(XNUMX) The origin of the sixteen-year experience report on the Pure Land

Respected Chairman Wang is merciful, and respectable fellow practitioners of the Great Virtue, good evening everyone, Amitabha.

This time we only arranged a one-night speech. This speech was decided only yesterday. I did not expect that our old fellow practitioners are very well informed. Some fans from the past have now appeared, which really surprised me!This also shows that our chairman and our general affairs. This is to protect everyone’s Taoism. It is indeed very carefully arranged. In just one day, our Fa conference today can be held in such a special atmosphere of gathering. , Very rare.So why is this lecture arranged temporarily?The main reason is that when I was studying with fellow initiates in North Malaysia a while ago, I suddenly received a text message from Singapore.There is a lotus buddy in Singapore who is very dedicated to support. He has been dedicated to supporting the magic weapon of circulating old monks for many years, and the monthly expenses!The basic cost is nearly XNUMX ringgits!Invest in this way to circulate magic weapons.

So last year, he heard the content of our "Forty-Eight Vows" and was very happy, so he has been very dedicated to supporting it.Then, because he also understood the cause and fate of my Fa-study with the old monk, when he heard a news, he thought it was a very important message, so he immediately sent me a text message, then the news was at the beginning of March, this The old monk announced a verse at the ceremonial meeting to commemorate Han Guanchang's death. Then, for this verse, I received this content from him, and I was deeply moved when I saw it.So soon after receiving the newsletter, he called again, very anxiously, the emperor really did not rush to death the eunuch, kindly remind me!This verse of the old monk, I am afraid that the old monk really lived a long time ago!Even if I stayed, it might be necessary to gradually eliminate these external conditions, so he reminded me that if there is something to see the old monk, I have to report to the old monk, then hurry up.

When I was told by him like this, I think, hey!Really, it seems that this time has come, so I also made my mind to record this special lecture. I set it on this topic as "Experience Report of XNUMX Years of Specializing in Pure Land".The most important thing is to give a report to the old monk, and also to share it with fellow practitioners who are predestined.

At that time, I was a monk in Hua Zang, Taipei. Of course, Master was very compassionate to make us a monk, but this way of spiritual practice!This is related to all aspects of cause and fate, you only need to meet an innocent creditor!You may be hard to move, one is enough, and the test of this one will become like a snowball, so this is inevitable.Everyone will have his own grievances and creditors to achieve us, but if we really devote ourselves to practice, especially the teachings of the old monks often remind us not to be in the realm, everyone is here to manifest and achieve our Dao Karma Yes, we have to be grateful, and even we have to see through this illusion of illusion. Then when we can break through this stage, I feel that I have been a monk for more than five years. After five years, this trouble will gradually be surrendered. .In the first few years of becoming a monk, the troubles were some personnel issues!All these problems that are unaccustomed to daily life and rest are troubled later in the second half, and probably only one thing is more obvious gradually, that is, the failure of Dao Karma, which is very distressing.If the Dao industry is not completed, if impermanence comes, you can't go to the Paradise of Elysium, then this matter can be serious, so fortunately I am really lucky!

During the whole learning process, although we left after graduating from the XNUMX training class, I left to study everywhere, but sometimes when the old monk went back to visit him, he would often give us some encouragement and blessings. , So it is very smooth, and it can still grow steadily in the face of adversity, but when it comes to this, the Dharma happiness is born. The Dharma happiness is relatively free of thick troubles. It must really be a kind of our own feeling. The Dao Karma is relatively stable, which means that we are going to be reborn in the Paradise of Bliss. At that time!The inner Faxi is true.The last time my XNUMX Vishes CD also included it. About three years ago, I had already tasted the Dharma, so now let’s talk about this topic. Actually, my XNUMX years of study is just a beginner. !I can’t talk about the learning experience, but I have come along this way!I am very willing to share the benefits I have gained with the Fa, so I will also give a report to the old monk at the same time. This is the result of the old monk’s enlightenment and blessing. So look at our current old monk’s eighth this year. I'm fifteen years old, and I'm still trying to persuade us with all my heart, so I believe our fellow practitioners!As long as they have benefited from the enlightenment of the old monk, they hope that the old monk can live for a long time.

So how can you really invite the old monk to live in the world?In fact, he is still in good health now!Eighty-five years old may be in better physical condition than those of us in their XNUMXs and XNUMXs, so in fact, as long as you really have this heart, it is not impossible to invite old monks to live in the world. His body is still very useful!But why does the old monk need to live in the world?If all beings are not willing to follow the teachings, then it would be a waste of time for the old monk to live in the world!Be a monk!The only reason for living in this world is to benefit sentient beings besides self-cultivation. Therefore, if we really want to have this heart and want to ask the old monk to live in the world, we must be brave and truly follow the teachings, not here. Hearing over there, the old monk talked hard for a long time, but in the end he couldn't see the reaction of fellow practitioners. This is also a kind of disrespect to the old monk!

When the Blessed One was alive, he could actually live for a hundred years!But he passed away at the age of eighty. It was also because of the disciples around him, because the sense of impermanence was not very deep, so he always felt that the Buddha would never leave us!He doesn’t cherish it very much, so if the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas live in the world for a long time, if the fellow practitioners feel this way and don’t know how to cherish it, then it’s really unnecessary to live in the world for a long time. It’s not a good thing for us, so if we Stop practicing diligently!Maybe the old monk really used a trick, and he would die for us to see immediately, wow!At that time, it was too late for us to regret it, so I am now especially because it is really well-deserved. On the one hand, I feel the disaster of this big environment. On the other hand, I really want to be well. This state of mind is indeed very good. I want to settle down and recite the Buddha with my heart.

I remember about XNUMX. After I left that year and this year, I went back to visit the old monk in Hong Kong almost every year. It should be around XNUMX that I also made a wish with the old monk. Before making a vow to retreat for ten years.At that time, the old monk also sent me homework. The only one piece of paper, "The Five Scriptures of Pure Land", "Ksitigarbha Sutra", "Yinguang Master's Writings" and "Ananda Questions About the Buddha's Sorrowful Sutra" was the only one. I told him, "Old monk, can I talk about the "Hua Yan Sutra"?" He scolded me, but because of this ten-year retreat!For a long time, he taught me a lot of homework, and then I...only closed the convenience pass for three years, the cause is not mature!In fact, our talk about retreat is just for convenience!Strictly speaking, it's just a foot restraint!Retreat.We have not yet fully realized that we can't really talk about retreat, but this is easy for everyone to understand, that is to say that we will eliminate external conditions and completely devote ourselves to our practice. Then there are only three years of karma at that time, then we are also following the karma.

Now maybe... I feel that the cause and fate are almost the same, it’s better to be able to... If you don’t die in XNUMX, then I will close the seven-year barrier to complete Consummation. This is a vow with the old monk. , Even to be able to learn Master Yinguang, that is even more blessed.Master Yinguang, our thirteenth ancestor, he has been in retreat on Mount Putuo for more than XNUMX years!Then it turned out that he did this skill!Accumulation, and it's really a life of fame and fortune, and I didn't expect to promote the Dharma and live life in the future, and it will show us to us, honestly praying for the Buddha with one heart and one mind and seeking death.Masters like others behave so plainly!So where do we dare to think of the ability to save sentient beings!It's just that because of a little blessing, I can follow the old monk to learn the classics.

So in the process of learning, it is us who really benefit, and we get the most benefit.In the process of studying the scriptures and teachings, slowly in this process, we can achieve our morality, concentration and wisdom, and eliminate our various karma and troubles. I do feel that many things, such as being able to not be greedy for all kinds of this world, are easier. see through.The achievement of this method, in fact, if the Tone people only need to learn Master Yinguang, even beginners are fine, you can honestly recite the Buddha's name to the end, but the problem is that if there is no one to see through, you don’t have to learn the scriptures first. You can't break the Xunxiu, because Nian Nian is greedy in this world. I'm afraid you can't honestly recite this Buddha's name, so it depends on everyone's fate!Let's go and figure it out by ourselves. It's best to be able to chant the Buddha honestly. This is the most extraordinary, and there is no waste of time at all.

Then I personally pay equal attention to the solution and business, and I have been walking for XNUMX years until now!This heart is really honest, and the idea of ​​letting go of all destiny came about three years ago, but there are still some causes and destinies still to come!So gradually by now, the cause and fate are about to mature. I really can’t wait!If you want to close the door and work hard, from morning to night, you just read a Buddha's name.This is the state of mind that is naturally not reluctant!When I had a great transformation three years ago, after the method and faith in the rebirth came up clearly, my heart would continue to eagerly and happily hope that I can spend more time praising this. Above the name, why?Because when chanting the title, it is to directly communicate with Amitabha Buddha.Then if we really want to ask for a world of bliss with all our heart, then there is nothing like doing this!What is more meaningful and I want to do is to communicate with Amitabha. It is the most direct way to recite the Buddha. Even the sutras still feel that there is a barrier. The sutras also allow us to do it after we understand the truth!

Then the practice of our Pure Land Method!Just call the name directly, don't underestimate this name!Any great virtues of the Patriarchs who have relied on their roots have truly seen through, and they have truly realized that there is a kind of self-cultivation in their hearts. When they have a clear grasp, they will not let go of all conditions, and each is honestly thinking of the Buddha. This Buddha's name, so we must not only let go of the fate of the world, but even the Dharma, the Dharma should be given up!We also have to give up as much as possible in Buddhism, and until the end is more and more dedicated, there is only one Buddha's name. Then at this time we are going to regenerate in this life!It must be certain.

So just in my state of mind, when various causes and conditions are gradually mature, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas really take care of us. Last year, when I came to Malaysia, I also followed the conditions and came to Malaysia. After nearly half a year of Dharma, I have learned it in various places.Then the fellow practitioners were very happy when they heard the Fa. One of them was the protector. He was very big-hearted. He always hoped that I could come out to lead the crowd!Then he didn’t show up personally at all. He really supported the Dharma without seeking fame and fortune. Then he hoped that I could take it. The whole thing is to say, this one should take up the responsibility of establishing the Sangha, then when I started, I I refused, because my heart only wanted to close the door to recite the Buddha, but what's the cause!We also have to follow the causes and conditions, especially when I refuse, consider, and even say that you are going to help me, but then this protector is very insistent, and it is purely to protect more sentient beings who benefit from the Three Jewels. Because he feels that this Fa is really great, and it can help fellow practitioners to become a Buddha.I was also influenced by his intention. If he wanted to achieve his intention to cultivate blessings, I would take it down first. The main reason is that he is also completely managed by me, no matter what I do. He didn't even ask about the arrangement, so I'll be easier to deal with this way!I just undertake to accomplish his motivation first, and then I will make a proper arrangement.

So this thing is going well. We were in Furong at the beginning of this year. We bought a piece of mountainous land in the Furong area. There are a total of six acres of this mountainous land.At that time, I thought that a place like this is very suitable as a jungle of Jingzong retreat. It is a place for everyone to stop talking to the Buddha and concentrate on chanting for life.I think this cause is also very good, but I actually arranged it like this!I also try to follow the causes and conditions as much as possible, but in my heart, I think that I can use this cause and conditions to achieve the intention of our supporter bhikkhu, because I have seen a phenomenon in the past, and this phenomenon is also very common now, monk. , Bhikshuni, this layman, Upasai, Upayi!Each has its own world, and there are even some insights into this one!It's not likely that they will support each other.

In the time of the Buddha, the Blessed One actually encouraged the Sangha to be led by bhikkhus. This is more solemn. If there is no suitable bhikkhu master in this area to lead the people, then the bhikshuni and bhikkhu nuns will be led by the monks and be responsible for spreading the Dharma. Lisheng’s job.There are neither bhikkhus nor bhikkhuni, so the layman can also be promoted, but it must be recognized by this monk, and a standard for the bodhisattva vow, the standard of precepts, then it can replace the monk. Propagating the Dharma on one side, so this is actually!It is related to the entire Dharma, the dignity of the Buddhist Sangha, the dignity of inheritance, so I also thought in my heart that I would bear this cause and condition, then if there is a suitable opportunity!I also hope to make a reference for everyone. As a bhikshuni, we also hope to be able to protect Master Bhikkhu, to undertake the work of this congregation, and to solemn the entire Buddhist sangha. This is also the one I have before. idea.

Then this place has been bought, the ownership and management rights are in my name, and it is temporarily placed under my name, because this is the intention of the law protector, and he does not care about it, and protects the law silently.This is the same as for the lonely elders, it is very legally protected, and now many lay people are not like this!The great guardian is the one with the most power in it, and is in charge of the monks.Of course it’s very good to take care of it!But this discipline is not the same as guardianship. The four disciples must cooperate with each other. The work of guarding the Dharma is very important, but if you want to control the leadership, it is impossible to do well, because the monks have precepts and monks two hundred. Fifty articles, three hundred and forty-eight articles for bhikkhuni, if your layman doesn’t understand how you can discipline them?That's not a good thing for the development of the entire Sangha, so I also take this opportunity!I think the practice of this layman is also very good, and he can be a model for everyone.The same goes for the lonely elders, too!It means that the whole life is to honestly support, support this abode, support the Buddha and others for practice, he doesn't care at all, because in terms of precepts, the monks are determined to be the monks!The matters of the monks must also be handled by the monks’ meetings with karma. This is stipulated in the precepts, so this lonely elder consecrated this land. After the abode was consecrated, he still went to the Sangha to provide food and drink every day. The lay layman is a good example of the law, and it is worth learning from us.

If the four disciples cooperate, then if there is really no leader of the monks, we also hope to protect the Dharma. We big Dharma-protecting Bodhisattvas devote as much as possible to cultivate talents. This is the long-term, truly solemn Buddhist monk. Group instead of replacing it, some just simply, oops!He is also very interested!See, wow!There are not many monks who have cultivated well now, so let me save sentient beings. It seems that I am also very big-hearted!This heart may also feel that it is kind, but as a whole, if there are no monks in the future, everyone will cook in the kitchen, sweep the floor, and then rise to the seat of the layman, wow!Take a look at the outsider, wow!Did Buddhism perish?There are no more monks and monks, but bodhisattvas.Dojos such as the Buddhist monks belong to the Bodhisattva Sangha. They are not monks. He hasn't implemented the precepts of becoming a monk!The reason why Buddhism is stronger than the outside world is because of the precepts, the solemnity of the precepts, so what about us!I also happened to take advantage of this predestined relationship to turn around and attract jade!I hope to talk about our personal role, and we think about the overall situation. Then I hope that if there is Master Bhikkhu who can take the initiative, I can put it down completely and immediately, and put the ownership of this piece of land, as well as the management of everything. Put down the power completely.

Then the first person I think about now is Dr. Zhong Maosen, hey!Everyone is surprised, why he is a layman but not a master monk.This is the reason for this. I went to Hong Kong to visit the old monk in October last year. At that time, Jushi Zhong was also there, because we knew each other ten years ago!So I am very happy to see it!Just say hello!Then I suddenly saw his hair cut very short, that was only two points, and the hair was very short. I was shocked. I said, "Oh! You are going to be a monk?" I didn't expect him to be a real monk when I asked. Hey nod with me!Then I immediately said, "The martial law of monks is very strict!" He said confidently that he seemed to be ready, and he said, "No problem!" Then I learned to say, oh!It turned out that the old monk also encouraged him to become a monk when he was preaching, so he himself seems to have matured his desire to become a monk. So now I also think that if his cause of becoming a monk can mature, it would be best. I will be the first to be the first to become a monk. I hope I can protect him, and of course it is for us!It also depends on whether we have this blessing!Because Jushi Zhong is really a rare good knowledge, an object of learning.Why can I say this? Actually, many monks around us are very good!That's because I moved this idea because it was about ten years ago, because I personally got along with him for a certain period of time. I particularly understood his personality and felt that he could endure hardship.

This doctor in general!The scholars in this academia feel weak!But Dr. Zhong is not!During his four years in the United States, he really was like an ascetic monk, in the kind of weather below zero!In order to save money, he didn't even buy quilts. He covered all the clothes around him that could cover him. In such a cold weather, he didn't turn on the heating to save electricity!The temperature is below zero. What's even worse is that he can even take a cold shower two or three times a week, oh!This ordinary man can't do it!He has exercised in this way, so his physical condition is not only good in his knowledge and wisdom, but also in good physical condition.So the cause here is that we are in the mountains. I would have liked it because I was on Lantau Island in Hong Kong in the past, and I had been close to the saint and the old master and lived in the jungle. So the cause and fate here are very similar to that of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It's also a bit of asceticism!So if there is no object that corresponds to the cause and condition here, I am afraid it is not suitable, then I believe he will be very happy personally, but just to see the old monk’s wishes, so after we record this time, I will also record this The CD was sent to Dr. Zhong and the old monk, asking about the meaning of the old monk’s wishes. If there is this in the future... everyone in Malaysia has this blessing, then we congratulate you all. If not, I believe the old monk will do it. One of the most appropriate arrangements is that we, students and disciples, always follow the instructions of the teacher.

So in this area of ​​Furong on the mountain, I don’t know if fellow practitioners have a concept?This place is very good, it's really an outstanding place.Why is it called Furong?This is because its topography is like a flower, a flower-like topography, so the place name is taken. Then its geographical conditions are very good. It is about fifty minutes away from Kuala Lumpur Airport, which happens to be in the middle of Malaysia. Very convenient in geographical conditions.Generally, the jungle is in the deep mountains. This mountain is not high or low. It’s only five or six hundred meters above sea level. So it’s too high to get in and out... You see it’s not convenient for the old Bodhisattva to go there. This height is just now. Okay, and it takes about XNUMX minutes on average from the city to the highway.You see, there is really such a mountainous area where you can work hard, and then it’s not far from the city. If the old Bodhisattva gets sick, it is convenient to see a doctor in case of emergency!Generally, if you are too deep in the mountains, you might be waiting for your death there!There is no other way!This is because the geographical conditions are very good. I liked this place when I came to this place. Because it is very aura, most people may not appreciate it, because it is steeper, the hillside is steeper but it has a jungle atmosphere, and it is very aura. So when I saw it, I decided to buy it, and then the landlord!He never thought that anyone would like his land so much, and he was also very happy, because they thought it was nothing to him, it was just a piece of agricultural land!If we don't know how to appreciate it, we use it as a place for practice. It's really because he can't imagine it without studying Buddhism.

Later, after talking about the whole process to the end, he even asked me, "Can you sell me another acre of land?" He also wanted to come here to practice and provide for the elderly with us. I said no, not to sell it to you, so this place I really like it at first glance.So why is it said that it has aura?Later, I heard a person who was active over there and said that there is one in there, and there are all sentient beings!What... what bug!Monkey!Squirrel!These animals have.The most special thing is that there is still a big snake living in it. This big snake should have been cultivating in it. It was fat and fat. They described it as thick as a bucket and so thick!The diameter is about fifteen centimeters. I will talk about it like this. Someone of them has seen a snake that is at least ten feet in length.I said, you see, it must be that this place has a particularly good aura, where is it for cultivation!And being able to grow so big and so fat, it can be seen that the magnetic field there is good!It's very suitable for cultivation, maybe you've already cultivated to a high level, so you can just be our guardian god!So besides, I also listened to this landlord's talk, this mountain used to be in a certain period before!He talked about a period that I don’t remember. He said that during a period of disaster, many people fled to this mountain, so this mountain has also saved many people, so it is also a blessed place, so I listened to him at that time. Speaking, I am also very happy to hear it, then I have an instinct!I think that the cause is very good.

Later, when I went to another place, the initiates were very enthusiastic to take me to another place to see it. When I walked halfway, I said not to go. This intuition was very different.In another place, later they said, oops!Master, it’s already halfway there, let’s go take a look!As a result, looking at another place, most people might like it from the perspective of a layman, but I don't like it at all.It's well constructed, tree!The trees along the road are neatly trimmed and look like a resort, so how do you practice?The more bitter we are, the better!It’s best if there are weeds. We can chop firewood over there. This can be used as firewood if it is dried. Only then can there be an atmosphere of spiritual practice!You are so well organized, then do we have to ask workers to fix it for trimming!So this place is really a place given to us by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.Then I especially hope that through this transmission of this CD, I hope that the great Bodhisattva will take over as soon as possible, and Master Bhikkhu will take over, then I will be able to retire sooner!In fact, when I took over this cause and condition, my inner intention was to accomplish this layman's heart and blessing on the one hand!Let us not cut off his motivation and his roots of goodness. On the one hand, we also use this cause and condition to be a tribute to the jade. We hope that we can protect the monk master as much as possible to undertake the work of educating sentient beings and to solemn the whole Sangha. An inheritance of.There really is no such object, so of course we have to take it straight!Regardless of whether it is a layman, a layman can spread the Dharma and benefit his life by practicing well!But don't say that if there are monks, you didn't make the effort to protect them, or even fight against them and rob believers.Some are like this, and even criticize the monks!This is very troublesome, this is a very wrong demonstration. Indirectly corrupting Buddhism is really quite serious. Maybe the person involved was very motivated and did not think so much, but in fact, it has a great impact on the overall situation. Great, I don’t even know that I have created karma with kindness.

So now I think about my own practice for a while, but it's actually about my experience!I don’t have any experience, so I’m going to give a report here to explain to the old monk that there is such a kind of one, and the current cause and condition, then I personally talk about it!I can simply share with you, that is, just like the old monk Guangqin said, someone asked the old monk Guangqin, how does this layman practice?How to practice?The old monk Guangqin was a participant...In the early days, he went to Zen and later specialized in the Pure Land.He just said... he didn't go around the corners, he said, "Oh, lay man! You can recite the Buddha at home and cultivate blessings!" This meaning is very meaningful!Not to say, oops!Then you don't need it!This way, you can recite the Buddha easily. It's not that you don't want to be diligent, but it's not about diligent practice at all.The conditions of your layman are very difficult, and there are many obstacles, and you will still be a layman today, saying that you have not yet blessed to be a monk, and that you may still have a deeper relationship with the five desires and six dusts, so you talk about how to practice ?Then I have this feeling myself, because I just came into contact with this Pure Land Method for the first time. When I first entered Buddhism, I spent the first three years as a layman practicing at home to circulate magic weapons. Those three years have been good times!We have always been doing charity and making good destiny, no one will show our face, and no one will criticize us, so it is all good times. At best, that stage can only be regarded as cultivating blessings!Real practice begins with a monk. This is my personal feeling.

I started practicing on the third day of being a monk!This practice is for you to have adversity to test it!Then when you can face adversity and break through, hey!Then you really have a little bit of practice.It is very difficult for a layman to have this cause to achieve us. The real practice is to correct one's own wrong thoughts and behaviors!You have to really correct it. Not only do you have to establish righteous knowledge, right view, listening to the Scriptures and listening to the Fa, but you also have to change your wrong habit after listening. This is even more difficult.Telling you not to kill, not steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, not to drink alcohol, you have the five precepts, you are very difficult, this habit is very difficult to change, not greedy, not aversion, not delusion, not two tongues, these are all very difficult, this It's all quits!Passing through this commandment is the beginning of real practice.But it is difficult for us to be a layman!It is difficult for you to supervise yourself, so others dare not talk about you!I'm afraid that this will become a bad relationship, so I really want to talk about spiritual practice!My personal feeling is to start from becoming a monk.

Well, for more than ten years!Let me experience one thing, of course, I face many realms, and it is not easy to be able to come over!At least there is no retreat.But I still dare not say that we can really... have been for more than ten years!Twelve years of being a monk!It's not too short, but think about it carefully!There is no mention of the fruits of practice.If we are to truly achieve a little bit of spiritual results, then at best we can only say that we really understand from the bottom of our hearts that the karma of sentient beings is incredible, and our karma is really heavy.Even if we have already set out to become a monk, we have continued to walk such a long way. The longer we go, the more deeply we realize that it is not easy to practice. It is really not that simple to correct our habits, which is equivalent to saying You will see yourself more clearly. If you count the results, it’s probably only like this, not that we can really purify our body and mind and subdue our troubles. It’s really not that simple, so the old monk said that he was a monk. After twenty or thirty years of practice, the worries began to linger a little bit!I only saw my own kung fu in forty to fifty years!This is true.

Our feelings and personal feelings are clearer year after year, so that arrogance will slowly recede, and then due to the predestined encounter with this master of good guidance, he pointed out to us the simplest path of pure land. When practicing the law, he first taught us to recognize that we are sinful, life and death ordinary people!If we have truly walked a path of spiritual practice, we can truly appreciate our own level.You see, Master Lian Hongyi is in his sixties and he has been practicing diligently throughout his life. He even described himself as his body and mind. Many of these descriptions are really very serious. I am not too embarrassed to say that. Described very badly.At that time, I saw how it was so outrageous, and slowly I realized a little bit that people are enlightened people!People can see clearly!After the heart calms down slowly, what is the real situation?Even though we live, the ordinary people who have cultivated to death in this life are still suffering from the three poisons, at most they can stand down!Like a few of these great virtues, it is really possible that worries can be relieved or can be held down.

Like us!If you really rely on your own strength, it won't be easy!This person who hasn't worked hard to practice often feels that he has cultivated well, but in fact he hasn't started cultivating at all.When you really start to practice and overcome your own worries and habits in the face of adversity, you will realize how difficult it is and the incredible karma of sentient beings!At this time, there is also a way to encounter this pure land method, and then we can really honestly follow what this good guide master told us, we really have to admit that we are sinful life and death ordinary people, and then only rely on Amitabha’s forty-eight vows for salvation, XNUMX% relying on Buddha, because we have no strength at all!Can't help it!That only depends on the power of Amitabha Buddha's vows. Fortunately, we have this blessing. Meeting Amitabha Buddha made forty-eight vows for us, so we can't believe him without relying on him!The more deeply we realize how terrible our troubles and karma are, we have no choice and are impermanent!If this kind of alertness of impermanence can be improved, we will naturally respond to Amitabha and hold Amitabha tightly. At this time, we will be very much like the Buddhist chanting of the Erhe Baidao. When we make this determination, we feel When it comes to Amitabha...there is absolutely no way to rely on your own strength. Not to mention that once the reborn Paradise becomes a Buddha, there is no way to surrender your troubles. Only then can you rely on the Buddha with all your heart, and this determination is very easy to feel right away, so Let's not worry, hey!It's strange why we don't feel Amitabha after chanting for so long?That's because we truly converted to Nammo Amitabha, and the determination to truly rely on Amitabha has not yet been initiated.

If we recognize that we want to be liberated from this life and want to become a Buddha, we can only rely XNUMX% on the salvation of Amitabha Buddha and the blessing of the forty-eight vows. We truly recognize this fact, and there is no other way to go. At this time, our body and mind are fully invested and dependent on. This mind comes as soon as it initiates. Then our state of chanting Buddha is different. This state of mind is this time!Although we did not cultivate by ourselves, we did not rely on our own strength, but because we received the blessing power of Amitabha, our realm suddenly improved, and real troubles can be surrendered.Why can I personally taste the Dharma?Three years ago, it was because of an opportunity to receive this guidance from the Master Shandao, the "Four Tie Sutras of Guanjing" taught by Master Shandao!The old monk has also talked about it before, but our fellow practitioners generally didn't study it in detail.So now the old monk's "The Pure Land Great Scriptures" is based on Huang Nianzu's commentary. In fact, most of the quotes by Huang Nianzu are the teachings of Japanese patriarchs, so the teachings of Japanese patriarchs are almost All of them are based on the teachings of Master Yi Shandao, so our fellow practitioners can also learn more on this note because of the cause, just like the previous verse.The old monk will eventually be included in the Mahayana classics such as "Hua Yan" and "Law Hua" in the end.

The old monk also once said that when the Dharma of the Ending Dharma is extinct, the "Blessed Life Sutra" will live for a hundred years. The one he has passed down with confidence is the "Great Sutra" he is talking about now. "Solution", in other words, it is also based on the guidance of Master Shandao. Because among the XNUMX ancestors of the Pure Land, the teaching methods are divided into three different schools of thought. This is based on personal time and fate, and there are different enlightenment. The ingenuity.Then, for these three different schools of thought, there are difficult and easy points to practice. Then the teachings taught by Master Shandao are the simplest, but it is true that although it is the simplest, but the achievement is also the most extraordinary, but the most difficult to believe, it is truly in line with the pure land. The characteristic of the method is that the unbelievable method is difficult to believe and easy to implement, so this is a benefit that I personally got. It is through the guidance of Master Shandao. So I also introduce fellow practitioners here, and have the opportunity to learn in-depth in the works of Master Shandao. , So soon perhaps you have sufficient roots and merits, and you will be able to develop confidence in the rebirth right now!Death is not decided at the end of life.

If you have read the "Forty-Eight Vows" that we circulate, it is very clear that the decisive factor in rebirth is whether we have true faith and true aspirations?Do you have confidence in Amitabha's forty-eight wishes for salvation?Not on our own strength.If we don’t talk about rebirth by our own strength, if you practice for a long period of time for a lifetime, I’m afraid there is no news. It’s because of the power of the Buddha, so we only need to grasp the right direction, according to Master Shandao’s advice. We are leading in the correct direction and work hard in this aspect of faith and aspiration. This faith and aspiration must be able to truly believe in the true aspiration. As long as they can truly believe in the true aspiration, the moment of rebirth is decided. And a true believer and true aspiration does not do not honestly recite the Buddha. You will naturally recite the Buddha honestly without any pressure in your heart. You are not doing kung fu, because you are not relying on your own chanting of the Buddha to determine whether you are good or not, and whether your concentration is deep enough to decide whether you will die or not.

You see, Master Hui Yi also said that whether one's death depends on whether or not one wishes!So XinYuanXing is a three-in-one!One contains many.You really...we work hard on believing and wishing. When true belief and aspiration arise, we will naturally change our behavior. We will be soft physically and mentally, and we will naturally break away from evil and practice good faith to recite the Buddha. The changes are great and our hearts are stable.If you are sure of your demise right now, then you will suddenly feel relieved by more than half of your troubles in this world, and you may even be able to lie down and be immersed in this kind of joy all day, because you feel that you will be in this life again. No matter how hard it is, the days are not long anyway, I am about to go to Paradise to enjoy the blessing!Free it!So no matter how hard this world is, even if we encounter some adversity in front of us, you will naturally not care so much, you will not care so much, no matter how hard it is, it will not last long!Time is running out!I happily waited for the time to arrive earlier. Even if the disaster comes, I am not afraid of my death. It would be great to report to the Elysium earlier, so the key is that we have to... the practice of this method!

If we can grasp this key earlier and develop the confidence to decide to die, then we can be said to be close to graduation right now!So why am I studying for the past XNUMX years!Indeed, relying on my own strength to have no results, advances and retreats, many precepts really want to keep it well, it is impossible to keep the XNUMX rules well, it is often confession!Feel ashamed, advance and retreat.There is no way to be stable on your own!There is no way not to retreat. This period of time may be more diligent. In all aspects, this precept, concentration and wisdom seems to be on track a little bit. After a while, the troubles have retreated again, so if you talk about your own kung fu!Kung fu can't be talked about for more than ten years, but fortunately, I have encountered the blessings of Master Shandao. Of course, it also includes the teachings of the old monks over the past ten years!This is inseparable. If there is no foundation in the past, I will not feel the blessing of Master Shandao at the end, I can hardly believe it!It's impossible to feel so deep when you touch, so the cause and condition of all this good knowledge!All things are arranged for us by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and they are all accomplishing us.

If we...then our fellow practitioners are also in good fate now. Our fellow practitioners here have already heard the teachings of Master Shandao. As long as we continue to go deeper, I believe that everyone can continue to deepen this letter and wish. As soon as possible to be able to develop confidence in the decision to rebirth, then such a taste of Dharma!It can naturally arise in the heart, and every day I feel very stable and dependent. The real Amitabha is an object that we can rely on XNUMX% of which will not be in trouble.Humans are unreliable, and Buddhas can be trusted. The question is, do we rely on him from the heart?If we really rely on him from the heart, we will be able to have peace in our hearts!It’s really like being in the world of bliss. You will not be afraid of any adversity afterwards. Of course, you will react, cry, laugh, and your mood will fluctuate, but that doesn’t interfere with the situation and does not hinder your inner stability. If you are happy with the Fa, you have to be experienced by your fellow practitioners. So this XNUMX years of training has come to the present, and I just borrowed this cause here. It is also a simple matter to the old monk and fellow practitioners. The protection of the ten directions is also counted as A report, then the more hopeful thing is that we are really committed to practicing honestly, with this kind of behavior to provide for the elderly monks, and support the teachers, then such a way can also be a way to turn such a heart back and forth. I hope to feel that the old monk can live in the world for a long time to teach sentient beings.

If we can really give up our lives and longevity to the old monk, then we'd better leave all the life span after XNUMX to the old monk. We still don’t chant the Buddha's title enough. We should hurry up and recite more Buddhas, and disaster will happen. When we come, we will just leave. If the disaster does not come, we are ready anyway. It is better to recite Amitabha Buddha earlier. If there is a great virtue in this world, the old monk can live in the world for a long time. I believe that the disaster will also be reduced, and a lot can be saved. All beings!It's useless for us to stay!If you can't save sentient beings, you still need to die a little earlier, and have enough supernatural powers to come back again.We are not self-conscious people, but we really don't have the ability, so we closed the door and worked hard on our own. To die earlier is to return to the sentient beings earlier. This is also the Mahayana Bodhicitta.

It depends on karma!If we have the ability and cause, we have to be motivated, like an old monk in the world, if we have the ability to be separated from each other without being attached to various realms, then there will be this predestined condition, and of course we can devote ourselves to saving sentient beings.If we don't have it, we will close the door, and we will send bodhicitta and have always focused on mindfulness, and such a mindfulness will have a high grade of rebirth.Master Shandao told us that people who develop the Mahayana mind and meet the Mahayana method to give birth to the Mahayana mind have a share in the previous three grades. This is what the Master Shandao told us. Then we use this method to go back and forth, this is the real thing. Repay the teacher's kindness and repay Buddha's grace.So here to here is a simple report of experience, so I also wish everyone to let go of all luck earlier, this taste!If you want to taste it yourself, listening to other people's talk is still scratching, then here is only a little bit of learning this experience to provide for the public, thank you everyone, Amitabha.

(XNUMX) Establishing seminars on pure land thought to achieve the purpose of long-term cultivation

This is the wish of our chairman Wang, rejoice!Because of this trip, he had already mentioned this idea to me last time. After he personally learned this teaching method of this good guide master, he also has a deep understanding, because he has been studying for a period of time in the past!I always feel that Kung Fu is not easy and effective!This is the common feeling of many of our fellow practitioners.So when people with good roots and destiny meet this Dhamma, this Dhamma will become stable after dwelling in the heart, and they also know clearly that as far as our root nature is concerned, we really need to follow the guidance of the master of Shandao to learn, and it is easier to achieve it.That’s because of the sutras taught by the old monk, because he has to deal with many beings of different roots, and he has a wide range of Dharma conditions, so he talks about all sutras, the deep and the shallow ones. He doesn’t necessarily only target In this part, in terms of the scope of the establishment of confidence in the Pure Land of Rebirth, so it happened that I also personally have this cause and fate, so I made an effort to organize it. We are now teaching the scriptures of the old monk, this promotion can benefit life without saying anything!To be a student is not to say that you have to read every word of the old monk in order to be called a teacher!If this is the case, just listen to the old monk!It’s because we personally have a little experience in learning, so I sorted out the scope and shared it with fellow practitioners in my own tone. Then this is the same as what the old monk taught, but we express The way, tone, and wording of the language will be different.

So the last time I recorded the "Forty-Eigh Vows", and we recorded this speech for ten days later, there are "Amitabha Sutras", "Guanjing Sutras", and the "Forty-Eight Vows" recorded before. "The Essentials", this series of links are all from different angles. They are our main sutras of the Pure Land Three Sutras. According to the sutras to explain the thoughts of good guidance, they are all around the establishment of faith in this rebirth, and even how to help We have all talked about this method.That’s because it’s impossible for us monks to often lead you to learn here for a long time, so Chairman Wang felt that this practice can truly benefit himself and everyone, so he also made the effort to lead based on the CDs we circulated. Everyone will open a seminar here on Wednesday, which is a joint course of "Study on Pure Land Thought". Then I will briefly explain this method to you as a reference. The details are based on The chairman of the board will discuss with some co-participants, and then decide how to proceed. I am a principled explanation.

A seminar like ours!It takes about an hour and a half to two hours. You can register based on the situation at the time.Then, if you want to participate in the old Bodhisattva, you can listen to it!But mainly young people!Don't be too old... About fifty years old, of course it depends on the individual!If you think you still want to participate in the seminar, you can also come and listen first. At that time, you will respect the chairman's arrangement. Young people are more interested. The lowest interest of this seminar can help us!I was able to cultivate for a long time, because some fellow practitioners felt, oops!Guangdie read it once, and after reading it once, he has to read it a second time. It seems very boring and can’t stand it. But the old monk often said that this method must be constantly cultivated. On the one hand, it can achieve precept and concentration, and on the other hand, it can really deepen the law. In our hearts, every time we look at it, we have every blessing power. Therefore, we must watch a disc at least five times in a row. Therefore, Chairman Wang took the initiative to lead everyone and discuss it every week.

Then, for each class, you can prepare it at home in advance. For example, this week discusses the contents of a half-hour CD. Then everyone usually writes the key points at home. Then when it comes to the time for group practice, At the beginning, everyone will read it together, and it will take about half an hour or so to read this content again. After reading it, we can choose a senior instructor!Our chairman is the general instructor, so this instructor is to instruct seniors!His benefits are even greater... the benefits of study are even greater. Not only can we continue to cultivate for a long time and will not slack off, but we also dedicate ourselves to be the instructor of this senior!You can also exercise your own...this leader's ability.Even if young people are familiar with this method, you will be able to spread the Dharma and benefit your lives in the future, and you can spread the Dharma and benefit your lives on and off the stage. This is really a reward for Buddha's grace!Then the senior instructor can take turns at the beginning and be selected by the chairman of the board. The degree is relatively mature and motivated, and the foundation of this itself must be a little bit, so you can first select two or three to take turns, then one such as Speaking of "​​The Forty-Eight Vows", I saw a study... a class for one and a half hours, it may take two to three months to complete the whole study, then this is a stage of the course, then a senior instructor will lead it and it is over. In the future, there will be a second round of instructing seniors, so these same students will come to discuss together.

At the beginning of the seminar, it is to watch the content together for half an hour. After reading it, for example, if there are ten classmates, then take turns to express their opinions, so you have to make preparations at home beforehand.A person publishes for five minutes to fifteen minutes. This is also the situation of the classmate at the time from the chairman of the board. Some people can't speak for two minutes, and some people talk for fifteen minutes and don't want to stop!Then the classmates take turns to express their experience. For example, after this person A has spoken for five minutes and ten minutes to give a report, the instructor can immediately respond. If there is anything that needs to be added or there is an error, he should be corrected. Then if this At that time, the chairman of the board can also participate in the general guidance. If you find any need to be corrected, you should immediately remind you. After that, the second person will give a report on the experience. Then the same situation is that after everyone has taken turns, It’s almost time and it’s almost time. The last one will have to give a report on his own experience by the instructor himself, and then the general instructor, Chairman Wang, will make a summary again, and put the scope of the lesson to be learned in this week. The key points, make a summary statement.

Then look at this one class!This is a great benefit, why?Because every fellow practitioner went back and prepared for a week on his own, and wrote the key points. Everyone must see a different angle. The same reference is also our teacher!What he has expressed from different angles between the same reference!Some are also very precious and worthy of our study, so this is called a seminar!It's two-way, and when someone puts it forward, if there is any misunderstanding in the experience report, the instructor or the director-general can immediately bring it up... you can correct it right away, and in the process of a discussion, It is also easy to inspire some new problems that have not been thought of before. Then everyone can't deal with it at this time. What should I do?It’s okay. Chairman Wang will record here first, and we will discuss it together if there are reasons, but it is not anxious, because in fact, we should not continue to study this method in theory. You don’t want everyone to quarrel at the end of the discussion! "Mine is correct, yours is wrong", that doesn't work!We are sharing our experience, not arguing about who is right and who is wrong, so the person who leads the seminar is also very important!You need to be able to lead correctly. It doesn't mean that everyone is going to argue about right and wrong in this proposed experience. There are some who are more intelligent and intelligent, and some intellectuals are prone to this problem.

As soon as the seminar started, the tit-for-tat started, so the person in charge of the guidance must know how to lead in the right direction, that is to say, it is purely to share our own learning experience, we should not fight for right and wrong, this is fine. , A share, and then if there is a mistake or that the experience is not complete enough or the experience is not complete enough, then the mentoring senior or the chairman of the board of directors will supplement it. In this case, if there are ten people in a class, this round will come down. This is incredible. The content of this content is very rich, and it is your own experience. After listening to your own experience, it is worthy of our reference, so if you can participate in this class!This is very rare. It can last for a few years and it’s incredible. Everyone can make great achievements in this class. Not only can they cultivate for a long time, but their faith can grow day by day, because you will come to class next week. You must prepare!You don’t dare to slacken, at least you have to keep up with the progress in this range, so you can definitely increase your trust for a long time, and after a few years of cultivation, you will be able to promote the Dharma by yourself. Unconsciously, this is true. Incredible.

Although we are not studying this class to promote the teachings and benefit students, it is not so easy to learn the skills of teaching the scriptures!But at least these are my own experience and experience, as well as the experience of co-participants.After studying for a period of time, you will have a wealth of information that you can share with others. It is also in the promotion of Dharma and life, so this cause is very rare, everyone should cherish it and sign up as soon as possible.If there are too many people, it may be divided into classes, otherwise it is not easy to take, no one to guide!Therefore, the chairman of the board of directors should train more senior instructors. When the time comes, the number of students in the class is up to you. At the beginning, you decide for yourself. If everyone talks for one minute and there is no voice, then this class can be attended by a few more people. If a lot of people in there are no problems in arguing, then the small class system can be adapted to the circumstances!

So here I am to provide some of this principle!The most important thing is to have a correct mentality. It is a mentality of sharing, so it means that everyone is learning together. It does not mean that everyone is expressing my state. If it is to use the state of publication, there must be controversy! "Then mine is right? Then mine is more correct or yours is more correct?" Then there is a dispute, no, we are just studying together, and then we share our current state of affairs. It’s just sharing, don’t make this conclusive argument, the main reason is to achieve long-term cultivation, relying on the public and you will not slacken. If we achieve such a goal, the study will be completed. The goal of this seminar Just reached.Okay, that's because of Chairman Wang's intentions, I will also talk to you by the way.Okay, now it's very late too!Let’s learn from here, Amitabha.


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Respectful excerpts from disciple Shi Lian