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(XNUMX) The unbelievable origin of the "Fuddhist Disciple Rules" with the teacher

Dear masters, hello fellow initiates!Karma is very rare today. We are about to record the content of "Teaching with Teachers-The Rules of Buddhist Discipleship" in the studio in Muar for the four Buddha disciples who are currently and now destined.

This time, the time is limited. We will give you an important explanation first, and then we can explain in detail in the class if we have a cause. Everyone has this booklet in hand. This booklet is not very large. There are only ten verses in it. The chanting, but in detail, it is the three Tibetan twelve books taught by Lord Shakya in his forty-nine years, and the Buddhism of one Tripitaka is all in it.

We just printed this booklet in Taiwan last month. There are XNUMX copies of the first edition, and we have to connect with fellow practitioners at home and abroad.This content is organized in English, as well as traditional and simplified characters. This is convenient for students of all nationalities to learn.

So the content, although our topic is "The Rules of Buddhism Discipleship", it seems to be a very basic course. In fact, we can see these ten poems from the catalog, from the first compliment to the last one without writing. , What state is this inaction?It is about the practice of waiting for enlightenment Bodhisattva, Dhammakaya, and even after becoming a Buddha, the realm of these great Bodhisattvas who play supernatural powers are all included in these ten recitations.From the basics of entry to the consummation of the Buddhist path, and those who practice the path of the Bodhisattva after aspiration, these cultivation realms are included in it.

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(XNUMX) Confucian successor Professor Wang Caigui's rejoicing inscription

Then in this first page, we first turn to the first page, we see the inscription of the eight words "excellent wonderful treasure accumulates good fortune".This calligraphy is the earliest professor Wang Caigui who advocated children's reading education in Taiwan. He is the heir of Confucianism today. The inscription "Happy Joy" for our booklet is very meaningful.

This karma relationship between me and Professor Wang was established about XNUMX years ago, and a Dharma relationship was established.Because when I was a beginner in Buddhism, I used my heart to teach children's scripture reading classes and training classes, and I was considered his student.Because in Taiwan, it can be said that children at home and abroad are so prosperous in reading scriptures. It can be said that tens of thousands of people are reading the scriptures. This credit should be attributed to Professor Wang Caigui.

Of course, in recent years, our old monk Jingkong has also vigorously advocated the Confucian disciple rules at home and abroad. This also includes the part of children’s reading of the scriptures. Then these are considered to be very good in modern times, and they have opened up a very Of course, the people who initiated the movement to read the scriptures in the first place contributed to a good educational atmosphere. Therefore, the inscription of Professor Wang Caigui's joy in our booklet shows that his mind is also very large.

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(XNUMX) The inscription by the Taiwanese Buddhist monk Guoqing

In addition, there is another cause that is more special. How can it be said that it is more special?Because Professor Wang Caigui is a descendant of Confucianism, he is rejoicing from his standpoint.In addition, there is a lawyer Guo Qing in Taiwan’s Buddhist community. He is an elder who preaches the precepts. He is strict in discipline himself. At present, he is a very respected elder in Taiwan’s religious community. He also rejoices and encourages our juniors to help us. The inscription of the "Guide to Follow the Teacher to Practice Buddhism and Discipleship" is an inscription for our topic.

The first edition is at the time of the first edition, because at that time, the Dharma fate was not established. At the time of the first edition, it was typed on a computer. In the first edition, XNUMX copies were printed. It was only achieved at the second edition. This cause, we can also see here, this is the calligraphy that lawyer Guo Qing personally inscribed for us, this meaning is very special.

Because we are Buddha disciples, the practice of Buddha disciples must be based on the precepts. This foundation, regardless of the sects, must follow the common practice curriculum. Attorney Guo Qing, he is willing to help us inscribe this book, which just shows him. I have already agreed with the content of this book, and even have a similar Dharma predestined to me.

This is a special cause that we did not think of when we printed and published before. So in other words, this is the blessing of the Three Jewels. Whether it is the elders of our religious world, or even the good knowledge of Confucianism and other religious sects, Being able to achieve this cause and condition with joy and joy shows that this book of ours may have a very significant influence and help on the study of fellow practitioners now or in the future, so you should not underestimate this little book.

Because now everyone is also advocating environmental protection, and now we have seen the prosperity of the Buddhist world at home and abroad, regardless of the amount of circulation and production of magic discs in all aspects, we also consider the issue of environmental protection, although this magic weapon is very Precious, the content page is very rich, but in order to facilitate the public to learn and minimize some damage to the forest, so we printed a portable notebook, on the one hand, it is convenient to carry, on the other hand, it can also do a little bit of the intention of protecting the environment. .

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(XNUMX) Follow the teacher to follow the "Buddha Disciple Guidance" to collect the origin

Next, let’s briefly introduce the origin of this book, as well as the topic. Let’s turn to the first page. The origin of the collection of "Teaching with Teachers-Buddhist Disciple Guidance" is on the first page. You can read it here. To put it simply, in fact, there is still a very special situation about this cause, because we have limited time, so I won't talk more about it here, and I will mention it later when we have the opportunity to explain it.

It was mainly in Taitung last year in 2012. Originally, I arranged for a year to stop reciting the Buddha. Everyone knows that we at home and abroad attach great importance to the disaster prediction in 2012, especially our Buddhist disciples. The mentality we hold is actually based on the Buddhist world. In terms of speaking, our Buddha Shakyamuni’s Dharma destiny is still one hundred and two thousand years away. Of course it cannot be the end of the world, but in the whole change of impermanence, large and small disasters are inevitable, so our mentality last year is Regardless of whether it is true the end of the world or a fake, we always regard this cause and condition as a fate for diligence in the path, so it really means letting go of all conditions and waiting for the rebirth, so last year I originally arranged to ban feet like this. It's convenient to keep your feet away, and you don't want to go out and focus on chanting Buddha, so this book is collected in this Taoist temple in Taitung.

Originally, I wanted to recite the Buddha diligently, but the true practice is also a matter of fate. Probably it was the Buddha and Bodhisattva who wanted me to take more people to the Paradise of Bliss. So last year, if I wanted to recite the Buddha with peace of mind, I still couldn’t do it. Someone asked for hope on Facebook and online. On Facebook, I prayed that I could open some systematic teaching courses. Although Karma and Fate had made arrangements for the whole year, the true Mahayana spirit was to practice the way of Bodhisattva.To achieve our own merits and merits in the path of Bodhisattva, we must be consistent with all sentient beings and follow the causes and conditions. Because of the causes and conditions in this course on Facebook, we have to collect this little book. This is the first step. A dependent origin.

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(XNUMX) The reason for collecting this book

The content is based on the rules of Buddhism disciples. Of course, why compile such a textbook?On the one hand, it is for the convenience of students to learn a teaching material. On the other hand, it is also true that we have practiced as a monk in Buddhism for more than ten years, and we have also seen that regardless of whether the monk is at home, the foundation is indeed not well laid, especially in Taiwan, the Buddhist academy research institute in Taiwan’s teaching circles can be said to be the most prosperous at home and abroad, but this kind of prosperity is actually very easy to develop academically. The so-called Buddhism study becomes Buddhism and the study of Buddhism.

Where is the problem?It's the five precepts and ten good virtues, but the root of the novice law and ritual is not well established, because the most important thing in learning Buddhism is practice.If this root is well established, even if you don't know much about names, you can still achieve real merits.On the contrary, if you have learned the Three Zang and the XNUMX Books so well, but you have not really practiced the precepts and practiced steadily, then you will at most be a great Buddhist scholar in your life, not a disciple of the Buddha. This is a phenomenon. Indeed, it is not difficult for us to see that there are such trends in the Buddhism world at home and abroad, so I thought that we would sort out this "Rules of Buddhism Discipleship" and guide everyone to practice from this foundation.

The meaning of this collection should also be explained briefly. The collection is not my personal creation but a sorting.From this Buddhist scripture, some are like the first one that is completely taken from the first recitation of the "Sang Seng Merit Sutra"-the teacher, then some parts, the latter part is mostly through more than ten years. After in-depth study, experience, and digestion of Buddhist scriptures, from this theory, the key and core theories of these Buddhist scriptures are sorted out in a more vernacular way and in the form of recitation, so we call it a collection. It's not my own enlightened state or creation.

I just narrate it without writing it, just sort it out, and use a relatively new form, because now there are too many works of the Patriarch of the Three Tibetans and XNUMX books.So now there are really difficulties in learning, and time is getting less and less, everyone is busy, so think about it in the way of recitation, and try to express it in vernacular as much as possible, so that everyone can learn easily and serve the public. , It is not my personal enlightenment state or thesis.

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(XNUMX) This book is simple and concise, but small soldiers can make great contributions

The characteristic of this book is easy to hold because it has a small weight. You can carry it with you at any time. Recite it first and read it often. It is easy to realize it at any time. Although it does not have much weight, it is the essence. A poem is very important.This suitable object, because the content is shallow to deep, so it is not just for beginners or even old practitioners, even if you have not yet obtained Dharmakaya, you are all suitable for learning, you need to learn, and there is society. People, even those who don’t learn Buddhism, we can introduce them to them.

The cost of this book is very low, and you can make a big contribution. It doesn't cost ten dollars to make a book in Taiwan. If the quantity is small, it costs ten dollars. If the quantity is large, it only costs seven dollars. Give it to someone else, and he still has time to really have the ability to digest and hold it. If you give him a Tripitaka, he can’t understand it and the cost is high, but this small book can achieve this effect.

So what should he do if he doesn't study Buddhism?You can also become attached to him, how can I say?Like the "praise the teacher" and "respect" we talked about earlier, the second part of "respect" is about being a disciple, even if you are in school, you are a student or a child at home, this The spirit is common. How to be a junior, a student or even a disciple of the Buddha, this principle is figured out, and everyone will be able to understand it after studying later.

So even if he doesn’t study Buddhism, you can recite these chants. After you come into contact, you will have a little bit of understanding. After you have a little bit of understanding, you can have the opportunity to attract people who are not yet mature in learning Buddhism. The connection with him is not necessarily limited to Buddha disciples. Buddha disciples also include the four or even the seven. Bhikkhus, bhikshunis, Upasai, and Upas are lay laymen and female laymen. Why?Because it ranges from shallow to deep, and even the previous content is that many people have not done it, you are easy!After learning it later, you will know that you can observe how much you have achieved.

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(XNUMX) Interpreting questions with the teacher

Let's also briefly introduce the topic of following the teacher.Following the teacher is very vernacular and easy to understand. Follow the teacher to practice. The teacher we are talking about here refers to our master Shakyamuni Buddha, and our main practice is the Pure Land Method, so there is also an Amitabha Buddha, which is the current one. We rely on the master of learning the Fa-Sangbao.Mainly the teacher taught in this book, mainly these three objects.

Of course, you can also expand. We just talked about the teachers you teach you at school. That is, the standards we talk about here also apply, and even parents are the same.You follow the teacher, you follow your parents, how do you achieve your morals, as a child should learn to follow your parents, everyone knows this.Parents are our first teachers, especially mothers, right?So do you actually have a teacher-student relationship with your parents?There is also, this principle is the same, but as far as we are concerned, we are mainly referring to Buddha Amitabha, Buddha Shakyamuni, and the teacher who is currently instructing us. We must follow this teacher to practice.This is because only by following the practice of the teacher can we really implement the disciple rules, and then can we truly implement the disciple rules more satisfactorily.

In ancient times, Confucianism taught in private schools. The students lived in the teacher’s home day and night. They knew each other well and any problems would appear at any time. Only when they appeared, there was a way to cure the symptoms, and then they could talk about practice.If you are just now because everyone is well-received, communication is also very developed.Technological communication is also very advanced, so it is easy to obtain magic weapons. It is often self-study. Seeing CDs and reading materials on the Internet is actually self-study. You may not really follow a teacher in practice.

If you really follow a teacher in practice, he understands your situation and can give you pointers at any time, so what about you?As a disciple?To be able to truly implement various rules around the teacher, you have to serve the teacher.These disciples rules, these rules are to be implemented, how do you do it if you have no target?That's just empty talk, so there is no way to do it satisfactorily. Therefore, our title here also emphasizes "following the teacher". We talk about it based on this standard to guide everyone in implementing the rules of discipleship.

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(XNUMX) How to concretely implement the teacher-student relationship

How to implement concretely, in general, there are several directions that are the trivialities of life from a young age. This also covers the Confucian disciple rules. You talk about the disciple rules of Confucianism around you, such as "parents call, don't delay" these lives. The details above must be done.Then you follow the teacher and you have to do some things. In the morning, the teacher, the teacher needs to wash, and you have to take the washbasin. It is very convenient now. You don’t need these, but you have to master its spirit, and the teacher needs you in life. You have to serve, you have to run errands, big and small things.

Big?It is so large that it must protect all the affairs of the teacher's internal and external dissemination. The layman has the practice of the layman, and the monk has the practice of the monk.The monks in the monastery also belong to the guardian or internal guardian, and the layman belongs to the external guardian, and the layman has a teacher. You must rely on a teacher to study, then you must also follow the discipleship.

Our disciple regulation is not just a Confucian disciple regulation, some of the things that we serve in life, here are so big that we must protect all the affairs of the teacher's propaganda, so that we can achieve Consummation.The relationship between the relative teacher and you is the same. He can and must guide you to achieve it. Therefore, a relationship between teachers and students is a lifetime, is mutual achievement to completion, not like our current conceptual illusion of ordinary people. Anyway, there are many mages, and the teacher can change one at any time.

It can be changed, nothing wrong!The problem: You have never really established a teacher-student relationship, and you have never really learned the basics of disciple rules, and there is no way to do it. So modern people don't understand, don't understand, who is the loser?Myself, because there is no way to truly achieve real Fuhui, so we all have to learn and learn from the beginning!

The ten verses of this disciple rule, if we really do it, all the virtues and wisdom of becoming a Buddha can be achieved. On the contrary, if this virtue is not completed, it is a lack of virtue, so there is a little lack of virtue. It does not sound very good, but this is In fact, speaking the vernacular is like this, we modern people are lacking in virtue, we have to make up lessons from here.

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(XNUMX) Calmly reflect on whether you can appreciate the teacher's grace

Let's think about it. Calm down and think about whether we are respectful to the teachers who teach us, the masters and even the teachers in the school, parents, especially Buddhism, it does not charge you.In some lectures in the world, some psychology courses may be very expensive. The higher the price, the more respect him, and the more he feels that his power is boundless. How about buying a ticket to study, right?It seems that there are some professors and lecturers who value this guidance.Because the school teacher’s salary is taken from the education unit, you don’t have a direct relationship with him, and you don’t seem to have to be obedient, but is there any real respect in your heart?not necessarily.

It's worse in Buddhism, why?All are free, free ones seem to be worthless, because there are too many to choose whatever you want, those who are beginners have no ability, no knowledge of goods, no knowledge of treasures, no ability to appreciate, of course you don’t understand, there is no way to cherish There is no way to raise this kind of respect. This is a common phenomenon. Just look at your own behavior.

You are watching this satellite TV station, just choose to watch this for a few minutes, and watch "This is a good talk, how can this be said today?" It is really just a few random comments, it seems to be very common, but this kind of relationship is with you It doesn't make much difference to watch a TV series, or to listen to a performer or a singer performing, such a casual comment is no different.You are not studying the Fa, and you are not listening to the Master’s explanation with the attitude of studying the Fa. This is a bit uncomfortable after listening to it. If you change to a different one, you can change whatever you choose. In such a process, can the Fa be produced for you? power?No way, you didn't listen at all, you just heard a lot of names, that's it.

Then let's calmly think about it. If we really want to study the Fa, how much influence will the Master have on us, and how much influence will the teacher have on us and kindness?Our Dharmakaya Wisdom Fate is equivalent to this. This Dharmakaya Wisdom Fate can help us solve the problem of reincarnation from generation to generation. It can save us countless lives. This Wisdom Fate, what kind of virtue is given to us by the parents of this life?Give us a life, a body can do many things conveniently, this is our kindness to us in this life.

But the teacher's kindness to us lasts for generations, why?If our Dharmakaya and wisdom and destiny are truly given to achieve merit, we can go beyond the three realms to solve the suffering of continuous rebirth from generation to generation. In other words, the life of each generation will be saved. Because you have not been saved, you must continue to reincarnate for one lifetime and one lifetime. However, once you get the life of the Dharma body from the teacher, you can truly become a Buddha and solve the problem of reincarnation. This big problem is equivalent to saving your lives for countless lives, so the teacher’s kindness exceeds Parents, it has such an influence. This is for us to think carefully, and when we understand the truth, we can naturally be grateful and respectful to the teacher.

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(XNUMX) People who do not know the teacher's grace are ungrateful

Now, generally speaking, we have a very common phenomenon. I have also heard a few laymen. One of them was particularly shocking. He said that he complained to me during the conversation: "I have listened to a certain old master’s lecture. It’s been more than ten years.” His tone seemed to say, “I’ve been very loyal to listen to him for more than ten years. I can count on him. For more than ten years, I have studied with him for more than ten years.” But recently he (Old Master It’s said that the Fa has already been taught a bit changed. Maybe the Dharma that he thought was very corresponding before, but now he may be talking about the Fa of the world more or variously. He (the old master) has different causes and conditions, so he commented:" This old mage has changed and deteriorated, so I don’t want to learn from him", and it’s nothing more than not. He also said, "I wasted more than ten years of time", which shocked me, "Wasting "?Why don't you say that you owe the teacher's tuition for more than ten years, right?He didn't collect money from you, and then he didn't call you to study. You came to study by yourself. How could he owe you?I really don't deserve to fight the injustices for this old mage, but I am not just fighting the injustices for the old mage, I am fighting for the whole Sangbao, the whole Three Jewels.

The Three Treasures educate sentient beings unconditionally. You have to protect them. The more they protect, the more they protect. If their concept is wrong, the more they protect, the more terrible and the worse the tone. How much the Three Treasures owe him has not yet been repaid. Everyone must understand The Three Treasures are more rewarding than any sentient being. Prince Shakyamuni doesn’t want it or anything. He practices asceticism to save sentient beings. He stipulates that disciples must not charge or make profits. They must beg alms for all sentient beings. The opportunity of Futian, and then because you have cultivated the cause and blessing, you will naturally become bound to you, give you Dharma, give you free Dharma, and help you to leave the Three Realms.

Through such an interaction, the lay layman allows everyone to cultivate blessings and form a bond among the Three Jewels. After you cultivate the cause, will you receive the reward yourself in the future?From the beginning to the end, the Three Treasures didn’t need you for anything, and didn’t really use anything on themselves. They were all used to donate to you, to benefit all sentient beings for your support. This is a situation, so these concepts have not been clarified. If you do, I have been creating karma, and the more I do, the more mistakes I make. Therefore, my first verse emphasizes praise and respect to the master. It is to establish the foundation for everyone, but also to guide and prevent everyone from continuing to create karma.

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(XNUMX) Practice should take root in a respectful attitude

A group of students have been following me since last year on Facebook. It has been nearly a year and a half, and it has passed the painful period.In the early days, everyone’s kung fu was better than one, and the karma was heavier. After slowly adjusting to the present, it is quite stable, and the progress is obvious. And everyone is very happy in learning, getting more and more diligent every day, and automatically surfing the Internet spontaneously. Learn.

Why can you progress so fast?The most important thing is rooted work, with special attention.In the early days, as long as every fellow practitioner really understood the attitude and respect for studying the Fa, it took a long time for everyone to take root and correct the correct concept. So once this root is established, you can say In less than a year, everyone is making rapid progress, and he has the ability to draw inferences about one another, because after your learning attitude is right, you will be teaching later, and you can easily receive it respectfully and respectfully immediately and follow the teachings.

On the contrary, if you don’t have this respect, your attitude towards cultivating and studying the Fa is wrong. No matter how long you study it, you will probably be like the person we just talked about. After more than ten years of study, it seems to be very faithful to learn from this old master. Suddenly Just for a little bit of what he thought, the old master's style was different, and he totally denied it.This is really true, and it means that I completely wasted my time, more than ten years of time was wasted, but there is no such root.

In fact, the Three Treasures have all kinds of skill in educating sentient beings. With different seasons, various so-called magical power changes. This is definitely not what ordinary people can imagine and understand as disciples, so this attitude It’s very important. You must not have the slightest suspicion about following the teacher. No matter what the teacher shows, even if the behavior seems to be a bit problematic, of course it is not a violation of the precept. This is too outrageous. Everything is okay. People don’t have scorpions, and they still show that way, special images to save sentient beings. Even this kind of show shouldn’t actually be suspected, because people are real living Buddhas.

Generally speaking, as long as it's not so outrageous, then as a disciple, you shouldn't have any doubts about the teacher, what should it be?You should calm down and think and learn. Why would the teacher do this?What's the secret in this?If you can receive it in such an objective manner, respectfully, and learn to observe, this is just an opportunity for you to become enlightened and to improve your realm. Therefore, attitude is very important and can determine whether you can achieve success in your studies, or in other words, The longer the cultivation comes, the heavier the karma is created. So in a nutshell, how to implement concretely as a disciple, we just talked about some external service and support, but the inner attitude is more important. 

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(XNUMX) Make a vow to follow Master's practice until it is accomplished

The main principle is to be honest and obedient. Honesty is not that simple. Nowadays, almost no one is honest. Unless you are enlightened, you are quite well-educated. Almost none of the students in school is honest, and you don’t know it yourself. It is said that everyone should learn this book, be honest, and make a wish to follow the teacher's practice, not change one today and another tomorrow, not like this, not like the education of the ordinary world, elementary schools have elementary school teachers, middle schools have middle school teachers, This is not the case, because he is an enlightened person to guide you in the teaching of true Dharma.

Our Pure Land method is special. Like we are not enlightened, I don’t know whether I am enlightened or not. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas know better, but regardless of whether we are enlightened or not, our job is to recruit students for Amitabha, as the messenger of Amitabha, so this method is more In particular, as long as we have truly benefited from this method, are truly sure of rebirth, and educate and practise clearly, you can come and enlighten sentient beings on behalf of Buddha Amitabha, and teach sentient beings. Then the general other methods of self-study are their own methods. It must be. As a teacher, you must achieve enlightenment, and only those who have the same understanding and understanding are qualified to teach students.

A qualified teacher, of course, the master has the ability to make you enlightened. It is not the one who is responsible for teaching elementary school, and the one who is responsible for teaching middle school. It is not divided like this. He is the education of life and the education that inspires your wisdom, so If you can follow a true good knowledge, all the sufferings of your life can be solved. All wisdom, our original Prajna wisdom can be enlightened, and there is no need to search everywhere.

Therefore, when we follow the master to study the Dharma practice, we should devote ourselves to following throughout our lives until enlightenment. After enlightenment, the teacher will naturally know you, and the teacher will know where your dharma predestined is, and he will tell you where to attract sentient beings or It means that you inherit the teacher’s teachings and inherit the family work of the Tathagata. This is the perfect teacher-student relationship, the way of a complete teacher-student, not here to learn a little while the other, no matter how close you are in your life No one is your real teacher, and you have never been a good disciple. As a disciple, you have never learned to not have this root. Of course, you can’t learn anything in your life, just learn a little superficial name, so This root cannot be neglected, and the past cannot be neglected.

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(XNUMX) The "Pure Land Sect of Taoism No. XNUMX Guanglun Class" really has the atmosphere of the "Liuhejing" dojo

Our wide-ranging class can be regarded as a good experimental proof. Indeed, our classmates, you have the opportunity to read their messages on Facebook. All of you are very happy. The more repaired the better, the more happy, because he will break through and taste. When I arrived at Faxi, there was even a fellow practitioner who left a message. She said that because she was a layman who often lived in the dojo, and she was a female congregation such as Wei Na, the resident leader. She sent a message saying "Now, everywhere." I can’t even see the dojo of Liuhejing.” She felt that our wide-ranging class had the taste of Liuhejing. It was really like this. Everyone respectfully praised and thanked each other. This is what I want to emphasize, and I want to express it from my sincerity.

So in the beginning, everything was very false, very impolite, and did not know how to respect each other. These were all tuned up one by one, and now it has revealed this kind of taste. Everyone cares and respects each other. There is no need to do superficial effort. If a falsehood was fixed by me immediately, I would find out, and then I should be punished, and even forced to drop out of school, but later they all depended on not leaving, they would grow up without leaving, and they would break through, and they would be able to truly feel their own shortcomings. What I can't see, fortunately, they all have good roots, so they want to learn.

When you want to learn, someone will correct you. You can’t understand it at the beginning, and some people will not trust the teacher, "I don’t have it, I’m not wrong, you say I’m not respectful, I’m not disrespectful. Ah", I didn't admit it, so one of the fellow practitioners retorted: "I didn't, I didn't make a mistake." I said, "Then you're right, it's me."He might not be able to see his shortcomings right now. Even if he knows the teacher, he must be kind to teach you, but he may not agree with it. This is a person's suspicion and a reflection of self-protection.

Well, there is one, others are still afraid to be so bold, only one has a particularly heavy habit, and I was punished very severely. Then this is also a sample version. Everyone will pay attention to it, and they will avoid it, and will avoid it in the future. In this case, later this classmate was able to accept punishment with a humility, and then in the process after the process, he realized where he was wrong, he would understand, and he was rebellious at the beginning, then it is really very difficult to understand. repent.

When I came to Singapore this time, I saw my tears and we shed tears. Many of our fellow practitioners have already felt a great transformation, so this kind of gratitude will spontaneously arise, and it is getting more and more. Sincerity and truthfulness, so the relationship between our teachers and students is getting better and better. It can be seen that there is a taste from the sincerity. Of course, the sincerity of ordinary people is still limited, and everyone needs to be improved, but it is true that our direction and method are all By the way, the root is well established. As long as the root is well established, everyone will have a sincere attitude. Master is really willing to teach you, teach you with heart, and students are willing to be taught. If this is the case, no matter how stupid the roots are. People can grow up gradually, so we have been less than a year, and now it has been a year and a half. In less than a year, everyone has been quite stable, and we have the ability to read posts and CDs every day. There are also ways to continuously improve and make fewer mistakes. ,differ greatly.

In the past, it was wrong to speak, and to leave a message. At that time, I was busy playing the incense board every day. Sometimes I woke up in the middle of the night. I used to turn on the alarm clock at four o'clock. At four o'clock, I would get up to make incense at two or three. Use text to hit the incense board, and then slowly adjust.Everyone, in the text, it is obvious that you can know your thoughts and your understanding of the Fa as soon as you read the message, and whether your attitude is wrong, it is obvious, so it is really obvious that everyone has gradually formed. One, the first "seeing and understanding". Whether you have a clear learning goal, it is clear that it is based on the thought of Master Shandao. We specialize in the pure land based on the precepts and lead to the pure land. This view is very consistent with everyone's knowledge, so It has been less than a year when it comes to the thought of good guidance. They can all share with fellow practitioners. Generally speaking, there won't be too many problems with the benefits of the Fa.

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(XNUMX) To understand the obligations as fellow fellows

This was not the case in the early days. Everyone was wrong. Everyone was wrong. I thought that some old cultivators had still cultivated for ten or twenty years, and those who specialized in the pure land, etc. had some problems that they couldn’t see. Now they are gradually getting better and better. They are unified, neat, and respectful in their attitude.Once, a classmate just went abroad for a few days because I happened to be absent. Last year, that classmate made a mistake. He posted a post because I asked them to post and share French with everyone. The student who posted the post made some mistakes. No fellow practitioner corrected him, no fellow practitioner helped him correct it. He didn't notice it. As a result, I saw all the scolding when I came back.

"Are your colleagues fake?" You didn't take the initiative to help when you saw your classmates make mistakes. Is this wicked? "The scolding is very heavy, every one is wicked, and the scolding is very heavy. Generally, you probably don’t hear such heavy words! Because ordinary people, if the relationship is not enough, it is impossible for your parents to scold such heavy words, it seems It hurts people! But what I said is true. This is virtue. Everyone is selfish and selfish. The classmates of the same class are fellow daoists. What is the same way as fellow daoists? !

In the process of learning together, fellow practitioners made mistakes, just like our precepts for nuns, which is clearly stated in our precepts. Bhikshuni made mistakes with the nuns. We have an obligation to remind him and advise him privately, three times. There are rules, and no matter how much you don’t listen to, you will turn your face. No, there are three rules. This is the obligation and should be done. Therefore, the one between the same reference is also a moral cultivation that one should do. Rules, you make mistakes if you don’t help others, just like the bodhisattva vows also have such clear precepts. Bodhisattva vows, for example, bodhisattva vows have this. If you receive the bodhisattva vows, you have the obligation to protect the Three Jewels. You should do it, whether you should do it or not, this is also a violation of the Bodhisattva vow.

You feel "weird, I didn't do anything, and I didn't make any mistakes!" Nothing was done and it was wrong. There are some things that should be done, and this is one, so that you can have the virtue of your own.What kind of ethics and moral standards, the obligation of co-participation, and the obligation of disciples. Because everyone doesn’t understand, no one usually cares about who they are, so you don’t have to. Ways to cultivate true Daoism!

Everyone wants to cultivate a kind of Daoism or a teacher-student relationship in a real interactive mutual achievement, so we must train and improve from these small details, so I also watched very hard at the beginning!There are many conditions for each of these people. In the end, everyone really learned to understand and know how to implement the "Liuhe Jing" in these details and fulfill their own obligations!

After you understand it, it will be easy!After you understand it, are you willing to practice? They are willing to come and learn, and they don’t run away if they scold it. Of course, they have the intention to study and they have good roots, but they don’t understand the method and don’t know where they are wrong. The progress is very fast, so we have passed the painful period. This class can be regarded as an experimental class. The fellow initiates left a message. Every message is very frank. There is no falsehood at all. There is an over-expanded admiration or What, no, it’s just the inner feelings. They left a message because there was a rule that they should write about their experience and learning experience. That fellow practitioner was really touched. You can’t see this kind of "six-harmony" dojo at home or abroad.

In our online teaching, of course, there is no direct meeting between people. It may not happen so quickly and easily. There is a little distance, but the problem is that if there is really right and wrong, even if you don’t meet each other, there is no co-living. The same is very easy, people's worries can be expressed through words at any time!So don’t think, “Hey, it’s easy to avoid human rights and wrongs in online teaching!” No, the fundamental key lies in whether there is a consensus and correct attitude towards learning, whether there is true respect, a kind of relationship among fellow practitioners. How to get along, these basic moral concepts, have you mastered it, are you really willing to do it?

Because our class doesn't have to be mixed, I will notice as soon as you don't do it. If you don't have to be mixed, you won't be able to improve if you don't. Some of them are really mixed!I don’t really think about life and death. I want to say that I came here to learn a little bit together. I will eventually be moved to the cattle herding class. You are more suitable for the cattle herding class. That is, we are in the dynamic. You can have Go and learn when you have no time. Do your things when you have no time. For each person, the stronger your motivation, the better you can feel. Then of course the result is different, so we stay with these people now. Indeed, we also feel quite relieved.

What is the key to careful reflection?It’s not that I teach very well or that there are some special techniques. It’s not that you teach people. What kind of techniques and techniques you use doesn’t work. The most important thing is to reform your mind so that everyone can use this technique. Get into your heart, and then you can truly feel the benefits of learning, so that this teaching can be successful, so the attitude of serving the teacher as a disciple just mentioned, we must learn honestly.

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(XNUMX) To study Buddhism is to break the ego

Almost everyone doesn't know how to be honest, so you have to learn. This honesty is to learn. What is "old" is to remain unchanged from the beginning to the end. You must have such an attitude when you study, unless the teacher says that you have graduated. You can go. It’s not your own setting to say how long I’m going to study, how long I’m going to follow, how do you know how much you can absorb and how much time you can learn? It’s the teacher’s judgment, not yourself, so follow Teachers must have a concept when studying the Fa. I will not change from beginning to end. This means "old".

"Reality" means being down-to-earth. You can do what the master tells you to do. Don’t behave in the wrong way and think of a better method. That is to disrespect the teacher and think that you are more thoughtful than the teacher. The method is better. In fact, all you use is the world law, your own set, you can’t really learn the wisdom of the world world Dharma, you still use your own set, you think " Oh, I’m more professional than Master in this respect, and I’m doing this kind of work.” Wow, that’s even worse. Your own opinions are better than Master’s account of you. You make your own opinion.

Therefore, some of our fellow practitioners are also making their own opinions. Everyone is kind, and the more eager you are, the more miserable I will be. Self-assertion is a violation of righteousness and yin. This is a very big taboo, and a very big taboo has a heavy consequence. Once you have your own In my opinion, you won’t be able to learn new things, and you have to let them go completely. If you keep a little bit, Fashui comes in with your greed, anger, ignorance, right?When the water of Dharma comes in, it becomes unclean, so you have to let yourself go XNUMX%. To practice Buddhism is to break your ego.

It doesn’t want you to learn anything, it doesn’t want you to learn anything, but it wants you to be aware of your pollution, our Buddha nature and wisdom. Why can’t we use it today? It’s because there are too many greed, anger, and ignorance. It’s too heavy. The purpose of studying is to clean up your "ego" and "I see". Our true nature will naturally appear when we are clean. So don’t stick to your own ideas. What do the master tell you to do? Just do what you want and don't argue about right or wrong: "My own is better, and Master's seems to be not good enough."

As long as you insist on "I see", your Fa water cannot enter. You are not a real good disciple. You are not a Dharma artifact. The Dharma cannot enter. The Dharma artifact is a container that contains the "Dharma". You are not. This piece of material!There is no way to practice, and the master can't teach you, so following the master is also very important. You must follow a master, who allows you to be respectful, and you are willing to listen to him. In this way, the teacher-student relationship will be easier to complete.

Respect is very important, that is, it is a predestined relationship. It is unreasonable to be obedient to the good destiny of the world, and there is no way to give a reason. Let you see an object love at first sight, right?Beauty is in the eyes of the lover, and others do not look at him very well. If you look at him, you will regard him as a treasure. This is the fate of the world. In short, you have to agree, and then you must be truly willing to be honest and obedient, then you are very good. It is easy to really establish a rule of discipleship.

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(XNUMX) The general principle of the disciples rule is to be honest and obedient

It's so special. I just talked about the inner attitude, and then the general principle of the disciple rules mentioned earlier is to be honest and serve the teacher with an honest attitude. This is a general rule for a disciple.How to serve?It means to be obedient. Do whatever the master tells you to do, and complete it according to the method given by the master. Don’t think of a better set by yourself. People who are more mindful come up with so many ideas, and in the end, they can’t do it. Consummation is a change, so this is the mentality that can truly cultivate happiness.

If you follow Master’s instructions, you can really cultivate this blessing, and you can do it by yourself. There is a saying in Taiwanese, "Sweat, and drool," the more you do it, the more you do it. Wrong, there is no wisdom, and the method has not been mastered, so it is very important here to be honest, even if we in the world see it, the world’s standard sees "Ah, he did this, the master seems to have taught you the wrong way! That's not right! It should be better if it is professionally viewed." In fact, you can't understand what Master's real purpose is to do this.

Maybe he wants to adjust your softness. His purpose is not to do this thing well. All aspects are illusory, and the cultivator doesn’t care if things are good or not, he doesn’t care about the appearance, he doesn’t care about the result, and the result is round. Unsatisfaction means that people in the world have different standards, and they are different from those of practitioners. He may use this to achieve some of your merits, or he may test whether you will be obedient, right?

Master has Master’s intention. You can’t guess it. Don’t be smart. In Master’s eyes, disciples will always be like kids in kindergartens. Every move you make is like playing house wine. You know what you’re thinking, and the next step is to do. What? So don’t be smart. This kind of student master will like to tune, or tune, you will improve quickly. Don’t be smart. This is the key.

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(XNUMX) The more knowledgeable people are, the harder it is to achieve discipleship 

In particular, there are some people who have very serious knowledge barriers, such as college students and PhDs, which are very difficult to achieve discipleship. They have not studied with the teacher and master for a long time. They learn a little name and appearance, because the language ability is relatively strong and the understanding is strong. Even his education is higher than that of his master. Some masters are uneducated, uneducated, and received those who graduated from universities. Fortunately, I have some books. I can even argue with those who graduated from these universities. Ah, encountering those who think they are very confident, those who are very confident of themselves are more difficult to teach, more difficult to tune, and it’s hard to tune them. It’s hard to learn a little bit of things that seem to have learned a lot in a short period of time, even In fact, what he saw was superficial and what he learned was superficial.

In fact, sometimes you really watched the Dharma, just like the Pure Land Method is really simple, nothing, you have to say it is very shallow, there is no so-called deep doctrine in it, if it is unfolded, it will be infinite righteousness. , That’s what you said it’s okay to simplify. It’s okay to be simple, believe and wish to recite the Buddha and seek resurrection. Therefore, many people who are sects of other religions and self-interested people look down on the practice of Buddhism, there is no doctrine, no system, etc. He feels very shallow. The fact is that he has no ability to see. This is the realm of a Buddha. How could it be shallow?

Ordinary people do not have the ability to understand the mystery, so these people are more difficult to teach. They feel that if they learn a little bit, they will start to start their own business. If they are independent, they think they can teach. Can they be able to start their own businesses and ask teachers to come. Acknowledgment, he thinks that you can do it, so it’s best if you can truly inherit the Fa that this master gave you. Of course, it’s best to be able to pass on from generation to generation, but the problem is that many people graduate by themselves. Recognize yourself, this is very bad, why?

Buddhism talks about virtue, and real kung fu is virtue!Not technical, would a virtuous person say that he is good at it?He will feel that he can judge his own realm and recognize himself without the teacher's approval. Is this virtuous?Obviously, no matter how brilliant or eloquent the benefits of the Fa you speak, it's not Dharma, it's just an illusion.

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(XNUMX) The true Buddhism is morality

The true Buddhism is a morality. There is compassion, wisdom and morality in the "Tao", so Master Yinguang especially teaches people to accumulate, we understand very well, we only send one point, and we send it according to the condition, not our own love. , It’s not that you love to show, who do you want to show to?To increase ego, when you need to express, sentient beings need you, your Dharma is medicine, you give it medicine, sentient beings don’t need you, you go everywhere to show how much you have learned, then this is also morally flawed. Not complete.

Now people just know one point, you have to rush to show seven or eight points, and these seven or eight points are not really yours, or you should make up here, where you can make up with the teacher’s stuff, and become you I don’t know that this is a crime of theft, right?The intellectual property rights we talk about now are just like when we write bachelor's, doctoral dissertations or master's theses. If you want to quote other people's academic ideas, you should also indicate the source. This is respect for intellectual property rights, and this is not something you invented.

Although you have heard it now, from many articles on the Internet and from Master’s teaching, you understand a lot of truths. You seem to understand the meaning and principles of this scripture, but is it really yours if you understand it?No, it’s far away. I am afraid that it will take XNUMX to XNUMX years of a kind of tempering practice in life before you can truly understand it. At that time, you can experience it from your heart. Now you think you have understood it. That's just a literal, superficial, or a corresponding realm that you recognize and agree with. This corresponds to what the teacher has taught, and it seems to have a little understanding.But this thing is not yourself, isn't it something that you came up with yourself, it was learned by your teacher, where did the teacher, the monk treasure come from?From the Buddha, from the Patriarch.

Therefore, people who are truly capable of cultivation and virtuous people are selfless. He will not say that this is my realm. I am teaching people, and I don’t think I have the ability to teach people. But now many people are That's it!After you learn a little bit of fur, you can go everywhere. This is called to be a teacher. It is mentioned in the commandments. To avoid mistakes, what should I do?To make a wish, to follow the teacher for a lifetime, when you can save sentient beings, the teacher will naturally arrange for you, that is, the cause and destiny must be sufficient, and then Long Tian will say that it is not that you just want to force it. , What to do.

What do you want to do? I thought it was good intentions, but in fact, there is no real good intentions from personnel!People have selfish hearts. What you want to do and what you deliberately do must have a purpose, and must have a purpose, because a saint doesn’t, will never do what he wants to do, he sees When sentient beings need anything, he will do it. When sentient beings feel the Buddha and Bodhisattva, they will respond. It is absolutely impossible for them to have their own meaning.

I can teach students now, I can stand on my own right now, what I am going to do now, these are all me, all are me, if there is me, I will be foolish, if there is me, there will be selfishness, you will feel that I have nothing to ask for, That's what you want to do, it's also a kind of request, right?The idea you want to do is also selfish. Do you understand that?So this can be experienced slowly, because it is not easy to achieve this selflessness, of course, this state is not easy, and you don't know if you commit it.

Because an ordinary person is obsessed with having me, you will be an ordinary person, so he can realize the real selflessness, of course it is not easy, but only the real selflessness can have real kung fu, so how to get there in the first place Do it?Only by letting go of your own thoughts and practices, you can listen to the teacher. This kind of "non-self" is the fastest, and the state of "non-self" is the easiest for you to enter. On the one hand, it means that the heart and mind are sentient beings. It is mentioned that this is also a good skill for breaking the ego, and at the same time it can increase the blessing and wisdom. This is something we should avoid, and we cannot commit ourselves as a disciple.

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(XNUMX) The method and meaning of memorizing verses

The next thing we are going to learn is the recitation. We can briefly talk about the essentials of the recitation. Then, to learn this book, the method must also be understood. The ten recitations must be memorized first. This ancient teaching is also In this way, Confucius taught students to learn the textbooks by memorizing and then go out to travel around the mountains and water, wherever they go to lecture, no need to bring books, now children, elementary school students carry heavy schoolbags every day, and then finish the class. It was all returned to the teacher again, and the content of the book was not remembered in my mind, and the process was very hard to read, but the method was different.

In the past, people can teach great people and eminent monks. Now it’s very difficult. So we have to do this solid foundation. Let me memorize it first. Fortunately, this content is not much. Ten verses. , You can memorize it in ten days. I memorize one song a day. You can find a gap. After you finish memorizing it, you have to repair it every day.

So here I would like to remind everyone by the way, we are reciting scriptures or we have to recite mantras, especially the Shurangama Mantra is as long as the five sessions, how do you memorize it?Mantras are more difficult to memorize. They are meaningless, so you can’t think about them. If you want to memorize them, then there is another way to memorize them. One of the key points is that we don’t want to be too greedy. For example, we will recite one song at a time. If you are very familiar, then recite the second song, and then the second song is also familiar. Next, you should not recite the third song right away, but you have to repeat the first song and the second song together, and then you are very familiar with it. When you are familiar with the coherence, you can recite the third song. After the third song is done, you don't recite the fourth song directly. It is the first one, two and three to recite again together. This is the key, and so on.

Especially when reciting mantras, because there are so many Shurangama mantras, so many names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and so many mantras, then if you don’t recite like this, you will miss it, and you will miss a few sentences, so you can’t be greedy. Oh! I'm going to recite a large chapter at a time. You must recite one sentence and then the second sentence. After the second sentence is finished, recite from the front again and again from the beginning, so that you will be smooth, without a sentence you will miss Yes, this one is very solid, and the recitation is very solid.

Then after you recite it, you usually continue to listen to the explanation in life, so if you learn it by yourself, it is easy to realize it in daily life, and it is easy to realize it. You will recite it now. You can see Don’t understand, you don’t understand some of the content, it’s okay if you don’t understand. Suddenly you make certain things in your life. When you do something, the principle is the same, and it suddenly works. This is called enlightenment, enlightenment. Enlightenment has a great enlightenment and a small enlightenment. This kind of enlightenment is the real kung fu merit, it is not the truth that you deliberately memorized, that is understanding, no matter how well you listen to the explanation, you understand the truth.

You have not really combined with the phenomenal realm and the situations of the phenomenal realm in your life and behavior, so after you learn this, the content is suddenly in your life. When you walk, live, sit, and lie, you do something. Some things happen to be the same as the content of this recitation. When similar things happen, you suddenly get through. This is enlightenment, and this is achieved. Only by studying in this way can you get the true kung fu, so the recitation of this section The copy cannot be omitted, this is the first step in learning. 

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(XNUMX) If you can understand, you can easily feel the realm of enlightenment

The next step is to look at the explanation. The words of the explanation are to help us understand, because the Dharma does not leave the world, after you understand it, you will be more likely to feel this kind of enlightenment situation in your life. .Then let’s look at the first poem first. The first poem is on the third page. Here I will read these ten poems first.
(XNUMX) Master: The monk who is superior to the wonderful treasures of virtue, who cultivates all living beings; who can conquer the fruit with others, is no better than the Buddha, the monk, and the treasures.
(XNUMX) Respect: Receiving the words of the teacher with all one heart, and following the teacher's teaching without two intentions; if a child is powerless, he must rely on his mother, and he will follow the true Buddha.
(XNUMX) Sincerity: a deep indifference, true faith and aspiration manifested from it; not disturbed by all circumstances, nature and virtue are naturally rounded.
(XNUMX) Practical: The five precepts, ten virtues and laws and rituals must be performed in walking, living, sitting, and lying; always repent and stay in the world, accumulate blessings and virtues.
(XNUMX) To be taught: The teachings taught by the teacher must be received from the true heart; let go of my perception and slow clinging, and the nectar of the water can gain it.
(XNUMX) Obtaining the Dharma: The teaching of the Dharma Lai is taught by the teacher, understanding the heart of the teacher is the initiation; taking the will of the teacher as one's own aspiration, the Dharma is passed through through the line.
(XNUMX) Family business: The family business of the Tathagata is passed down by the four people, the monk, the popular and the vulgar are the two.
(XNUMX) To see through: the origin of all dharma originates from the emptiness of the nature, and the suffering of the cause is also in the middle; the illusion of the su karma, seeking from the top to the bottom to show the supernatural power.
(XNUMX) No-self: I am indifferent to the sentient beings, and my mind is not confused when reciting the Buddha's name; I have reached the shore without knowing it to become a Buddha through fake cultivation.
(XNUMX) No action: walking, staying, sitting and lying without pretentiousness, six degrees of ten wishes and wonderful actions; unwilling, no action, no Buddhahood, tacit understanding of the Buddha and manifesting the ten thousand actions.

Here, read these ten poems again. On the one hand, it is also a reference for everyone to read. In addition, we will also have a fellow practitioner record the English pronunciation part, and we will also attach it to the back of this CD. Come to learn for everyone. Some people who are not proficiency in English or Chinese, can cooperate and study together to facilitate everyone's learning.

Then let’s talk about the first Pangshi. The content of this poem is all taken from a recitation of the “Pangseng Merit and Virtue Sutra”. Generally, we see that the content of the Pang Buddha is very common in the Buddhist scriptures, almost every time. There is a Buddhist scripture, why is there such a content?There are all meanings in this. Don’t be negligent. If you can do this verse, it’s amazing. We’ll mention specific examples later.

Do ordinary people now admire the teacher? It’s good not to slander, right? Don’t criticize. I don’t think about it, but I’m already in a habit. Sometimes I don’t notice it. It’s easy to criticize people. You criticize without knowing it. Usually there is this Habits, then you follow the teacher, you unknowingly you just have nothing to comment, you did not notice, then if you want to deliberately criticize, it is even more serious, there are a lot of content, so have you cultivated this confession? The habit of the teacher, no, very few, so in this verse, everyone must re-hold, study, and develop a good habit. What good is this?This is to cultivate our good roots, respect and merit.

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(Twenty-one) Praise the teacher for being able to repair the big blessing

How great is the merit of admiring the teacher?I'm here to give a public case.Shakyamuni Buddha was the fifth Buddha among the virtuous triumphs. He was the fifth Buddha in the virtuous triumphs and became the Buddha. Then Maitreya Bodhisattva is the fourth Buddha. It is reasonable to say that Maitreya Bodhisattva became the Buddha first, but why did he reach XNUMX billion Seventy million years later, when the next birth Maitreya Buddha was born, it was because Shakyamuni Buddha’s merits were ahead of nine calamities to become a Buddha. Then this is the case. The two of them once practiced under the seat of Fusha Tathagata. So Buddha Fusha can, he observed that the good roots of Maitreya Bodhisattva have matured and can already become Buddhas, but the good roots of his disciple, Maitreya Bodhisattva who wants to save, have not yet matured. If Maitreya Bodhisattva comes to become a Buddha first, Wow. . . , That every one of his disciples can't be saved, so it's a trip for nothing.

Then he observed that the good roots of Buddha Shakyamuni were not yet mature. At that time, the good roots of Buddha Shakyamuni to become a Buddha were not yet mature, because he did not mature until the fifth Buddha, but he was a disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni. The root of goodness has matured, so Fusha Buddha just think it’s easier to save one person, and it’s relatively difficult to save many people. Therefore, he is determined to first become Buddha Shakyamuni, if he becomes Buddha Shakyamuni first. To become a Buddha helps him to mature with good roots, and he can show that he has become a Buddha, and then he can save many of these disciples who are already rooted. He made a choice like this, so Fusha Buddha put the focus of the Buddha on Sakyamuni. He was called a Bodhisattva at the time and wanted to help him become a Buddha earlier.

So he entered the fire-light samādhi in a cave, and then deliberately waited for the Sakyamuni Bodhisattva to come over there. The Sakyamuni Bodhisattva was going up the mountain to collect medicine, and suddenly he saw a Buddha in it. The cave was like a cave. I zoomed in and beamed the light, and then I saw a Buddha statue. Like one of our fellow practitioners, I often see a Buddha statue, but now I don’t feel it. , I am very touched. I don’t feel anything now. It’s miserable and the reward is too great. Then he, Sakyamuni Bodhisattva saw the Buddha appear at the time, blessed him, and the law was solemn, so he was happy. At that time, he was like The golden rooster is independent, standing there with one foot up, this very famous poem, he put his palms together to observe the Buddha's heart and truth. Seven days and seven nights is the kind of respect to the Buddha. You can observe the Buddha with one heart and seven nights. One of the time, devoted to that realm.

Then he praised the Buddha with a poem, "There is nothing like a Buddha in the sky, and the world is incomparable in the ten directions. I can see everything in the world, and everything is like a Buddha." That was his heart's move at that time, and he wowed. . .I have never seen such a solemn object. There is really no such solemn object in the world as the Buddha. A kind of praise from the heart, a sincere admiration, only a recitation, he surpassed his perfect roots, surpassed Maitreya Bodhisattva's nine calamities in advance. It’s just a chanting to become a Buddha. Let’s think about how to use the chanting to admire, admire, don’t say admire me, admire Buddha Shakyamuni, admire your teacher, to teacher, everything The Buddha sees all sentient beings as Buddhas and treats them respectfully like a Buddha, not to mention us.

We must have such respect for our teachers, and even for each Buddha, to be able to achieve our own good roots. This is to achieve our own good roots. It is not for others to take advantage. You go and praise him, praise the teacher for cultivating great blessings. Retribution is to achieve our good roots, and it is also a concrete way to express our respect. Therefore, when we go there, we must admire Amitabha, the merits of Amitabha.

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(XNUMX) Praise the teacher with one's own confidence in the Buddha

We also have to prove to Amitabha ourselves. We really get a lot of benefits from this Fa and let everyone build confidence. This is also praising the teacher. We don’t have faith in this Fa. People say, ah, don’t you Amitabha. How is it, right?It can't save us, can it?If you can't save it, then you simply don't say that you are a disciple of the Buddha, don't recite the Buddha, or you will embarrass the Buddha, and you will smash his sign and be disrespectful!If you can't raise true respect and confidence, the relative is actually disrespect, which is very subtle and a fact, then you just don't tell or lie, right?

If you can’t admire, then don’t show your doubts. As a Buddha disciple, you have no confidence in the Three Jewels. Then you are slandering the Three Jewels. It is really like this. People have no confidence in seeing them. People say that you Buddha disciples. They are all cultivated like this, right?If you have no confidence in your own teachers, then your Fa has no power, and it hasn't changed you, right?This is a very subtle part, so be sure to admire the teacher.

The teacher we just talked about, the teacher we mentioned in this book, our teacher Shakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha, and the teacher who teaches us now, see which school or school you are studying, our book Our major is the Pure Land. We mentioned Amitabha, but the disciples rules are courses that every Buddhist disciple of each sect and monk should study at home, so depending on which teacher your teacher is, you have to be respectful Respectfully admire him often. This is a reward for Xiu Dafu. Praising that he is not in favor of him, but grows his own good roots from the heart. At the same time, it is also for all living beings. Use your example to teach the teacher a kind of admiration and admiration, so that others Be happy with your teacher and Dharma, so that you are saving sentient beings.

You really have a way to save sentient beings. It’s not that you memorize a lot of Buddhist names, and then go out and talk about it. People will ignore you at all, right?What's more, what you're talking about won't be better than your master's. It's not in this way to rush to teach others and save sentient beings, no!Use your respect to teachers, follow the teachings of the Fa, and use your own example to save sentient beings. If people see your disciples doing so well, they will be saved by you. This person is saved by you. This is real cultivation.

The real merit is not if you take out the teacher’s method with a little knowledge and then talk about it. It’s useless to say that it’s useless, because the most important thing is morality. If you admire the teacher, if you follow the teachings, you are virtuous, and you are true. Can influence sentient beings, right?This is the real self-interest and altruism, and can truly accomplish the merits of blessing and wisdom. Therefore, this disciple can grasp that there is more than enough to become a Buddha, and even after becoming a Buddha, it is a state of returning to save sentient beings, the state of no work, in us. It is mentioned that this is a general introduction to the merits of the teacher.

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(Twenty-three) The purpose of Buddhist disciples' study is to become Buddha through life and death

"Superb Miaobao Great Virtue Sang, nurture all living beings." The superb Miaobao Great Virtue Sang here refers to the monk's treasure, so the Buddha is also a monk, and he also belongs to the monk's treasure. "Buddha" is speaking from his realm. , He is also a monk’s treasure, sitting on an equal footing with us. In the Sangha, according to the precepts, all sentient beings offer the Three Jewels. Everyone has an equal share. The Dharma teaches equality. Then the Three Jewels can grow the merits of all living beings and inspire all living beings to become Buddhas. The seed of virtue, the seed of merit, so it is called Miaobao.

"Those who can conquer the fruit with man, do not surpass the Buddha, Dharma, and the treasures of the monks." This can and, and is to give, and the man who can conquer the fruit with man, wins, not just a victorious victory, it is a surpassing victory, and can give you surpassing others. Only the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are rewarded by Tianguo, and there is no better reward than the Three Jewels can give you.For example, Confucianism, Confucianism is also very good, but his main education is education throughout his life. He does not talk about the afterlife, but also respects ghosts and gods. He hasn't talked so much about other Taoist beings. Of course, he is in the realm of theory. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are very interlinked, and the realm is quite high, but in the world of phenomena, the Confucianism of the sentient beings is mainly in the humanity, with people as the mainstay.

What about Christianity?Go to the sky, you can get benefits if you believe in him, and then go to the sky to be his people and serve him, but we are not. Our disciples are an enlightenment through the Three Treasures of Dharma. Everyone can become a Buddha. Everyone All can come out of the Three Realms to attain the result of attaining Buddhahood.After that, we sat on an equal footing with the Buddha, instead of being a waiter for the Buddha, but here as a messenger, an Amitabha messenger, because we have not yet attained the result, and the result cannot be said about the result. If you have the idea of ​​attaining the result, then you are not. The truth is that this is the truth from the Diamond Sutra, so is there any superiority?Of course, it’s superb. It’s too obvious. It’s not just about giving you the rewards of the heavens. You can make the elders and kings rich in the next life. These are not rare, nor are you going to heaven to enjoy the blessings, but you can surpass the rewards of the heavens. We really believe that the Three Treasures are the most outstanding from the bottom of our hearts.

Shakyamuni Buddha’s sacred poem is not an exaggeration at all, "The heavens and the world are incomparable as Buddhas, and the ten directions are also incomparable. I can see everything in the world, and everything is like a Buddha." We are fortunate to be a disciple of the Buddha today. It’s not an ordinary person, it’s a great blessing, so if you miss this cause and cannot enjoy the rewards of becoming a Buddha, it is really a pity. If you are a human in the next life, or ascend to heaven, it is a small case, and you will continue to cycle. Falling for nothing, you don’t really get anything, only through the teachings of Buddhism, you really go beyond the three realms, you never have to go round again, you can come and go freely, when you come to the world of ten directions, you can play magical powers at will. What kind of role do you want to show? Which one of the ten realms you are going to travel freely, travel is so comfortable, it is truly life and death.

So why did Buddha Shakyamuni show up for more than two thousand years? Why show up now in India. At that time, there were XNUMX different ways in India, and they all cultivated very well. The magical powers can fly to the sky and deep meditation. Ninety-six kinds. The atmosphere of their practice in Waidao is very strong, so why should they go there to show it?It is because these outsiders can’t solve the biggest problem, that is, life and death out of the three realms of Buddhahood. Only the Buddha has the ability to help sentient beings get such a satisfactory result, so the Buddha will show that if sentient beings can do things, he We won’t be icing on the cake to join in the fun, and we won’t be so boring. Therefore, as disciples, we must know that the real purpose of being Buddhist disciples is not to be a king in the next life, to be a rich elder, nor to ascend to heaven to enjoy the blessings. The purpose of this is only one, that is, to become the Buddha through life and death. This is the real goal of the disciples of the Buddha. It is also clear that the Buddha has shown that the world really wants to give all living beings the great benefits. This must be very clear.

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(Twenty-four) the true standard of the way to perfect teachers and students is selflessness

So what is the standard for achieving Consummation in Dizigui?You can reach Consummation only when you become a Buddha. Before you become a Buddha, you have to inherit the teacher’s inheritance. You have to be able to learn and master the teacher’s method with your heart, and then you don’t want to run away and stand on your own. You have to serve the teacher. Throughout your life, then the teacher will arrange your Dharma predestined for you to save sentient beings. What do you want to do, do external protection, do internal protection, lead the crowd, and spread the Dharma?He will observe where your cause and destiny put you in the most beneficial to all living beings, so that you will be fulfilled. Many people don't have these concepts.

I didn’t know at the beginning. When I became a monk, Master asked me to shave. I originally asked for a magic weapon. How did I know that I was destined to be shaved today. I don’t know. I don’t know anything, so Master told me. I have one condition for the ordination. I said whether it is possible to study the Fa with Master Jingkong, because I knew it in my heart at that time. I knew that the old monk was a seal of the sword. I can't do it with him in the future, so neither would I. I care about being a monk or being at home, but the idea is just to think, if you want me to be a monk, can I be with the old monk if I can be a monk, if I can do well..., this kind of reaction means that I don’t care about being a monk at home, as long as I can follow The old monk was studying the Fa, his mood was like this at the time, and he shaved off so stupidly.

After shaved, there is no way to follow the old monk smoothly as agreed at the time. There are various causes and obstacles, etc. In the end, I am like this. I must do what I decide to do. I I don’t follow karma, as if I’m forced to accept other karma, and then I’ll suffer a whole life like this, and I will not be able to get out, so even if I insist on wrong, I must complete a decision at the time, so in the end I can’t agree to the original agreement. So I decided to leave. I asked for leave from my master. I left and went to the teacher’s public to study the Fa. Then I violated the rules of discipleship at that time. I don’t know. I left the teacher by myself and became a real monk again. , In particular, to become a monk is to listen to the teacher's words completely. There is no reason. Of course, although we have already talked about it before the ordination, the cause and destiny are not mature. It is because the master did not let me go and study the Fa with the teacher according to the agreement. It's not my fault, it's not my fault.

But because we don’t understand, we don’t understand, and we don’t understand our duty as a disciple in advance, we shouldn’t have our own meanings, we should listen to the teacher’s teachings completely, so I can’t achieve this part to achieve perfection. There are defects. No matter how good the reason we have, even though we have said that after shaved, we can go with Master, then maybe the fate at that time was Master’s skill. Maybe we want to shave you first before waiting. Waiting, in short, this cause may be very complicated, so now many people don't know what a duty as a disciple is, and how to use that scale, they don't know how to handle it. In fact, this principle is all the same.

When you are in school, the teacher-student relationship in the current school is very alienated, even very bad, so the students don’t listen to the teacher very much, even if they listen very shallowly, like the ancient private school, the students live in the teacher’s house and are very close. , The degree of intimacy is far beyond that of your parents, so you must be obedient to the teacher's words. You must be a disciple if you meet this standard. Then the teacher is also responsible for your Dharma body, wisdom, life, and you must be educated. At least you can’t lead you astray. You can’t in this life. You will continue to teach in the next life. In short, you will be responsible for your studies with all your responsibilities. As a disciple, you will not be obedient, and you will often have your own personal one. If you plan, then there is no way to consummate the way of teachers and students, and the virtues of your own disciples will be lacking, so we talked about this part.

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(Twenty-five) Complimenting the teacher for repairing the three treasures will fall into the third painting

First of all, to enter Buddhism is to establish respect for the Three Jewels, so what this verse teaches us is to cultivate respect, and then through the teacher, of course, we have many ways to cultivate blessings, but through the teacher’s cultivation, we can cultivate. Great blessings, and at the same time growing our good roots, you see that Sakyamuni Buddha's good roots are not yet mature, just a sincere sentence of sacrificing the Buddha, and the good roots beyond the nine kalpas are consummated at the moment. This is something we can’t imagine, so we also need to cultivate blessings. It depends on whether you have wisdom and whether the method is correct. If you say that the blessings of cultivating the world are certainly not so great.

If you go for charity, can you do a charity and you will achieve the good roots of the Nine Tribulations and become a Buddha early. It’s impossible, impossible, the entire Tzu Chi, our most representative charity in Taiwan is charity Master Ji Chengyan, you have so many charitable merits in the world that you can’t compare to a teacher. The good roots that it can grow can not be compared with the blessings of the cultivation. One is born, and there is something in it. The merit is in it, and there is merit in it, so the blessings that arise from the merit are boundless.

So if you are aiming at the good laws of the world, then of course you are the heart of the bodhisattva. You have compassion and you do good and relief. This is all very good, but the rewards are different. Of course, it depends on the heart of the person you are doing. Motivation, your mentality is different, and the blessings you feel are different, so in addition to cultivating the great blessing and cultivating the roots of good fortune, especially in this process, we must continue to raise our respect for the Three Jewels and our respect for the teacher. Respect your heart, because this is the key for us to enter the Tao.

Master Yinguang said [One point of sincere respect, one point of benefit; very sincere respect, one point of benefit], so we just took a look, alas, this chant is nothing, just like many admiration words in ordinary scriptures, You can see it right away, right?You didn’t expect to implement it. You didn’t expect that you lacked this content and did not have this merit at all. We just talked about Amitabha if you don’t slander. Sometimes this slander is not intentional, you just say it casually, just comment. Others are used to it, so Sambo is also the object of your casual comments, right?

Oh, hasn't this master been practicing for a long time?Why he will get sick all day long, there may be problems, sickness, good or bad practice, yes generally speaking, people who cultivate well should respond well, and the body should be healthy. This is a common sense, but There is no absolute thing, because Karma III, our receiving body in this life is a receiving body, so it may be destined for a certain day, a certain year, a certain day, and what disease will happen to it, and what will happen?

And it’s especially like the old Master Saint One on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. I’ve been close to him. When he was old he had a problem and he had to use a wheelchair, like Parkinson’s disease. I went to check the information. It looked like this, but the real cause was me. It’s not clear, but he himself has been practicing asceticism all his life, so Hong Kong’s Lantau Island is particularly humid, and he lives deep in the mountains and practices asceticism all the year round. Of course, this will have an effect on a physical body, but if you look at it, oops ….. Such an old man is not physically fit in a wheelchair, and may not be able to cultivate well. Some people will comment like this.

In fact, this is not right. Then I really get close to him. I know that there is a more important condition for observing whether the cultivation is good or not. The person who really has the cultivation, then he will not suffer from physical illnesses, or even all external rebellion. The influence of fate, this is really kung fu, I am close to him by his side. The first two years were when he had not yet received the ordination, and when the first year had not yet received the ordination, it was very difficult to be a minority, and the karma has not yet disappeared, blessings. I have not paid enough, I have been studying, I have no chance, no chance to get close to him.

In the third year, I went back to Jiexia for ninety days and followed him every day. In the afternoon, I followed him for about two hours. It is impossible to have a chance in the jungle where the abbot of the jungle is strict in the precepts. It’s impossible for us as a bhikshuni to have a chance, but I have the fate to follow the master every day to observe him. My words are silent and quiet. I really feel that what’s not in this sutra is what I get close to him and then emerge in my mind. Feeling, I feel that Master is a person who is separated from body and mind. He feels very strong for me. He is such a person. What is body and mind separation?

He suffers physically and needs the attendant to take care of him in a wheelchair, but his mind is completely unaffected by the sufferings of this physical body disease. He always exudes the wisdom of meditation, and even has a feeling, a silent thunder, that kind of Zen and the son's special concentration, concentration, the temperament displayed by the practitioners of each school and each school are different, so I felt the master at that time wow... his deep meditation, there was a silence. Lei has such great power, this is a great practitioner.

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(Twenty-six) Respectfulness should be cultivated to comment on the three treasures

The skill of practice depends on when you are facing various realms, and even when you are facing illnesses and you don’t feel suffering. People who don’t practice, people who don’t have kung fu, you just have a little sickness and you will scream, and you can’t stand it. , Just want to commit suicide, you just want to escape, right?This is no skill, so having skill and lack of skill does not mean to see if you have encountered adversity. For example, if I meet a lot of unjust relatives and creditors, adversity means that your karma is too heavy, so you have so many adversities. The creditors come.

But you can also look at it from another angle. It’s because you have cultivated well, and the grievances and creditors all come quickly to ask you for merit, those who want debts, and those who want debts quickly ask for them, or the more the devil is afraid of you, because you have cultivated. Okay, so you are influential, and the devil is afraid that you will take away his descendants and believers, right?Therefore, the obstacles that appear to slander you will be more severe than others. It is not your general concept that you want to say that this person has cultivated well, so everyone likes him, treats him well, and encounters good times. This means It’s unreasonable. If you understand the cause and effect of the three lives and understand all aspects of cause and effect thoroughly, you won’t be able to discern whether a person’s cultivation is good or not. Only the Buddha and Bodhisattva know whether the cultivation is good or not. Only the person involved knows, so we absolutely don’t. Feel free to comment on others, especially the Three Treasures, you will definitely make a mistake and make a mistake.

Okay, this is the part of the teacher. I probably just talked about it. In fact, there are still a lot of content to learn this verse, because this part is too important, we have to spend at least a few years in This place takes root. The fellow practitioners in our Guanglun class have been training for more than half a year, half a year to eight months, before I dare to let them join the club to become formal students. The previous eight months belonged to pre-class preparations. , What is this preview? I have been writing articles to train everyone's respect, train everyone to cultivate everyone's good roots, and only after they have a sufficient attitude to study the Fa, will they become students in the formal wide-ranging class, and you will be able to study the Fa. It takes so long to prepare before class. No one has ever said that we have to start a class for eight months. It’s almost eight months before we officially start the class.

But also because of this root, everyone’s level is very poor. Some have been in Buddhism for ten or twenty years, and there are both men and women. Some have a college degree or above, what kind of Everyone has them, and there are beginners, but because everyone does not have the roots and rooted jobs, everyone is equivalent to beginners, and even the old ones are more troublesome and polluted. They have to reconsider his wrong views and attitudes. Then transfer back, because he is always cultivating, who is arrogant and clinging to what he has learned and his own knowledge, so he has to debate at the beginning. I just set up a class rule and are not allowed to debate. If there is nothing, you will first Learn honestly. After you learn it, you will know that your previous knowledge and opinions are wrong and indeed wrong. Well, this is the rooted part.

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(XNUMX) How to truly implement respect

Then, let’s learn one more paragraph. The second verse is "Receive and follow the teacher’s words with one heart, and follow the teacher’s teachings without two intentions; if a child has no strength to rely on his mother, he will follow the true Buddha." This subtitle is Respect , How can we be respectful?The specific thing is to receive the teacher’s teachings wholeheartedly, that is, what we just said is to be honest and obedient. This is very important, so this part is more focused on this teacher, which is the master you are currently relying on, the Fa Lai Sang Chuan, the Buddha's teachings must be communicated through the Sang Bao, so you must treat the master who is guiding you now like a Buddha.

In terms of Tantric Buddhism, the status of the master surpasses that of the Buddha, because the monk’s treasure is to speak on behalf of the Buddha. Regardless of whether he has cultivated well or not, he is talking about the Dharma. When he has a karma status as a teacher, then you have to treat him Think of it as a Buddha, because you are studying Buddhism, so the master, the tantric master, because he has a more direct relationship with you, and the Buddha is still on the horizon, you don’t see it, so the master is the incarnation of the Buddha. Compared with the fact that you can't see the Buddha, and you can't see the Buddha with the naked eye, the relationship between him and his disciples is closer. Therefore, in Tantric Buddhism, the status of the master is higher than that of the Buddha.

From this we can see how we should respect our current teachers who are studying the Fa. We have to regard him as a respectful mind like the Buddha. Don’t say that he is just a co-participant with me. Recently, a classmate of ours is also slow, starting now. There is a slight change. A male group is particularly difficult to adjust to a male group. He used to give up on him, but then I came to find me again. This fate was formed again, because he has been in Buddhism for twenty or thirty years. I was a layman earlier than me, and a lot of male laymen. The problem is that you have to think about it. You can't even hold the five precepts well in XNUMX to XNUMX years, and I hold more precepts than you, and my identity is different. It’s true that what we are going to talk about is the part of practical cultivation. It’s not how long you have been in Buddhism, but because you are a human, it is inevitable that I have learned a lot, especially those who have cultivated for decades. If you can't see your own part, it is true that you have no real merit.

The true merits must start from keeping the precepts. This is the most basic, the most basic and the most direct standard of judgment. You can’t do it. No matter how much you talk about it, it’s useless. You think you’ve already Enlightened, you have attained emptiness, that is your own delusion, it is not true, nine out of ten times are not true, people who have truly become enlightened will not have this kind of thought, so it is definitely not true , It’s your own delusion. So in the early days of the fellow practitioners, people were hypocritical. On the surface, Master, Master, and I studied the Fa with you, it is really a study of the Fa, and then it is really useful, and you are useless. I don’t know how to come to study closely, I am very happy with it, and I have been greatly promoted to follow the Fa, and the benefits of learning the Fa.

But even if there is such a factual teacher-student relationship, I still treat me as a co-reference in my heart. I can feel that the respect for the teacher has not really risen, so in the end I let him go. I was released because I don’t have time to be a fellow daoist with you, so I’m fine to chat. If I just be a fellow daoist, I really don’t have time, and it’s not unwilling. Of course it’s good to have fellow daoists, and the problem is that you’re not. Such a realm is quite a level, and there is not much to talk about. The real relationship is just that we can teach you the Fa, this kind of relationship.

Then whether you can accept this Fa and get the benefits of the Fa, you have to recognize your own position and do a good job of discipleship, so that when the Fa is given to you, you can truly achieve Consummation, because you have to practice and you have to practice. The practice part includes the rules of disciple, including the duty of a disciple. You have to do it. You don’t recognize yourself as a disciple in your heart, but participate in the same way. Then you will naturally not respect the teacher, respect the teaching, and respect the teachings. I don’t have enough heart, because I’m slow-hearted. Even though I admire you for learning from you, it can be blocked because of my slow-heartedness. Respectful heart can’t be enlightened. Is there any master who will teach you? No, is there any time? Do it with you?There is no time. Master is just doing Master’s work and will not do other things. Fortunately, there is a cause, so he gradually turned around. The real karma gradually disappeared. As long as he doesn’t leave the Three Jewels, then slowly, When the time comes, I can still break through some of my own obstacles.

So where to look at the respect for the teacher, from obedient, to follow the teacher’s teaching without any second thoughts, and absolutely no ideas of how to do it, this is very important. If you don’t have this, Master cannot improve you. You don’t. The method really got a lot of benefits, why?Because sometimes you must have a lot of skill in order to enlighten you, or to make you really improve your realm by a large margin, and you will never understand Master’s skill, and you will definitely not be able to understand Master’s intentions and intentions. Realm, even if you misunderstand, you will have doubts, because if you are not respectful enough, you will have doubts, and you will not follow the teachings.

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(XNUMX) Only the obedient can truly be satisfactorily used 

For example, if the master told you to jump down from the mountain, you can’t be able to jump. What’s the joke? You’ll die if you jump down. You think you will die, but if the master can tell you to jump, he will definitely not let you die, or It is said that you will become a Buddha if you die. Of course, this is a more powerful example. What does that mean?That is to say, he must have his certainty to make you achieve and improve you, and he will tell you to do so.Let me give another example. Many people like to go to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, right, but once there was one person, because everyone’s motivation for learning is different. To learn some to learn Buddhism, and some to learn martial arts, it’s not true. To learn Buddhism, we know that Shaolin Temple is a very famous monastery. Many monks know martial arts, and some people go to learn martial arts. So the good roots of learning Buddhism and Taoism are not enough, so what is his motivation?

He was bullied and repaired by others since he was a child, and then his family felt very embarrassed. He wanted to say okay. The kid sent him to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts. The neighbors did not dare to bully us and did not dare to look down upon us. We, so we went to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts to add glory to our family. When we were young, we sent it to him and sent it. This young man told Master that he wanted to learn martial arts and hoped that Master could teach him well, but Master, Master. If he wants to train a sentient being, he naturally has his plan. He wants to give you something, and then he knows what level he can be taught, so he doesn’t teach him martial arts. He asks him to hack every day. Chai transports water to do hard work.

Especially the Zen teachings, he is often in life, walking, living, sitting, sleeping, eating and sleeping to make you understand Zen. Of course, this human nature is not that beneficial, but it is not really necessary to make him enlightened. , But it’s also the master’s skill. Of course, if you can stay in this monastery, you can definitely get you considerable benefits. Although what you learn may not necessarily be Buddhism, you ask him to chop wood, transport water, and practice asceticism every day. The young man waited every day, and the more he waited, the more anxious he became. Why didn’t the master teach me? How would I explain when I went back? I didn’t dare to go home without martial arts. He didn’t want to become a monk. He wanted to go back to grace the house and raise his eyebrows. So finally one day he couldn't help it. After three years, he couldn't help it. He felt hopeless. Every time he asked his master to teach him, he didn't teach him and didn't want to stay anymore. After three years, he did so much hardship. , So many things, after a lot of blessings, he didn't teach him, so he gave up so he went back.

After returning home, his father thought, this kid should be good for three years. He was very happy with his skill. He immediately called his neighbors to a treat tomorrow to show off. My son will perform after he has returned from his studies. After the performance, everyone will know. He didn’t dare to come to the house and make trouble at random, so he asked his son in a hurry, “You have learned martial arts very well.” The son said, “Nothing, nothing more.” He went over it lightly and didn’t know how to talk. He couldn’t speak, and then his father heard, “Oh, I didn’t expect my son to learn to be so humble. Not only did he learn martial arts for three years, he also learned so humble. Saying nothing is a trivial matter", his father would be wrong.

As a result, the next day, all the neighbors came to see him performing Kung Fu. After the meal was finished, everyone had a great time. At this time, he was asked to perform. What should I do?When he was in a hurry, he had nowhere to run. When he was anxious, a little angry and a little anxious, he patted the table, "I will tell you, I didn’t learn kung fu, nothing, nothing learned", this shot Everyone clapped their hands on the spot, why did they clap their hands?The table was broken, "Wow, good kung fu, good palm strength, I learned this iron palm in Shaolin Temple", even he himself was stupid there, enlightened! "It turns out, Master asked me to pick firewood, chop wood, and transport water for three years. This skill", practice your internal strength.

Just like what we just said, the first chanting teacher, this is also to practice your skills, it seems nothing, there is nothing to teach you, the teachings do not have but it is the foundation you must have, to give you roots, this is Kungfu, necessary Kungfu, the master didn’t say to teach you, but is it teaching you? Yes, he’s already teaching you. You don’t know. At this time, he is awakened, crying, and heading towards Shaolin Temple. The direction is to pray three prayers to the master, weeping thank the master, the master's realm teaches the skill of the students, there is no way to imagine being a disciple, only obedient people can truly be satisfactorily used.

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(Twenty-nine) Must completely obey and rely on the teacher

If you only listen to XNUMX% to XNUMX%, then you can only get XNUMX% to XNUMX% of the benefits. Then, what is the mentality? What kind of reliance on the teacher is like this obedience? "If a child is powerless and has to rely on his mother, he is a true Buddha." Like a child, really we have to believe that we have no ability at all. What happens when a child is born without a mother?You will die, you can’t grow up by yourself. She wants to feed you and hug you. What else can she do? She must rely on her mother.

You said that as a disciple, I think it’s good if you read the scriptures by yourself. You are not a Pichi Buddha. If you are a Pichi Buddha, you can still become karmic enlightenment. If you see the cause, you will be enlightened. If you are not Pichi The root nature of the Buddha is like a baby without a mother. You will die. If you read a lot of scriptures yourself, you will die under the teachings. You have misunderstood it. It is not that simple. The practice is not that simple. You must have a master who will guide you, and at the same time you implement the rules of discipleship in the process of serving the teacher, you can truly achieve the virtues. You do not have the opportunity to cultivate blessings from the master. How can your disciple rules be achieved? , Your blessing is not complete enough, you can't achieve the Buddha fruit of Fuhui Consummation.

In other words, you can’t achieve Consummation. Don’t think that I can practice by myself. It’s impossible if I don’t take the wrong path. It’s impossible to achieve it. It’s like saying that you don’t save sentient beings and you don’t. Bodhicitta saves sentient beings. You can’t achieve the path of the Bodhisattva or even the path of Buddhism. If you say that I will be able to achieve self-cultivation and wisdom by myself, then you can only achieve the status of an Arahant, but you cannot become a Buddha. No, you must cultivate blessings and wisdom among sentient beings, so that you can achieve the basic wisdom of Consummation, and then you will gain wisdom. Then you are not willing to be close to your teacher, and you are not willing to be close to your master. Hui, how can you be able to achieve Buddhism? You will always be missing. Therefore, the more thoroughly you do rely on the Three Jewels and the teacher, the faster your achievement will be, "Let go of my seeing and slow clinging." .

We mentioned that reciting this is the most important thing. Only your achievement can be very fast, and you can really establish a relationship between teachers and students, and you must be obedient and obedient. Just like our world, how to be filial to your parents? How to achieve filial piety is to be obedient and filial.The Chinese characters are very interesting. They are connected together to form a relative causal relationship. You have obedience and obedience is true filial piety. You don’t listen to what your parents and teachers say, and then you think that you use the method you think is good. Come and treat them well, you think you are doing your filial piety. In fact, sometimes you create more karma, which is what you want to do, instead of you really know what they need and what they want you to do. It is impossible to achieve true merit and merit. Obedience is the key to obedience.

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(Thirty) Obedience can only be passed by

Filial piety is the same, and disciples rules are the same, and obedient people are especially popular. Look at those who are very powerful and have a lot of ideas. They are very difficult to get along with. Everyone hates them. Although I admire your ability, you are very good. Heart, but such a person really does not look cute. You guys should pay attention to the popularity. An obedient person looks stupid, but everyone is very happy when he sees it. He is very submissive, but his heart is also soft, relatively The heart is softer and kinder. The best example among Confucianism is Yan Hui. Confucius loves him the most, and his knowledge is also the best to know ten. Zi Gong Duanmuci is a businessman and businessman. He is also very clever, but he can only know one or two things, but Yan Hui can know one thing and ten. With this ability, he is the representative of the number one virtue.

We are the top ten disciples of the Buddha. The ten disciples around us have wisdom first, the first kind of supernatural powers, and Yan Hui is the first virtue. The person who has the first virtue also learns well relative to his knowledge and is easy to develop wisdom. He is obedient, and when he listens to the teacher’s words, it’s easy to have a heart-to-heart with the teacher. He knows what the teacher wants, and he understands the Dharma that the master wants to pass on to you and what his intentions are. If you are not obedient, you never care about it, nor Pay attention to what the teacher wants to give you, what his mind is, what is his realm, how can you get the Fa right? If you are not obedient, you just want your own way. On the side of the teacher, you will always You don’t care either. Of course you won’t and don’t understand what Master is thinking or what Master’s realm is, you can’t get the Fa.

Just like our Pure Land Method requires induction, we are thinking about how to practice this kung fu every day, how to lie down with so many delusions, how to recite the Buddha's name, and how to recite the tune. It is a vain idea to think about it. You have to change it. Pay attention to Amitabha, care about Amitabha, pay attention to Amitabha, what does he wish for us, how his heart is related to us, you feel Amitabha's urgent heart for us to save us, that kind of compassionate heart , Unconditional salvation, and the specific content of the forty-eight vows he sent, you will be moved and feel the heart of the Buddha, and you will graduate from the Pure Land Method. This is the key. You must be in the right direction. You Never pay attention to, don’t care about the target, the teacher who teaches, then you only care about yourself. This is human nature. People are selfish. You always pay attention to yourself in habit. So your practice will be wasted. There is no intersection between the teacher and the Buddha.

How did you get the Fa without intersection? Did the Fa come from the teacher? Do you understand that?Therefore, this direction is very important. Only by obedient and obedient can you understand what the teacher wants to teach you, and even at the final state of the teacher, you also understand. The Blessed One smiles at Kassapa, and the teacher and students will have a heart-to-heart relationship. No, the Fa is passed on and then finished. The tacit understanding of people in the world is very tacit understanding of what you are thinking in your heart and what your realm is like this. If you don’t have enough respect, you won’t be respectful or not. Pay attention to the teacher’s teaching method and the teacher’s realm. You just think that your own set will never intersect, so why must you let me see? No matter how high you are before, no matter how high you are in the past, you have to throw it away first. .

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(Thirty-one) Let go of hypocritical habits and cultivate true respect

For example, if you practice different sects, then of course you may have achieved considerable achievements in the Fa you have previously cultivated, but you have to let go before you can install the new Fa, so why many teachers and many teachers, you go Learn from him, for example, when the old layman Li Bingnan, when the old Master Jingkong went to apprentice, he also asked him to not admit what you have learned before, and you must first let go, because each method has a different skill. , A starting point, if you hold on to the previous thing, then you can't do two things at the same time, and sometimes it even conflicts with it.

For example, Buddhism has "empty doors" and "have doors."You can enter from the empty door, Zen from the empty door, you can enter the Prajna Sutra, or the Madhyamaka who enters from the empty door, but one is to enter through the door, our "Infinite Life Sutra", our pure land method, there is the world of bliss , There is Amitabha, right, we enter from a door, then the "Ksitigarbha Sutra" all have these, there is a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, there are all kinds of teachings, one enters from a door, one enters from an empty door, how do you Two kinds of entrance at the same time, how to receive both at the same time, it is impossible, you have two doors here, then you have two feet, how do you want to enter through the two doors at the same time, it is impossible, of course you entered In the future, there will be no difference, so you have to enter from one door, and after entering from one door, you really get both.

So any teacher you go to get close to him, he will tell you to throw away all the previous things, and even the Buddha Fa and Fa-rectification, let alone some greed, anger, ignorance and ignorance in the world. I see that I am slow, and that is even more to be thrown away. , Otherwise you don’t have Dharma artifacts, you can’t put in any bit of Dharma, and you can’t receive it. So this verse is the same. We must cultivate our respect for the teacher. This is a special emphasis. Respect, how to implement it, should give us specific instructions on what it means to be respectful to the teacher, not just talking about it.

Each of our fellow practitioners said that Master, I respect you very much, that’s why I have to learn from you. That’s great. If you learn from me, it’s great. If I don’t learn from others, it’s called respectfulness. , It seems that I have given you a lot of face by learning from you, right, it really sounds like to me at first glance, so many mages don’t learn from him, he learns from me, this is ordinary, ordinary people’s own belief , According to my own standards, that is not considered respectful, respectful is obedient. If I tell you not to eat after lunch, you will not eat after lunch. If I tell you to become a monk, then you will become a monk. If I tell you to die, you will die, of course not. It's so serious, but it's really called XNUMX%, XNUMX% obedient, and it is the real discipleship to achieve this level.

It’s the same if you want to be filial to your parents. You have to do what your parents tell you to do, but don’t let us listen to it. There are a lot of great learnings. For example, once a disciple of Confucius, I don’t know. I forgot who it was. It seems that it was Zilu or someone who was beaten by his father. Because his father was wrong, just say it is normal. We think this Confucian also teaches us to obey our parents, so he dare not run, so he was beaten by his father. He was beaten badly, and then Confucius scolded him, why don’t you run, he said he couldn’t run, he had to obey the teacher’s instruction, he said it’s not right, because his teacher’s beating was not correct, sometimes the teacher or his parents If you get drunk or do some kind of mess, you will be filial if you don’t run. Why?He caused him to commit the crime of hurting his children. If you run away and he cannot beat you, he will not have this crime. So it depends on the situation. It depends on the situation. It depends on the situation. It must be wise, but in the mind, in the heart. It must not have the idea of ​​disobedience, and the willingness to obey, then this is the most basic attitude, and this is called respect.

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(XNUMX) Put down your body to grow your respectful heart

Then you count as much as you can do, and how much you can do it shows how respectful you are to the teacher. It depends on what you do and how much you can do. What you do is not what you say. Let me give you an example. A simple example. Go and experience it. I said to a fellow practitioner: "You have no respect." He said, "I do, I really do." He argued with me for a long time, "Yes, I really do. I swear", did he have it? He is arguing with me now, is he?Catch the handle, you are arguing with me now, you just don't admit that what the master said is right, you are right, how can there be respect?No, Master pointed out your mistakes to you, and you still refuse to admit it. Of course, he refuses to admit it because he can't feel it. This is inevitable.

But you can’t feel it, because sentient beings are foolish and ignorant, so to ascend, the teacher is to help you ascend, so it’s normal for you not to understand at first, but you have to accept it first, and after you have accepted it, you can do it again after you have been trained. Do it, and you will know afterwards. Oh, it turns out that your self-righteous notion from time to time is wrong. Then this kind of insisting on your own opinion or even confronting the teacher and your parents is not respectful, thinking that you are superior, you That is correct. Where is your respect? Obviously, he is a fan of the authorities, and he will not feel that he is committing this disrespectful karma and disrespectful karma of his teacher.

Just like there is a public case in the Buddhist scriptures, two people are discussing that there is a person in their village. That person has a bad temper. Tell him a little bit that he is not happy about beating people. It happened that he heard the conversation between these two people. He was very angry, "How do you talk to me, say bad things about me, how can I have a bad temper, how can I have", does he have it?He was about to beat them. He himself was having an attack. It was basically a person with a bad temper. He didn't know, he didn't admit it, and he was so angry that he heard people say that he was criticized that he had a bad temper. It's really going to hit someone, isn't it just for you to behave like what people say?Your realm is like this, right? That's because he gets angry with his habit. When he gets angry, he didn't expect to say, yes, his current behavior is not exactly what people say, he doesn't see it. Arrived, foolish.

So do you want to be obedient, obedient and wait until your realm is improved, and then you will change it, because you truly understand your realm, and where you are wrong, you will correct it, and the change will not be a good change right away. , The habit will come up again, and it will take a long time for the teacher, friends, and co-participants to check on the side, often reminding you that you have committed it again, reminding you, the first time you tell you that you don’t listen or accept it, or even Yu will still resist, but when you know about it and know to admit your own fault, next time you come up and remind you again, you will soon wake up, "right, right, right, I committed it again", and next time After a few more times next time, your habit will gradually disappear. The practice is to cultivate, not immediately, you will be enlightened, the apple will fall and hit the head and you will immediately become enlightened, and then you will graduate, no, you That habit will always come up. Even an Arahant still has a habit, and your habit of greed, hatred and delusion doing bad things will continue to come up. You haven't done evil in your heart, but your behavior is still greed, hatred, and delusion.

So, for the second recitation, maybe you have to cultivate in the next two or three years, and you can really ask yourself, if you have the reason to follow the teacher to study the Fa, you really have a certain degree of adherence to the teachings, even if you If you don’t have the opportunity to follow by your side and learn with your teacher, then you learn through the CD, how many points do you follow? I encountered it when I was a beginner, and accidentally encountered the old monk Jingkong explaining the "Infinite Life Sutra" on the Internet. Introducing the Western Elysium. At that time, because of my own renunciation, I was already very strong. I definitely didn’t want to stay in this world. It turned out very early that I was impatient to live. So when I met this fate, I introduced Elysium. Where to leave, where to go, I made a vow right now to be reborn in the Paradise of Bliss, without being persuaded by others, so of course I followed my teachings.

The old monk told us for at least five or ten years. I kept it for nearly ten years. In the first five years, the old monk said that you can’t watch TV, listen to the radio, or read newspapers for at least five years. This is how I made all kinds of entertainment. Before I saw the old monk, I made it completely by myself. This is called Yijiao practice, but this kind of Yijiao practice is still very shallow, and I can’t even talk about it. What disciple rules are done well, really do well, what I just taught you to die, go to die, this is already talking to the extreme, of course now teachers generally don’t do this kind of effort, so profitable Kung Fu.

Generally speaking, I don’t do this. Like if Nanquan cut the cat, a Zen master actually cut the cat to death in front of everyone in order to force his disciples to enlighten. All kinds of skill are possible. Ah, it’s a pity that the gongan, the cat really died, everyone hasn’t enlightened yet, and finally came in. It seems that Zen Master Zhaozhou was the last to come in. The cat is dead. Of course, the disciple who came in understands and understands. , But the cat is dead. Sometimes life is used to joke about life, because life is false. As long as you can die, it’s not a pity, it’s worth it, because life is false and life will not die. So is it possible to make jokes about life? Yes, no, it should mean that life is used to practice, not a joke, but life is used for practice. Really great practitioners are very comfortable, there is nothing you can’t do, as long as you It’s okay to be sure that the result is Consummation. The Great Bodhisattva can kill or do anything. How can we ordinary people speculate in this state, so we really have to take our own figure to the lowest level and think that we are true. If you don’t understand anything, then this kind of respect for the Three Treasures can really grow slowly. Well, we will learn here today, Amitabha!

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