(XNUMX) Only by establishing a correct attitude and listening to the Scriptures can we get benefits

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Dear President Tsai is merciful, and respectable fellow practitioners of great virtue, good evening, Amitabha!The last time I came to this place was about five months ago. I remember that until the last day of our lecture, our place was full of friends, and there were not many people sitting here. No matter how many people are, I can’t get in. Then I remember. At the end of our talk, I did a questionnaire survey, and many fellow practitioners raised their hands to express confidence in their deaths, but today it seems that some have passed away, ha... I haven't seen them!If you really die, that's great, congratulations!

I found out that I have been touring Malaysia on this trip for more than a month. Our Malaysian Jingzong Society has a common feature, that is, on the first day of the lecture, the fellow practitioners are so leisurely. This is usually The number of people will not sit down until XNUMX:XNUMX, and then the number of people on the first day will be very small. I believe that our president is very motivated and has been in the newspaper a long time ago. Maybe the fellow practitioners didn’t see it, and then the second day. On the third day of the day, the number of people increased and gradually increased. Let us tell each other whether this is because of the leisurely pace of life in Malaysia.

However, I think our attitude towards listening to the scriptures and the Dharma is very important. "One point is sincere respect and one point is benefited. Very sincere respect and very much benefit." The fellow practitioners in Malaysia are very happy, especially our President Cai is very caring. I often invite masters to make connections with everyone, so listening to the scriptures is the way to ask the masters to be promoted. It seems a bit of a commonplace for everyone to listen to the scriptures, so the mentality of listening to the scriptures and listening to the teachings may be a long time. In the future, there will be something of a matter of course, and then this even seems to be coming to listen to a general lecture, whether it sounds good or not, or whether the master speaks well, if it is such a mentality, it would be a pity, what we get The benefit will be very small, because if you want to enjoy the opening movie with you, the effect is not much different.

When listening, it is of course very difficult for everyone to come to listen to the sutras. You must have the heart to seek the Fa to listen to the sutras, but if the heart of seeking the Fa is not brave and diligent enough, then in fact, the comprehension that can be obtained in this process is very small. Yes, so how can we often bring up this kind of vigilance, bring up righteous thoughts, and hope that every opportunity we give will be able to get the greatest benefit, what benefit?To be sure that you have faith in the rebirth, if you have faith in the rebirth, what mentality should you use?It is to enhance our confidence, which is a benefit that everyone can get, so it is very important to establish a good attitude of listening to the scriptures and the Fa. It is not that there is such a good cause and destiny anytime and anywhere.

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(XNUMX) The main goal of pursuing the Pure Land Method is to become a Buddha

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Just like today, this last school will also report to you, some of the possible future development directions, it also shows that it is true that our fate is not always easy to be satisfied, I hope I can remind everyone of a kind of vigilance.The final study is in many Jungzong societies in Malaysia. After graduating from the Fifth Dharma Propaganda Training Course of the Jungzong Society in Singapore in 2001, then until this year, in the past ten years, there have been some Malaysian societies to study with everyone. .. So far, the main scope of bonding has been concentrated in Nanma, and most of the societies have already had exchanges, especially with us in the Buddhist chanting association in ancient times. It can be said that the number of bonding is the most. Other societies probably Once two to three times, up to three times.

So up to the last three trips, three trips to Malaysia this year, a two-month trip, it can be said that most of the two months in Malaysia, then the work has finally come to an end, because I was in Muar Maharashtra not long ago. The Nijingzong Society has recorded ten days of video recording. It can be said that the Dharma benefits gained from the last three years of study and the beginning of three years ago have been obtained through a basic training in the first twelve years, plus good guidance. One of the blessings of the master’s pure land thought, I can say it in a very essential way, through the explanation of the "Three Sutras of the Pure Land", and other topics including "Buddha Life Precepts" and "Dying Help" The key points of "reading" and "reading the Buddha and transcending the salvation" have also been recorded one by one, so the total of the "Forty-Eight Vows" that we brought this time will last for more than XNUMX hours.

Well, this more than XNUMX hours, it can be said that the last learner feels that this is what we need to learn in the Pure Land to truly be able to be sure of our life. There is a range of learning that must be learned. The most essential part is about more than XNUMX. I’ve already brought all of them in the hours, even those with deep roots in goodness listen to one or two hours, one or two sessions are enough, just like the old Bodhisattva, hey tell you: "There is a world of bliss in the West. An Amitabha, he made a vow and made forty-eight vows, unconditionally to save sentient beings, as long as we are willing to make a vow, we truly believe in aspirations, this world really has to see through, let go, really just walk away, such a truly eager wish To survive from the heart, as long as you recite the Buddha, no matter how much you recite, there are no conditions for your skill level. Then when you arrive at Amitabha, you will definitely come to attract you, as long as you are reborn in the Paradise of Bliss, you will become a Buddha", wow... that The old bodhisattva with deep good roots will graduate when he hears this passage. The Pure Land Method is that simple.

If you really want to understand the theory, I just talked about it. The final study has already racked my brains. Through the "Pure Land Three Classics", the three classics are based on the classics, "Yuan Tong Zhang" and "Pu Xian Xing Yuan Pin", oh... a It is the "Huayan Sutra" and the other is the "Srangama Sutra". It is really different from our Pure Land. It is based on precepts and wisdom. Our Pure Land method is different from our Pure Land. I don’t have any special explanations. The Three Sutras are the proper scriptures of our Pure Land Sutras, which are very sufficient, so because everyone is very busy, and in fact, our method does not depend on how much you understand the theory, nor the depth of our skills. So after listening to this theory, the scope doesn't have to be very broad. Real fellow practitioners are interested in learning widely. The old monk's scriptures that have been taught for more than XNUMX years will not be able to be heard in a lifetime. You can refer to it. 

Then the work done by the last school is what the old monk said. I have absorbed a core of my own in the twelve years of following the old monk from the beginning, and then integrated the great virtues of the patriarch and can be said to be the essence of the entire pure land method. Yes, I have sorted it out and recorded this tape for more than XNUMX hours. Then why can I say that? The essence of the entire Pure Land Method has been sorted out, because the last learner feels that this pure land of our cultivation is real. What is the goal? To become a Buddha? The main content of these twenty-five hours is to talk about this matter, so as long as the practitioners truly understand and can fit this method, these twenty-odd hours It was enough to send every fellow practitioner to the Paradise of Bliss.

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(XNUMX) Rejoice and accept according to one's own good roots 

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The problem is that they don’t correspond to each other. Master Shandao’s thoughts are completely based on the eighteen vows, the three sources of food, faith and vows. It is really very simple, but it’s hard to believe. If you respond to this practice, follow the eighteen vows theories and methods. Coming to Survival in the Paradise of Bliss is really going to tens of thousands of people, and the three roots are universal, then if you listen to it, it doesn’t matter if you don’t respond. Then you should follow the nineteen vows, which means you can benefit from others, and you can practice kung fu yourself It’s okay to try to survive again, but this kind of probability, according to our observation over the years, the old layman Li Bingnan said, two or three out of ten thousand people will go, so I also wish you can really win the prize, ten thousand. Among the individuals, you have one share among two or three people, so these eighteen vows and nineteen vows are all the methods of rebirth proclaimed by Amitabha Buddha in the forty-eight vows. The conditions are different and they are for different foundations, so they are the same. Cultivation can be based on your own good roots and virtues, your own foundation, you have listened to it, believing that it is suitable for you, and you can't force it.

Well, I personally because I have achieved the most complete benefit of learning from the eighteenth wishes. Of course, I recommend it specially, but I don’t have this subjective attachment. It’s not that you have to be the same as me. Reluctantly, your roots and merits are not sufficient, and the Buddha can’t force you. If the Buddha can reluctantly, everyone will have supernatural powers. If you change everything, you will be brought to the world of bliss. But even if it doesn’t correspond now. It’s okay. Plant a seed first and have an impression. It’s true that until the end of life, you are still unable to do your best, or you can’t really believe in your life. It’s okay to believe in the Buddha XNUMX% to live, at least we have planted the seeds at the end of the day. At that time, you will find that you have nowhere to go. You will be like the Buddhist chanter of Erhe Baidao. Oh, anyway, you have been unable to work hard, and now you are about to die, so hurry up and single-mindedly ask Amitabha to pick it up. 

There is also a chance for this, even if your blessing is a little bit bigger. If you often help you in your meditation and cultivate this cause, then in the future, someone will help you in meditation, and some people will only meet after you die. Shanyou, when he died, his death was ugly, his face turned black and his eyes turned white, and he did not want to close his eyes. Many Buddhist disciples are like this. They are not ordinary people in society, but his fate is good, at the end of his life or after his death. At the stage of the bardo body, there are also causes and fate. Someone helped him to teach, persuade, comfort him, persuade him to bring up righteous thoughts, and to seek rebirth. This may also be too late, so this is especially put forward here, because of me personally, I I feel that the work has come to an end, especially the video recording. I feel that I have almost talked about it. As for the way to talk about the essentials, I will not go into details. If you talk too much, the more you listen, the more confused you will be. Enough.So next, I might have a better chance to go to Nanma in the short term, because every Jingzong society has visited very special places.

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(XNUMX) The origin of the thought of rebirth 

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So in the future, I might have a better chance to go to Nanma in the short term, because every Jingzong society, the places I have been to are also very special, once, twice, and three times according to the fellow practitioners in each place. The causes and conditions of the Fa are different, but they are all from their side. This situation can be said to be unprecedentedly extraordinary. In terms of the number of people, the Fa-joys obtained from one practitioner’s practice Every place is like this, so this can be regarded as a Consummation, a stage of Consummation.

Next, of course, we must continue to accept the blessings of the Scriptures, because we have a CD-ROM, and the content recorded for ten days will be sent to the societies to connect with you, so this world is impermanent, so let’s listen to the scriptures. Listening to the Fa is really to grasp the causes and conditions. As long as we learn the causes and conditions well, no matter from which point of view it is good, we can absorb the greatest benefits, even if it is the three conversions and five precepts, or even a variety of different viewpoints. It can help us all, so why I made such an arrangement is mainly because there is not much time.

The old monk recently talked about this "The Pure Land Dajing Jingyanyi" often mentioned, what is his attitude towards the disaster in 2012, he said, ah, he is persuading fellow practitioners to fix their death at that time, just as us The time is coming. So we have two years of life left. The old monk had never expressed such a position before. He said that if a disaster comes, this disaster is likely to come. He would not say that before, including this end of the world. The prophecy of .. Hong Kong’s ambassador, others are also in Hong Kong. He said that compassion can detoxify. He was not prepared to flee, and he did not say that he would die, but this time he said that if the disaster is true When he came, he didn't make any plans anymore. He didn't use compassion to resolve it. He didn't use Samadhi to resolve it. No, he just died.

Then as soon as I heard this, this is not trivial, I will check the information on the Internet and check it, wow! There are more than ten kinds of such global disaster predictions on December 2012, 12, including various experts, scientists, Tibetan lamas, astrology, and psychic races. It is predicted that although the disasters they predicted may be different, some are earthquakes, fires, some are planets hitting the earth, there are solar storms, and the magnetic poles of the north and south poles are reversed, etc., although the disasters he said are of different forms. , But the dates they predicted are all the same, and in fact, as long as you really think about one, one of them is good, will the other dozens of disaster phenomena occur together? Yes, will a nuclear war break out? Detonating floods, volcanic eruptions, all kinds of other such large-scale disasters, will, any kind of fulfillment is enough.

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(XNUMX) The most important thing is to be able to fully grasp the theory of the Pure Land Scriptures 

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Two years later, we have made an appointment with some fellow practitioners. We closed the door a month earlier and chanted all day long. When the disaster came, we just left. We are all ready. In fact, we must be ready anytime, anywhere. We can see impermanence in the first place, but because we have known it in advance, two years are very abundant, and this prediction will allow us to live well in the past two years, and do what we want to do as soon as possible. Tired, the old monk said to accumulate hard work and hurry up, so it’s actually quite ample. If there is a disaster at that time, then just leave. Then if the disaster does not come, postpone it, it’s not that it didn’t come. When Amitabha comes, he has to leave. It’s not polite at all. I don’t want to wait for the golden lotus platform or the silver lotus platform. If there are lotus flowers, I will go up quickly. 

So if the disaster does not come, and Amitabha does not come, what should we do?That’s okay. We are diligent in recitation of the Buddha’s merits for a month. Maybe our disaster delays have our merits. We are thinking with the heart of resurrection, so there must be more or less strength. , That also means that we still have work that hasn’t been completed yet. At that time, oh, let’s be free. There is no such thing as any thoughts. Don’t care about it, don’t have gains and losses. Only by reliance can we be at ease. That’s because we usually live life. If it hasn’t arrived, the world’s debt has not been repaid, and it’s not okay to die.

Some fellow practitioners told me that they were going to retreat for three years to die. Basically, they would observe this person first. Like I was in the mainland not long ago, in October this year, there were more than XNUMX people who said they would go to the mainland to participate in a lecture on the Seventh Buddha. Many fellow practitioners were very diligent in attending. One of them was in his XNUMXs and told me that he had already found the room and some fellow practitioners helped him. He was going to die in three years, because it was true. There was one in his thirties who really passed away after studying for two years and ten months, so some fellow practitioners wanted to follow suit. He asked me to tell me that I advised him not to retreat. For one thing, it’s not always possible to observe his temperament. It can be shut down. In case something goes wrong, not everyone can go so smoothly. I am already in my XNUMXs again. I am working in a government unit. I am young and promising. Usually I must be very diligent in chanting Buddhism, because he still came to ask me one. The question said: "Master, how can I keep this precept of not lustful?" He found it very difficult. He asked me what to do to keep it well. The first time I met someone asked me this question, that’s how it was. He usually wants to work hard to keep this precept well, it's not easy, so he is so hard-working and brave, I said that since you can let go, and you can really let go of all your requirements to die, you must be able to let go too. Everything, for all beings, right?Serving in the dojo.

You don't care about your life anymore, you still...the state of your life, can you still face it?Then our body is also our asset. If we are young, if there is a cause and condition, many sentient beings are suffering now. We should be more motivated. If there is no cause and condition, of course we should leave. This is called recklessness. Don’t deliberately. Wow!What must be done, if you are too deliberate, you may not be able to do what you want. In this world, nine out of ten are unsatisfactory. It is impossible to pass or fail, so it’s not that you can die if you want to live in retreat. Got it, the most important thing is that we have to be able to fully grasp the theory of the Pure Land Scriptures. If you close the door like this, you are not very clear about the theory and the method, then it is not very dangerous if you trim and adjust it, just Like a person who doesn’t... This blind person walks and fumbles. In case it’s too late to jump down a ditch in front of you, it must be clear. The goal, direction, and path must be clear. Then you have to retreat, yes, you have to You can do whatever you want. At that time, I was very comfortable.

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(XNUMX) It must take a long period of time to make sure that confidence can be increased every day

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So this time, we have arranged for three days here. We originally announced the topic for the "Amitabha Sutra Essentials". Then I think this opportunity is rare, because our fellow practitioners already have some thoughts on good guidance. Basically, if the thought of Shandao really understands and truly feels true faith in aspirations, it is impossible for people who have developed faith in the rebirth to retreat. This is what the Master Shandao said, enter the right samādhi right now, and the Buddha can enter the right samādhi only after he has reborn in the world of bliss. But if you have already retired, it means you didn’t feel it at all. So because I think our fellow practitioners already have a good foundation and have planted this seed, so I especially cherish it. The chance of these three days.

I just condensed this part of the "Amitabha Sutra" into one day to complete it, and the remaining two days are the more advanced "Sutras of Avalokitesvara Sutra", "Sutras of Amitabha Sutra", you really It takes one month to fully explain it, and at least one month in detail. The essence is not one sentence at a time, but we can also master this very important part in two days, because I I also try to make it simple, and try my best to explain it in simple terms. If you speak too deeply and too broadly, I am afraid that the fellow practitioners will not be able to absorb it, and it may not necessarily require so much. Therefore, this two-day progress, I believe it can be done. To give everyone a big improvement, it depends on our learning mentality.

So if for these three days, the essentials of these two sutras are too concentrated and too rich in nutrients, and they can’t be absorbed at once. It’s okay. We have a video in Muar. Both the "Amitabha Sutra Essentials" and the "Guanjing Essentials" However, it’s not the same as what I’m talking about here, because the conditions of the practitioners in each place are different. The scriptures and principles are the same, but the verbal expressions may be different, so the practitioners can also refer to it. First, it must take a long time to cultivate. This method will not retreat after you are truly engaged. However, there is an advantage to your cultivation. On the one hand, you are not sure whether you have already lived in Zhengding, so you keep on Cultivation is not more secure. Let’s talk about continuous cultivation. It is certain that you can increase your confidence every day and increase the happiness until you die. Otherwise, if you don’t listen to the scriptures and learn, your heart must be in five desires and six. Dust, if you don’t advance, you will retreat. You can’t think of a way to improve through these aids, then you must be Nian Nian retreating. Nian Nian is contaminated with greed, anger, ignorance, five desires and six dusts. We learn like this, no, eh , The master will talk about it, wow, raise your spirits and listen carefully. After that, you are back to Wuchen again. There is no adjustment in your life and rest. What should be like after listening to the scriptures and the law, you really listen to it, as long as you hear one sentence and two The sentence is useful, and you must make a major adjustment immediately when you go back. Those bad habits should be changed. Then the sixth ancestor Hui can hear the sentence "Being born without a place to live," and everything is let go.

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(XNUMX) The special cause and shock with the thought of good guidance

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I was studying in graduate school three years ago. During the class, I accidentally saw a pamphlet of Master Shandao. That is also a very special cause. It is logically impossible for the pamphlet to appear on the shelf of the newspaper and magazine in the class. It cannot be circulated outside. These books, but there is only one, it seems to be waiting for me to get it. When I read the content and turned over, I was very shocked, the kind of physiological reaction, "Blessed Life Sutra" said it was just [衣毛为Those who start or cry are all made Buddhist Taoism in the previous life], that is a kind of touching, which is too shallow, the kind of touching I was at that time, the scalp is numb, the pores are erected all over, all erected, and then The heart is accelerating like this wow, it's almost beating at that speed, when I jump to feel a little fainting, as if this breathing is about to break, almost out of breath, so strong shock, and the kind of numbness is from the head, When I talk about it now, there seems to be a little numbness, from the scalp to the soles of the feet, the physiological reaction of the whole body is too strong, why? 

During the twelve years of studying and studying hard, we have suffered so much, and obstacles. People say, "It’s mediocre if you don’t invite others to be jealous." Maybe I still have a little talent, and there are many tests along the way, but It’s all getting higher and higher, so I’m very grateful at all times. So how can I say this? It’s been twelve years, twelve or three years, so when I am touched, When I encountered that kind of shock, I felt as if the suffering of the past ten years was finally going to stop, and finally came to an end. Oh, I really want to make such a loud call, and finally I am relieved. An intuition, this content is the real way to rebirth, one hundred percent can be reborn, this is the pure pure land method theory and practice. 

Why do I usually get such an intuitive confirmation when I look at it? It’s because of my ten years of teaching basis, I also retreat to the Buddha. I have used all the methods we know before, but they didn’t work and the effect was limited. Of course, I can get all kinds of benefits. It seems that I have experienced troubles and kung fu. So before I came here to talk about the "Yuan Tong Zhang", I dare to tell you that, really, kung fu is possible, we are It can be done, but so what?That can’t ensure that we can die, so we’re still unreliable along the way. However, the method that Master Shandao said is different from our previous concepts, and we didn’t learn it very clearly. In fact, the old master said it very clearly. , It is said in all aspects, but we are not good at learning, and there is no way to integrate.

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(XNUMX) The "Amitabha Sutra" is the core classic of the Pure Land Method and cannot be ignored

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What about us today, and then we will start to study this "Amitabha Sutra Essentials", I hope you can also in any paragraph of the scriptures, suddenly have the same feelings as I just described, everyone's cause is different, it seems The old monk Xuyun, when he was fully enlightened, he accidentally practiced Zen seventh with a glass of water and accidentally burned his hands. This is a cause and condition to be fully enlightened. Then our method is simpler, we don’t need to be enlightened, our graduation standard is very low, as long as Sixty points don’t need one hundred points. As long as you really feel and truly believe that Amitabha Buddha will come to greet us, as long as we are willing to go, this feeling will be blessed as soon as it rises. It is induction. Then you will graduate. Retreat, but the induction is different for everyone.

Then, how should we study the Amitabha Sutra?First of all, it is very important to establish a correct attitude, because in general, our fellow practitioners are easy to despise and neglect this sutra. Some have already learned very well. From your evening class, some are chanted every other day, and some are chanted every day. The Amitabha Sutras are all very familiar, but the initiates may not have a deep understanding. Why should the Amitabha Sutra be regarded as a regular lesson in the jungle? The jungle is a group of monks of various sects. This morning " The Shurangama Mantra starts after the ten small mantras. In the evening this single-day eighty-eight Buddhas, the double-day "Amitabha Sutra", or some Jingzong Taoists are "Amitabha Sutra" every night, why is the "Amitabha Sutra"?What does this show?Regardless of whether the various schools and sects still want, all the merits will eventually return to the Pure Land Method. Therefore, we know that the Pure Land Method is the expression of the Samantabhadra in the Huayan Sutra. We already know that the ultimate goal is to return to the Pure Land. Able to be Consummation, Consummation and Buddhahood. 

So this "Amitabha Sutra" is the core classic of the Pure Land Method. Usually, the "Blessed Life Sutra" advocated by old monks is because it is an introduction to the Pure Land Method. It is very clear. After the cause, vows, and results, the world of bliss has been stated clearly and solemnly, and it can be suitable for every fellow practitioner to learn an introduction to the Pure Land. Of course it is very important, but as far as the Amitabha Sutra, it is nothing at all. Having said that, there is no theory and no practice, and there is no special emphasis on practice. It is just a brief talk, telling us to believe, make aspirations, and recite the Buddha, that is, believing aspirations and doing things is very simple, it is a wordless heavenly book, so " The Amitabha Sutra is the most difficult to speak and the easiest to be neglected, but it can be said to be the most wonderful. The simpler it is, it contains this principle, the higher the realm.

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(XNUMX) Must learn to master, clearly grasp the theory and method

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Moreover, if you think it is necessary to think about it, it means that your respect is not enough. Zhangenfude is not mature enough, not to mention the kind that is more doubtful the more you think about it. It is impossible to enter this sutra at all, and this sutra will definitely not be learned. Therefore, when we see the representation of the relic Buddha, we have to know how to study the scriptures of this sutra. Every word must be treated as an imperial edict. The emperor ordered the issuance of the imperial edict, and you just follow every word. By the way, there is no room for discussion and no room for thinking. Then you can learn this sutra right now, and you can get the benefits of this sutra. Simply put, aren’t there six Buddhas and ten Buddhas praise and admiration? Persuade us to believe it. Well, then you believe that the Buddha will not deceive people. What is the benefit of the Buddha’s food and nothing to cheat us? Then if you believe, you have good roots and merits. Believe that the Buddhas of the ten directions prove to us. Amitabha Buddha’s vow is true and true. I persuade us to ask for rebirth, to persuade us to make a vow, and to persuade us again and again in this sutra, to repeatedly persuade us to make a vow, we have to experience this kind of Buddha in the ten directions. The heart of persuasion, then obeyed, and made a vow. 

How to get there?It’s very simple, as long as "If one day, if two days, keep one mind without chaos" is very important. I will explain this part later. You only need to recite the Buddha. You only need to master these three keys. This sutra You have learned that if you don't believe it, you still wonder if there is a paradise? Is Amitabha really so powerful?Is the forty-eight vows really fulfilled?If you doubt it for a long time, then you will doubt that you certainly won’t make a wish. Even if you recite the Buddha, you will never get any benefits. It’s just a waste of time. So the earlier you obey, the more benefits you will get. Use true faith and eagerness to recite the Buddha's name. Well, you can recite every sentence of the eighty-one kalpa life and death felony. Recitation of the Buddha cannot eliminate disasters, avoid disasters, have no induction, and cannot rejoice. That’s because you don’t recite with a true faith and eagerness. Then you may not be able to recite in the end. If you die, you must learn how to master it, and then you must clearly grasp the theory and method. This thing is not to be confused, and you cannot be vaguely confused for a lifetime. 

Do you think that if you have been in Buddhism for decades, do you really have any good results?Not necessarily. We have seen a lot. Old cultivators walked ugly when they died, and then made everyone feel "Oh, there is no confidence in this discipline." That is a personal problem. There is no problem with the Fa. You need good roots. The merits and destiny are sufficient. Now sentient beings have ten or nine karma, which can be said to be ten ten, but if the destiny is really mature, then of course ten ten can be reborn. It's sufficient. This sutra says that "you must not be able to live in the other country with less good roots and virtues." This is the key. It does not say that you must not be rich, talented, and skillful. Does it talk about this condition? No, there are no conditions, we can also see from this sentence.

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(XNUMX) A deeper understanding of the classic realm of "Amitabha Sutra"

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So let’s talk about a section of this classic state first. This is the teaching taught by the Twelfth Patriarch of Jingzong, the Zen Master. This is very deep. I only take one section. If you don’t understand it, it’s normal. If you understand, then you can follow Liu. Zu Hui-neng is almost the same, because he said this paragraph is too complete, so you must put it forward, everyone can slowly realize it, he said that he is the twelfth ancestor of our Jingzong, he said : "When you recite the Buddha. That is when you see the Buddha. That is when you become a Buddha. When you are surviving. That is when you are going to live. That is when you are reborn. The three intercourses are at the same time. There is no front and back. This is the most difficult to enlighten. It is the easiest to believe. But you can go straight down. It will be used by the whole body in the end. It can be said that the study has been completed. The work has been done." The state of this passage is very high, but you can also make a good comment on the preface I just said. It is the easiest to believe. "This is the most difficult to understand. It is the easiest to believe. But you can directly accept it. In the end, it will be used by the whole body." It’s fine if you are obedient. If the Buddha says it doesn’t deceive others, just believe it. Just accept it, I’m willing to believe it, so you I don’t know what to believe, but I’m willing to believe that this is the manifestation of our good roots. I have absolutely no doubt about Buddhism and Buddhism. This belief is enough. As long as you are willing to believe, you are believing. If you are really willing to believe it, you will take it straight.

You say, "You can say that you have finished studying. You have done what you have done." Ah, you can accept the blessing of the Buddha's power with your mind and thoughts, and then you will truly feel that your confidence is getting better and better. It becomes clearer and clearer that you know what you are believing. He said before "When you recite the Buddha. That is when you see the Buddha. That is when you become a Buddha." When we recite the Buddha, "The heart is the Buddha, and the heart is the Buddha." "The theory that when we recite the Buddha is when we see the Buddha, that is, when we become a Buddha, oh... This is too complete. In other words, we really recite the Buddha with faith. When we recite the Buddha, we see the Buddha. Mind, we are also Buddhas at the moment, and we are inseparably integrated with Amitabha. Now we are Buddhas when we recite the Buddha.

Wow...Dare you dare to take it? It's not easy, but because we have to be humble, we are not practicing the tantric visualization deity, I am Amitabha, I am afraid that you will over-watch it later.I used to meet a college student in the business and distribution office, wow...women who are eloquent and eloquent, and seem to be very clear-headed, but she told me, and after a little chat, she said to me: " I am Avalokitesvara, I am here today to beg you for XNUMX yuan, and you must give it to me." Over-cultivation, she... Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's offering to you is for you to cultivate blessings, a layman has over-cultivated, so We don't want to cultivate secrets, because the practice of secrets is more dangerous, but there is nothing wrong with the theory, there is nothing wrong, she is too into the play, can not get out of the realm when you enter, forget your physical body, or ordinary people.

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(XNUMX) How to truly believe in Amitabha

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"Three at the same time. There is no before and after." The Buddha, survival, and life are all completed in this thought at the same time. This is called "three at the same time." The three at the same time are the past, present, and future lives. The original time is actually equivalent. The middle does not exist. There is a boundless realm in one thought. The more we talk about this, the deeper we need to understand so many rules for resurrection? The more we listen to it, the more confused it will become, but the main reason for taking this passage is to make fellow practitioners not to neglect ours. For the theory of the Pure Land Method, the master of good guidance is mainly engaged in phases, so that everyone can understand it easily. Directly teaching us how to sustain it does not mean that he does not pay attention to this principle. If you have to explain it very clearly. , The more you listen to it, the more confused you become. On the contrary, the method of real rebirth on this matter is blurred. It is not easy to grasp the key points in the study, so here is a brief paragraph that is the intention, and then the focus is on the back. 

"This theory is the most difficult to understand. It is the easiest to believe. But it can be taken straight down. It will eventually be used by the whole body. It can be said to have completed the study. What has been done has been done." This is the instruction given to us by the XNUMXth ancestor of the Jingzong Zen Master, then, then We need to know that the key to studying the Amitabha Sutra and the Pure Land Method is to "believe" and believe, XNUMX% believe, accept, and practice according to teachings. This is the key. Don't think: "How much do I hold... How good is this precept and how good is the practice of Buddhism?” But if you don’t misunderstand, then you don’t need to keep the precepts. No, people in the world are like this. Emphasizing the practice of precepts does not mean that you don’t need to do this, but it is true that the key conditions are here. Where is the key?In "belief and accept", follow the teachings.

How can you really believe it?Of course, we have to be able to have faith in Amitabha Buddha, to have faith in this method, then we must have the content of the faith, and we must really feel it in our heart. It is not just talking about faith and knowing, knowing that we want to believe, but we just can’t mention it. To get that sense of reality, through the guidance of Master Shandao, I have summarized three key directions. Why do we usually fail to increase our confidence, nor can we increase Dharma happiness when we recite Buddha, that is, the first one that we don’t have that kind of intimacy with Amitabha Why is there no intimacy? Because we don’t understand Him, we have studied the Pure Land Scriptures for a long time. Do you really know Amitabha? Do you know the other half of you better than your family? Do you get along with your family? For decades, you know all about his habits and problems. With a little action like this, you know what he is going to do next, and you know it well. Then, do we have such an understanding of Amitabha?No.

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(XNUMX) The stronger the faith, the higher the grade of rebirth 

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Master Yinguang also said: "Even if you recite the Buddha's name until the wind can't blow in, the rain can't get wet, like a bronze wall and an iron wall, you can recite the Buddha's samādhi," you may not be able to die. That is your cultivation, samādhi, if You have not prayed for rebirth, and you cannot rebirth. Even if you really pray for rebirth, because you are thinking about practicing Kungfu yourself, and relying on your own practice to return to this kind of mind, you and Amitabha are not kissing either. You don’t trust him XNUMX%, so you still have some doubts about his wishes, his heart, and his abilities. The theory is still unclear. You relied on the cultivation of concentration and yearned for life, so you will be born. In the third generation of the nine-tier lotus, this is called Biandi Suicheng, and then waits in the bud for the Bodhisattva to enter the bud to teach you and help you resolve your doubts. When XNUMX% believe in the power of Amitabha's wishes, the flower blooms to see the Buddha. 

If we now rely on the eighteen vows, XNUMX% trust and acceptance, and rely on Amitabha’s salvation, we will go directly to rebirth and rebirth. Bodhisattva is also possible. Old Bodhisattva is easier. It must be at the third level of the previous generation, because the third generation. The ninth grade, Master Shandao told us that it is all for ordinary people. The most hopeful thing for each of us to die is the third grade of the upper generation. The third grade of the upper generation has the three grades of upper grade, middle grade, and lower grade. It depends on the depth of your belief, so This key is very important. We are really..... Hurry up and increase our confidence. As soon as we go, we will go straight to the retribution. The retribution is the most outstanding. You can see the Buddha immediately and you can return to the world of Saha. So how can you not doubt the Buddha? For our wishes, I don’t doubt the Buddha's ability. I truly realize that Amitabha is the "king of the Buddha, the most respectable in light." I really feel the vow he has made for us, and the relationship with us is so close.

Among the Ten Dharma Realms, he is more anxious to save sentient beings first. So some fellow practitioners said, "Oh, my karma is so heavy, and I definitely can't be reborn." Then you are wrong, the more your karma is. The Buddha wants to save you first, so you can really be aware that the karma is very heavy. Congratulations, you are very easy to feel, and I am afraid that you will not make a wish. Master Shandao teaches us how to generate conviction, which is to remind us that we must be conviction. I am a mortal man of sin, life and death, and I have not always circulated since the tribulation. Only when you truly acknowledge this fact and discover this fact, you can rely on the Buddha XNUMX%, because you have nowhere to go, and you know it. If you don’t rely on the Buddha, you’ll be dead in your next life. You must go to the Three Evil Paths. Whether it’s true or false, I’m just following you. I’ll catch you to death, like Ah Before the first appearance of King Sheshiwang’s death, he was reborn in the upper generation, the high-grade rebirth, the five evils and ten evils may not necessarily be reborn in the lower generation. Seeing his faith, the tighter he grasps Amitabha, the stronger this belief will be. , The higher the grade of his death, the Asher King gave us a proof. 

In the "Nirvana Sutra" there is a passage that says, "For example, if one person has seven children, one of the seven children is sick. Parents are not unequal, but they are more important to the sick. The Tathagata is not unreasonable to all beings. Equality, but the heart of the sinner is more important. The buddha who is free is compassionate.” This is the heart of Amitabha. There is an analogy in this paragraph. If there are seven children, then one of them is sick, then the parent It’s not that the minds are unequal, the Buddha’s minds are equal, but he is too ill, so he must take care of him first. This is an analogy in the "Nirvana Sutra". Amitabha’s mood is like this. For us, these sins are life and death. Ordinary, he is most concerned about. 

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(XNUMX) Really believe in and sincerely hope that the body and mind will transform and let go 

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The second is greed in this world, with five desires and six dusts. Of course, our heart for survival is not true. The mouth says that we want to die, but we still have no confidence. In fact, your desire to die is not true at all, since it is not true. Yes, how can you develop confidence? Many people are not real in their desire to die. If you really want to let go, or if you are not married, you should quickly become a monk. What does it mean to become a monk?It means devoting yourself to practice, do you dare?Therefore, we must not underestimate post-learning. New-born people have already let go of their love and resigned from their relatives. They have begun to live a life of observing the precepts and studying the precepts and learning the precepts. This is nothing but kung fu. Can you do it?No matter how high your knowledge is, no matter how wealthy and high your status is, you seem to feel "not attached, not attached to the world" in your heart. It seems, not true, you haven't come here yet, it doesn't count, otherwise you go to shave and see , It’s considered as consummation to be a director. You can’t say "Really, I also observe the precepts and study, I take the Bodhisattva precepts, how I... the teachings are well understood", that is undecided, the test has not come, it doesn’t count. , It doesn't count, it counts if you really do it, so do you really have a greed for this world?In all likelihood, it's not, but I don't admit it.

The old monk also often said that I have not yet reached the Arahant and cannot believe his own thoughts. We have a few Arahants. You dare to say that you let go, "I am a monk, I don’t have to be a monk, it’s okay." Your heart is true. Are you a monk?Not necessarily, there are none in all likelihood, so the desire to regenerate really arises, unless you are not satisfied with your karmic factors, your responsibilities in the world are not there, your family needs you, and all the karmic factors are not sufficient, otherwise you should be a monk. Unless there is no one to help you shave, you are too old, and you have to plant deep roots of goodness in your past life, otherwise it is not so easy to want to become a monk. As soon as you take the precepts, you have just started to learn spiritual practice. You are the identity of a human being, just like a teacher in a school. You are a formal teacher. Although the level of your teachers varies, you are all teachers. Students see Is it to be respectful and respectful?Yes, do you have such a big blessing? It is the good roots of the old world that can really get out of the house and receive the full precepts, so you can be motivated. That is your blessing, and it really shows that you really see through and let go. 

Once this heart is released, and then encounter the teachings of Master Shandao, we will be able to regenerate Buddha in the correct direction, theory, and method. I will say that those who truly believe in the rebirth cannot be reborn and I am responsible. I Drag Amitabha Buddha away, because I will definitely die. Don’t say politely, "Wow...I’m not so humble at all, I can die with confidence." Everyone should know that we are reborn XNUMX% by the power of Buddha, not by ourselves. So this is not to show off my merits. We don’t have any merits. If you really practice on your own to achieve great enlightenment, then of course you don’t have to talk about it. Our method says that we are telling the truth, in order to prove to fellow practitioners and arouse everyone’s confidence, we also really use our deeds to proclaim and admire the forty-eight vows issued by Amitabha Buddha, and to praise and admire this method. This is the merit of Amitabha. It’s not our personal merits. We are sinful life and death ordinary people, because we admit that it is sin, life and death ordinary people, and have no power at all, so I firmly believe that only Amitabha Buddha, and I also believe in the power of Amitabha Buddha, it will be complete before ten tribulations, I believe I believe that every word that the Blessed One says in the scriptures, I believe that the Buddhas of the ten directions will prove it for us. 

Then this "faith" is based on the doctrines we have given to various sects over the past ten years, and we have also put some effort into the mind and nature, these theories, and the faith that we have generated under the aggregation of all these factors. I can’t tell you what I’ve learned over the past ten years in a few words. I can only make a summary to tell you. Really, I’m very confident. It’s good to make a vow, because you don’t know what “true faith” means, so as long as you really make a vow, I can be responsible. The way you really make a vow is not what you say, but you can recite the Buddha with all your heart. Nian, you really naturally cut off evil and practice good, keep the precepts and recite the Buddha, and be more diligent than before. This shows that you are sincere and eager, and I will be responsible. It is not that you have listened to it. Oh... I just need to worship and start vows. If you don't hold it, and don't recite the Buddha, then I'm not responsible, that's not true faith and desire.

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(XNUMX) It is certain to be able to produce true faith and rebirth

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If you truly believe in aspirations, you will definitely change. People who can live a good life, big boss, oh... If you can hand over your career to others, you can live a good life as long as you can recite Buddhism all day, and there will be a master in Taiwan. I got a disciple, he went to practice the seventh Buddha, the cause is mature, the disciple of the master, the old master, the old master, he is a virtuous master of the Jingzong, he sees a fellow practitioner who practiced the seventh Buddha is mature and persuades him to become a monk. He stayed right now and did not go down the mountain. He made a phone call and said to his employee, "My company gave it to you." A big company, the company gave it to you. His employees were startled, "Are you chanting Buddhism? What’s wrong?” He didn’t dare to accept, “I’ll help you take care of it first. This is what should be done. Let’s take care of it first. Don’t worry, you can concentrate on your practice. If you want to come back anytime, there’s no problem.” He said, "No, I have decided that this company will give it to you. You will handle everything. I don't care about it. I won't go down the mountain." Then he lived on the mountain for decades, living in a hut, chanting Buddha, and practicing precepts. After that, Ruixiang passed away and gave birth to a lot of people, the old master, this is a major practitioner, let go of his family, and put it so thoroughly.

Zen Buddhism also has a very good model-Judge Pang Yun. After he was fully enlightened, all four of his family were enlightened, his wife, son, and daughter were all enlightened, and all the property, Zen Buddhism was done more thoroughly, and they were thrown into the sea. What about life?Weaving straw sandals to live your life, just enough, you can use all of his words for the rest of the time. It is very comfortable, completely free from the five desires and six dust, fame and good, don't go to the red dust, you can’t be in the world. No karma, these are two models of laymen. Then we don’t need to be as thorough as Zen Buddhism. You can get it if you have money. I will help you deal with it. I am very hard. I will help you deal with it. Responsibility is not that Master Huilu told me to learn from him. You really want to bring it to me. I have to test your sincerity. I don’t help you as an accountant. It’s not so easy to help others manage the accounts, because this world Ah, only by practicing Buddhism can save sentient beings. Therefore, we have money to contribute, and we can use our strength to truly help fellow practitioners to liberate in this life. Really everyone can develop bodhicitta, because we don’t have to lock up and practice kungfu by ourselves. , As long as we have found the right direction for this pure land thought of Master Good Master, we can increase our confidence in our lives every day.

When we help others, we teach each other. We often take a few CDs around us. We can connect with people when we have time. You can also communicate with others by watching more. You can connect with your Dharma. In teaching and learning together, you can accumulate your merit. , Fuhui, increase your confidence. There is no time to spend this day. You don’t have to close the door to recite the Buddha by yourself. Close the door and just leave it alone. You may die in the middle generation, but not the upper generation. Master Shandao says The third grade of the senior is to meet the ordinary people." When encountering the Mahayana method, his core is the mindset of self-interest and altruism. "The middle age is to meet the small ordinary people." The roots of being careful, small, and Hinayana, just don’t care about yourself. Others, "the next generation is a common man who encounters evil." It is the next generation that creates ten bad karma, breaks the precepts, or the five evils and ten evils. It depends on the level of your confidence and the number of doubts, so we are more motivated and don't interfere. Yes, the role of a monk in your life does not hinder you. Not only can you decide your confidence now, but also your taste...the more you become a Buddha, the higher your taste will be. In the future, after you become a Buddha, you will have more family members in this pure land, otherwise one You have only three or five buddhas in your rebirth, which is too shameless. 

People’s Amitabha, the Paradise of Bliss, is the predestined condition that surpasses all the Buddhas in the ten directions. You see how face-saving. When we are his disciples, we also have a lot of face. Once we are born in the world of bliss, when we go to the world of ten methods to offer the ten-direction Buddhas. , Wow... people are very respectful to us, you are from the world of bliss, so some people who want to live to the sky, I said, "You really want to go to Maitreya Bodhisattva. I advise you to go to Amitabha first. Where, then you can do it again, you go, he treats you as a distinguished guest, if you do it yourself, you have cultivated for a long time, and you have cultivated meditation to the four meditation days, and you can pass the test of the beautiful women outside. Really When you go to the inner courtyard, you are just a student. There is so much difference in generations. Why don’t you go to the Paradise? Amitabha personally came to pick it up, holding the lotus stand and please sit on the table, and also take you to the Paradise. It’s such a cheap price. If you go to become a Buddha immediately, your status is the Bodhisattva of Enlightenment. This is to be counted! It is really good roots and merits, karma." If you want great blessings, you will choose this path after you hear it. Really this retribution. It's a world of difference.

This is for the world to really see through, let go, don’t be greedy, I have only two years of life, and I am impermanent, you may come anytime and now tomorrow, don’t say oh oh...you yeah, and then it’s really ten I don’t know where to die, it’s terrible, so sometimes when I mention disasters, everyone still finds it funny, how can I laugh, it’s terrible, impermanence comes, and it’s so terrible. It’s useless, so let it go quickly. Why do we want to be unwilling to do so is not letting go. If you really let go, you will devote all your mental time to finding information about Amitabha Buddha. If you continue to have a sense of intimacy and familiarity with Amitabha Buddha, you will naturally have a sense of trust. Trust is confidence, right?If you want to trust someone, you have to get along with him. If you get along for a long time, your confidence will naturally rise. It’s very simple, as long as you get the right direction, don’t always look at yourself and my skills. What, what I am, what I am, this ordinary habit, everything thinks of me, then you keep going to the east, you are not going to the west, turning back is the shore. 

The third one is that, as I mentioned just now, knowing how terrifying the retribution we are about to fall, Hu Xiaolin is already a very evil sentient being, he said, why would he devote himself to learning Buddhism? Because he truly believes in cause and effect, he has already felt that he must fall into hell. There used to be an Arahant who entered samādhi. In the past, he was... Seeing what kind of horrible situation he suffered in hell in his past life, he was scared to blood and sweat. It all comes out, we are generally afraid of whether we are scared to turn pale, and then we sweat all over... He is sweating in cold sweat, he is sweating, we don’t know now, we are about to be arrested for slaughter, those ducks in June, Taiwan has this slang "June duck knows whether to live or die", and happily line up like this. As a result, when one comes to the door, one comes, one comes to slaughter one, Yama King will not be polite to you. This is our experience. Not profound, why can Hu Xiaolin be diligent?Because he realized that he was motivated from this point, and he was afraid of falling.

These are the three points I have summarized. We will work in-depth from these three aspects. As long as you achieve one of them, you will know how to diligently, and you will be able to bring up the faith, truly believe in the aspiration, at least the aspirational heart, this aspirational heart arises , You will actively seek the theories and methods of learning, then after doing it, you will be able to generate true faith, and you will be sure to die. If you are sure, you will of course be liberated. If you are liberated, you will naturally follow the precepts and study carefully. , Recite the Dharma and rejoice, and then you will become more bodhicitta, because you are grateful for the grace of the Buddha and for the blessing of the Buddha power. You are already liberated. You will not care about everything, and then you will be able to save one. There is such a chain reaction, as long as you look back, you will get the three links one after another. If you don't look back, it will be useless for you to cultivate for a lifetime.Today’s time is up, we haven’t talked about the scriptures yet, we will continue to talk about it tomorrow, because this time the theme is "Amitabha Sutra Explanations", so there must be time on the third day, we can talk about "Sutra Sutra Essentials" , Well, Amitabha!

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