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(XNUMX) Learning with categorical principles

(XNUMX) Learning with categorical principles


(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 fellow practitioners, good evening, Amitabha!


Today is September 2019, 9. We are going to be at the Singapore Buddhist Youth Promotion Group. In this solemn lecture hall, we will do a practical course together. Today's theme is "Realistic Practice to Inspire Instinct and Great Love".


Generally in Buddhism, most of the people present here seem to be veteran fellow practitioners. There should be few opportunities to participate in courses like this. Most of them are lectures and seminars. So this is the first time for me. Try to lead everyone to do the exercises in this way, then let me first talk about why this course is offered?In the past, I also came to our proclamation team to make connections with you, and like most masters, I exchanged courses on precepts or pure land methods with you. Another time, I talked about one at the suggestion of the bodhisattvas of our proclamation team. In the lecture, I talked about the comparison between the Medicine Master Tathagata and this bliss. Because our side also often holds the Medicine Master Dharma meeting, so I have also exchanged ideas with him.Just now we looked at this solemn Bodhisattva of ceremonies. She asked me, before introducing her, she said, "Master, which subject do you specialize in? Which one?" I have difficulty answering for a while, because I usually don’t want to ask this question. Directly speaking, I specialize in Pure Land Dharma, so I replied, "I specialize in Buddhism."

 

Normally, if I answered that I specialized in Buddhism, it would be the same as his reaction just now. Many people have the same reaction as him, so I don’t understand!Is this the answer?This is the most satisfactory answer.I have come here before to talk about the precepts, the Pure Land, and the courses related to the Pharmacist Tathagata, so which method do you think I practice?Which method is Buddhism, this is the term for consummation. Unless you have not integrated, and you have not integrated the teachings, then of course you must be divided into sects. Maybe you have only contacted the Pure Land Method or you may have only contacted the "Hua". "Yan", "Tiantai"... and so on, you have not touched the other teaching methods, of course you can’t integrate them, so we can only say that I specialize in the Pure Land or specialize in a certain method, but in fact they are different The goals of each school are the same. After attaining Buddhahood, they are all the same, and the realms they have attained are the same. It’s just that the roots and personal roots are different, so...then the great virtue of the Patriarch is for the convenience of education. , So he naturally develops various sects, such a development, so when we learn, we can of course be based on our own karma when we are learning, and it can be convenient to determine what I am specializing in, for example, if we want to say from the convenience If I were to specialize in Pure Land, almost everyone of us now specializes in Pure Land, most of them!Not everyone, that is, most of the people on our side are dedicated to the pure land, some are the pure land of the medicine master Tathagata, and some are the pure land of Amitabha, and they do not go to recite the Buddha, the Dharma, or the Sangha.

 

Recitation of Buddhism is the easiest, but think about it, everyone, what is pure land?Does it mean that you only have to study Buddha and then you graduate?Then the simple teachings give us the Pure Land of Bliss, which is to recite the Buddha and then live in the Bliss. Is it that simple?of course not!Everyone knows what the name Amitabha Buddha means?What's included? "Mande", the name of Amitabha Buddha is Wandehong name. Of course, that Wande contains all the teachings, and all sects are included in it. Ten thousand is the expression of infinite dharma, the infinite method and the infinite virtue and energy are all contained in it. The immeasurable merits, the merits of the immeasurable methods are all contained in this Buddha name, so if we want to say that we specialize in the Pure Land method, of course we should... If we want to speak satisfactorily, it should be a universal religion instead of just understanding this Buddha name. , But we don’t understand, can we?Yes, that’s okay, so the practice of Buddhism is the three roots, and both the upper, middle and lower roots can be achieved. Today I will just give you a brief introduction to clarify some concepts. This junior college has... it looks mixed, but in fact it is specialized, just because I just talked about it. It contains all the Dharma in it, but in terms of things, if the Bodhisattva that we generally study does not go...if there is no cause, condition or ability, or there is no need to learn too many methods, then of course you will be honest. Actually reading the Buddha's name, this is the so-called specialization.

 

If you have the ability and cause to come into contact with other disciplines, whether you are in Zen or studying the teachings, if you have the ability and mastery, then you will be included in this Buddha name. You can also say that you specialize in the Pure Land method, so you understand. ?This concept, so next time someone tells you that I specialize in Buddhism, then you will know what he is talking about!But I’m too embarrassed to tell you directly, I am familiar with all religions, so I will throw the egg after a while, but in fact, the real Buddhism really encompasses everything. If we really understand this principle, we won’t I will praise and ruin him. I will not distinguish between you and me. I will not distinguish between superiors and inferior ones. All are Buddhism, but because each has its own causes and conditions, each has its own convenience and skill. This is a concept. First Let me give you a brief mention.Then I just talked about my current one...just the topic I want to share with you today, then which school does this belong to?This is to truly lead everyone into the entire Buddhism that encompasses everything, that is, includes all sects and sects.We have only one lecture today, and only one lecture for one and a half hours, but we want to take everyone to learn. What we practice together is the inclusion of the entire Dharma sects, and it will belong to this place.

 

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