(XNUMX) Listening to the scriptures and teachings, don’t cling to the words to distinguish

Dear president, benevolent, and honorable fellow practitioners, good evening everyone! Amitabha! 
Yesterday we learned a lot of theories about the Pure Land Method. These contents are very unfamiliar to fellow practitioners. It is not my personal performance. It is because of the commentary on the "Guanjing" by Master Shandao. Some of these contents are all his own. This is the vow made by Amitabha Buddha's reappearance. The only thing to do in his life is to set the past and the present.It is necessary to correct the mistakes or incompleteness of other patriarchs regarding the Pure Land Method, and make a very large correction for their teachings from different angles.

Well, this correction, the contents of us... fellow practitioners may feel that there will be a big difference. For example, Tiantai Sect says that we can only be born to the land where the sages live together, but Master Shandao told us that we can be born to the land. Moreover, there is no four soils in the Pure Land of Elysium. The difference is really big. In fact, in terms of the situation, because we have learned the technique of teaching the scriptures and spreading the Dharma... we can better grasp the techniques used, in terms of words. As long as.. Just like Zen, as long as it has a form, whether it is text or language, then the content it exerts must not be able to express the state of emptiness satisfactorily.

Then the Pure Land Method is not only the harmony of the directors, but also the entire four unobstructed realms of the Huayan Sutra. It even transcends emptiness, which is indescribable and incomprehensible. Therefore, as long as there is something to say, it is No matter, there is no right or wrong. It is just for the sake of opportunity. Therefore, the Fa has no fixed method. When listening to the Fa, fellow practitioners must not be obsessed with distinguishing between right and wrong in words. Having this kind of discrimination is itself a mistake. Concept.The law is medicine, and what is used to cure a disease is good medicine as long as it can cure the disease.Everyone should be clear about this concept, and don't stick to it separately.

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(XNUMX) The pure land thought passed down by the patriarch of Jingzong is divided into three main schools 

So especially the content of "Guan Jing", this sutra is really difficult to explain, just to be masterful, I have worked on it for three years, not dare to talk about mastery, I will finish it, and inherit it from this whole. . Nagarjuna, Tianqin Bodhisattva, Tanluan Patriarch, Dao Chuo Zen Master to Master Shandao... The whole thought is systematic, and each Patriarch has his masterpiece and inherited. The so-called thought is to accumulate a lot of content and become one Only with systematic things can it be called a kind of thought, a mainstream.

Well, I just said that this inheritance is based on the history of Chinese Buddhism. The academic circles are analyzing this thought very carefully. Therefore, the pure land thoughts of our Chinese patriarchs and thirteen patriarchs are divided into three major schools. They are different! " "Hui Yuanliu" is purely self-reliant. People's root nature is so beneficial. It is okay for him to practice morality, concentration and wisdom. He can cultivate that root nature at that time. It can't be said that he is wrong! "Compassion and miracle flow" means two powers from him, half and half. Half believe in the Buddha, half believe in the Buddha, and half have to rely on oneself to be more secure. This kind of rooted person, and the great virtue of the Patriarch, he may teach all sentient beings himself.There is no attachment, but he does it for...because you have to have a very clear position in terms of things, in order to have the opportunity of all beings at that time.

For example, Yongming Yanshou, he is also the Amitabha Buddha who will come again, but what he advocates is the double cultivation of Zen and pure, ah.. Isn't the pure land method important to specialize?Why does he advocate meditation and purification? Because most of the people at that time liked to go to Zen and looked down on the Pure Land.You ask him to cultivate the Pure Land directly again. It was impossible at that time, so he was skillful and convenient. That's okay. You practice your meditation, and finally go back to it, so he advocates meditation and purification.From the perspective of propagating the Dharma, we can especially understand that he may not have attachments in his heart. He will not recognize that you must practice meditation and purification as the most standard. But for the benefit of the sentient beings at the time, he will do a different one... A way to promote.

The reasoning is the same, whether Master Yinguang, old monk, or every patriarch’s great virtue, he is based on his own willingness, the fate of his own time, objective conditions, and various factors. He will set a way and a key point for advocating and enlightening, but it doesn't mean... For example, the old monk often attaches importance to the "Blessed Life Sutra", and does not mean that he rejects other sutras.We should not delineate it so clearly. Besides, we must not be attached to the principles of the Pure Land Method, because the principles of the Pure Land Method we just talked about are ineffable. The text is wrong, because it is the realm of a pure Buddha, so it is convenient to say something. There is no right or wrong, but it is not corresponding. Whether you can benefit from it is the most important thing.

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(Three) The three generations and nine products are different in encounters

Well, yesterday we talked about some theories. I have studied for three years and combined a few key points. So this is the tip of the iceberg. Fellow practitioners should not think "Oh, that's the same thing." No!Unless you are a person with great enlightenment and you have six magical powers, then don’t say that after listening to one, you will know everything in a second. The problem is that we are none of them, so we must have an attitude in learning things. Objective and calm, I just see, listen, and feel attentively. It’s fine if I don’t correspond to me. Don’t draw conclusions right away. This is an obstacle to yourself and will block the use of your wisdom. , You are not objective enough, what we see is just the tip of the iceberg.

So yesterday, I tried my best to hurry up and talk about some key points quickly, but because I really have to make it clear...how the three-year stuff can be explained in XNUMX minutes, so I’m afraid that I’m not clear about it. This has caused a misunderstanding, but If these points are not mentioned, then everyone will waste time in this lecture, because it is a pity that the opportunity for such a lecture is not so easy. Although our fellow practitioners often get great rewards here, and there are masters who come to promote the Dharma. However, as far as my personal fate is concerned, I will retreat soon, and there may not necessarily be a chance. This is what I have been saying last year, so the fate should gradually mature, so I am afraid that someone will talk to you about this range of opportunities. There are very few, so I also do my best to grasp the moment and do what I need to do well, so yesterday was very... just a lot of time, and I used this one in the theory.Today we can relax a little bit. Yesterday, a little girl told me that she didn’t understand, but only remembered that I went to Bliss... I wanted to go to Bliss because I didn’t need to wash the dishes there, I only remembered this sentence. , So I have to tell her some stories today, she is also very hard to be my waiter.

Well, we have to help fellow practitioners to recall the key points we talked about yesterday. It’s okay if you don’t understand the truth. You don’t have to work on it for three years. You just close the door every day for this "Four Tie Shu". Work hard in hours. It takes at least a year to finish and read very clearly, so don’t underestimate it! Then, it’s okay if we don’t understand the truth of the key points we talked about yesterday. You have to know that there is such a thing and what is going on. What? Master Shandao told us: The three generations and nine grades are for meeting fate, all of which are for ordinary people.In the past, other patriarchs told us that the top grade is a great bodhisattva, the middle grade is an Arahant, and we are at best a low grade.It's not right and inconsistent with what the "Guan Jing" says. The lower grades of "Guan Jing" are all evil-makers, we don't have to be so evil, are we!?

So this is what Master Shandao told us. It’s nothing to do with me. I am a person who has no cultivation, no virtue and no weight. You must listen to Master Shandao. The three generations and nine grades are all for ordinary people, and we...he The reason why there are three generations of Nine Stages is due to the difference in encounters, and we meet ordinary people... We meet ordinary people such as Mahayana, and this upper generation has a share of the three ranks.At least we have to know that there is such a thing, whether we accept it or believe it or not, it depends on the individual's good roots, but since we have listened to the class, we know that there is such a thing, and you should slowly understand it.

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(XNUMX) The Western Paradise is pure retribution

So the second important point is that we can go straight to the retribution in our lives. Why?Because in fact, the world of bliss is purely retributing the soil, it does not divide into four soils. The difference in the tastes of the nine products is that the difference lies in the fact that you can’t see the Buddha immediately, and all of them are born in the retribution, but because of him I didn’t see the Buddha in the bud, it was as if I hadn’t entered the land. It seemed that I was born in the frontier land. The frontier land and the fetus in this talk belong to the lotus.

Think about it, the Sutra tells us everywhere that the world of bliss is based on the ten worlds. How can there be a side land outside the ten worlds? Of course, it is in the same pure land of the report. There is only one land. There are no four soils, four soils are convenient to say, because Tiantai Sect likes to divide it very finely. It is so convenient for others.But the Pure Land Method is a mellow and unobstructed world. Therefore, according to what this master master said is truthful, the most complete is not convenient. We should know about this, and it will be fine if we know this.

You see, like the Tiantai family's sentence on the four soils, we can only live in the land where the mortal sages live together, but the sect of the knowledge only speaks differently. It says that all ordinary people can't die.So each school has its own teachings. Let’s not cling to it and say, "Oh...this is right and that is right." Who dares to say that this is right and that is right? They are all arguing about the great virtues of the Patriarch, and they have their own opinions. People are so good-minded and we are not yet enlightened. Do we dare to say anything right or wrong?That's easy.. It hinders one's own learning.

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(XNUMX) The Pure Land Method is an unbelievable method

In fact, this method is inherently hard to believe. It does not mean that it is easy to believe after a few days of listening. The more we study, the more we know that this belief is not easy. If it is not for our good roots, it is very deep, it is really difficult and difficult, let’s see. Looking at this, if you know more scholars in academia, you will know that their roots of suspicion are very heavy. Unlike us, which have good roots, we can already have good roots when we can recite Buddhism, but we must truly believe it, and believe it until we are moved and firm in our hearts. Do not move, feel secure, and really feel dependent. If you believe in Amitabha, you trust him, you will feel secure. It is not easy to believe in your heart. This requires us to have a deep root of goodness.

Therefore, we must not be negligent. We must help ourselves for a long time to work hard on faith and wishes. Don’t think that you have cultivated very well. Master Yin Guang told us that he has a lecture that is very clear so that we can Speaking of vigilance, he said: "However, this method is very unpredictable. Although the Buddhist teachers have exchanged and persuaded, there are still many doubters in the world. Not only is Shizhi unbelievers, he has a deep understanding of religion, Hesitate or doubt it. Not only is knowledge unbelief, that is, the true meaning has been proved, the karma is full of emptiness, hearing the sense of origin, hesitate or doubt it. Not only the little sage does not believe, that is, the bodhisattva of power, hesitate or doubt it. That is, although the Dharmakaya can believe in truth , It is not yet thorough. The method of Liang is to use fruit consciousness as the cause and mind. All are the realm of Buddha. Only the Buddha and the Buddha can know the truth, not the other people’s wisdom. I believe in the ordinary people. The Buddha’s words, if you follow the teachings, are self-beneficial. If you don’t think about this method, you will have many tribulations and deep roots of goodness.

In this passage, Master Yinguang gave us an example and explained clearly how difficult this method is to believe. Seeing that we have repeatedly mentioned it in the past two days, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas continue to persuade us to believe in this method, but the world’s people I’m still skeptical. It’s useless even if the Buddha came to persuade me. How could it be that easy. I really thought I believed it. It’s not so easy. I believe it. So the key to studying "Guan Sutra" lies in this sincerity. The connotation of the eighteenth vow of the "Blessed Life Sutra" is the same.

However, it emphasizes that sincerity is this sincerity, so that it can be born at the top grade or top grade. If you have a high grade, it is the condition of unchanging faith, but you must be very sincere and sincere, so these two.. XNUMX wishes are three-hearted. When you look up, your realm can be improved. How can you improve your taste? Emphasize not only faith in wishes but also true faith in true wishes. This true quality must be continuously improved. Don't be negligent. You see this bodhisattva, the predestined relationship between sound and hearing. They felt that the Arahants couldn't really believe it.

The Great Bodhisattva can believe but is not final, so we smell this method, it is normal not to believe, the master said that we can hear this method today, do not think about the method, it is exhausted and planted a very deep root of goodness. But it’s not that simple if you want to be truly able to believe and receive. It’s not easy to be able to hear. Therefore, a person who can truly believe and receive, who has a deep root of goodness, can accept it at the first hearing. This is a difficult place, the Pure Land Method. You don’t have to practice on your own, it’s hard to believe, it’s really hard to believe.

Therefore, it’s easy for everyone to neglect, because it’s too simple and there is no special theory, so you feel that you have cultivated well, and seem to be able to master some theoretical methods of the Pure Land Method. In fact, the more we learn...the more we learn, but we don’t know enough. Confucius also said that the more you learn, the more you can feel it. Wow, it’s really not that simple. People who don’t learn will think, "Eh...it’s almost done, you can graduate. It’s just like this anyway." That feeling anyway. Ah, it is the feeling that we distinguish with the three poisonous trouble consciousnesses, that is unreliable.

(XNUMX) Unable to believe one's own opinions before becoming an Arahant

How reliable is it?If you want to really get into your heart, the most complete thing is to achieve immortal forbearance, that is, to believe in forbearance, joy forbearance, and forbearance. If you have entered this, you know in your heart that the faith in your heart also has love and comprehension. That is very real, very strong, and very deep. This kind of belief will not retreat. You deeply believe that you can definitely die, and the Buddha will never abandon us. You have that sense of confirmation in your heart, this Only then can you say that you are sure, and you really won't retreat, as long as you get into this realm, you won't retreat.

Then, let’s ask ourselves if we feel this way. We need to feel it psychologically. Our human heart is changeable. Maybe today we feel confident, but after a few days, we feel unconfident. Then today we feel: 吔 is very happy. Believe, it’s wrong to doubt it another day, this is our ordinary people, we ordinary people are so uncertain, then this is the trait of our ordinary people, of course we can’t believe in ourselves, even when we doubt, you can’t Believe that our suspicion is correct.

So in short, we can’t ignore it. Why did we say that Master Shandao pointed out to us yesterday that we should always realize that we are sinful, life and death ordinary people, such sinful and ignorant beings. Can we believe our own opinions?The great virtue of the Patriarch also said that an Arahant cannot believe his own opinions, so he can't be negligent, and he can't use his own opinions to determine his own degree and to determine this method. Then we are often stuck in that place.

This is the so-called attachment. It’s not going up or down. In fact, if you improve, you will fall without knowing it. You will retreat. It’s just that you can’t detect it. It’s either right view or wrong view. It’s either advancing or retreating. It is inconstant and dynamic. It cannot remain in a state. The immovable realm is a real world, and all ten realms are moving. Therefore, if we do not advance, we must retreat. We must remind ourselves that we should not be negligent. Satisfaction, you can't cling to your own confidence.

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(XNUMX) We must continue to improve and strengthen our faith

My faith is false and unstable. We must continue to cultivate to strengthen our faith and aspirations, and make this true faith and aspiration deeper, so deep that you truly feel that you are absolutely sure of your death, then you You can just graduate. When you really feel it, you will be very happy every day, because that realm is faith, forbearance, and forbearance. No matter how great adversity you encounter, you will not be afraid and will not retreat. If you lose your confidence, you won't lose your confidence in this method, and you won't be troubled.

Because you know that the world has always been like this anyway, I will soon go to the Paradise of Bliss, so I don’t care about anything. When we can truly have faith in rebirth, it’s true that everything is not worth keeping in mind, and I will feel that I am very grateful and contented, and finally we can be freed. We have been able to complete this big thing. How lucky we are, this is enough. Everything... can die, everything is gained, nothing is missing, you will still What to care about?

So every day I live like a world of bliss, what adversity?That’s not important anymore. The external environment is always changing and it is fake. Good times and adversities are fake. It’s not worth keeping in mind. The only thing we need to strengthen, especially when we haven’t reached this realm. If you keep going in this direction, you must make yourself feel at ease and have confidence in your death. At that time, your performance is not only the sense of relief just mentioned, but you will also become more and more specialized in your behavior.

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(XNUMX) Really see through the look of letting go

So I really want to let go of my luck now. Many things have been talked about since last year. The place where I should talk about the connection is almost the same, and I also saved the CD. I can.. It’s superfluous to continue, but I can talk about it. I don't want to talk about it, so I can leave as soon as I can. This is a natural state of mind, because there is nothing more perfect and superior than meditation on the Buddha.Unless I can't run away, so I'm fine now, but I am going to look for someone to be the abbot of this dojo next.

The old monk said that if you want to kill someone, you should ask him to be the abbot, because this one won’t run away. Fortunately, I haven’t yet.. Not really. Next, I’m just.. Although all the management rights are still there. I have it in my hand, but I can put it all out.. You can put it all out to those who are predestined, because I have different personal wishes and different abilities. I have only one wish. Being able to live in peace and recite the Buddha is the greatest happiness. Being able to run and run quickly, this is Real karma, what you are creating every minute of your mind is real karma.

We don’t see those things in the world in our eyes, and we give them to those who are predestined to do it, so if we truly fit into this state, your behavior will change, you will show it, you will really see through and let it go, and then...unless you Can’t run away, your cause and fate.. You have a family, and you can’t leave the house alone. Once you leave, you have your responsibility. Then you must let go of your heart first, and then you will definitely be able to act. If you cut off evil and cultivate goodness, you will find time to recite the Buddha. You can’t get out of the world, you can’t become a monk, you can’t hide in the mountains and work hard, but you will try to find time to recite Buddha, and you don’t want to do the world’s karma again. This is true belief. You really see through the way you put it down.Then if you don’t have the blessing power of the Buddha in your heart, and you have not aroused true faith and desire, you will not change like this. Even if people force you to persuade you every day, you can’t change it. You still do your work and rest every day. There hasn't been much change, so we asked ourselves whether we have changed our work and rest after listening to the scriptures and the Fa? Has it improved more and more?

And sincerely, it’s not like saying, "Oh, this next door comes to accompany me every day to practise together, I am embarrassed not to go." Then this is not a big deal, or it is to be shown to others to make people think that I am very Work hard, I am a good person, this is all fake, I do superficial work, I want to like to do this thing more and more from the bottom of my heart, what is it?Except that listening to the scriptures is to recite the Buddha, nothing else is important. This is the most correct one. You must die, and you can have a high grade.

Well, I personally have another goal for this body. I hope I can try my best to die without disease. Because it is...but it is difficult to talk about it. We dare not talk too much, because the pollution is too serious now, so try to focus on the health of this body. Exercise in order to give everyone a good look, because nine out of ten people who die now are sick, not cancer, or what kind of tumors here, a lot of them, but they can also die, and after they die, they are still sick. Ruixiang is very good, but it is always a little unsatisfactory.

So even if we have to foresee the time coming, and then we have to die without disease, this is something we can do, but in terms of our body, physical health has the cause and effect of physical health. In addition to reciting the Buddha honestly and the blessing of the Buddha, We have to adjust our diet and living habits. If this is the case, it is really good for the body and mind every day. On this day, we can change and adjust ourselves. It’s not that you listen to the scriptures so much, and the result is not much change. There is not much change in behavior, and this Fa cannot really enter your mind. No matter how much you listen to it, it’s useless. It just creates an illusion: Well, you’re cultivating better and better now, and you’re cultivating old, these principles On the contrary, it becomes a barrier to knowledge, and it is dangerous to become a resource for growth arrogance.

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(XNUMX) Believe in Buddhism with one heart, and decide to follow suit regardless of life and fate

Okay, then let’s continue to learn the teachings of this master of conviction: “Those who believe in again, hope that all practitioners, etc., believe only in the language of the Buddha, regardless of life and fate, decide to follow. The Buddha who sends the home is to give up, and the Buddha who sends the practitioner is to do. The Buddha is sent to wherever he goes. It is the name of following Buddhism, following the will of the Buddha, the name following the wishes of the Buddha, and the disciple of the true Buddha."

Well, this paragraph is Master Shandao, who taught us what true faith is and how to truly believe.The master told us to "believe in the language of Buddhism with one mind." To what extent?We decided to follow our lives regardless of our lives, you see, as soon as the master tells us, we are very ashamed, do we not care about our lives?The difference is too far. If you truly believe in the Buddha, and truly believe in the words of the Buddha, what does the Buddha tell us?Nothing is important in this world, only chanting for survival is the most important thing.

If we really listened to it, you would really disregard life. Life can be dispensed with. There is something that can hinder us. It can make us craving, let us pursue it, and lead us to create this total karma. , But we have not really believed in the Buddhist language, so there has not been much change, let alone recklessness.There is something today. The relatives and friends of the family have made an appointment to have a gathering, ah... you immediately give up the opportunity to listen to the scriptures, and the opportunity to recite the Buddha.

Such a small reason can change our hard work or schedule, so do we believe it?Nothing!We are not obedient at all, we are not good students, are we sinful life and death ordinary people? Not too much. Master Hongyi said that he is sinful life and death ordinary people, and he is a man of strict discipline throughout his life. Master Shandao is an enlightened person. He has attained the samādhi of Buddhism at the age of twenty-three, and he is very comfortable when he leaves the concentration and can enter the world of bliss at any time. He has magical powers when he is born, and he often has magical powers to teach sentient beings by showing magical powers. They all say that they are sinful, life and death ordinary people, and they are also shown to us and acted for us.

At that time, this master of good guidance was taught by him to truly develop true faith. I will now give you some examples for your reference. What is true faith.It is mentioned in the Continued Biography of Senior Monks that at that time, Master Shandao said in Guangming Temple, then someone would go to him. There were many examples like this. There was also a butcher who went to him because he was very good at Dharma, and he promoted the Pure Land in Chang'an. The method has only been three years. As long as you go out, you can hear the sound of chanting Buddha anytime, anywhere. It is so extraordinary.

There are no Buddhists who do not want to cut off evil and cultivate good, so the whole city cuts off meat, almost everyone does not eat meat, then there is no business in selling meat, and it is very popular. He took a butcher knife to the monastery to kill the master of Shandao, and then he said. The master told him blessings and talked to him, showing him the magical powers, and it’s not verbose. He is very special in teaching. He tells you directly how to do it, or shows that the magical powers of the Buddha shadow, he doesn’t reason with you, and he doesn’t talk about the theory. Clearly, it's too clever. I didn't understand and misunderstood even after talking for a long time, so it's straightforward. This is his characteristic of enlightenment.

Then the butcher, after listening to it, he felt that it was really sinful life and death. As soon as he turned his head and walked out of the gate of this monastery, there was a willow tree at the gate, so he climbed up and jumped down. He really believed that the good guide master said Yes, you can die by reciting the Buddha. He believes that he will do so. We have to talk about seeking death on the spot. Let’s not say that he commits suicide. We seem to commit suicide. His mind at the time was for death, and many people did. Seeing that it was his spiritual consciousness that went out above his head, and the three holy sages from the West came to take it, there are many examples of this.

Then there is another paragraph that said the same, he said: "Is recitation of the Buddha's name today, is the pure land of contemplation?" Someone went to the Guangming Temple and asked him, and said: "Recite the Buddha and confine the life." The person chanted Nanwu Amitabha Buddha. After the sound phase, I left the gate of Guangming Temple, went up to the willow tree table, put my hands together and looked to the west, and fell down, and died on the ground.News about Taiwan Province. " 
Taiwan Province was the central government at the time. The government knew that it was not news, not this trivial matter, it was big news. This paragraph was recorded by Lawyer Dao Xuan... Lawyer Dao Xuan was also from the same period. He recorded it after he heard it.

Looking at another paragraph, it is said in "The Legend of the Pure Land": "The Jinghua prefectures, monks, nuns, and women, either went to Gaoling, or sent their lives to the deep spring, or fell from a high branch, burned their bodies for supporters, and heard a little bit about Remaining people. Those who practice Brahma and abandon their wives. Those who recite the "Amitabha Sutra", one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand. Those who recite Amitabha Buddha, get fifteen to one hundred thousand times a day. And those who recite the samādhi of Buddha and rebirth in the Pure Land , The number is unknowable.” This is how people really believe after they hear it. If they really believe it, they will really do it. Not everyone will immediately survive. There are more than a hundred people who have recorded and heard records. More than a hundred people, their personal ambitions and earnest hearts are different.

Like Mrs. Vettich, she didn’t want to stay for a moment. Some people really didn’t want to die and wanted to leave the world. He did this without worrying about him. Some people burned like Gude to make offerings to the Buddha in the past. Well, there are not many of these deeds, but there are, what does this mean?It shows that Master Shandao’s ability to absorb is too strong, and these sentient beings are sincere and eager. This is not what we can match, this is not ordinary people.

There is also the whole letting go, and practicing all the Brahma...the monks and those who abandon their wives. This does not mean that they are going to be a monk, and let go of the whole body, and then the daily class will accumulate the "Amitabha Sutra" to recite one hundred thousand or three hundred thousand times. Yes, those who recite Amitabha Buddha fifteen thousand or even one hundred thousand times a day, Master Hongyi calculated that he can recite one hundred thousand in twenty-four hours, without rest all day, recite Buddha all day, one hundred thousand times a day, That is to say, you can recite the Buddha's Samadhi, and you can't know the number of those who are reborn in the Pure Land. This is the grand occasion of Master Shandao's education at that time. 


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(XNUMX) The Great Virtue of the Patriarch highly respects the teachings of Master Shandao

Master Shaokang, our fifth ancestor, said in the "Ruiying Deletion Biography" how he praised Master Shandao. He said: "Since Buddhism traveled eastward, there has been no Zen master's virtuous virtue." Buddhism traveled eastward to China. There has never been a person who has such virtues as Master Shandao, Shengde! He is really a very special patriarch, Amitabha, the king of the Buddha, who will come again! The person he taught at that time, you see, recite the Buddha There are many samādhi people, not only monks, but also lay families.

What he taught is not only the simplest of all this pure land practice, what we just talked about is Hui Yuanliu, Compassionate Flow and Kindness Diversion. What he taught is the simplest, but this achievement is the most extraordinary, because it can be reborn from the previous generations. , And go straight to the land, and then it is strange that the conditions are as simple as there are no conditions. You only need to rely on the Buddha, but everyone naturally and obediently is very diligent, and then unconsciously becomes a lot of Buddha samādhi.

What is the reason?It is the blessing of Buddha power. This Buddha, the Buddha’s willingness and compassion enter our hearts, and we have power. You naturally like to recite Buddha, and then unconsciously, this Buddha chanting is not for practicing Kungfu. , How much do I have to practice before I can die? There is no pressure at all, but what do you do if you don’t recite the Buddha? What do you think you are.. There is nothing more interesting and enjoyable than reciting the Buddha, so it’s strange that you don’t have to recite the Buddha and Samadhi. You can recite the Buddha Samadhi in three years.If you are a monk, you don’t want to be a nun. Our method is the three-general quilt.

So although Master Shandao is not there now, it has been over a thousand years. We have been lost in China for more than a thousand years, but we have been prosperous in Japan for more than XNUMX years. So the old layman Huang Nianzu also highly respects Master Shandao. He said why he has been able to have such a strong absorption force for more than a thousand years. What is the key?It is because he exempted the subtlety of the eighteenth vow.

Many patriarchs also emphasized the eighteen vows. They have been summed up. The Huayan has been summed up. The core is the "Infinite Life Sutra", and then the core of the "Infinite Life Sutra" is the "forty-eight vows" and the core of the "forty-eight vows". It is the "eighteen vows." Many patriarchs can master these "eighteen vows", but no one’s explanation is more thorough, more subtle, and simpler than that of the Master Shandao. He has a method. If you want to chant Buddha Kungfu , Jie Dinghui can also start here, it is more difficult.

The guidance of Master Shandao starts from the belief and wishes. Every Patriarch emphasizes that it is different. Some guide you. Both of them can recite the Buddha on their own and rely on the power of the Buddha. Therefore, the Pure Land Patriarch, XNUMX Patriarchs are talented. There are three kinds of thoughts, and only three teaching methods. Some emphasize self-reliance and practice. It is enough to practice precepts, concentration and wisdom, practice Kungfu, practice undisturbed mind, and then turn back. Some are working hard on one hand and emphasizing faith and wish on the other.

Well, Master Shandao relies XNUMX% on the power of Buddhism. He is the simplest, and there is no pressure to study. As long as you can truly believe in your wishes, you can follow his path. Of course, you have to respond to your nature before you want to believe it. You only want to be held back, but if you really correspond to someone, this is not easy, it means that his roots of goodness are very deep, and after you respond, you are very fast... Maybe I was because I followed at that time The old monk has a twelve-year pedagogical foundation.

So as soon as I encountered it, I knew it was a good thing. I immediately felt a lot of joy and reaction, and both my body and mind had a reaction. My heart was beating and jumping...like a drum, I was jumping out. The cold hairs all over my body stand up and my scalp is numb. Oh, that kind of physiological reaction is very strong. My instinct tells me that this is a good thing, this can help me, and I haven’t found it after repairing it for so long. It turns out that I can get the antidote here. Ah, this is my personal fate.

Of course, everyone has different roots. I will not emphasize that this is the only best one. I only speak objectively. Then I recommend it to recommend the best. Recommending him is the best not to deny other bad things. We You need to have this kind of objective mind and vision, so that you won't be clinging to one side and become a kind of opposition. There can be no opposition to the Fa. When there is opposition, our minds have opposition.So this is an explanation.. These two paragraphs of records are for people who truly believe. Of course, we don’t necessarily have to do this, because it’s not suitable for the nature of our subordinates. You can’t. It just means that we look at ourselves. , We have heard about this method, we have been chanting for so long, how much change we have, if the change is not big, let alone really motivated, you see that what people do is this level, that is the appearance of true faith and true wish Ah, if we haven't changed, do we really believe in it? That's not very safe. 

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(XNUMX) Wei Ke firmly believes in the Buddha's language and focuses on pursuing it

Let’s take another look at the teachings of Master Shandao: “Everyone who walks but can follow this sutra. Believe in those who walk. It will not mistake sentient beings. What is the reason. Buddha satisfies great compassion. The truth is that. If the Buddha says everything is orthodox justice. Right action, right solution, right karma, right wisdom. If there are more than less. People do not ask the bodhisattva, man, heaven and so on. It is right and wrong. If the Buddha says it is teaching. Bodhisattva and so on can’t teach. Should know. Therefore, we are now advising everything. People who are destined to be destined to live. You can only believe in the Buddha’s language and practice it. Don’t trust the Bodhisattva and other non-corresponding teachings as doubts. It is also possible to confuse yourself and lose the great benefits of the departed life.

In this period, Master Shandao advised us, because at that time, his ancestors, some of them also came to manifesting Bodhisattvas, they really came from each side, and there were many sects. During the Tang Dynasty, many sects were prosperous.Then the practitioners and practitioners of his sect, they also come to annotate, annotate this "Guanjing", and they also write books. They use their perspectives, so the passage of Master Shandao refers mainly to For these people, he has some fate, so he will cite these things.Even if this person is a Bodhisattva, his realm is very high, just like the wise master, he said that if he does not receive the crowd, his taste will be higher. Because of the leader, he is a realm of five grades, five grades before he is reborn. Belonging to the rank of Bodhisattva, Master Shandao here will say: This can only believe in the Buddha, what the Buddha said.

Look at all the Scriptures, these three Tibetans and twelve books, only the Pure Land Method is the ten directions. All the Buddhas have come to persuade and prove it. This is the key. You see that we read the "Amitabha Sutra" very lightly. The Amitabha Sutra is really the core and most representative model of the Pure Land Method, that is, it does not tell you anything, but directly teaches you to believe and do. In fact, the Amitabha Sutra is the most complete, but it can only be accepted by the people of Tone. , Because I don’t explain the truth to you, it’s impossible to explain the Buddha's realm.

That’s because the roots of beings are too bad. They talk about the "Blessed Life Sutra" and the "Guan Sutra". In fact, the content of the "Amitabha Sutra" is already very complete. You only need to believe in the Buddha. Ah, faith and willingness, faith is the first, not on other things, so why do I put it here, because I mention other Bodhisattvas of the Patriarch, who also cultivated very well, but because of different perspectives and different roots, just like People in academia like those who engage in knowledge, and it’s hard for you to call him to believe in people with that kind of foundation. If you ask him to recite Buddhism, he is unwilling and not corresponding.

This is a question of roots, roots, and foundations. He prefers to study teachings, so he uses his own knowledge to explain it. It is easy to make mistakes. So don’t think that the higher the knowledge, the more correct his knowledge. Not necessarily, especially our method depends on good roots for you to truly respond, truly feel the Buddha's realm, Amitabha's heart, and his wishes, and then you can believe in and practice. If you have too much knowledge of your own, you want to In terms of words and doctrinal thinking, you must think about it, then you must have been thinking about it for a long time. It is all delusional to know and see.

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(XNUMX) It is determined by the Buddhist language that righteousness is not destroyed by everything

Therefore, even if the Bodhisattva is a generalist, their perceptions will be wrong. They will use their own perspectives and prejudices to explain the mind of the Buddha and explain the Pure Land Method. Don’t be wrong, if.. It’s not perfect. It will certainly be true. Let’s not say that it must be wrong. We just say that it may be wrong. But if you say you want to reach Consummation, it’s absolutely impossible. How can the realm of a Bodhisattva fit into the realm of the Buddha...? Do you know what the mind of a Buddha is? Only Buddha and Buddha can know this way.

So even if the big Bodhisattva came to persuade us, we don’t believe in the different viewpoints, and only believe in the Buddha. This was proposed by Master Shandao. He especially reminded us that we only believe in the words of the Buddha. Look at the old Xiu who is next door. His words have affected us. He has been cultivating for decades, and people’s cultivation is good, he said.. just say something, your heart will be shaken, believers do not believe in Buddhism, it really is like this, think about us Maybe he is like this.

How can people believe it?If you can’t believe the words of a bodhisattva, you still believe in people. Not only can you not believe in yourself, you can’t believe in other people’s words, and you can’t believe in the same. Believe in sutras, what the Buddha says, and there are also sutras said by Bodhisattvas. Although his rationale is already very high and profound, but it is still not final, so can you believe it?We can't believe it, because we are going to the land of the Buddha. We can only believe in the realm that the Buddha talks about. Whatever we do in Buddhism, we do what we do.

This is not easy. Today, there is a great monk who has a great virtue. Someone who has cultivated well has come to persuade you and tell you some great principles. You are immediately shaken. People have cultivated so well, and everyone says that he has cultivated well. There are magical powers, it's strange that you are not affected by him.But even if he really cultivates so well, he is still a bodhisattva, not necessarily in the realm of a Buddha, so he can't believe it. Do you think we have this kind of concentration?There is only one kind of person, that is, we really get into the realm of inanimate law-forbearance, which is the realm of ordinary believers.

You really feel in your heart that you have confidence in Amitabha, and you really have dharma happiness. You get a lot of benefits, and your heart is stable. You realize that only Amitabha can save me, and we have no way to go, and so on. At that time, no one will persuade you to be affected. This is true belief. If you enter this realm, it is really useless before the Great Bodhisattva comes. What will happen to us before the Great Bodhisattva? You are right. But you don't fit my roots. I already have a way to reach Consummation very safely.

So I don’t need anything anymore. I don’t need anything anymore. No matter how good we are, then we will put our hands together and admire and rejoice, and we will not be affected at all. It does not mean that there must be one that is right, and the other is wrong, no! There is no right or wrong, and each has its own destiny, and the level of realm is different, that's the difference.

Look at a passage of scripture again. This... "Six Tie Shu"'s teaching: "Even if the Bodhisattva, Arhat, Pichi, etc., if there are more than one. It is even full of ten directions. All are quoted from the scriptures to prove that those who do not live. I have not yet Suspicion arises. Only growth makes me pure and confident. Why is it? The Buddha's language determines that righteousness is achieved. It is not destroyed by everything."

This again cited that even Bodhisattvas, Arahants, and Pichi Buddhas are all over the ten directions, and even he quotes the scriptures to persuade you: "Oh, it's not that simple, how can ordinary people die? If you want to go to the top grade, don’t fight. Delusion..." This is what the quotation theory says, but you have to see clearly what his Scriptures are, not the Pure Land Scriptures, from what angle does he speak, and from the perspective of other sects, we have to make such an objective distinction. , You will naturally not be shaken.

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(XNUMX) The heavier the karma, the more first Amitabha will save

And we have to realize one point in particular, because our karma is very heavy, so the Buddha, Amitabha, and Amitabha have to send this forty-eight vows to save us, Buddhas in the ten directions, and Buddha Shakyamuni. He recruits students, because this is the fastest way to save sentient beings, a shortcut, so since it is aimed at us ordinary people, and because we see that sentient beings can’t leave by themselves, there is no way to cultivate XNUMX dharma, so he opened it. Well this method.

So the heavier our karma, the more we must save Amitabha first. If you feel that your karma is very heavy, then congratulations. You are the one who crashed. Amitabha must save you first when he comes. Of course you are about to drown. Save you, this is a method of salvation, a special method, so only five of the forty-eight vows are issued for the Bodhisattva. They are placed at the end. They all have the meaning of expressing the Dharma, "first vow" and "second vow". "Wish" means "the country has no evil ways" and it is aimed at and includes the six realms of ordinary people, and the six realms of sentient beings.The more serious this sin is, the more he makes these wishes first, and all this can tell the clues.

So don’t worry about our bad karma and not being able to rebirth. We just need to turn this concept around. This is for our ordinary people with heavy karma, so we can realize how deeply Amitabha Buddha is connected with us, and he especially cares for us. No one of the Buddhas has issued this enticed salvation wish for us, only Amitabha has it. He has a special relationship with us, and our relationship with him is very deep.

If we really feel that Amitabha has a deep bond with us, you will feel that it is natural to die. He is like our father. He comes to us and it is natural that He gives us all the inheritance. You Don’t believe it, you will be very grateful and joyful to accept.. Naturally accept, so you have to be able to feel that you are close to Amitabha, this relationship, you can see the truth of this fact from the classics, "The Pure Land" The "Three Classics" tells us very clearly, and then we need to experience it with our heart, to feel, and to have true faith. Then this feeling will not retreat after entering the heart, but will grow day by day.

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(XNUMX) One-hearted and dedicated recitation of the name of Amitabha will surely lead to death.

Look at another discourse: "Ten Buddhas and so on. Fear that all beings will not believe what Shakyamuni Buddha said. That is, at the same time with one heart. Each speaks with each other. It covers three thousand worlds. Speak the truth. All sentient beings should believe that they are Shakyamuni Said praise and evidence. All ordinary people. Regardless of the amount of sin and blessing. The season is near. But it can last for a hundred years. Down to seven days a day. One heart and one mind to recite the name of Amitabha. You will be reborn. There is no doubt."

You see here, "all ordinary people do not ask how much sin is blessed." No matter how heavy our sins are, how much our blessings are, and the season is near, as long as we can... the duration of the season is the length of time we have encountered this method, even if It doesn’t matter if you only meet at the end of the day. As long as you can last for nearly a hundred years and down to seven days a day, that is to say, for nearly a hundred years, from the moment you meet, you will start to concentrate on thinking, and concentrate on thinking down to one. On the seventh day of the day, this is also the method of expression, which means that...the least expression is even one, ten, one.

This master master said clearly in "The Praise to the Departure", down to ten sounds or even one thought, you will die. There are also people who die in the bardo. There are too many examples, and they will only meet at the end of life. People will give him help. Nian, he knows this method, and he will be reborn as soon as the letter is sent. This method is really easy to accomplish.Everyone can achieve it. The three roots of the universal quilt, tens of thousands of people will go. This is not a slogan. The Patriarch’s great virtue has a basis for saying these words, but can we master this method and become these three universal quilts. , If we have grasped the way for the crash who went to Wanxiu, of course, we will all die. 


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(Fifteen) See through all things, let go of your heart, and live without hindrance

There is an old couple in Deyang County, Sichuan, China. They only started to recite the Buddha when they were old, but they retired, and both of them retired every day.. They are serious, because there are many in mainland China.. They have suffered since childhood. So they are very serious in doing things. After retiring, the two of them will recite and worship Buddha all day long, and they will sit in meditation morning and evening without interruption. So when two people are together, they rarely talk about trivial family matters. I don’t even remember the past. Old people like to talk about the past. Neither of them, as a couple, only exchanges their learning experience occasionally.

One day, this old lady told her...just to her husband, she said, "Oh last night, when I was meditating and chanting Buddha, I saw Amitabha." She said that she saw Amitabha's whole body shone with gold, and then Amitabha was just Asked her, "Do you want to go to Paradise?" She told her gently and kindly, and then she said, "Of course I do!" Amitabha said, "Well, let's go now, OK? As a result, when Amitabha Buddha talked about it, she had a thought in her heart and said: No, she still has a little daughter. This little daughter hasn’t got married yet, how can I relax! Only a thought was moved in her heart, Amitabha Buddha I knew I was laughing, I smiled and then disappeared immediately, and disappeared.

She talked about this realm with her husband, she talked about the old man, called him the old man, and then her husband talked about it... After listening to it, think about it: This is Amitabha, this manifestation is to tell us to see everything quickly. , I really have to let go of all destiny, not even a little trouble, so as to be able to die smoothly! Remind them that this old couple has been more diligent since then, and asked his children to visit them as little as possible. , I rarely even make phone calls, and there is almost no externality. After three months, it is only three months. They don't spend a long time in the Buddha.

One day this old lady came back from shopping for groceries. She was carrying a basket. She was lazy with the key and called for a long time. No one responded, no one came to open the door. Then she took the key and opened the door. Inside... walked in, and the living room was too. No one, no one in the kitchen, she walked to the room to take a look, her husband... her husband, standing at the window and clasping his palms, and then he looked okay, as if sleeping... but there was nothing special. , She didn’t think about anything. Without thinking too much, she told him, “Come and help picking up vegetables.” She still yelled at him for a long time, but still didn’t respond. Later, she started to feel weird, so she looked at him. Oh, I seem to be asleep, but why do you want to sleep while standing? She also put her hands together, and then she thought: No!Just push with him, eh!At this time she became nervous. She took his breath and died standing there. It was only three months, and she was chanting for three months. At this time, she was very nervous, and her heart seemed to be jumping out at first.

At that time, she saw a note on the table, and her husband left a last word with her, so she told her, "Actually, I saw Amitabha Buddha coming to tell him to die a week ago." But he didn't dare to tell her, and then he explained that he should not disturb my body after he passed away. Just let him stand. After standing for XNUMX hours, he would notify his children to deal with the funeral.Then explain to her: "You should eat now if you should eat, or recite the Buddha if you should recite the Buddha, everything is normal."

At this time, she felt more at ease when she saw the note. She asked her husband to stand at the window, stand together with his palms together, without moving...don’t move him, and then she would do her own housework. This is very Consummation, and it also gives us a good example. It is not difficult to die. Such an old gentleman can stand and die and deal with it so well.He knows that his wife will be nervous, because of course people will be nervous when they die. They are asking for death every day. When the time comes, you are not nervous and there are few people, so he especially explained to her: Don’t worry, don’t panic, and then What to do.You see how consummate, there is no sense of horror at all, it is really auspicious, we want to do this big event, and we can do it very consummately, it’s not that we have to practice how well we have to practice kung fu, we have to How smart.

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(XNUMX) Dedicated to learn honestly and rely XNUMX% on the Buddha

There are many such manifestations, and there is an old Bodhisattva in the Philippines, Fu Shan old Bodhisattva who died in XNUMX. At that time, she was XNUMX years old. She was even more powerful. She was a very kind old man. Bodhisattva, a very ordinary housewife, then she would quietly recite the Buddha when she has time.One day I went to the monastery with my family and my wife... to worship the Buddha, before she finished talking, she also told her grandson that in the future, you have to wear shoes and dress yourself. Grandma can’t help you, then. It can be seen that she herself predicts that the time will come.

Then when I arrived at the temple, I went in to worship the Buddha as usual. After I was finished, when I finally left, after stepping out of the threshold of the hall, I stood still and died, and walked to the death. Her daughter-in-law was with her. Go, it’s strange that you have to stand in the middle of the hall. Just look at her, eh? Why did you die with your head down? See if our old Bodhisattva walked here to die, see if he is in good health, there should be a few. Opportunity, look more chic, right?It's very solemn, the posture of walking is very peaceful, just walk away... passed away.

I have also heard a more exaggerated one. This is taught by a master. He said that there is a place in the mainland. I forgot that place. I went to the Seventh Buddha. I went to the mainland many years ago. Fate, then the seventh day of Buddhist worship in mainland China is to run incense on the last day. When the incense was run on the last day, there was a man who ran incense just like that. As a result, we ran away and died. This is very difficult for us. Imagine oh, eh, ran to die, would you fall?I don’t know, I haven’t seen the scene, but the record is like this. The Seventh Buddha is over. Wow, that’s too great. When it comes to Consummation, it’s going to go back. When it’s time to run incense, I ran to the Paradise of Bliss. This is very special.

Then these people are very ordinary, very ordinary, there is no special effort, many such examples, in fact, we study these related evidence, we will find a very characteristic, these people are very honest, not very Smart people, those who are wise and intelligent, are often very sick, and even unable to die, there are a lot of illnesses, and a lot of unjust creditors.Even those who can die are... Oh, there is this very thrilling one. He was finally sent away, and he was asked to read it. No one like these... quietly and silently, they left. These people are all It is this kind of very good roots.

So our method emphasizes the roots of goodness, so it looks like an honest person, so we have to learn honestly, don't really learn... Don't be smart, don't be smart, no matter how smart we are, we are limited, or sin, life and death. There are still three ways to worry about cultivation until death, and delusions have not diminished at all. This is not to say that cultivation is not necessary, but that we have to recognize this fact so that we will learn to be honest with all our heart and rely XNUMX% on the Buddha.

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(XNUMX) Legend of Master Gu Xing

Well, if we want to rebirth again, we can be more unique, then we can... There is an example of this Zen Master Gu, who is my idol. I have never worshipped idols when I grow up. What are the four heavenly kings? Singer, I have never worshipped before. He is my true idol, because I have only made one wish to learn Buddhism, which is to be reborn in the world of bliss. Then he walked so solemnly! Zen Master Gu Xing is the old monk Xuyun His disciple, besides the Blessed One, he has no second, that is, no third person. He is the second person who was cremated with his own samādhi, and even the money of Tubi is saved. Tubi, go to this cremation. The money was saved. There is only one person in the history of Buddhism, and all I see is the one person.

What kind of person is he?He is also an honest person, a very poor person, so go to the old monk Xuyun, the old monk does some work for him, at the time of his family.That’s because he was grateful. At that time, there was no food to eat. During this famine, he was grateful to the old monk for taking him in. Later, he did things very seriously. Later, all the family also received the monastery, and then the whole family became a monk. Live there for decades, because he went to become a monk because of such a cause.

And he himself is very honest, so he is practicing there, how does he cultivate?He has been doing things from morning till night, working all the time. He does everything that people don’t want to do. Next, he cleans the toilets and picks up manure. In the past, he picked up manure when he poured vegetables and fertilized. This is also the case in Lantau Island. Ah, I didn't pick it. The person responsible for growing vegetables picked it out. Lantau Island is still like this, Po Lin Monastery.

He did all these austerities, and he was very happy and grateful. The old monk taught him to recite the Buddha, so he would recite well, Nanwu Amitabha. At the end of the recitation, the old monk Xuyun knows that he has a degree and tells him to go out. He refused to go to school, but he couldn't help the old monk to succeed him, so he went out, and after he went out to study, he went around and said that he still wanted to come back to study the Buddha and do things for his permanent residence.

It has been around for ten or twenty years. At that time, his ordeal was already very high. I think we can accept apprentices for women in twelve years, and men for ten years, and for more than ten years, it’s a bhikkhu in the middle seat. Twenty years have been the Lord Bhikkhu, his status is already very high, but he still requires him to do all the chores, he is such a kind, such a down-to-earth and honest person, and one day when he is about to die, only the old monk Xuyun is the only one. I know, because the old monk Xuyun is a person with magical powers.

Then there was no tacit understanding between the two masters and apprentices. The old monk knew that he was going to die, and he didn’t say anything. He just told the old monk a fake, and then thanked the old monk for taking care of it. Well, I didn’t say that I was going to die like this, but the old monk knew that he was here to say goodbye, so he said, then you can do your business. I’m here to recite the sutra for you, just say such a sentence. .

He walked to his shack, and there was a vegetable garden outside and he sat there, dressed in good clothes, holding the chime, and then meditated. He died in such a posture. He was cremated with the real fire of Samadhi. After cremation, he still looked like It’s the same as a living person, all is the whole... He’s sitting, and the whole person is good, it doesn’t look like a dying, but these villagers at the foot of the mountain thought that the mountain was on fire, so it turned out that it was all the area near his squatter. Huoguang, because the villagers respect the old monk Xuyun, they want to say: Oh, the mountain is on fire, hurry up and put out the fire.As a result, all the people ran to this place of fire to see that he had passed away! I didn't know at the time, but he was surprised that he was sitting there and wondering if he had passed away. He was still uncertain.

At that time, there was a resident mage who approached him. He wanted to call him, move him, and call him. At this time, the old monk Xuyun arrived and said, "Don’t move, don’t move him." The monk knew that he was sitting down. At this time, the old monk Xuyun spoke to him in his ear, telling him: "Your merits are perfect, you can go now, and everyone has seen your manifestations." Tell him the last few words and see him off.

After the old monk Xuyun finished speaking, his body immediately "boomed", and his whole body collapsed and turned into ashes. This is the appearance of the real fire of samādhi. After the burning, he will not fall. When will he fall? I can decide for myself, it’s amazing! This is my idol, we can try it like this in the future, anyway, at least it must be finished, right?It doesn't matter when, then this is also an honest person to show us.

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(XNUMX) You can die if you earnestly recite the Buddha before the dying hell appears

Well, if you can’t do this, it’s okay. There is also King Asai, who also appeared in the "Blessed Life Sutra". At that time, he heard about this method and he did not make aspirations. The roots of goodness are not deep enough, and he has provided for four hundred. The good roots of the billion Buddhas are not enough. Look at how deep the good roots of the people we really want to die. Later, he created all kinds of evils. When he died, before this hell appeared, there was no way to go. The way, the chanting of Amitabha Buddha, who rushed to the sky, also passed away at this time.

In his biography, it is said that the rebirth is a middle-grade birth, which surprised us, eh~ Isn't the five evils and ten evils low-grade?Not necessarily, not necessarily. This is reasonable, and it is a matter of creating evil, but his heart was very sincere and believed in Buddha. He knew that only the Buddha can save him, and only this way can go, so he even With five negatives and ten evils, he could also be a top grade mid-career. The answer was only later when we figured it out.

We used to discuss with the senior for a long time. How could it be unreasonable to record that he was a middle-ranked student? After learning the teachings of Master Shandao, we knew that it was like this, so he was a middle-ranked top-ranked student. You believe in Buddhism and you have no other thoughts at all. You also know that before the appearance of hell is very scary. He is single-minded, just like a dog will jump the wall in a hurry, right?Originally, the wall was so high that he wouldn't jump over it, but he jumped over it too.You know that when people are in a hurry and are in terror, that is the only way you can hold on to it, so your mind can be...like the Buddha. The level of trust determines your grade, the less you believe it. , Oops~ I will go back on my own. It is rare to go to one or two out of XNUMX people. The difference is here.

So we have to... we have to, what should we believe in?It’s not just believing that you have Buddha-nature, it’s still useless, you don’t have the ability to enlighten Buddha-nature, what if you have Buddha-nature, you still have to rely on the Buddha, the Buddha has fulfilled forty-eight wishes, and only He can save us. , This is... They are all exhorting us to believe deeply. Master Shandao still talks a lot. The "Six Tie Shu" talks about how to believe and what is true. It is very clear to us. Here we are just a little bit. Give a few paragraphs.

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(XNUMX) Those who wish to make a wish must decide to make a wish for life in their true heart.

Next, let’s look at these three reciprocal vows: "Those who make a vow in the reciprocal aspiration must decide to make a wish for life in their true heart. This heart is convinced that by Ruojingang, it is not for all dissent, different learning, and other explanations. Don’t be disrupted by pedestrians and others. The only decision is to stay one-minded and go straight forward. If you don’t hear other people’s words, you will advance and retreat, and your heart will be timid and weak. If you look back on the way, you will lose the great benefit of life.”

This section of Huixiang Vishing Heart, this is the third one among the Three Hearts, this is the emphasis on the need to decide the true Heart Vow, so these Three Hearts are actually speaking of Faithful Wish, but it is especially emphasizing to come from the true Heart Going back, we must truly believe in our wishes, and we must do what we want. This is the teaching of Master Shandao, telling us that we must be eager to read... This is not self-deception, say oops~ Pretend to tell yourself that you can die, no!We must be sure to believe that we are bound to die, and we must think so every day.

It’s okay to explain it from the perspective of the Huayan Sutra. The ten thousand dharma is ideal, but it doesn’t mean that we can die if we think about rebirth. We must have the cause and destiny of Amitabha Buddha to save us. Forty-eight vows. However, if we don’t think about life, we will definitely not be able to die. This is the key and an obstacle. Therefore, Master Shandao taught us that we must do life thinking. If we don’t do life thinking, we will definitely not be able to do so. If you think about life, you will feel that you can’t die, so this is very troublesome. If you think you can’t die, you really can’t die. If you think you will be old, you will be old. If you think you are sick, you will be sick. Idealism, so you have to think about it. Besides, this is not to comfort yourself. If you think about it, you can realize that you want to be born in the Buddha kingdom. It's not that simple.

But it is true that we have to understand that Amitabha has faith in him, and the Master Taoist also taught us to see this fact clearly, to see this fact clearly, we must really think from the heart, be able to think of life, be able to believe that we can die, and believe that we can To die means that we believe in Amitabha, and we respect Amitabha.We don’t believe that we can die. In fact, we are very disrespectful to Him. We don’t believe in Buddha, right?We do not believe that the Buddha is very disrespectful to him.

For example, you obviously have a good intention, and you are helping someone, but he doesn’t believe you. Do you feel that it is insulting you, right? We don’t believe in others, it’s an insult to others, it’s disrespectful, let alone It’s a Buddha. If you say that humans are not worthy of belief, it’s fine. It’s a Buddha. Then you don’t dare to think about it. This is what the Buddha told us. It’s not on our own strength. It seems It seems to be very polite: "I have a lot of karma, so I dare not say that I can die." In fact, it has nothing to do with us. The key is that the Buddha has the ability to save us, and we have to believe that the reason why we think that we can die is Because we believe in Buddhism, it's not that we believe in ourselves very powerfully, so this is very important.

So this is the part that talks about the three hearts. The three hearts are sincere, deep, and revolving. The most important thing is the deep heart. There must be a heart of conviction, so the content we talk about is relatively broad, then this Redirection is to emphasize reversing in the true heart. It is not just talking about it. As a result, the Buddha will come and pick you up: "Oh~ after two days, I still have things that haven’t been dealt with yet...", then whenever you think about Amitabha Go away, the opportunity may be missed.So the so-called true wish means that we can go anytime if we want to go. If the Buddha does not come, we will wait slowly. When the Buddha comes, we will leave immediately. This is a true wish.

The following scripture says that you can also rebirth by cultivating the Three Blessings: "There are three kinds of sentient beings, and you deserve to be reborn." We see the third line on page XNUMX and the third line on page XNUMX, the scripture: "There are three kinds of sentient beings again. , Deserve to be reborn. What is the three? One is kind and does not kill, has the precepts. The two reads the Mahayana, the Fang and other scriptures. The three practices the six thoughts. Go back and make a vow, and be willing to live in the other country. With this merit, One day or even seven days, one will be reborn.” This paragraph is about cultivating Mahayana blessings, so it says that "kindness does not kill, and has all the precepts." This refers to the Mahayana bodhisattva vows. You can only be born in an older generation when you meet a big man. This is the scripture of Shangpin Shangsheng, so this content belongs to the standard that Mahayana meets... Huixiang, so the key is Huixiang, so you must have three hearts to rebirth. If you don’t have Huixiang, it is impossible to die. , The Bodhisattva even has to turn back. 

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(XNUMX) When the top grade was reborn

Next, let’s look at the scriptures below. This is about the phenomenon after the death: "When he was born in that country, this person was diligent and courageous. Therefore, Amitabha Tathagata, and Avalokitesvara, the most powerful, countless Buddhas, hundreds of thousands of monks, heard by the masses, immeasurable The heavens, the Seven Treasures Palace, the Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, holding the Vajra Platform, and the Bodhisattva of the Great Momentum, before the traveler, Amitabha magnifies the light, shines upon the body of the traveler, and greets the Bodhisattvas. Encourage one's heart. The walker sees the past, happily enthusiastically sees his body, rides on the vajra platform, and follows the Buddha, like a flash of fingers, and rebirth in the other country."

You think that Shangpin Shangsheng is so extraordinary. The three sages of the West, countless Buddhas, and all kinds of good knowledge are all greeted by them. It is vast and majestic. This is a very solemn sight.Then the point here is that the Amitabha Buddha first appeared, and then "the traveler sees that he is already happy, he sees himself, rides on the vajra platform, and follows the Buddha." So there is a key point here is that we don’t have to worry about dying. You can't go if there are obstacles to coming, because Amitabha will appear first, appear first, appear first before we die. We are alive and reborn.

Moreover, as soon as Amitabha Buddha appeared, it enlarged the body of the light and the body of the light. We were very happy that the karma was eliminated. At the moment, it is stable and sitting on the lotus and the vajra platform, so there is no need to worry about the innocent creditors. The things to worry about are those. If there is no person who recites the Buddha, there is no person who asks for rebirth, Amitabha will not come. If you have no "sense", how can Amitabha Buddha "response"?So of course there will be all kinds of dying obstacles, so we don't have to worry about Buddhism, so it doesn't matter if there are people to help us.The people who help the recitation do not have any magic power. They can just say to see off, remind us to accompany us to send a paragraph, or for those who have never heard of this method, it is very important to tell him that there is this method.

So it's not the power of the people who help us send us away. We need to figure out this. So relying on the Buddha is the safest. You don't have to worry about anything else, and there is nothing lacking.I don’t have to have to. I can’t go if there is no one to help me read it. If there is no such thing, what if someone comes to read it hard? It’s not even worse! So I don’t need to help me. It’s hard to read, I’m ashamed to tell him, right? , Sitting up and telling him might scare him away, oh...don’t have more branches, anyway, it’s just right to ask for the Buddha with all your heart.

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(XNUMX) Rebirth in the other country, that is to say, the immortal law forbearance is proved

Read another scripture: "Being born to the kingdom. Seeing the Buddha's body and body is sufficient. Seeing the bodhisattvas, the color is sufficient. The bright treasure forest, the magical method of speech. When you hear it, you will realize the forbearance of non-birth. The scriptures will take a short time. Things are all Buddhas. All over ten realms. Before all the Buddhas. The time is recorded. Return to the country. There are countless hundreds of Dharani Gates. He is a famous high-ranking person." Okay, here is the completion of the scripture.

This paragraph is about the retribution after death, you see! As soon as we pass away, we can immediately realize inanimate dharma forbearance. The inanimate dharma forbearance here is the great bodhisattva, the bodhisattva above the seven grounds, the inanimate life of the great bodhisattva Dharma forbearance, after hearing it, you have realized the inanimate Dharma forbearance, and then you can be in the ten realms in a short time, and you can be in front of the Buddha in an instant, and you can remember the times before the Buddhas of the ten directions. When you return to your country, it is already Get immeasurable hundreds of thousands of Dharanimen.

You see, as soon as we go, we are immediately equivalent to all the Buddha’s supernatural powers and wisdom. This is possible if we do not rely on the blessings of the Buddha. It is completely the immeasurable merit that Amitabha Buddha has accomplished for us, unconditionally given to us, it is indeed very special. It’s hard to believe in the Dharma, so are we sure if we are going to live? We need to look at ourselves and ask ourselves whether we feel dependent on our hearts, whether we feel: Oh, I now have Amitabha Buddha to rely on, so I’ll be safe what.

If you feel this way, it means that you have confidence in the Buddha.If you still think: "Eh? Oh! No, I may not be able to die, where am I eligible to die?", then you mean that you did not rely on Amitabha, right? , Amitabha, what is refuge? Nanmu is relying on him. If you don’t rely on Him at all, then you have to hurry up. If you don’t rely on him, you won’t have a share, so don’t think all day long: "Oh! I can’t Rebirth... how about...".

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(XNUMX) Relying on the Buddha's wish to make a strong bond, and die to return to the land

Master Shandao also had a discourse saying that this is the third generation of the deceased and the ninth grade. The deceased are all repaying the land. Well, let’s take a look at the discourse. He said.. Someone asked him and said, "The Buddha and the land, The one who speaks the retribution, the method of retribution is superb, the little saints are difficult to step, the dirt barriers to ordinary people, how can clouds enter? The answer: if you talk about the dirt barriers of all living beings, it is really difficult to enjoy the fun; All in."

This is what the Master of Good Guidance said. Some people think it’s weird that ordinary people can also go to the land. The report is so wonderful. The little saints are difficult. There is no way for the saints to go. How can the ordinary people go? He answered, if It’s the karma of our sentient beings, of course we can’t get rid of it, but it’s because of the Buddha’s “will” to strengthen the predestined condition, which is very powerful, which causes the five vehicles to join together, the five vehicles! Even bodhisattvas include bodhisattva and sound Hearing, predestined consciousness, man, heaven, even Bodhisattva relies on the wishes of the Buddha to repay the land.

Therefore, we have to let go of the common morals and wisdom, and learn by ourselves.. From the point of view of self-reliance, that logic is completely irrelevant to this. If you think from this perspective, the more you think, the more complicated you will become, and you will reach a dead end. You will never get the right answer, and it has nothing to do with us. So you can’t figure it out even if you think about it. You have to turn your head and stand on the position of Amitabha. Oh, it turns out that it is completely dependent on Amitabha, His If we are willing to be strong, it has nothing to do with us, then it will work, and it will work in many ways, otherwise how can we die?And after being reborn, he can be as victorious as a Buddha.

So when we hear this, our time is about the same. Everyone should increase their confidence. Don’t be polite. You’re not meant to be polite. You must be generous with this kind of thing. You must show your confidence and help others. Build confidence, and then learn from these honest people, don't learn to be smart people.For example, I also want to learn from Master Yinguang. He has been retreating in Putuo Mountain for XNUMX years. I used to tell the old monk that I would retreat for ten years. I have been closed for three years and it is convenient for me to close it. Now I continue to go back and close to Consummation. It's best to stay closed until you die. That's really a great blessing, and this is a truly honest Buddhist chanter.If it really doesn’t work, it’s okay to be at home. You really have to learn to give up your mind first, and don’t pay attention to everything in the world. For fame, fortune, status, and relatives, it’s fine to do what you need to do. Now, don’t put it in your heart, it’s not worth it, and you should not put it in your heart. This will hinder Dao Karma, so let’s learn here to achieve Consummation.Amitabha!
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