are equal to their children, not to mention Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, who should be equal! But that is the usual situation. If your child is sick, will it be special? Worry for him? Or this child is so bad that he has to go out to make trouble all day long! Are you worried? I want to try my best to teach him well, this kind of mood is just like a parent’s heart. There is nothing worse than it is.

Therefore, the relationship between Amitabha Buddha and us is actually very close! We should experience his love for us.In this anxious mood, why don’t the Buddhas’ kingdoms have the three evils? It’s because the Buddhas’ kingdoms... among the ten directions and the Buddhas, these other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have no way for sentient beings to go.So of course not. You have to cultivate by yourself... until your mind becomes pure, and then you will naturally rebirth to the land of Buddha.

But Amitabha Buddha is not in the Bliss World! He is other Buddhas and cannot be saved directly. Amitabha Buddha has everything covered.He gave up none of the sentient beings. He directly saved...including the sinful and suffering sentient beings. Not only did he all want to save, but he was the first to save, directly to the world of bliss! After he was saved to the world of bliss, he immediately allowed him to become a Buddha! This kind of extraordinary benefit, this kind of such great kindness, if we do not have Amitabha Buddha to make these two wishes for us...make these wishes for us, we are really dead! The kindness we owe Amitabha is more than owed to others. Of Buddha and Bodhisattva.

Have you noticed? Amitabha Buddha is different from other Buddhas. Other Buddha statues are usually sitting.Why are they all sitting? This also has the meaning of showing the Dharma. Sitting means the nobleness of the teacher, only smelling the past and learning but not listening to the teaching.You have to take the initiative and respect to ask for the Fa and teach you this way, so that you can benefit from it.If the teacher takes the initiative, and even the Buddha takes the initiative to teach you, then you are disrespectful to the Buddha, and then you should stop learning in the future, and you can't get any benefit.Therefore, if a Buddha wants to save sentient beings, he must transform into a bodhisattva. A bodhisattva is our fellow daoist and equal status. He can take the initiative to help you and be an uninvited friend.

But it is strange that only Amitabha is standing, standing.And his hand has been stretched out, and he stretched out ready to save us at any time.What does this expression mean? Amitabha He is very worried and anxious anytime and anywhere, and he does not want to delay for a moment. It is as if we are all drowning people and have fallen in the sea of suffering. He uses such a posture, this way I have to wait to save us.

Have you ever felt the mood of Buddha Amitabha? If there is a little bit, you will feel that we are really happy! We are not so lonely! There are really many Buddhas in the ten directions, other Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in this Buddha land They don’t want to come to our world. Our world is called the "five turbid and evil world." Smells good.If you don’t take a bath for three days, you can prove it right away, just like the pigs in that pigpen are no different.We are like we watch pigs. Are we willing to go to the pigsty? We don't want to go! So the world-honored person is like living in a dungpit, living with those who defecate and live with them all day long! We are also filthy, and our living environment is also filthy.But we ourselves... are used to it anyway, and never thought of climbing out of this cesspit, have you ever thought about it?

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(XNUMX) From the standpoint of Amitabha Buddha to know and appreciate his heart

(XNUMX) From the standpoint of Amitabha Buddha to know and appreciate his heart

That's one of us who have very good roots and meet the Pure Land Method.Ordinary members of the public, you show him, what are they doing every day? What do they want to pursue? They don't want to leave this suffering world at all.There is no desire for relief!

I have seen a statue that I don’t know where it is, the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva. He is weeping! The tears are not man-made, but induction! Tears are really coming out! This is how the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, especially Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva! This is their mood at this moment. Seeing that our children are suffering all day long and don’t know that they are going to leave. He is in this mood anytime and anywhere, both anxious, distressed and sad!

We can really appreciate it, especially when we are really attentive to help the people around us, knowing that he is suffering, we unconditionally as long as we have destiny...We will do our best to help him, but if all beings are not enough for good roots and merits , You tell him that he can't accept it.He is clearly suffering, but he can’t accept your help to him, don’t believe it! He doesn’t believe in the Buddha and asks for the Buddha... and he can solve it, he can get you peace of mind, he can turn big and small things into nothing, and can really solve everything completely. Karma, all suffering.He doesn't believe it! What is our mood when you meet people who don't believe it? I really feel sorry for him. Besides, we can all have this...compassion, compassion! Not to mention the great compassion Buddha! Amitabha!

So if we can experience the feelings of Amitabha Buddha from these two wishes, then we will learn the practice of the Pure Land Method, whether it is listening to the teachings... or even when we recite the Buddha's name, the feeling between us and Amitabha is that Not very close? We are familiar with Him, and we are very moved and grateful! Knowing that He is waiting by our side anytime, anywhere, caring for us so anxiously.It turns out that we thought that we were very lonely, and we had sufferings in this world, and even our parents could not help... even felt that the human relationship was weak... but when we knew that there was Amitabha, we worked hard like this When we waited by the side, our mood would be greatly moved! Great changes! Then in the future when we recite the Buddha...when we listen to the sutras, we will be particularly susceptible!

So it’s also very important to start from this aspect, because we ordinary beings usually only think of ourselves, right? From morning till night, we only think of ourselves. Even if I practice and study Buddhism, I think all day long: Have I finished studying Buddhism? I have been able to help me get wealth by reciting Buddhism? Or can it help me avoid disasters? I just watched all day... I want to get results quickly. What benefits can I get from seeing "I"? Right? At the beginning, I hope I can get some benefits. Of course, we must get benefits in our studies before we can do this.The question is how can we really get the benefits of this law?

First of all, you have to let go of the concept of "I"! You have to stand in the position of Buddha Amitabha! You first get to know Amitabha Buddha and experience Amitabha's heart.Then the blessings He wants to give us, the wishes He wants to make for us, so that we can truly experience...If we truly experience it, we will naturally be able to sense and gain benefits. Only in this way can we truly have a way to sense.The method must be correct! The direction must be correct!

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(XNUMX) Amitabha's great compassion surpasses the Buddhas

(XNUMX) Amitabha's great compassion surpasses the Buddhas

So we really... Not long ago, I was teaching the Fa at a school. The president's son was very smart and only six years old. Because he often had a master to lecture at the school, he also had good roots, and he also vowed to ask for a world of bliss.Every time I see him, I will also talk to him a few words, so when I went this time, his mother told me: This kid asked her another question, often asking a lot of questions.

Because she is very clever, then ask her what kind of person this Amitabha Buddha is this time? Children who don't understand, just look at Amitabha Buddha with our own thinking.In fact, he used to ask this question before...every time a mage came, he asked, so his mother didn't know how to answer it.She said that the previous masters replied to him: "Amitabha Buddha is immeasurable light and immeasurable life..." she explained like this.As we usually understand, a child's listening like this may not be of much use. There must be no way to satisfy his thirst for knowledge, so he has to ask again every time.

Then his mother came to ask me this time, and I told him, I said, “You don’t need to answer him, but you ask him, what do you think Amitabha is like? Aren’t you going to the Paradise of Bliss? Sometimes he listens to the scriptures, then what kind of person do you think he is?" You guide him to know Amitabha Buddha with your heart! Only by guiding him in this way, then his inner experience is the real, his realm.If we tell him about immeasurable light and immeasurable life...or we tell him... how powerful and wise Amitabha Buddha is...whatever...however you speak, it is in your realm, not his realm.So he forgets after listening, kids forget quickly, right?

It's the same for adults. Listening here and coming out there is definitely not profound.So I said you shouldn't answer him, you keep asking him back, causing him... to guide him to think, we can do the work of guiding.Then every time he thinks of... a characteristic of Amitabha Buddha, it immediately falls into his heart. This is what he has with Amitabha... a relationship is truly established.

So when I knew about this, I really felt from the bottom of my heart that we adults are not as good as this kid.We also made a vow, and he made a vow too.He would think all day long, what kind of person is Buddha Amitabha? Have we ever thought about it? What kind of Buddha is Amitabha Buddha? Probably not many people here often think about this question.If you think about it often, then you must have a close and familiar relationship with Amitabha! You are more familiar than the other half of you. If you can exceed the relationship between you and the other half, how can you not have a relationship with him? Right?

So this is a very important one, a corresponding pipeline.Look at our two wishes, you can experience Amitabha’s compassion! From other wishes, you can also experience Amitabha’s wisdom, Amitabha’s skill, Amitabha’s ways to attract us, all kinds of... .Forty-eight vows and vows are all helping us to truly understand Amitabha, what kind of Buddha it is.

So every time we listen to it, we deepen our feelings with Amitabha.Then, the focus of these two wishes is enlightenment, our understanding of Amitabha's compassion.Then through other wishes, when we are able to understand more about all aspects, we will be able to develop the confidence that we can decide to die in a certain moment at a certain moment.Why? It means that you have full confidence in Amitabha.Just when you have XNUMX% confidence in Amitabha Buddha and do not doubt it, you also know very well what method he uses to allow us to die if we really want to, then of course you will not doubt it.

In fact, the more virtuous the root, the simpler it is. Like the old Bodhisattva telling him: "Old Bodhisattva, I tell you, there is a blissful world in the West, and there is an Amitabha Buddha. He is very compassionate and vows for us. If you are willing to nod your head, ask Amitabha to take in. We go to the world of bliss and become a Buddha, then when the time is up, He will take us there immediately. Then we don’t have to say where we will be born or die. No, we will not die! We will be born to bliss immediately The world has an infinite life span. This is all blessed by Amitabha..." The old Bodhisattva believes as long as he hears this.

So when we help others, the same is true. When you meet someone with good roots, you just have to talk to him briefly...especially people who are dying, he has no choice.So as long as you can say a few words...you can send a Buddha into a Buddha.Through the aspiration of Amitabha, we are a condition. As long as we help introduce this method, let people know that there is this method, and they can become Buddha in their lifetime.He doesn't need to cultivate, and we don't need to persuade him for a long time. It's as simple as that! You only need to grasp the main points, so this has deep roots in goodness.

Respectful excerpts from disciple Xue'e (approved by Master Renjing)

(XNUMX) The confidence to decide to die will be reborn immediately

(XNUMX) Arousing the confidence that decides to die will be reborn immediately

If we say that our good roots are a little bit worse, then we should study the forty-eight vows, and through each vow, we will deepen our understanding of Amitabha.Then through the knowledge of Amitabha Buddha, we will be able to regenerate the confidence to decide our demise.So from here... the study of these two wishes, we can truly realize how important it is to study the XNUMX wishes.It really allows us to grasp that what Master Shandao wants to teach us is to rely XNUMX% on the power of Buddha, as long as we can truly develop confidence and rely on the power of Buddha, and you can achieve this method.And you can be sure right now... if you can be sure right now, then your whole person will be different, you will be reborn, and your life will be free in the future.

Just like the people in the world of bliss, then you don’t need to keep your precepts one by one, you will no longer want to cause evil, your xinxing will change, and your whole person will be reborn from the inside out. Many things are usually with others. Care about everything, then of course you will get troubles if you do more. Naturally you don't want to care about it anymore. Anyway, I'm going to be a Buddha.I also care about this with you, five yuan, ten yuan and one hundred yuan, some small things...materials...some kinds of personnel...naturally you will be indifferent.

Because you have already got the best, so we only need to go through the Master Shandao, this guide us directly from the side of Amitabha, He is willing to bless.In this respect, learn how to truly arouse conviction and earnest desire to accept Amitabha’s salvation.Come and accept the immeasurable merits that He unconditionally wants to give us.As long as we learn from this angle, you will soon be able to get the Buddha Amitabha who spent immeasurable kalpas for us.How fast is this, the real is the path and the path, the shortcut!

No need to rely on yourself, I want Amitabha... to practice Kung Fu there all day long, and in fact, after you truly develop confidence in this aspect, your whole person will be full of joy.Then you will feel that you are very close to Amitabha, so you prefer to recite the Buddha.This is an inevitable change. There will be no pressure to recite in the future. I am not practicing Kungfu. I am grateful.. To like to recite... In order to hope to communicate with Amitabha.Naturally, people tell you not to chant too loudly, it is noisy to others...you all...well, then I will say it in a low voice...or silently...I still can't bear to let go of this Buddha name.Think about it, everyone, if we can really recite the Buddha with this kind of mood, let me tell you, even if you don't want to practise the enlightenment and attain the samādhi of Buddha, it will be very difficult!

In the Tang Dynasty, there were many Buddhist chants guided by Master Shandao! Not to mention the monks, the lay practitioners who devoted themselves to the practice, many! Three years of attaining the Buddha samādhi, naturally joyful accomplishment.Therefore, when we practice according to this method, not only can we quickly develop confidence, but also is full of joy in the current Dharma, and the whole person is reborn.And we can go further and help others. How can I help others? I have confidence myself. I naturally have this kind of confidence... it can be radiated to the people around you. You can easily influence others and develop confidence.

In other words, I can still make a wish. Anyway, I will naturally like to recite the Buddha, so in the future I can still stand and walk, sit and walk... foreseeing the time... and even recite the Buddha Samadhi! Everyone can do it, if we follow This correct method, mentality and method, according to the instructions given to us by Master Shandao, everyone can do, so the method of learning is very important.

We now have a chance to meet it, so we must take it well and don't miss every opportunity to listen to the Fa.Because everyone has different conditions for joining, some people may join from the eighteenth wish, and some people may join from the thirteenth wish. These are all key wishes.So every time we wish, we must use this mood, ready to be at the moment, we will become one with Amitabha, and we hope that everyone can maintain this mentality.

Then tomorrow, I also hope to be able to sit down early and calm down five minutes earlier, and start chanting the Buddha in my heart first. It is best to chant the Buddha all the way, so that Amitabha knows our heart for seeking the Dharma, and He will definitely give us great blessings.This is something we naturally feel. If we cultivate this cause, we will have that effect, and we will naturally have induction.

Ok! So when our time is up today, let's study here first.Amitabha!

(End of the second game)

Respectful excerpt from disciple Xue'e.Approved by Master Ren Jing