(XNUMX) The purpose of practicing Buddhism is to get away from suffering and be happy 

(This time, the drafting master has not yet set the school, if there is a typo, please report the error, the merit is boundless!)

Dear President Cai, Merciful, and fellow practitioners, good evening Amitabha!
Just now, a layman here told me that we have a VIP named Uncle Miao. He is gone now, and there is a dog who will come to listen to the scriptures, but... it doesn’t matter, because I use a microphone when I’m on the scene, oh yes There, I fell asleep, ha... I fell asleep. This vajra seed is still planted, this ah! This dog may have been the abbot of the temple in the past, hey! Don’t underestimate it, it can receive the Three Jewels in the temple today. It’s really not an ordinary blessing and karma, it’s just a difference in one thought, and it’s possible to cultivate better than us.

Why does a difference of thought fall into the animal realm? Its blessings are better than ours. Why does it fall into an animal? We can still be human? It is because it is attached to the temple it builds. Does it watch the door, right? Watchdog, right? Watching the dog’s traits, and then also very loyal, the dog’s traits, good traits, loyalty, better than humans! Right? So you look at any of our events. It can make us alert. This is also our teacher. He teaches us that we must not have a difference in thought. When you have cultivated very diligently throughout your life, suddenly you say, "Wow! You see this is my achievement, this monastery From scratch, it’s all my painstaking effort.” The more you become more attached, the more attached, so is there any way to get rid of suffering and get happiness? There is no way. What you cultivate is the missing blessing.

Then the topic we are going to talk about today: the way to get away from suffering and get happiness now.We have talked about emptiness and emptiness. If you are attached to the Dharma and all things that have forms, you will not be able to completely get away from suffering and get happiness. You will get some tangible things, then these tangible things. Things may be blessings, but if there are leaks, they are not pure, so the consequences of the next life are likely to be in the animal world.So what are the real benefits we want to gain from studying Buddhism? Free from suffering and happiness! It's not how many sentient beings I want to save, how much blessing I want to cultivate, this is the key!

So in our lecture today, we can talk about our topic: the method of getting rid of suffering and happiness. This topic can be said to be the most complete and practical teaching method for us to study Buddhism. We practiced for a long time, XNUMX dharma. Isn't it just to get away from suffering and have fun?Or do you want to be a mage?Or do you want to be an abbot?Or are you going to be a rich elder, a great protector...? These, just look at these people first, do they have troubles?Yes... The troubles are very heavy, and the heavier your responsibility is. If you do not practice the emptiness of the Dharma, then you will be attached to all these aspects. If there is leakage in the cultivation, there will be troubles, and there will be the blessing of troubles. Retribution: The greater this kind of blessing, the more pain, pressure, and responsibilities that follow, and even you will have gains and losses, and the more serious your attachments, at that time, you will be farther and farther away from happiness.So we can’t go in the wrong direction when we study Buddhism, and...if we master this very awkward goal, we can really get a lot of benefits right now. There are many worldly laws! There are many teaching methods of Confucianism, Taoism, and Christianity. In fact, they are all very good, and they can give us a lot of benefits, but it’s this kind of joy, and even it can give you a temporary relief from suffering, like Christianity believes in me to have eternal life, the moment you believe in it, in fact, follow our faith in the Pure Land Method. There is a little similarity. It can quickly make your mind calm and have a dependence, but... the real happiness, the ultimate happiness is only in the Buddha.

why?It talks about emptiness to the most thorough point. You can only get into emptiness. From emptiness to existence, from emptiness, you reappear all things. You play magical powers, you cultivate blessings, and you do all kinds of careers. , At that time, there is no leakage of worries, pure... No, there is no leakage of blessings, it is pure, without worries, that happiness is true pleasure.

So we shouldn’t think that practicing Buddhism means doing a lot of merits, cultivating a lot of blessings, and pursuing tangible things. Then you are wrong.Of course you will have rewards. The more you do, the more you cultivate the cause, there will be results, and there will be blessings, but there will be greater troubles that follow, and even clinging to the difference between thoughts. Then you are stupid. It is very dangerous to go to the animal road to enjoy the blessing.

That’s because today’s topic is very important, well...then the time is very limited and only one and a half hours, so let’s not talk too much about it.Let us directly feel for everyone, how to get away from suffering in the present moment.

We just provide some methods. Of course, each person has a different approach, because each person likes different things, and he can feel happy. But there is a principle here. There is a principle: as long as we are Being able to live in your favorite all the time, do what you like best, including practice, don’t think that practice is very hard! It’s hard to practice, unbearable and tolerable, like a monk saying, wow! Practice, especially It seems to be a very difficult thing to be a monk or not to practice. In fact, it is not. Everyone has different roots and natures. When we study Buddhism, we practice peacefully, not ascetic practices.

So the general principle I’m talking about is how you can get away from suffering and get happiness. Now, it doesn’t take a long time, and it’s easy. Everyone can get it. You try to do what you like to do all the time. But there is a prerequisite, it must be healthy and positive, and you can't do something to kill and commit adultery.I like to do it now to kill thieves and adultery, alas! Drinking! It’s very enjoyable, but very exciting! It’s not wrong, but it’s not really happy, it’s anesthetizing yourself, so there will be sequelae, so there’s no way to bring it. Come true happiness, so this sentence of yours is very important, it is the general principle, you are always in every moment, you do what you like most, and it can correspond to your personality, your roots, and your abilities. Only if you like it, the premise is that it is healthy. No matter if this good method is a big or a small matter, even a little volunteer work, you can do a very inconspicuous job or thing, as long as you like it. Just do it, the merits are the same, and there is no difference between the big and small things, you can feel the feeling of happiness.

Many of us now do things that we like to do every day. Most of them are not. They have no choice but to do nothing. This concept is also wrong. As a last resort, it is also imagined by ourselves. No one can control your destiny. only myself.Now the goal is to buy a house, so I have to work XNUMX hours, and I feel like it is a last resort, and then wait until I have been desperate for one or two decades, why the house price has risen again, and the house is still unaffordable, so I have to continue. Fight again, another one or twenty years later, ah! In the same situation, you will never reach your goal, you have been living your whole life, living in every moment, living in a state where you have no choice. So you are destined to be dark in your world.Life is...not in color, but in darkness. Whose decision is that, your own choice, your own conceptual problems, so this general principle is very important.

You ask yourself, what can make you the happiest? Even if you are a chairman now, you are under a lot of pressure, because this is not what you want, you are born a very indifferent person, in order to take over the family business there is no way, you Now hurry up and find someone to help you pick it up. It’s really nothing great, tens of millions to put it down, then it’s nothing. We have too many wealthy monks. We don’t want wealthy wealth. Let it go right now. If you like to be indifferent to you Just do it, it can make a big difference.Why did you study Buddhism for a lifetime? Because you haven't practiced it! No matter how much you listen to the scriptures, you dare not change, so why dare not to change? In fact, you can't find the direction of practice, and you have not mastered the method. Now, if we say that we are free from suffering and happiness, that is exactly what everyone needs and hopes for, but you have not mastered the method, and of course there is no progress.

Respectful excerpts from disciple Ming Yan

(XNUMX) Experience the benefits of chanting the name of Buddha in Hokkien

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Now, let me share it with you. I feel the happiest thing now. Then you can feel it. I don’t know if there is someone like me, just like me... Come on, I also prepared a chime, and all the props are available. , I seldom take the chanting chime, I will take you to recite the Buddha together now. Let’s recite the Buddha's name a few times and feel it. Don’t faint. This is very special. I will recite it and you will follow along. Amitabha! You see everyone is smiling, you are optimistic about being happy, so go ahead... Amitabha Buddha No Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha Amitabha Buddha...Well, I don't know how to use this chime, I rarely take it. We say it like this. After reading it in an hour and a half, we will be happy for an hour and a half. This is my greatest happiness.Happy!There is no reason or theory. You can truly integrate into the Dharma... which is the so-called receiving the blessings of the Three Jewels. In fact, it is very simple. It is not that you have to talk about it, and then it is difficult to do it, and then it takes a long time to practice. Taste the taste of Dharma, no, if you correspond to Amitabha, you can feel that happiness right now, and then this tune is particularly fun, right? Have you ever heard of it, no, when I first listened to it Almost fainted.

There is enough vulgar (Taiwanese), because the Fujian dialect gives us the impression, because I am a Taiwanese, then we have southerners in Taiwan who speak Taiwanese and Hokkien, northerners are more fashionable, and people living in large cities in Taipei speak Mandarin speaks Chinese, so we usually use Chinese to sing the Buddha's name and chant the Buddha's name. I also accidentally said it once. Now Taiwan is very popular in Taiwan because it has too many benefits.

Our acquired Buddha One, the Buddha One in the Falun Society, will also introduce to you in detail the special tune. Now I will briefly mention it, mainly to let you feel the atmosphere, but it is very simple to get happiness, especially the Buddha title. Among them, it is absolutely pure, with the blessing of the Three Jewels, which requires you to experience it with your heart.

That is especially Taiwanese. Why do you want to introduce this method to everyone, because everyone needs to use it. This is not inconsistent with your other tunes. When do you like to use what tune, it doesn’t matter if you want to use a popular soundtrack today, just leave it to you. Like what you think you like to do very happy, you can do it, and don't hurt others as the principle. If you grasp this principle and think about the present, you can get away from suffering and have happiness instead of waiting until you die.

Then why is this Buddha name worth introducing? Because it can help you to recite for a long time without getting tired, so those of us who can really recite the Buddha can really feel the fun in reciting the Buddha, chanting it (Taiwanese), ah Does any of you do not understand Taiwanese Hokkien, some people listen... (Taiwanese), do any of you do not understand Hokkien, a few...wow, a lot of people, it’s okay, so you can speak Chinese, or wait for me It will be knotted, and I can't speak Taiwanese well.

Because of this level, we certainly hope to be like the big...this big Bodhisattva. At midnight or midnight, midnight and midnight is the Buddha's name, but basically we can’t do it. We dream at night. Some are messy, but during the day we can control and decide whether we want to recite or not. As long as you have time, you can recite. So basically we recite the Buddha and expect us to recite for longer and longer. That's for sure.But the time of recitation is getting longer and longer, our physical body is getting older and worse, and our physical strength is getting worse and worse. This karma is not so easy to eliminate. Logically speaking, if you really have the correct method of practice, you will become healthier and healthier. , Longer and longer life, more and more... This disease is less and less, but most of us have no way to feel this kind of induction, so if we adopt this way of thinking, it will make us a little easier.And it's here... Look at this sound. If it's Chinese, it's Nammo Amitabha, and it's flat sound. If it's Hokkien, it's Nammo Amitabha (Taiwanese). So I just asked you to read it out loud.. You I laughed when I saw it.

I felt very tacky the first time I heard it, and then when I first introduced it to Malaysia, they heard me say the second sentence, and every one laughed. It has that appeal. This is that it is a very simple , Very simple and unmodified, and we feel more in touch with Amitabha when we recite.Why? It does not have the barriers of those soundtracks, but in fact, beginners will think that music is good to hear. It doesn’t matter if you listen to the music, then if you’re tired of reading it, just call it that way, and you’ll find that you have been reading it for a long time. Just taste the taste, a thing with a higher principle and a higher state is actually the simpler it is.It won’t add fuel and jealousy to many things. If you directly think that you are directly talking with Amitabha Buddha, directly speaking with Amitabha Buddha, directly complaining to him, directly sharing your joy and feelings with him, ah, very dear.If you have music, then of course the music is also the protagonist, right? The music is good or not, it is also one of the protagonists, how distracted, robbed the limelight of this name, the name is the protagonist, you directly and purely praise, you are slow Go slowly and experience.

Respectful excerpts from disciple Ming Yan

(XNUMX) Hokkien is the orthodox Chinese

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Then the first time I heard it, I thought it was weird, and it was Taiwanese (how is it so vulgar)? Later I found out, oh! It turns out that this Hokkien dialect is our Chinese, and the orthodox Chinese is the most advanced language because of the Han nationality. They are scholars, mainly scholars. In fact, the Chinese we speak now are Manchus. It was from the time of the Northern Manchus in the Qing Dynasty. After the Manchus invaded the Central Plains, of course they changed their language. ...The languages ​​that came in from these ethnic groups on the border, with the language of this Han ethnic group, such as Li Bai, Su Dongpo, and other celebrities, literati, they are praising that... When they recite poems, they use Hokkien.

Why did he use Hokkien? He was originally in the official language, orthodox (Taiwanese), orthodox language, but because the country was occupied, the Han people fled to the south. It was originally controlled. After being controlled It's about to be assimilated!The language must also be changed. In the past, Japanese people in Taiwan did not require everyone to learn Japanese and so on. There are some scholars, his... his backbone and patriotic sentiment are very firm, so he doesn’t want to be assimilated, so he goes To escape from the South, to escape from the South, of course the language is brought to the south, so it becomes the southern Fujian region, the Fujian dialect Southern Fujian... the language of the southern Fujian region. In fact, this is passed from our original official north, which is orthodox.So later I learned, oh! It turns out that Hokkien songs are more pleasant to listen to. Go and experience it. If you listen to Mandarin songs a few times, you will get tired. The tone is more complicated and difficult to hear, and the tone is more complicated and simple. It’s more connotative, high-level, and high-level. We’re now turning that concept around, because we’ve been instilled that you watch Beijing movies. Beijing movies were very popular in Taiwan before. I feel like, wow! So good! Speaking very standard Mandarin is actually wrong.

Later, when I went to the mainland to preach the Fa, I found out that they all said that my Mandarin is very standard, and the dialect is round, but now it is a bit worse, and it used to be better. They said wow.On the contrary, I find it very strange that we Taiwanese are very envious that your Beijing movies are written like this, but they think that our words are in the standard Mandarin. This is our illusion, but it is actually not right.

What we just said is all based, but later we checked some information and found out, oh!So who is the master?Who is the guest?That is a foreign language!The real language of our Han people is Taiwanese, Hokkien, so you...We, the parents of Taiwan for nearly a decade or two, as long as they have a little level, and those who value education will let children learn Taiwanese, and then learn these poems. , If we understand this actual situation, after the concept is corrected, you see it is really completely different, the world is very different, the most high-level thing has been...the most vulgar thing (Taiwanese) that has been misidentified by us; then we After turning around now, of course, we feel different when we read. We will be respectful to him, and then we will read it soon and become addicted, because he is not tired when he reads, and will get used to it at any time. It has too many benefits if we keep chanting, and if we use praising.

Look at those who help chanting, especially if the tune is too high, men and women will help chant together. If the tune of women and men is, wow!That's really... the person who lay there for a long time hasn't passed away yet, and the people who helped the chant are almost the same. He's going to lie down in the room instead, I will help others to chant, wow!It’s really hard to adjust it high, because you have a tune, and sometimes if the Key is so high...then it’s not tuned, it works well, you read it, okay, it’s okay if you don’t leave, I’ll accompany you, five Heaven, ten days, you should lie down as much as possible, I will accompany you to recite the Buddha, it’s no difference (Taiwanese), and the most important thing is, you have a tone and sometimes you are too high, every time you read a sentence you are very sad, this I am very experienced.

I used to go to the Seventh Buddha. I spent seven days fighting there. Go inside, Amitabha... Amitabha... Wow, this is very diligent, and the chant is very loud, and you know it, you know, if you have participated in the seventh, you know, then At the end of the reading, you will speed up Amitabha Amitabha Amitabha Amitabha... After you read it, you are out of breath, so I have to lie down for seven days when I go back.Often, I’m afraid of playing the Seventh Buddha, and I don’t have any joy at all. Because I think that I can die in this way. I have no choice but to recite and participate. However, the way you recite this is different from the constant recitation. Every sentence you say is different. Among them are all to help you cheer up. We are generally angry. The more you talk, you will become discouraged and lose your energy (Taiwanese). Essence, energy, and spirit are very important. If you eat black food, you have to replenish your energy for a long time. There is no way to hold that breath, so we don't need money to recite the Buddha, and we can directly recite it anytime and anywhere. Only those who use Taiwanese are effective.I can’t guarantee if you speak Chinese. Why? This is my experience. I just talked about it when you are like this. When this Buddha is the Nammo Amitabha, your single field will vibrate. This is not my invention, it’s just Then I agreed. After I tried it, I dared to introduce it to you, because I learned the cause and effect, which is really good. I have been reading it for several years.

Respectful excerpts from disciple Ming Yan

(XNUMX) We have merit in reciting the name of Buddha right now

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Then this time I went to Indonesia a few days ago. I brought Buddha Seven, oh, Buddha One, to preach the Dharma for two days, and then I brought Buddha One to introduce them to this method. Wow, an unprecedented sensation, even the responsible guardian. They often have Fa conferences there, and occasionally they will also invite masters to give lectures mainly on Fa conferences. The person in charge said that he has never participated in so many Buddha one, Buddha three, and Buddha seven that he has never been so happy in the Dharma, and his destiny is sufficient. , I don’t know how to do it. Every time I go there are a lot of people and a lot of listeners. Then the Buddha cultivates together.Usually they tell me that they usually have three Buddhas. In terms of Buddha three, people are okay on the first day, but three to fifty are considered too many. Two or three people are left on the second day. Volunteers can’t leave and only that is left. A few, on the third day, they will come back and go back. They attach great importance to that merit, so they will come back. This is usually the case. Those three, four, three, four, five.. Forty or fifty people are too many. It sits at about six. There were more than a dozen people. As a result, when I went to sit this time, there were no seats for more than seventy people, and the seats were full. The time, the right place, the people, and the fate were just right.Because it is said that Indonesians will not go out as long as it rains, but fortunately, there are still a lot of people when it rains before. I don’t know this. Anyway, the cause is sufficient.

That’s the first time I’ve taken Buddha One this time. I have held Buddha One in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia for XNUMX days this time, and I will also be filming. This time I’ll be in Malaysia. Yesterday...the day before yesterday was For the first time, I didn't expect it to be so outstanding.

Because I was a monk and studied Buddhism for eighteen years, I started teaching with the old monk Jingkong. After graduation, I spread the Dharma everywhere and visited some good knowledge, relying on some good knowledge to learn, but I have never stopped the deacon who taught the Dharma. , I have always only taught the Fa, and know nothing. To put it simply, I have always been specializing in the Pure Land. I can’t say anything. In fact, there is a bit of humility. We monks know everything. If you don’t, you don’t. Fortunately, I’m very popular there because I have to know everything, for example, because I have to learn all five homework, for example, where we have learned this before, we have no choice but to learn. We recite the Buddha. Oh, reciting the Buddha's "Blessed Life Sutra" is just fine. Each has different causes and conditions. Indeed, if you want to die, these are enough.But to be a monk, there are standards for being a monk. Then I went to the jungle to study, and I had to learn everything, and I had no time to use it. Because we still had to spread the Dharma everywhere, there was no opportunity to use it, so I didn’t even think about it. Fortunately, this self-directed dharma meeting is a Buddha chanting, and it is related to our usual major.

I remember one time because I had never participated in any pujas, and once in a large female dojo in Taiwan, of course I had to go to the dojo, of course, I had to order one day, that morning class...she was actually very kind to me. Everyone is very polite to go there, because if she treats me badly, Master, she doesn’t dare to offend me casually one day after she gets on stage. No, this is a joke. Of course she treats me well, then. I also know the rules very well. Although I took up the space, they said that you are welcome, you don’t need to do morning classes and it’s convenient for you, but I will follow the rules myself, and I know how, they don’t have to read all the books when they see it. They are in awe, and she treats you with respect.But once it was early... after the morning class, they didn’t know what puja that day, and I didn’t know what to worship, and I didn’t know what to do. I’m not very familiar with this aspect. Then I would follow along and rejoice, because it was only in the afternoon. I have to leave. I have to leave after lunch. My precepts are not very low. I usually put me in the first position. Wow, it seems that they have some rules. I can’t figure it out in this direction. , Then where to go is very leaky and embarrassing, so you are like this, you have been a monk for so long, right? It looks like you are standing in the front, and then the layman looks at you from the back. You should do It was pretty good, but I didn’t understand it. I walked in black and white. People have already returned to the Buddha’s place. I’m still walking, because every place is sometimes different. When I return to the place and how? A little bit different, they said very rigorously about the Dharma: I'm sorry, the master didn't remind you.I said: It’s okay if you laugh at me, it’s okay, but we must understand everything, and we must be able to cooperate anytime, anywhere.

There are still times when the order is longer or to participate in the study. Although it is not our major, we have to follow the crowd. The basic five lessons are the same. We have to learn all kinds of artifacts, so no one is there anytime today. I’m here to trouble you. I often suddenly ask me to go to Dang Weina morning and evening classes. Sometimes, there is another time when I sing the praise of the incense. I don’t know the praise I sang. I confuse the praise of the incense and the Amitabha. , Singing is easy to sing when others are banding, we can all sing and recite, if you bring it by yourself, it is not the same but not familiar.

So this time, I did not dare to talk about the master of the master law this time. I just use the master master. I was used to this name, and then I took it all day. That’s because it’s actually good. The majors are relatively close, and there is a little bit of the situation, which is already good. In the morning, we are the Amitabha Sutra. We first read the Xiangzan Nianxiang, the practice of the pure land of ordinary people, recite the Amitabha Sutra and then the Buddha Sutra. Buddha, as soon as I came out, I forgot and forgot to pray to the Buddha three times. I waited over there and waited for Wiener. Wiener was waiting for me. I didn’t know that it was my fault. I also said not to hurry up, haha... Tell him to hurry up. "The Incense of the Furnace" is going to go down, everyone is waiting over there. When I am nervous, I have no way to stand in the middle. I used to have it, and I have also rejoiced when I came here. They still forget what the three-time system reads. I’m here too. I’m inexperienced. We all know how to do it, but we don’t do it often. Sometimes the pressure will cause tension and forget, and I even forget to worship. Then the whole process has nothing but this situation. Any situation,

Because it is our major, the "Amitabha Sutra" started to sing after everyone started chanting, and the whole situation entered. In the morning and afternoon, I mainly said that I would take this Buddha one instead of taking you to recite one with you. Recite the Buddha's name, no, not to accompany you to practice Kungfu. Then you can recite it at home, but the atmosphere is a little better. This is actually the master monk. Of course, the master monk will also teach and cheer up. These have blessings, but My role is not like this. I only have one day, why is there only one day? Only one day? Because in fact, if the Buddha cultivates together in one day, I can fully achieve the goal I want. It is not to show you the taste of reciting the Buddha, but to teach everyone. How to recite Buddhism, teach you how to feel the joy of the Dharma during the process of reciting Buddhism. Like you just chanted, reciting Buddhism is a very easy thing, you don’t have to frown.Look at those who practice the Seventh Buddha. Ten of them are all nine. Those who are often more diligent. These two points are more obvious. If you don’t believe me, go and check it out. Why? Practice Kungfu, if your concepts are not adjusted properly, then your mind has been focused. In that Buddha title, did you practice kung fu and concentration? Did you put your delusion on your mind? You have been watching your kung fu and your achievements. The kind of desire and waiting mind, you will never get it. What you want is to block that thought, which is a very heavy karma.There is no need at all. We have the power of virtue when we recite the name of the Buddha right now. Don't think about anything. You can understand that the name of the Buddha has this power. You have a very demanding heart and have confidence in the name of the Buddha. You believe that the Buddha's name has the blessing power. It doesn't depend on you, and you don't need to practice Kungfu. You are happy with every sentence at the moment, and you have already learned how to recite the Buddha.The problem is that there are people who don’t like to recite Buddha after one to twenty years of recitation, because you haven’t felt it. You have never used the correct method and mentality to recite the Buddha name, so you don’t feel that every sentence is right now. It's so easy and so happy, so I just talked about how to get away from suffering and have fun right now is to do what you like best.

Respectful excerpts from disciple Ming Yan

(XNUMX) Leaving suffering and having happiness right after reciting the Buddha

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Then I am sharing with you now, of course, it is to recite the Buddha. This is true. I have studied for XNUMX years. In the first XNUMX years, I didn’t like to recite Buddha. I didn’t have any joy in the Fa, and I couldn’t grasp the key; but it’s easy, you. The concept changed, and then, this Buddha one, there is only one incense in the morning and in the afternoon. The rest of the time is my teaching. The most tiring is me, so that you can feel it after listening to it, read it, and read it right away. To feel the joy of the Dharma at the moment of reciting the Buddha, you will have an impression after you taste it, and you will recite like this when you go back.

The tuition fee for this class is four hundred or five hundred dollars, right?Carnegie's psychology course, how can it be compared with our Dharma, in one day you can learn the most important essence of our chanting of Dharma.You will start using it when you learn to go back. This is enough for one day, and there will be only one incense in the morning and evening, and one incense for each is very easy.But this time, we felt that we did not chant enough, because even the responsible method... that layman was very moved, because one of us is the chanting method called Nanwu Amitabha (Taiwanese), and the other is prayer, worship. May, because you want to eliminate the karma first, what you just read is very happy and relaxing. You don’t have to worry about getting tired when you go to help others. It is easy to use at any time. Every time this gratitude is to let you want to read it anytime. Just read it, and the other one is the original version of the jungle. I changed it to all the Nanmu Amitabha Buddha.

Because the jungle is fixed, the jungle monks you walk into are all in this stern tone, very solemn. We worship until we cry, so I will change it to all chanting... chanting Amitabha, the jungle Anyway, Buddha Shakyamuni has everything and everything, I recorded it myself, especially recorded it, and then I told them that the goal of this prayer should be set at... each of you must bring your own handkerchief, the goal I will worship until you cry.The more miserable you cry, the more your karma disappears, so that you can experience it right now. What is the function of your worship of Buddha?Everyone knows that worshiping Buddha is to eliminate karma, but what is your impression when you go to worship...?What is your feeling about worshiping Buddha?So tired, so lazy, I don’t want to worship anymore, right?Our general impression is like this, at least I used to be, I admit.

Twelve years ago, it was like this in the first twelve years. I feel that practicing is a very hard thing, and I still feel deceived. I used to listen to the old monk’s lectures instead of recitation of Buddhism. It’s very simple. By the way, you can accomplish it without cultivating, why when I came in, I felt that cultivating everything was so hard and difficult.Then I was deceived of course. I was deceived very willingly. I just feel that how I feel is different from before. When I first entered Buddhism, I feel different. In fact, when we study Buddhism, we are really happy. It can really make you right now. To get away from suffering, not to wait until death.Including when we worship Buddha, eliminate karma, and cry bitterly, we are also very happy and happy in our hearts. I don't know if you have experienced it.

Because like I used to take precepts, I love to cry the most. The longer I practice, the more I cry, because the easier it is to move.In the past, we usually sang the evil karma that we created in the past, and then at the end we sang everyone crying and you cried along with it. This is hard to come by, and we don’t always cry. Now I can cry even for the incense of the furnace, that furnace. Before the furnace was over, my tears fell, and then I brought the Buddha Seven. Amitabha Buddha was golden in front of the body and admired to the end. The same was true for the Buddha Seven this time. Last month, last month, I was in Taiwan. Forty-eight wish to save sentient beings. By the time I sang here, my whole tears seemed to be gushing out, the master monk... because I was standing in the first row in front, the first seat of my seat in Xidan, very close to the seventh monk, and then we chanted The scripture stands opposite, and the seventh monk is standing in front. I am very close to him. I am afraid that he will be embarrassed when he sees me crying, but I can’t help it. I feel that Amitabha’s forty-eight is willing to save all living beings, because we are very close to this forty-eight. The wish is very deep, knowing that there are no forty-eight wishes, we are all dead, because there are forty-eight wishes, Amitabha sends forty-eight wishes, we can be saved, and we can get out of the pain of the past. There are three kinds of suffering: suffering, bad suffering, and suffering. It is very deep for us to live, transforming from that situation, and then taste the real happiness, all because of this cause and condition.

So when you feel very deeply, if you sing here, there are those who do not cry, and the men will cry too. Some people say that men have tears and do not flick, then you will be miserable. If you are a little numb, then don’t Sorry, we are his children in front of Buddha Amitabha, and in front of fellow Taoists, we are all a family, all of whom are children of Buddha Amitabha. Why are you so embarrassed?That’s because when I first worshipped, I wanted to bring them into the situation. I said that you can close your eyes. As Amitabha, this place is exclusively for you. Only you and Amitabha. Amitabha is an enlightened person, a kind father, and then You worship him, vent all your emotions, worship the Buddha first and then arrange the chanting of the Buddha. Why do you want to worship the Buddha first, because each of us suffers a lot. Is there a lot of suffering?Is there suffering now?Right now, is there?I don’t know how to answer. It’s not good to say yes, and it’s impossible to say no. Saying yes seems to be a shame to the mage. It’s really rare, why do you know?For the blessing of the Three Jewels, you have to blow air-conditioning, and then listen to the Master’s lecture, and then the magnetic field of the Three Jewels. We really find it strange a lot of times. How to get to the magnetic field of a place is in a particularly good mood. I don’t know why, that’s the problem of the magnetic field.

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(XNUMX) The most complete light is in the six-character Hong Ming (this is the master of drafting has not yet set the school, if there is a typo, please report the error, the merit is boundless!)

For example, we often have a lot of troubles, and then want to ask or ask some questions about the great good knowledge, and ask the old monk. Every time I see a lot of questions, the old monk no longer has any problems, and I can’t think of anything. I don’t know why, but I thought about it later. I just copied it down and wrote it down one by one. I was afraid that I would forget it after a while. This is a rare opportunity. As a result, it didn’t seem to be a problem.It's true that I have had this experience many times. At first I didn't know why, but later I learned that it was a magnetic field, so would it be difficult to get away from suffering?It’s not difficult. It doesn’t mean that your original difficulties and pains need to be solved one by one. What do you want to solve for things that don’t exist at all?What is originally empty is your attachment, and those are suffering. Do you care, you don't suffer from suffering when you let go.The place of the Three Treasures is quiet, and good knowledge itself is relatively free of troubles. This dojo is relatively pure, so its magnetic field will affect you. Those things that are not originally available will naturally not correspond to them, and they will not work. Son, so I feel inexplicably why my mood has improved, and my problem can't be figured out at once.Alas! From this we can see that I can prove that troubles are easy to solve, no matter how many troubles you have.

Let me give you an example. You are in the dark now. The darkness represents our troubles, but we may be troubled every day, and we are troubled by immeasurable calamities. But how to solve the troubles is very simple. As long as the light is turned on, the light will appear and the darkness will appear. There is no more. Did you say that only half of the darkness is left?Half of the darkness is left, no, none at all.But what is this light?We have our own hearts and natures, but our light cannot be enlightened or inspired. We have Buddha nature, so we must rely on the power of the Three Jewels. The Three Jewels represent the light. Where is the most perfect light?Putting it in the six-character red name is the most convenient for everyone to use.Okay, do you understand?To eliminate our boundless worries, we do not mean to solve one by one, no, there is no need to solve them at all.It’s hard for you to let go of this habit. If you say you don’t need to solve it, okay, then you are really happy to be in the Three Treasures, but when you go back, the habit naturally rises up again, and you think about it again. I think about it again. I almost forgot it. I don’t seem to have any troubles (Taiwanese), right? Naturally, after you finish playing the Seventh Buddha, or say you’re listening to the scriptures, this is a good friend anyway. Let’s chat, my good friend has a very good magnetic field. It’s okay at first, but it’s very strange that some people are like this, and there is no way to enjoy this blessing. You have already got the things that you have already got. It’s right for you to live in the moment, why do you pay for it? Want to follow your own heart?Find out those troubles again. This is habit, so it’s very difficult to deal with habit. So why it’s better to practice in a dojo? This big environment helps us, and it’s more corresponding to being clean. Then when you go back outside and follow In response to your worries, your habit is easy to rise, so it is of course difficult to fight the habit and rely on your own strength. Then how do we slowly experience that kind of joy in the Three Treasures, and then try to live in the moment as much as possible. .

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(XNUMX) Learn to understand emptiness

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There is another way, and another way is to gain a better understanding of emptiness. Of course, it will take a long time to learn. When you really understand this principle and the truth of the universe, even if the habit comes up again, you will be troubled. Once the habit comes up, you can still bring up this awareness.For example, if you are troubled now, let me ask what troubles you have now?Because I don't have any troubles I can't think of, I am happy every day, what troubles do you have?Take a microphone, alas, talk about it, share your troubles, and we will help you solve your troubles.Is there anyone now...Of course you feel good now, blowing air-conditioning, because you are very relaxed sitting here, think about you, what troubles do you usually have?What is the most bitter thing about you?You have a burden that can never be let go of in your family, that tigress, or what?Or will you never have enough money?Many Singaporeans are like this now, life seems to be difficult to buy a house now, right? Then why do you have to have a house, why do you have to have a house, not necessarily, you said there is no way without a house...You first talk about...

Fellow practitioners: Master, grievances will lead to suffering.

Master Renjing: Oh, everyone has this experience. Is there anyone who doesn’t have annoying people around? Zhiyong, did you? Zhiyong, you shouldn’t. His family is very happy. Oh, this kid has good roots, and he learned Buddhism at such a young age. There is less pollution, so you can get away from suffering and have fun right now and learn from children.Then our resentment will mean that we have had a bad relationship with others in the past life, then there is no way, this life is destined to be rewarded, so if you want to flee, there is no place to escape, you will have resentment and suffering wherever you go. Everyone has.

The Buddha also has it. The Blessed One is not Tipodatus who has been making trouble for him every day. If he wants to kill him, the Buddha has it. How could we not!So don't say you will not have it, it is impossible, you will have it for the rest of your life, what should you do?See through the truth.Then you have to be emptiness...this kind of awareness is kung fu, you can observe it: an illusion formed by the four earth, water, fire, and wind, is this person real?It's not.Then you seem to be making trouble for you. Is it trouble? Not necessarily. Is it trouble? You have to think about it yourself, right?If you cling to that person and hate it, he really hates it. Then your suffering will arise from your heart; if you turn it around, you won’t be able to, it’s pretty cute, even though it looks like it does. It's bad enough, but it's also very cute, won't it?You should squint him over. Anyway, you are very happy. All are in a direction that makes you happy. There is no right answer and there is no such thing as a fact, because everything is an illusion.

If you can understand it in this way, you can behave as you like, as long as you are happy after hearing the conclusion, you will be free from suffering now, and the resentment will be resolved. No, then the resentment will come. meeting?What's more, as the Buddha said, we must have good times and adversities in all our practice. Adversities are the preconditions for our enlightenment, which is more important than good times, because it can help you improve greatly.I can understand that there are too many inversely increasing upper bounds, because my renunciation is very strong, and then my habits are very heavy, so the test is very strong, for example, our propaganda has a relatively large influence, right?The greater your influence, the greater the test that comes. If you are inconspicuous, we are talking about tonight, if you don’t work diligently, you won’t be influential. People and demons will ignore you. There is no time to deal with you, it will not hinder you, this is for sure.The more diligent you are, the more meritorious you are, and the devil becomes anxious because it conflicts with his interests, right?This is inevitable, so what should I do?Where are you going to escape?There is no place to escape, and you can't escape, because after you escape, you can't break through this realm. You can't achieve your patience and wisdom. You must defeat it and surpass it.

(XNUMX) Take adversity as your rising edge 

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How to defeat it?I'm now...in the current state of mind, for the past few years because of me... the previous years have been very happy every day, really!No worries, habit will be there, but the Buddha name will be picked up quickly, I am taking this medicine anytime, the panacea! Take it anytime, so really, habit will not make me really troubled, habit will have , There are still arahants, how could I not?However, it doesn’t work for me at all. It has been for many years, so now there are also kinsmen and creditors, and certainly there are. We are not careful all the time and offend others and don’t know; my eyesight is not good, you are far away Say hello to me, I didn't see it, you thought I was ignoring you.Oh! It’s that this dharma predestined is getting better and better now, and now it’s becoming more and more arrogant, ignoring people, what to do... Actually, I don’t even know from beginning to end. This way, another bad relationship may be formed. You can’t. To avoid.So what is the real method?How do we find solutions in our hearts?The external environment cannot be changed. If you say that you want him to like you, there is nothing you can do. The Buddha cannot make Devadado like him. What Devadado likes is power and position. He doesn't like the Buddha's Dharma.

So he won’t like it no matter what, you can’t change your grievances and creditors, but you can use him as a fate for you, your help for enlightenment, you use him for free. ,right?So now I have met an innocent creditor, wow, great, come with you (Taiwanese), I want to improve again, I want to improve again, it's so enjoyable.Because doing oral attacks won’t be painful, there will be a lot of obstacles that don’t go well, okay, it’s not going well, you hinder me today, for example, if I want to promote the Dharma, he hinders me from being able to promote the Dharma. That’s great, then I’m today. You can rest, right?Then if there is a cause, it is good, right?You can get along with everyone, everything is fine.Don't cling to what you have to do, then there will be no realm to trouble you; you can't change your kinsmen and creditors.What do you call Consummation based on your own positioning standard?Then you can never do what you want.Especially in nine out of ten people in the world, there is no way to be like your own mind, right? So you have to let go of your attachments first, and then don’t let the outside world... so-called letting go of attachments, you don’t set what is the best, you have to What you get, you must be very open to you...very good and obedient to everything, then you will be happy. In fact, it doesn’t matter how much others give you. Whether he treats you well is his cause and effect, and you treat me well. It’s okay, you’re not good to me, and I’m good, understand!Our own hearts should not be influenced by the outside world.

This is basic, we can keep our minds as if they are not moving, live in Faxi, live in the moments of enjoying Buddha chanting, all the time.Really have to face it. If it doesn’t matter, just face it, because we don’t insist on saying that there must be some result, so no matter how the result is, being hindered or not as good as your intentions, you will feel that you don’t care, and there is no harm. What, and at this moment, it actually confirms your kung fu, is confirming your kung fu.So the Mo Lai test is very good. He is also testing and scoring with you. If you fail the test, you can see it as soon as possible. Oh, my skill is so bad (Taiwanese). I don’t have any skill at all. I usually talk about it. The argument, Tan Xuan and the magic, seem to be very powerful. At this time, when someone takes the test, you are like Su Dongpo, who beat Jiang with a fart.

You know that Koan, every time he is scolded by a Zen master, then Su Dongpo is a literati, he is also a Buddhist disciple, and he has written a lot of verses, and his realm is very high, but...the realm he imagined, not his proof. Kung Fu.The Zen master is a practising person. He deliberately wants to... one day he will write a verse to him, and tell him that you see (Taiwanese), the realm of verse is very high! As a result, the Zen master disobeys him. Give the word "Fart" and ask someone to send him back to his book boy, send it back, wow, he is very angry, this Zen master so and so does not give face, we are good friends, you even..., you just don’t appreciate a few words He even scolded me. Using these two words seems to say that you are not worth money at all, fart, what a chant, alas, he was very angry and immediately went to the other side and ran to look for him angrily, hey, you This is really too shameless. I have such a high realm. What he meant is this. The Zen master said you have any realm. I didn't beat you across the river with a fart. I can't stop it (Taiwanese) , It’s so determined. If you are affected by the outside world immediately, you will fart. Why do you want to... If it's me, you say I fart!Okay!You want to let you go!right?Why do you want to be influenced by him? This is just a literal picture, right?All the realms are as if they do not move, then you have no so-called grievances. On the contrary, these realms are all to help you confirm your kung fu. If you don’t test it, you don’t know where your kung fu is, or even say You test it and strengthen your skill, because the more you experience each time, the deeper your skill will be. It's like saying I hit you once, it hurts, I hit you a few more times, it doesn’t matter, more and more The more skin (Taiwanese), the thicker the skin!right?Thanks to him for this merit, it really is like this.

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(XNUMX) The blessings of monks are the greatest 

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This is how Buddhism teaches us to deal with our grievances. Not only will you not be affected by him and cause trouble, but you will also use it to use it for my use and achieve my kung fu. It’s great, it’s free, Free karma, this is a real practice.

No matter how much you know about Buddhism, you have to return to life to practice, and these innocent creditors... he didn't charge you for tuition, right?You said that you just want to practice, and in some places you still have to learn, right?You paid for it, and then you learned it. You also learned a lot of knowledge. You still have to use it in your life. The so-called: Master introduces the door, and the practice is personal. If you don’t cultivate yourself, you won’t become a person. Your kung fu, your realm.So these are all free textbooks. It’s too late for you to be grateful. It’s really like this. When you think they can’t hurt you, you’ll think wow, I’m so great, and then you’ll think you’re great, you’ll be very If you have confidence, then you will feel like children are having a house wine. Really, you can see clearly what you want to play (Taiwanese), okay, then you go and play, I will play with you In this way, you will feel, you will feel like a superman, you are not afraid of anything, really, Buddhism is to give us this, the ultimate freedom from suffering and happiness.

Like the "Heart Sutra" mentioned in the "Heart Sutra" Nothing... stay away from terror, stay away from upside-down dreams, without fear stay away from upside-down dreams, after all Nirvana, Nirvana to become Buddha, you must stay away from these horrors, stay away from inversions, all kinds of delusions, these wrong perceptions are far away , And then you can finally Nirvana, this state, this is the essence. "Heart Sutra" Prajna Sutra has been condensed for twenty-two years. This is not to say how much blessing you can get, how is it, and then you are going to reach the ultimate Nirvana. No, the Buddha’s blessing is perfect, but that It's not the point, it's incidental. Don't talk about the Great Bodhisattva. Our blessings for being a monk are greater than that of anyone in the world. Why?All Shifang’s dojos are mine. Really, I can live at any time. I don’t need money for food and housing, and I also have rights. People often say: Hey, you cultivate well, this abbot will do it for you (Taiwanese), This temple is for you. It was originally a monk. Our monks do not have personal private property. They are shared by the ten monks. Every monastery that is like the law, as long as you follow the precepts of the Buddha, the property is shared by the ten parties. , Who of you is richer than me?The blessing is bigger than me?No.But we are not big. People called me to be the abbot. I walked fast (Taiwanese). I was too busy, because I really don’t have time to promote the Dharma in ten directions. I can only do one thing at a time. The abbot is the job of protecting the Dharma. I don’t dare, because I’m afraid I can’t do both. Although I have a dojo now, I’m not a meditation practitioner. We are a monk meditation, and I still dare not accept disciples. I’m afraid that I can’t afford that much. At the same time I can't afford so much work. On the contrary, the quality will be relatively poor, focusing on quality rather than weight.

So really, the blessings of monks are the greatest.If, but one important point, you must have Dao. If you have Dao, you are not afraid of not having a temple. Of course you can’t if you don’t have Dao. As long as you become a monk and practice precepts, you don’t have to be afraid of being out of food, because Shifang Daochang is our home. It's like this.

I’ve been a monk for a long time in a Dharma-like temple, and this person has lived here for many years, but I’m going to Jade Lab and I’m taller than you, I’m still in front of you, and it’s good for everyone. On average, the Buddha is also a monk and a monk. If the Buddha is alive today, everyone who supports us is equal. This is how the Buddha is divided. The precepts are like this, but if there are more I got a few copies that were not evenly divided. They were better. I couldn’t send them so much. They gave us the ones with a high level of abstinence. So they lived in this dojo for many years, but now I am a later one. The same, I enjoy the blessings. Bigger than him, it doesn’t matter who owns this property right, what is important is the right to manage and use it. This power belongs to the Shifang Sang.

There is a problem here, oh! Forget that you have to talk about your suffering, because I don't think there is any suffering, so I can talk about it for you.

Fellow practitioner: Master, I have just studied Buddhism. I heard the killing precepts in the Five Precepts. I am...not to say that it is really killing, but I still don’t become a vegetarian. Sometimes I am on the first, fifteenth or some festivals. I am a vegetarian, so my trouble is that I often have to think about what I want...because sometimes my family is not vegetarian, so I also have to cook for my family, but I want to eat it myself, so I have to cook different things. Something, and then I often think about what I want to eat, so I eat for this all day, and sometimes I get very upset!

Master Renjing: Yes, I understand...

Fellow practitioner: I will go outside to find food. It's very hard. Just for one to eat, it's also troublesome.

Master Renjing: Yes, I understand...
Fellow practitioner: I want to be a vegetarian, but I also... it seems difficult just... I have this trouble.

Master Renjing: Okay, I understand, please sit down.Oh, your worries are too small, even you have to treat them as worries. If you don’t know how to do it, just ask others how to do it. Everyone doesn’t understand at first time. If you don’t understand, just ask. Just do it if you know it. You can do as much as you can. Where your cause and destiny are, we also say this in principle. If some of your family members eat meat and are not vegetarian, then don’t say it, and the same is true for you. You can cook for them to eat. Don’t get divorced just because of this. Some walks are easier (Taiwanese). You give me sleep. Well, you have not fulfilled your obligations. This is a major event, right?Divorce, just to not be disturbed by the other party, be a bodhisattva, right?Otherwise, it's troubles. In fact, this is a process. If you don't understand, just ask.For example, if your family wants to eat meat, how about you? Don’t say, oh, some people say oh I’m going to buy a new tripod (in Taiwanese) now, I’m going to buy a new one, I can’t cook it Three kinds of meat, and then barely cook it for you, every time I show people’s expressions, telling you that if you don’t eat it, you still eat the flesh of sentient beings, oh! There are more and more worries, more and more, not just one piece, you Now it’s just annoying. I don’t know where to eat, what to cook, or how to make it. In the future...in case your family complains to you and the troubles increase, so this actually has to Change from your fundamental concept; human beings have... sentient beings have this habit, and they will take a lot of things out of their own troubles, right?There is nothing wrong in the world, and then, mediocre people bother themselves, I am not scolding you.

Every ordinary person has greed, hatred, and ignorance, everyone is the same, we also have.But as long as we live according to the classic teachings and ideas, you will be a very wise person; you will not be controlled by these greed, hatred, and delusions.So don’t worry if you want to change your thinking. First of all, we must remember everything. Don’t treat it as an annoyance. It’s just that you don’t understand if you want to think about it. Then you can think of a way to understand, for example, you. Nowadays, the cause and fate are not very sufficient, and there are obstacles in the family and they don’t eat. I just said that you should not set what standard outside and the outside world must have to be perfect. You set it yourself, right?You set one to be consummation. If there is no outside world and you will be troubled if you don’t like your intention, then you will never be able to have a satisfying day.What to do? We accept the outside world without being moved by it, our hearts are not moved by it, whether you want to worry, you can decide for yourself, no one decides.Yes, you are troubled when it is trouble. So I just talked about how to get away from suffering and enjoy happiness now. The fastest way is the general principle. You should find a thing that you like best to do, and go there from time to time. Do it.

Then things you don’t like to do, sometimes when you can’t do it, it’s okay. For example, we use the blessing of chanting Buddha and Buddha's name to make you transfer that unpleasant feeling. Of course, the fastest feeling is... the way is that you listen now. Use... You know, don’t treat it as a trouble. It’s just a matter. There is nothing good or bad, perfect or unsatisfied. You can do this right now, and it’s good if you do it, right?You can start eating better than a non-vegetarian, and then people at home don’t eat it now, maybe he will eat it in the future, right?It's better than before. You have to think positively about everything. You have to get used to making yourself happy every day. Don't worry about it. It's just a thought. In this way, you are already free from suffering and happy.

Right now, you can get away from suffering and have fun. The principle is the same. You just need to solve big and small things in this way.There is no such thing as a big thing or a small thing. The problem that you are going to be a vegetarian today seems to be a small thing. Oh, the house burns and there is nothing left. There are many tragic things in the world. Suddenly there are a lot of broken homes and deaths. Wow! The end of the world. , It's terrible, what would happen if it was a spiritual practitioner?Oh, like this, if I burn it, then I will...great, I still have a new home to live in, then if I die, oh hurry up and recite the Buddha's dedication to him and send him to the Paradise of Bliss.Everything is actually illusion. No matter how big things are, they are not enough for us to worry about, because what is originally empty is what we think we have. It was originally a phenomenon of cause and condition, a temporary phenomenon of birth and death.So if there is a cause, there must be an extinction, right?It is our mind that clings to it, and it is the emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness that arise from clinging to it.

So I just said that I was introducing you to feel the bliss of this Buddha name, because it is the best state. Any of our bliss is no better than the current bliss of reciting the Buddha. We can use this Buddha name to replace us as much as possible. All the troubles.

Of course, if you think you are doing other happy things, you can do it. You have to chant sutras, you have to chant mantras, or even if you want to exercise, or you want to do charity in the world, you can follow your current causes and conditions. Your fundamental nature is like this, you do it like this, you don't have to force it.But you have to know which goal it is heading towards. Buddhism chanting is the most extraordinary, although you still can’t feel it, because this is the purest and most complete state.

So many people really have to ask why they want to recite the Buddha all day. It seems to be a waste of time, and they can’t see any results, and they can’t feel the joy of the Fa. They seem to say that they are boring and have nothing to do when they are old. This is not the case. The Buddha name is not used in this way. It includes you doing things all the time, and you do not hinder the chanting of the Buddha. We have talked about the method of conceiving the Buddha silently. This "Disciple Guidance" is mentioned later, the "Buddha Disciple Guidance", we Can I still add a book today? Please, we will talk about the concept of the Buddha later. He is in the middle of two or six o'clock. As long as you are awake, anything you do will not prevent the Buddha's name from being in your heart. Then you are I am cultivating the most complete good cause all the time.This Buddha title contains the Buddha, and Amitabha has cultivated the merits and merits of Consummation in it. So when you recite him, you start to accumulate every sentence you read. I told my grandmother that she is more listened to by the elderly. In my case, you will earn one yuan (Taiwanese) when you read a sentence, save one yuan, and you will earn XNUMX yuan (Taiwanese) by reading ten thousand sentences, oh! How is it so good (Taiwanese), you can make money without collecting money, that’s This (Taiwanese), so don’t think about it! Why do you recite the Buddha? He has no taste, so now you know that this is how you accumulate the best blessings and cultivate the best concentration.

In addition, if you know how to read him out of taste and Dharma bliss, you become addicted to it at the end of the reading. If you do not read it, you will feel uncomfortable (Taiwanese). This is how I changed. Basically If you have nothing to do, you won’t look for things. It’s best not to go out, and then you’ll never be bored. As long as you have time, you can recite the Buddha. When you don’t have time to do things, we will recite the Buddha in our hearts, but it doesn’t prevent you from doing things. It’s better to use the method of conceiving the Buddha silently, as we talked about later in the "Disciple Guidance".

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(XNUMX) Meditation on the Buddha's name is always in your heart

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The term "Talent Conception of Buddha" is also equivalent to the state of reminiscing, reciting, reminiscing, and reciting the Buddha in our "Da Shi Zhi Zhi Nian Bu Yuan Tong Zhang". That is the state of Dhammakaya. We can try to try and slowly Start with the name and chanting of the Buddha. If you chant for a long time, get used to chanting, and become addicted to chanting, you will know, and you will experience what it means to be a "contemporary Buddha."

This is because last year, I am going to die in 2012, are you prepared?Yes, I’m going for a year. I’m not going out. I’ll just go out every day. Hey, after a long time, I suddenly realize that kind of realm. Recalling the Buddha, what is recalling the Buddha?There is a Buddha in the heart.The Buddha lives in our hearts all the time. We didn’t deliberately think about it. We weren’t thinking about a form. The Huayan Sutra stated that there are different practices for reciting the Buddha, observing the Buddha, and observing the Buddha. He deliberately thinks about it. That aspect, but the Bodhisattva’s reminiscence of the Buddha, no, he doesn’t need to deliberately mention another intention, deliberately think about it, there is a aspect or think about the Buddha, nothing. If you think about it again, then you are doing something. I'm not paying attention anymore.

We don’t have to think about it, there is a Buddha in our hearts. Just like, for example, if you love your child very much, then you should be very attentive when you are doing things at the meeting. The child will have to wait for you to pick him up when it is time for class, or that you usually do very well. Missing, because in "Yuan Tong Zhang" he also uses this metaphor, such as a relationship between mother and child, such as child and mother, that is, you are now busy with things you do, and you are very attentive, cheque You can’t make a mistake if you open one million. One more zero and one zero will kill you, right?You are very attentive, but have you forgotten your child in your heart?No.right?This is called reminiscence of the Buddha. If you change your child into a Buddha, did the Buddha leave when you concentrated on doing things?No, the real memory of Buddha is in this state.

I was at that time... I was doing some labor. I was the principal and hitting the clock (Taiwanese). I did everything. I did everything from rough work to fine work. I forgot whether I was sweeping the floor or washing the dishes. When I was chanting or worshiping the Buddha all day, or doing anything, I felt that the Buddha had not left. Suddenly I looked back and saw that I was in that state, and then I thought that it was the memory of Buddha in the "Yuan Tong Zhang". This is the state of chanting Buddha.

Only in this state can you be able to be uninterrupted at two or six o'clock, otherwise you cannot be uninterrupted, then how do you achieve uninterrupted chanting of the Buddha at all times? Only in this way, you can meditate on the Buddha, because you did not deliberately use visualization. , So I use a silent, silent silent, contemplative. The observation is that our attention is still an object in a situation where we do things, so that you will not be troubled when doing things, and you can concentrate on doing better. Okay, because there is a Buddha in your heart with you, and Buddha power is blessing you, things will do better.

So I was in that state at that time. I have been reciting Buddha for more than ten years. I didn’t really know what it means to remember Buddha or reciting Buddha. Last year, I felt this way, so I later came up with the term "concept of Buddha silently." It’s easier to understand. It’s not that I created another way to recite the Buddha. No, there is only one truth. How could I create a different one. It’s the same. What the Bodhisattva teaches us is just a noun from the perspective of the realm. To make it easier for everyone to understand, Mo has no thoughts at all in his mind, watching, you focus on the thing you are doing, so that you won’t make a mistake.

If you talk to the head, Zen's talk head is very dangerous, right?You see, sometimes you will be hit by a car when you go out, and sometimes you will hit the wall when you walk around, yes, because of him, the practice of Zen Buddhism means that if his attention is on cats, he will always pay attention. It’s sleepy, this one is sleepy (Taiwanese), I’m going to give a rough idea. When it catches a mouse, it stares at you and doesn’t let it go. It doesn’t notice anything next to it, and it doesn’t notice anything. You have to participate in this way to be enlightened. After years and months, the whole sky (Taiwanese) is like this. Your attention is all on the words. Then you can see if it is dangerous. If you go out, you will be hit by a car. Yes, it's so dangerous.

It’s the same with Vipassana Zen. You have to have a place where you can sit in meditation and no one is bothering you. You have to check the various thoughts in your own heart, the ups and downs of thoughts, right?Such a practice.

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(XNUMX) The practice of chanting Buddhism is the practice of peace and happiness

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Various practices are not convenient for reciting the Buddha. There are some places where you have to do things when you are in a meeting with your boss. You can’t say Amitabha... Amitabha... You have to stop, right?So how to do it without being mixed and uninterrupted? The scripture encourages us to recite like this, and don't stop at midnight or six o'clock. Then how to do it is to use a tacit conception of the Buddha. There is no other way.

Anyway, if you do it like that (Taiwanese), you keep chanting Buddha when you are dreaming. The chanting does not have to be a sound, nor does it have to be chanting Nanmo Amitabha, nor does it have to look like Amitabha. He is silent and empty, but you just have a feeling, you have a feeling, you know that the Buddha is in your heart, and you remember him from beginning to end, and you have not forgotten him, called the memory of the Buddha. .This is my own experience, to share with you, of course you can also have your experience, to share with everyone.

It doesn't say that there is absolutely only one kind, because the realm is also deep and shallow, you can say your own taste, your realm, then this kind of meditation is just like what we just described, it can exist.You can recite the Buddha and do things with you at the same time. It can also help you do things better. Because you have the blessings of Buddha power, you think the Buddha is in your heart and he is beside him to protect you, right?For example, if you are going to collect money from your customers, but the customers are very difficult to deal with. Today, I don’t know if I can receive the money. If I don’t receive the money, I will be scolded by the boss and so on. You have to do difficult things, but you I feel that the Buddha is always by your side and that you are not alone. Then you will have better results in doing this, and it will definitely be better.

And you can still concentrate on doing it. It’s a state of mind. You are in a state of stability and happiness. If we really understand the Buddha's name, we will really rely on the Buddha in our hearts. We really are. Very happy child, Amitabha will bear all the suffering for us. Where do you say Amitabha is?I didn’t see how to bear it. It’s the same as the truth I just said. It’s just your mind. If you say you have it, you have to give him your suffering, and you have already given it to him. Do you want to give it to him? Of suffering to Amitabha?Do you want?Don't be so stingy, let it go, let go of your worries.

Amitabha has made a vow to bear all the suffering of all living beings, and he wants to help you become a Buddha. He has made a vow, and it is said in the scriptures whether you want to give it to him or let him help us, whether you can decide or not. Zhirong needs it. Zhirong has good roots. I like him so much. He will be a master in the future. He nods his head. This can be a monk. If he has good roots, too many karma is not enough. Many kids here are OK. Look at him. I just made a wish, and my parents have to agree to it.There is also a young man who has good roots.

So in fact, if you are willing to take all your suffering, what we just said is that you can treat it yourself. The troubles are not troubles. You can change your mind. You will not have it right now, but it will be easier if you don’t have it. , But the feeling of happiness is not so sufficient yet, why?It’s better for someone to hurt you than no one. It’s not better to have Amitabha to love you, so that kind of happiness will rise. So why is the practice of Buddhism a way of peace and happiness? It will make people happier if he practices more than other methods. Other methods are Even if you have cultivated to enlightenment, you are a very calm person, very sensible, and then free from worries, very pure, and of course very compassionate, but that's all.

If you can receive the blessing power of Buddha Amitabha, you are the most dear child of Buddha Amitabha, and you have a sense of happiness in your heart. You can also be liberated, and you can also be liberated by your own practice, but you rely on Amitabha, you are now You can feel the kind of happiness, not only free from suffering, but also happiness, this kind of blessing power, because the Buddha is already complete, he has his merits, wisdom and blessings, then we just accept it directly, see you Do you want to, then you don’t believe him and say I didn’t see it, you believe him you will not lose a piece of meat, when it is really important, I really can’t go on, because I can’t give you evidence I can only say that you believe it. If you believe it, Master won’t lie to you, and it’s no good for me to lie to you.

With so many great virtues and Buddhas in the ten directions, they will not lie to us, right?His blessing is so great and his wisdom is so great, why lie to us?Just believe and see. After you believe it, you will do it, you will recite the Buddha, you will rely on Him, you tell yourself that from now on you, I have Buddha as my backer, and Amitabha as my backer. What am I missing? Amitabha They will help us prepare. If I have any problems, difficulties, and any innocent creditors, Amitabha will help us deal with it. You believe it, and then you believe it. After you are willing to start believing, you will find out, hey, Really, at that time, you can get the proof yourself. There are so many proofs from others, so if you tell you you don’t believe it, there are really many examples. You still don’t believe it because you can’t feel it. You have not experienced it yourself, so you have to believe it first, and you will feel the feeling after you believe it.

There are too many things that we can learn from Buddhism without retreating. It must be because we feel a lot of Dharma happiness and benefits, and even with a lot of induction, we will not retreat. You will find that everything goes well, the blessings are getting bigger and bigger, and the troubles are getting bigger and bigger. Why is it lighter?I don’t listen to the classics a lot, and I don’t understand a lot of the truth. Just like what we just said, you feel as if you are in a better mood when you arrive at the dojo. Some people hear the bell and hear the bell, and the trouble is light. Wisdom grows, bodhi birth... Its verse is like this, it has that effect.

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(XNUMX) The moment of every Buddha's name can be free from suffering and be happy

This is different from listening to that...that rock music. The magnetic field of rock music is so noisy. I think it's so noisy. The bells and Sanskrit sounds have the kind of blessing power, the blessing power of intimacy.Then you feel that when you are around Shanknow, the troubles are gone, because why is it so, tell you a reason, because Shanknow has no troubles, his heart is very pure, so you will... his inner strength is stronger than you You will be absorbed by him, and your worries will be assimilated by him. There is no going (Taiwanese). You had a lot of thoughts, but suddenly you will be like him. You can’t remember, and you don’t have any problems in your mind. , Because his power is relatively strong, he will overtake you. This is the reason. This is our own experience.

At the beginning, I didn’t know why it was like this. I only knew the result. So you believe it first. What do you believe? There are also our explanations in the "Blessed Life Sutra", "Amitabha Sutra" and "Viewing the Infinite Life Sutra". We have a DVD of the explanation. After we explain it, it will be easier for you to understand. Our explanation is based on the Pure Land Sutra. The content is what you want to believe.Amitabha Buddha made forty-eight great wishes for us. He can make us free from suffering and enjoy happiness. As long as you believe in Him, it is a little bit similar to Christianity. Believe in me will have eternal life, but in fact, the result is very different, because you become a Christian. , You go there, we believe that he also has religious power, but when you go, you will be his people and serve God, but we believe in Amitabha, and Amitabha gives us the merits of his cultivation. Go there. It is to make you become a Buddha like Him, sitting on an equal footing, so much difference (Taiwanese), right?Of course, you should be a Buddha and not a citizen of others. It's better to be your own boss. Don't do hard work (Taiwanese).

This is... if it is... so everyone has a different nature and wants me to choose. I just want to choose to be a Buddha.This is the vow Amitabha Buddha gave us. The forty-eight vows are very clear. You have to listen to the sutras, and you will know what you want to believe. First of all, you have to believe in the Three Jewels, so you take refuge in the Three Jewels, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. , This you can become an official Buddhist disciple.

Because the so-called conversion is to rely on.To rely on is to believe in him. Just like a child depends on his parents, I give myself to you, no matter what my troubles, all kinds of everything, and even the future destiny, I will all, and all my life will be entrusted to you. You, this is the real three treasures of refuge.

All of ourselves, like our monks, rely on the Three Jewels for their bodies and minds, and donate them to the Three Jewels. Therefore, we have become very determined. All the dojos belong to me, right?You become one with Him. If you give up yourself, you will get everything. This is a very deep truth. You must give up. The more thoroughly you give up, the more you get.You have no house now, you still have land and family possessions, so you have no share in Shifang Taoist Temple, you have your own, then we don’t have to give up. After the house is gone, there will be many, many, many temples everywhere asking us. Take it, don’t take it, too much money means we need to do more.

So, yes, we still plant blessed fields for sentient beings. This is our obligation and there is no way, the Buddha stipulated.I can’t use it. Like I’m eating two meals a day, I now advocate that everyone should not eat after lunch. If you have a chance, everyone... I don’t have time to talk about this now. This is too special. Eat two meals a day, and then you can wear clothes. For a long time, clothes of more than ten years can be worn, so they are rarely used on us.We don’t need it at all, we don’t use it, but what are we really going to do? You can just build a temple for hundreds of millions of dollars right away if a master wants to build it, right?No matter how big things you want to do, as long as you make a wish, you can do it. The power of the three treasures of the ten directions is too great, and there is too much money, so what makes us think that more money means?Oh, the more things you have, the more money you have to make good use of it, right?Then we can’t stop planting blessed fields for sentient beings, so sentient beings plant blessed fields to offer the Three Jewels to cultivate the cause for yourselves, and the result is your own gain.It feels like a donation from the Three Treasures. In fact, the Three Treasures are the safest bank that will never fail.Yes, Shakyamuni Buddha’s Dharma was transported for XNUMX years and it fell, but we are only two thousand years ago, and Maitreya Bodhisattva will come in the future, so as long as there is a world in the ten directions, there will always be Dharma. Yes, it won't fall.

In the best bank, you must cultivate the cause and there will be results in the future. Therefore, you must have a foundation in the concept of cause and effect to study Buddhism. You must have a strong belief in cause and effect. Therefore, the more you donate, the more you cultivate your blessed land and the more seeds you plant. The better your harvest will be in the future.The monk seems to have accepted your offering, but in fact, he is willing to recite the cause and effect. He makes good use of this offering to promote the Dharma and benefit more sentient beings. This is how it is.It’s not in the pocket. It’s very tiring to put it in the pocket.And it will attract a lot of flies and ants, just want to find you money, those bad guys, I said that the flies and ants are all in your eyes, they have been around you all the time, those bad guys, so I say that you don’t have money. Lubai, it looks like he is rich, he will come to you and make your idea. There are also monks in Taiwan who are blackmailed by the underworld, and there are news reports. The monks are afraid to say yes, you want to give you money, no Ah, I have no money for my life (Taiwanese), so I am not threatened.

How can you give you the ten squares of money? You want to give it to you. After the monk, of course the master is fine. He still lectures. It is useless if he kills him, right?Even if you make evil money yourself, you can't get it. Oh, monks are so hard to deal with, and monks are hard to deal with.

If you want to kidnap a monk, it’s useless for you to bring a company of troops. Why is a monk mortal, a mortal person unless you make him happy and willing, or he won’t listen to you, and he doesn’t want yours. Money, don't want your power, don't want anything, what do you use to control him?There is only virtue, so it is difficult for monks to abduct it. If you want to be virtuous, it is best not to accept disciples. I dare not accept it now.

Although many people say that they want to be a monk with me, I dare not. I will be miserable when I am climbed up by my apprentice. This is not a joke. It is not that simple. It is not easy for you to cultivate a person to achieve success, especially a monk. Because monasticism has laid down everything, my money, my relatives, and everything, so he must be accomplished here, and you must have this responsibility to let him do it.

So today I talked about the theme of freedom from suffering and happiness. Have you felt this benefit?Is there happiness from suffering?Yes, I just talked about a lot of methods in all aspects, my own method is the easiest-to recite the Buddha!Many patriarchs taught us the same way, but you can’t feel it, so it’s fun to think about the Buddha. It’s easy to think about the Buddha with joy, and then relax and not get tired. This is a method, and everyone can use it, because you It’s impossible to use the same tone all day long. You will be very tired and not lasting. You will like this tone in the future. The purer your heart, the less you will like those disturbances. The more beautiful the tone will become a kind of disturbance. , You must be like this, tending in this direction, this is a way.

The other thing is that, at the moment of every sentence, you will get away from suffering and get happiness. Every sentence of Buddha's sign and every sentence can achieve this effect.There is no need to be oblivious, to study the scriptures, listen to the scriptures, and listen to it for a few years. This is one way.

The other thing is to let you just tell you to let you know emptiness and understand the truth. Don’t cling to these as your own troubles. They don’t exist in the first place. When you think of it as a trouble, it is a trouble. There are no more troubles, no worries, emptiness, is it right now to get away from suffering, right? Feel it, yes, you don’t have any inner heart now, you are now in the Three Treasures’ generation power. Qing (Taiwanese), you don’t need to think about the troublesome things for the time being. You want to say that this is temporary, and you have to deal with it when you go back. The problem is that you can bring back your current feelings just as you go back to deal with it, who Asking you to put your worries in as distracting thoughts after you go back, that is what you have to decide. We just said that you can decide for yourself whether or not to treat it as worries. You can treat it as just one thing. Just do what you want to do, try to do as much as you can, and it doesn’t say how much you need to reach Consummation. Isn’t that very clean?

Anyway, everything is predestined, it is emptiness, predestined birth and death, you can do as much as you can. According to this principle, after you go back, you will not worry again, but because the habit is very heavy, you will still take risks. Come out, then you should always mention this photo. We will record the content of this scripture. In text, I will use the text on Facebook. I have to die. It’s easier to remember. You must die before you can die. You must die. No, we circulate in it, we will read it again, the text will be shared over there, and read it again. The easiest way is to bring up a Buddha's name at any time to suppress this habit.Because we will definitely want to say, treat it as a trouble, oh everyone has to deal with it, this is all troubles, you deal with it, don’t treat it as a trouble, just treat it with a pure heart, and see if you can Do as much as you want, it won’t be your trouble, understand?Always bring up this enlightenment.

In this case, our class, this lecture, you have really learned the essence of XNUMX years, Blessed One's forty-nine years. Practical courses, you can get away from suffering and have fun at the moment. Do you want to use it? You yourself, you already know this method, you use it, every moment, you use one day, one day to get away from suffering, and two days, two days to get away from suffering and happiness. Knowing this, everyone seems to be enlightened. , This way, all understand, so we will study here today, ok, time is up, Amitabha!

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