Example XNUMX. Concentrating on the practice of the Dharma and gradually entering the realm of emptiness

The enlightenment and seeing nature that Buddhism talks about does not only refer to the miraculous realms such as seeing the light and seeing the Buddha. It is only a phenomenon in all phenomena, and cannot represent the incomparable prajna wisdom that the Buddhadharma seeks to achieve. These miraculous phenomena At best, it’s just a by-product of the Buddha’s teachings, and it can also be found by outsiders, so the Buddha doesn’t like to emphasize it, and even deliberately prevents Buddhist practitioners from focusing on this part of their deliberate cultivation.The most valuable part of Buddhism is to apply the wisdom of Prajna to every bit of life, so that all sentient beings can always be peaceful and happy in their hearts, and all things can be done as they want and are auspicious.Therefore, when we talk about the proofs of the Dharma, we should not focus too much on the mystical and mysterious phenomena, but should focus on the practical aspects of daily life, and see the extraordinary Dharma realm from the ordinary.In the following, I will give some examples of the phenomena and benefits that appear in life and share them with those who are destined to learn.

My first experience of entering into emptiness was in the first month of learning Buddhism when I first developed my mind. It is said in the Buddhist scriptures: "I am more than a Buddha with my first mind."But at that time, of course, I didn’t understand what was going on in the realm I had entered. I only knew that there were some unusual experiences in the world during that month. Later, during the more than ten years of Buddhist practice, I always held this question mark in my heart. , I have also asked several old masters when I have the chance, but I still don’t have a very clear understanding of what kind of realm it is, and I have never paid much attention to the pursuit and interpretation of realm, so these processes, I have never mentioned it to anyone in the more than XNUMX years of my past lectures and official teaching CDs, until recently I stumbled across Eckhart Tolle's precise and detailed description of the process of enlightenment and the state of Nirvana. Having the ability to interpret the state you were in at that time, only then did you dare to share the realm you experienced. The only purpose is to directly help those who are destined to return to the right path, get rid of troubles now, and be free from suffering forever. No other thoughts.

When I first encountered Buddhism XNUMX years ago, my renunciation was already very strong, and it was almost the kind of urgency that I didn't want to stay in this world for a moment. In fact, a few years before I first encountered Buddhism, When I was in my early twenties, I had the experience of committing suicide twice in two weeks and only being rescued. I had already deeply realized in my heart that I was in a situation where I couldn't survive and couldn't die. I have been calm for several years. That kind of calm is a surrender to life phenomena that I feel powerless to struggle with. So when I devote myself to the practice of the Pure Land Dharma, it is naturally easier than ordinary people to enter the realm. The first time I accidentally heard the Pure Land Dharma on satellite TV. , without any persuasion, within ten minutes, I will firmly resolve to seek renunciation, and every moment of my life is just for the sake of being reborn in the paradise of bliss, and I have no nostalgia for everything in the world, so I am a beginner in the pure land. When reciting the Dharma, my confidence is only half-believing, because it is too unbelievable to believe that Elysium is like a fairy tale, but I can still use the determination to break the boat and use the dead horse as a living horse doctor. In the past, I have searched all over the world for Confucian theories, psychological books, and inspirational works, but I can't feel that they can work, so at this time, I can only pray to Amitabha Buddha's forty-eight vows. If there really exists to go beyond the land of the ten trillion Buddhas in the West, I have to take this road dead or alive.For the next full month after I first got my heart set, I began to read scriptures at home, memorize scriptures, worship Buddha, and recite Buddha all day long.In addition to buying a casual lunch at mealtime, the rest of the time is almost immersed in the whole body and mind and walking on the road to the world of bliss.Until one day, that is, when I was in such a wholehearted state of mind for a month, I suddenly woke up for a moment and realized that at this moment, how could I regard normal life as something as important as life? Have you forgotten all about it?At that moment, I also felt that my body and mind, as well as the outside world that I was familiar with, seemed to have disappeared inexplicably in an instant, and my consciousness seemed to have entered an unknown space, completely blocked from this world. .When I came back to my senses in an instant and realized this unusual and completely unfamiliar feeling, a kind of fear followed, and this sudden awakening was like a bucket of cold water taking my spirits from head to toe. As if my consciousness was awakened, the state at that time was actually the state where I first entered into the state of emptiness, and when I faced that state, my reaction was to withdraw immediately, just like many first experiences. The state of mind of a person with emptiness is the same, a state of being completely empty of body and mind, but not sure that it is a normal and healthy state, so there is a reflex withdrawal, and then I wake up like a dream and begin to deliberately hold back all the previous self-forgetfulness. Faxi, slowed down his steps from the realm of focusing on the Fa, and began to step into the real world. On weekdays, he just arranged to do some morning and evening classes and listen to the Dharma properly.What I was worried about at the time was that if I continued to live as if I had changed as a person, when I joined the social crowd in the future, others might think of me as a lunatic, and I was even more worried about the important things that I had to do every day. , I can even forget it completely. Isn't that a terrible thing?If you really let yourself go on like this, will there be more troubles?When this decision was made together, I seldom felt any sensation in the practice after that, because I had set a bottom line for myself deep in my heart, and it seemed that I wanted to protect myself from falling into the same emptiness. All the nurturing practices only focus on the study of the teachings, and rarely directly touch on the merits and deeds of meditation.

Later, after years of comparing and thinking about scriptures and teachings, regarding the realm that I have entered, I have met some old abbots of the ancestral court in mainland China several times, and I have asked them for help. Generally speaking, it is a pity, and if we work harder, there will be news.Twenty years have passed since I started studying Buddhism. I recall the panic of awakening when I first touched the state of emptiness and the sense of absolute ecstasy and tranquility when I entered the state, which still surrounds me very clearly to this day.As for the realm that I first entered, because I still had no basis for teachings at that time, I didn’t have the ability to view it, and I didn’t deliberately pursue it, so I completely let it go after that.And now, twenty years later, why am I mentioning it here?That's because just a few days ago (June XNUMX, XNUMX), I inadvertently met a strong predestination, which completely confirmed to me what I had realized in the past XNUMX years, that I really It is really clear at a glance that I can go back and interpret the various realms that I have entered along the way after I can accept it directly, and I have full confidence in interpreting the deep and shallow origins of each different realm at that time, so I think it should be raised at this time. Share it with people who are destined to help those who are familiar with it can also benefit from it.

Take the experience of first entering emptiness as an example, the conditioned origin of the state of emptiness that one entered at that time was purely through one month's intense and sincere renunciation of the mind completely and completely settled, so entering into that emptiness. After reaching the realm, because he has not yet been able to raise the power of wisdom, he will be dominated by the habits of ordinary people since beginningless, causing panic and suddenly stopped.Although you immediately pulled away after realizing your abnormality that time, the state of emptiness and nirvana that you have entered is actually the same, just like returning to the hometown you moved from when you were young for the first time. , when you go there, you will naturally feel unfamiliar and afraid of that place, but after all, you have really been there, and you have really seen the situation there. It is just because you are afraid that you do not continue to explore. Although the benefit at the moment is not big, it can only increase and subdue some doubts in my confidence in learning Buddhism, but now for me, who has fully realized these realms, that time is very rare. The experience of emptiness can make it easy for me to bring up the memory and hold again and again. This is the first time I experienced emptiness. Although the process was less than a month before and after, it did not immediately exert a great effect. It has an obvious effect, but it is an experience process that we must go through in our practice.

 

Example XNUMX. Facing adversity, it is like the activation of energy

Modern scientists have been able to prove that our human thoughts are full of energy, both in good thoughts and in evil thoughts, and in all kinds of emotional thoughts, so some people can turn grief and anger into strength in the midst of extreme pain Some people can't dominate this energy positively, so they reflexively use it to hurt others, such as killing people, and then smashing the corpse into thousands of pieces before they can fully vent this powerful energy that exists in hatred.The Buddhist scriptures tell us that all the thoughts that arise from the separation and attachment of the false ego consciousness are essentially greed, hatred and ignorance, so the minds of ordinary people are false and false, and their actions are selfish and selfish. It corresponds to negative energy, so when an ordinary person has strong negative thoughts and emotions, he will involuntarily create bad karma in his actions. Afterwards, whenever the night is quiet or there is a momentary moment in his inner (true self) conscience. In the past, you will regret your actions.Every ordinary being cannot escape from such a fate of reincarnation. Only sages have the ability to get rid of this irresponsible and chaotic mental behavior, and can convert any negative emotions into positive energy in time when they are about to appear.

In the XNUMX years since I entered Buddhism, I have had many experiences of this kind of practice, large and small. For example, in the first chapter: "Talking about Buddhism Gossip", Event Thirteen, "Refining in Life" In it, I mentioned that when I first became a monk, I was inexplicably driven me out of my permanent residence by Master Shaodu. During the face-to-face conversation with Master at that time, which lasted no more than three minutes, I could feel it at the same time as I answered the question. Knowing the ups and downs of my heart, I noticed that my physiological reaction was a sudden burst of strong negative emotions, but at the same time, I didn't feel any displeasure at Master's request. Instead, I vaguely sensed that something good was about to happen. Happened, that state was as if the awareness of the existence of two selves, a false selves and a real selves.The fake ego’s reaction is a natural counterattack after being hurt, but the real ego can accept it calmly, vaguely thinking that it may not be a bad thing, because leaving the permanent residence is not exactly what I want. Over the years, I have been able to face all kinds of trials and tribulations alone in Buddhism, and indeed a large part of the reason is also because of this strength that supports me, so that I can almost go to nowhere. I can still not return to the vulgar, and I have persisted until now until I can truly understand the mission and holiness of becoming a monk and obtain a complete inner freedom. This kind of fruitful fruit cannot but be attributed to the one that my master and my brothers gave me at that time. Upside down.

From my current perspective, I look back and see the thoughts at that time. At that time, the me, who was full of troubles and habits, was faced with the negative energy that was about to explode. If it wasn't for the quiet and stable positive energy of the true self inside me, I was simultaneously blown away. When I activate it, I will not be able to turn the negative energy into a driving force that keeps me going upwards in time, and the consequences will be unimaginable, and the true self is the true Buddha-nature that each of us has, but it is also ignored by most people who are confused. Although it is ignored, it is often operated by many familiar people in life without knowing it. Just like the phenomenon of "people's daily use is easy to understand", the "Book of Changes" seems to be so profound, but it is often It is used by ordinary people in their daily life without knowing it.Including those who worked hard and succeeded due to adversity, in fact, they all exerted their own Buddha-nature power without knowing it.At that time, I was not yet able to see this part of my inner workings clearly, and it is not until today, nearly twenty years later, that I have the ability to clearly and carefully distinguish Him.The true Buddha-nature that exists in everyone’s heart, his energy and the Buddhas of the ten directions are also indistinguishable. When he is activated because of circumstances, he can be omniscient and omnipotent. Ordinary people have lost their true self, just like people who have lost their memory. They don't know that they have already practiced a good martial arts without knowing it, and they can even use it unintentionally, but they still don't understand what is going on.Therefore, the Buddha Shakyamuni said when he became enlightened: "It's amazing! It's amazing! All sentient beings have the wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata, but they cannot achieve it with delusional attachments." This inherently powerful energy is faked by his own three poisons. I and the attachments on various wrong concepts are trapped and unable to function. When our minds are chanted, meditated, or suddenly powerful external stimulations, such as Zen slams or adversity, we will help you to enter and enter now. When we reach the quiet, peaceful, gentle, joyful, relaxed, free, vast, bright, full of infinite hope and incredible space without thoughts and distinctions, the various evil deeds of our false self will be affected by this powerful positive energy. Neutralized or covered, our evil thoughts are eliminated and our evil deeds cannot be tolerated. The existing three poisonous afflictions seem to suddenly fail and dissolve.When faced with external persecution, some people are unable to restrain violence with violence and have no ability to turn it into upward motivation. That is because the positive energy of their inner true self and Buddha nature has not been activated in time, so they are still on the move. Involuntarily, I was controlled by the evil power of the three poisons and fake self.

Recalling that in my Buddhist practice in the past, I have been alone at home and abroad for nearly XNUMX years. I have encountered many adversities and persecutions. I have faced many dilemmas that are critical to my life and death. Passing the border safely, what is the basis?I am just a weak girl who is neither blessed nor wise, unwilling to climb dragons and nobles, unwilling to bow down to the power, always alone, and only willing to rely on herself. How do I survive in a money-worshiping society?Even I myself find this incredible.Most Buddhist practitioners will interpret it as the blessing of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. This statement is absolutely true, but the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas I have seen are not only those offered on the Buddhist table, but also mentioned in the scriptures. , Even what I saw in my dreams, it exists in the true hearts of every sentient being of you and me, and the energy that has long been true like Buddha nature. It is because of this energy that I have been with me all the time, and this is the greatest blessing.This true self of Buddha-nature lies in the fact that Buddhas do not increase and living beings do not decrease.Now I really understand the state of "the three indistinguishable minds, Buddhas, and sentient beings" mentioned in the scriptures, because in our life, we have more or less actually activated the inherent power of this self-nature. It's just that I have never been aware of it, and I have no reason to accept my own Buddha-nature, and I don't even know that I carry the Mani treasure on my body every day. People who beg are really pitiful as the Buddha said.

In Buddhism, the greatest treasure to be given to all living beings is to help confused sentient beings to find their own treasure. This treasure can not only make you manifest supernatural powers, omniscient, and omnipotent, but also fill your heart with endless infinity. The energy and wisdom can solve all the troubles and difficulties in life, and also allow you to do what you want and get what you want. As long as this original wisdom is enlightened, you will be able to leave the Three Realms immediately and be free from the suffering of reincarnation forever. Now, the entry into this realm does not hinder the existence or death of the physical body. The physical body naturally has its restraints, but it also has its function. Therefore, some gods in the realm of heaven and ghosts need to use human bodies to do good deeds. Accumulate virtue.The state of liberation when we have not yet left the physical body is called Nirvana with Remaining Remaining. When this stage of the physical body is over, we will directly enter into Nirvana without Remaining Remaining. Now our life and death are completely complete, and the important thing of entering Buddhism has been done. After receiving it, the next day is just to cultivate after enlightenment, to practice the mind by taking advantage of things, and to purify the habits and faults since beginningless one by one, until the perfect Buddhahood is achieved.

 

Example XNUMX: The Wisdom and Utility of Initiating Buddha-nature

After being forced to leave the permanent residence in Shaodu, I was full of oath energy, and I lived a very fulfilling life, and the benefits of the Fa were many times greater than those of ordinary people.In the beginning, I was introduced by the seniors of the Dharma training class to the only female Lizong ancestral home in mainland Beijing to place an order. It happened that the abbot had been arranged to live with us in our dormitory when he attended the Jingzong Society in Singapore before, so he especially protected me. , and also took the initiative to invite me to be promoted to the Daxiong Palace every week and not leave until the expiration of the three-month visa.Originally, as a novice who has not received the major ordination, in Buddhism, there is really no way out. It is like a person who has no ID card and is an unknown person. Even if the monastery makes it easy for you to place an order, in terms of personnel matters. The situation is also predictable.And because I have the strength to spread the Dharma, I have a true Taoism, and I have a good relationship with the public, so after living in a monastery in Beijing for three months, the head of the abbot took the initiative to achieve me to take the major ordination, and let me become a Bhikkhuni, but I declined. I feel that the relationship between master and apprentice should be based on the correspondence of the Fa, not on the mutual benefit. After the previous failure experience without foundation, in the future, if you want to choose a close master, you must Be more cautious.Later, I went to Po Lam Chan Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong to get close^上Holy^underAn old monk, who established the status of a monk in the ascetic jungle under the Taoism of the old monk Xuyun, also successfully received the great precepts of two monks and three altars under the achievement of the first master, and he is also a disciple of master. In the same year, there were twenty-seven people who were ordained, including me. Why did they choose me as the first altar? I don’t know how such a great blessing came.In the first three years after I received the great ordination, I took the initiative to go back to Baolin to exercise, and the dharma connection with the resident people there was also very special.During my time in Baolin, although my life was very hard, because I had activated the power of Buddha-nature, I really benefited from the quality of my practice. This is a newcomer to Buddhism, and I have never suffered such hardships since I was a child. To be able to break through naturally is an incredible phenomenon in itself.

After receiving the great precepts, I returned to serve in the Singapore Jingzong Institute again, repaying the kindness of the training. During the more than one year of preaching the Dharma when I went back, my Dharma relationship was considered to be the best among women, and I was arranged to give lectures. The number of lectures was also the most, and the performance during the period was also recognized by the public of the society (because the people who slandered me all had an accident and left), the general manager of the society hoped to help me apply for a long-term work permit, and later Singapore The government also issued a work permit for me, so with my own hard work and Taoism, I was not as unbearable as I would have been when I left a small minority, and I was able to achieve extraordinary multiples in terms of efficiency and merit. results.But at this time, the obstacles gradually became clear. The work permit that had been approved by the government was suddenly suppressed by the school. The general affairs office apologized to me and said that there were inconvenient reasons, so I could not stay in the school. Through the inside I learned the truth. It turned out that someone in Taiwan called to pay attention, so I had to leave. The general affairs officer felt sorry for me. When he learned that I was going to go back to Taiwan to retreat, he also expressed his desire to help me privately. I was looking for someone to support me in Taiwan. At that time, I turned down his kindness with all the arrogance. Even if I didn’t even have the money to buy a plane ticket back to Taiwan because I didn’t have money, I didn’t plan to accept his offer of compensation.Of course, since I lost the predestined relationship with the Dharma, and I was in a situation where I was faced with constant obstacles one after another, troubles arose in my heart, and I thought that the road to spreading the Dharma in the future would definitely be even more unbearable, so I resolutely decided to go back to Taiwan to close life and death, and recite the Buddha’s prayers for rebirth. Later, when he returned to Baolin to meet Master Shengyi, he was interrupted by Master's beating to the head and interrupted his thoughts of seeking rebirth, and changed to a three-year confinement retreat.

The three years passed quickly. During this period, I also seized the time to recite the "Hua Yan Sutra" in the closed room, and I also diligently prayed and recited the Buddha every day. I lived a very fulfilling life. After the completion of the ban, I began to study in other monasteries. I studied at the Buddhist College for one semester and then transferred to the Taipei Xinzhuang Yuanheng Buddhist Institute. Every morning and afternoon, I have elective courses, and I have to prepare reports on Saturdays and Sundays. , Every day I read and read in the dark, every minute and every second is not empty.Until then, the various obstacles and difficulties brought by leaving the permanent residence did not really bring the end of my cultivation path. Instead, it continued to open up other paths and greatly expanded my horizons. The biggest source of energy behind this is the The positive energy activated from the true nature within oneself, without the support of this inner blessing and the protection of the great Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, normal people will never be able to face so many hardships alone, whether it is from the jungle physically or mentally. The ascetic practice or the personnel situation of being a second-class citizen in other sanghas, and even the various hardships of food and education, are not easily able to endure the test, and I can still often feel the joy of the Dharma appearing along the way. !This is the magic of Buddhism.

Therefore, the first thing to learn Buddhism is to know how to activate the incredible power inherent in our nature. This power can not only restore our inherent perfect wisdom and virtue, but also enable us to naturally break through when faced with all difficulties in life. If you don't know how to activate this power first, you will not be able to truly gain the benefits of Buddhism right now. No matter how much Buddhist knowledge you have loaded in your mind and how many dharma ceremonies you have studied, it is not the real Buddhism, it's just the surface of Buddhism. It's just the form above, and it doesn't work at all when facing the realm.And how can we activate this incredible power?You must seek deep within yourself, to perceive the eternal energy behind the three poisons and false self, and to strive to truly enter that realm in the process of practice through the guidance of Buddha chanting, meditation, and scripture teaching. , you will suddenly enter the Dharma realm at a certain moment, when the karma is mature, and the inherent power of time will be fully manifested, and you will be able to live in the world of bliss like a saint at the moment, and use the wisdom of Prajna to solve life. All the problems in the past, in the future, in the situation of all people and things, you can also be able to achieve everything you want and do everything you want.The effect of studying Buddhism can not only be used to solve the problem of reincarnation in the next life, but also to solve the present and present realm, increase one's own blessings and wisdom, and live in a state of freedom where there is no appearance on the outside and no heart on the inside.

Example XNUMX. Benefit of subduing afflictions with Buddhist knowledge

Since about eight years ago, I met the Pure Land thoughts of Master Shandao, the second patriarch of the Pure Sect, and immediately established the confidence in rebirth. My inner troubles have been completely subdued, and I have been able to live in the Dharma joy of reciting the Buddha all the time.In the past ten years or so, I have been able to let go of all the teachings, even preaching and spreading the Dharma, and all worldly relationships. The six faculties are no longer attached to the outside world.But all karma arises and perishes in impermanence. During the period of refraining from speaking in XNUMX, I accidentally came into contact with Eckhart Tolle, a German spiritual teacher, who recounted the process of enlightenment. A few words touched me. Over the years, the experience of the state of mind in the present has also confirmed the various realizations of the past for me one by one.In an instant, my heart seemed to become one with the entire Dharma Realm, and a ray of light penetrated into my heart and filled the ten directions, and the vague clouds and mists hidden in the corners of my heart suddenly disappeared. A gratuitous gift.After that, I found that the level of my inner Dharma joy was different again. The troubles that had long been subdued by Buddha's power in the past seemed to be disintegrating and dissolving one by one. It is very different from relying on the Buddha's power to protect one's thoughts, but the two can complement each other without interfering with each other, which is really like a tiger with wings.If Buddhist practitioners, no matter what Dharma they are majoring in, they can put more effort into their self-nature, no matter what kind of dharma they are majoring in, they will be able to put more effort into their own nature.

For example, the scriptures teach us that we should treat people and things with sincerity in everything we do, and we must recite from the sincerity of the Buddha to be able to respond. However, because the heart of ordinary people is inherently full of greed, hatred, and delusion, we must do this. It's really not easy, and if we can reveal the artificiality from the self-nature of perfect virtue, then everything will become very simple. If we have thoughts, words, and no intentions, they will naturally correspond to good dharmas, because we Once you have entered your true self, you will immediately feel a peaceful, peaceful and vast compassionate magnetic field filling your heart, and everything that is naturally created from this state of mind will be of the same quality as the pure and pure of true heart. Good corresponding, so you can achieve the effect of transition from the heart.For example, when we try to live in harmony with all the grievances and creditors, we will inevitably have patience in our hearts. At best, we can temporarily subdue our troubles. But if you can raise awareness and let your heart set out from your own nature, then it will At present, all sentient beings are themselves, and there is no so-called grievance and creditor. Your compassion of the same body will naturally be manifested in your actions, and you will naturally accept all external situations with joy, and the results you feel are bound to be extraordinary and complete. , this is to start from the fundamental xinxing, not from the branches and leaves.Therefore, if you can transform your inner state first, starting from a pure and pure state of mind and vision, the world will be different.

How can the mind be transformed?You can use any method, as long as you follow your own major to deepen one discipline, follow the precepts, concentration and wisdom, and capture the six faculties, until the mind reaches a certain level of tranquility and meditation, and suddenly you can enter the Dharma Realm of the Self-Nature Self. It absorbs the vast energy in the universe, but before that, the most important thing is to make a wish to be able to enter from induction, that is, no matter when and where, what Dharma door you are majoring in, a kind of seeking enlightenment in the moment The desire to see one’s nature must not be lost, and one must never be content with less. Everything will be discussed after rebirth, or all the luckful thoughts that rely on Amitabha Buddha are all good, such inappropriate thoughts are what hinders oneself. The biggest factor in knowing the mind, seeing the nature, and thoroughly comprehending the original is because all dharmas are based on the mind.To understand the so-called Pure Land Dharma that relies entirely on Buddha's power and relies on Buddha's blessings, this is a kind of respect and humility that must be possessed, but the real respect must be implemented in self-reliance, self-improvement, doing your best, and following the teachings. , rather than speculative, slack and irresponsible reactions, otherwise that kind of respect is false. In the end, you will find that you can't sense the blessings and protection of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas at all. After studying Buddhism for so long, you have cultivated a lot. Fu, why didn't you change your destiny or gain grace? In fact, you misunderstood the teachings yourself, and your intentions were fundamentally wrong.On the other hand, if you make a vow and do your best, but you still can’t understand the nature of your heart in this life, but at least you are sincere in your heart and deeds, then at the end of your life, you only need to keep your faith in your wish for rebirth, and you will surely attain Buddhahood. Now take the lead, to become a Buddha.If you can realize the self-nature when the karma matures, then you will be able to cut off all afflictions at the moment, and only the homework of gradually eliminating habitual qi will be left, then you will be very comfortable and happy on the path of cultivation, and cultivation will become true. A thing to enjoy.Because everything that starts from the realm of Buddha-nature is pure and good, and pure and good can resolve all external afflictions and obstacles, and it will also put oneself in a realm of infinite Dharma joy. This is the fundamental There is a way to solve the current troubles, so according to your own main practice, you can continue to go deep into your self-nature, until you enter the true Dharma body and see the treasure of your true self. This is the fastest way to achieve the practice. The current major of Dharma practice is just to improve the aspirations, and to go deeper into the self-nature in the practice of the Dharma. After a long time, success will naturally come naturally. Everyone has the opportunity to see the local scenery that is self-sufficient at the moment.

 

Example XNUMX: The Magical Uses of Transforming Sentient Beings with Buddha Wisdom

In order to save sentient beings, I believe that every person who is determined to practice the Bodhisattva Way must have felt very difficult. How difficult is it?Even the great Arahant Shariputra would turn back, so it can be seen that saving sentient beings is really not an easy task.Recently, I have become very familiar with the wonderful method of saving sentient beings with the wisdom of the Buddha. This wonderful method can be said that no sentient being cannot be saved.What is it that is so magical?That is to fundamentally save and transform sentient beings with Buddha’s wisdom. How can we transform with Buddha’s wisdom?In the mind of the Buddha, there are really no sentient beings to save, and since there are no sentient beings to save, who will save sentient beings now?Therefore, as long as the situation meets the predestination, as long as you always abide in the awareness of your own nature, understand the law of causation and do not stick to its appearance, you will always be in harmony with all living beings, save and have no limits, and naturally emit a stable and peaceful magnetic field, and the invisible and external environment will follow it. The energy is captured and each is settled in its own position. In this way, to save sentient beings and practice the Bodhisattva Way is to respond to all changes with the same, and to save the immeasurable with nothing. .Of course, with our current energy and strength, we cannot be as powerful as the Buddha. According to the scriptures, Devadatta has repeatedly harmed the Buddha. He once set up a group of mad elephants to trample the Buddha to death. It's like suddenly stepping on the brakes, immediately softening it down, like a quiet obedience bathed in the Buddha's light, this kind of stable, peaceful and powerful positive energy is what we need to constantly absorb and strengthen.Although my strength is still very weak, at least I have discovered this wonderful method, and I know how to strengthen my own energy. I can really generate strong confidence from my heart, and I am no longer the same as before about saving sentient beings. Fear of difficulty.The method of transforming sentient beings with Buddha's wisdom is really the most wonderful and efficient method, and at the same time, it can protect oneself from falling into the bodhisattva path along with the state in the process of saving sentient beings.In case the energy, wisdom and virtue in us are not enough to influence the powerful troubles of all beings, then let’s accept the unrecognizable Ruru first!At the moment, it also happens to achieve the merit of no-self. In all the good and bad realms, you can raise the concept of karma and do not generate discrimination and attachment. This is not the achievement of another kind of merit.

Now I finally found out why we usually find it very difficult to save sentient beings. The reason is that we don’t know how to save lives within ourselves, and we don’t know how to radiate the magnetic field of selflessness and harmony in the present moment. If we can do this, I believe No matter what kind of sentient beings are strong and difficult to transform, they must be saved sooner or later.On the other hand, if you just seek outward, even if you try your best, you will not be able to change anyone, because sentient beings are drawn by karma and cannot be independent. Even if you know something is wrong and you want to correct it, you may not be able to correct it. Under the training, how can this really make people change their minds and be convinced?So if you can’t save sentient beings, you should think that the problem is only within yourself, is your positive energy not enough?Is it because you can't rest on your own?Is it because his skillful wisdom has not been brought into full play?In the end, all solutions must be sought from one's own mind, only in this way can one hope to grasp the magical effect of saving sentient beings with Buddha's wisdom.

 

Example XNUMX. Entering a state of awareness that is truly like Buddha-nature

From the imagination of the mind, many people always think that after entering into emptiness, the mind will be kept clean and untainted at all times, and no delusion will appear again, but this is not the case.Delusions are the image archives of sentient beings that have been accumulated in the alaya consciousness through endless eons of birth and death since the beginning of time. Even an arahant who has suddenly entered emptiness can already rely on his own efforts to survive and die in the three realms. All kinds of thoughts appear, the difference is only that a person who has entered into emptiness can always bring up the effort of awareness, and bring up the true self awareness in the emptiness, such as seeing the thoughts of arising and disappearing from time to time, with it coming and going. Feel free and unmoved, and you will not be troubled by external illusions. In this way, you can always live in righteous thoughts and no longer fall into the bitter sea of ​​samsara. At this time, the state is as if there is still in the heart. Another real self and the false world of the outside world coexist at the same time without interfering with each other.

Usually, if we practice various methods of chanting Buddha or meditating, the six sense organs will no longer be attached to the external environment, and the delusions in our heart will naturally gradually decrease. In the middle, no matter whether the external environment is good or bad, I will not take it to heart, but maintain a kind of selfless love of the same body, and live in every moment of the moment according to the causal conditions. This kind of feeling is logically different from living. Immortal bliss is the same.Therefore, being born and dying and attaining Buddhahood is not something that happens after rebirth, but can be used at the moment, but when we are freed from the shackles of the physical body, the consciousness will be able to come and go freely.The physical body is a very good tool to help us experience suffering and happiness and finally settle in the state of neither suffering nor happiness. When we can enter into the truth of the middle way and live in emptiness, the function of this physical body is largely completed.Therefore, some sages see that there is no alms in the world, so they are freed from birth and death and reborn freely. If they still have alms to save sentient beings, then they can stay for a few more years to make good use of this tool.My own skills are still shallow, and I still need to work hard to maintain my responsibilities and constantly eliminate karma. However, the truth of the universe can be basically seen clearly. The original teachings of many religions in ancient and modern China and abroad also return to this place.But even so, after entering emptiness, it is not the end of the matter. For oneself, life and death are complete, but for all beings of the same body who are still confused, then one has to make a vow to save them in order to achieve Buddhahood. Therefore, an arahant must return from the small to the big, generate Bodhicitta, attain wisdom after attaining it, and then spend the time of three asamkhya kalpas to practice the mind and save sentient beings, in order to fully achieve blessings and wisdom.

After my own experience through teachings and demonstrations many years ago, I often felt that although I was in the world, my spiritual consciousness seemed to be living in another world, but at that time I was not very sure what it was. In such a state, every time I watch people in this world come and go, eat, drink and Lazar, they are reincarnated day after day, like watching a scene on the sidelines, everything seems to have nothing to do with me but cannot be separated.Now I am able to live in this state of tranquility and indistinguishability generously, just contemplating it like this, without joy or joy in my heart, there is only one Buddha name that always lives in my heart, and there is only one true Dharma Realm that I am fascinated by.

 

Example XNUMX. Breakthrough of heart and mind with joy and merit

After recently confirming the realm that I have realized in the past, and then reviewing the scriptures I have learned in the past, I can summarize and elaborate more satisfactorily, because all realms are fulfilled in the present moment when they are in touch with the self-nature. From that If you look at all the sutras with your eyes and mind, you will immediately be able to elevate to his original state. It is incredible, and you can understand everything without any effort.This also confirms what is said from the perspective of consciousness-only, that the external world is the manifestation of the internal state. When you see that the interpretation of the external world is evil, it means that your current heart is the seed of defilement. When the seed of self-nature in your mind is rising, what you see in your eyes is perfect and beautiful.

In the past XNUMX years, I have never seen a person who is truly enlightened in Buddhism, so I have never been able to learn about the merits of rejoicing. Many of the people you see in your eyes are enlightened people, including those who do not yet understand that they have reached the state of enlightenment, whether they are deep or shallow, so naturally they can admire and praise from their hearts without any effort. , I can really do it.The huge change in this moment is really incredible to me.Why couldn't I see a fully enlightened person in my eyes in the past?Aren't many of the teachers and teachers I've been close to are famous monks, wise teachers, and great scholars with high morality and respect in modern times?The reason is very simple, because I haven't reached that realm myself, so I can't see it.Now that I have entered, and then look out from the scenery inside, I can clearly see the hearts and behaviors of people who also have the characteristics of showing their own nature. Buddhas, praise the Tathagata, make offerings extensively, repent of karmic obstacles, and rejoice in meritorious deeds… all of them can naturally be accepted and upheld from the heart.

What are the characteristics of the manifested nature?Here I can easily mention a few things. First, his mind must always be full and focused, his willpower will not be scattered, and he can often stay in the present moment.Second, in his actions, words, and movements, there will naturally be a quiet, peaceful, gentle, compassionate, non-arguing, and accommodating bearing in the moment.Third, he will be selfless, altruistic, casual, and equal for all sentient beings.Fourth, his xinxing is stable and unchanging. Even if he shows the magnetic field emitted by the three poisonous habits, he will not lose his inner compassion, so he will not really annoy sentient beings.Fifth, he can have energy that affects the surrounding magnetic field, and can dissolve the unstable negative energy.Sixth, he can persist in accomplishing positive and altruistic things despite difficulties.Seventh, no matter what role he is playing at the moment, he can be happy and comfortable and not conflict with all realms.Eighth, he can follow the situation without clinging to it, his body and mind are always introverted and stable, and he can adjust his body at any time according to the external environment.Ninth, he can intuitively feel other people's magnetic field energy level, wisdom and ignorance true and false.Tenth, he can tolerate all good and evil, people, affairs and external conditions, and will not reproduce the three poisons and troubles in his heart.

Of course, these qualities will be manifested in different degrees according to the depth of each enlightened person’s realization, and will also be manifested in the outward appearance due to the shallowness of each person’s past karma. There will be differences, but the quality of entering is the same, just like the sea, even if you drink only one drop, the taste is the same as the whole sea.But if you drink more or less, the amount varies from person to person.It is also said in the scriptures that saints who have attained the Four Fruits of Arhats and have already died at the moment still have the habits of the three poisons that have not been eliminated, so those who have not seen their nature cannot understand the actions of saints from the outside, and only see saints as sages. They are ordinary people like them, because the ability of ordinary people can only understand the three poisons and troubles of the same nature as them on the outside, but cannot understand the hearts of saints.For example, a father shows hatred in his behavior and scolds a child who has made mistakes, but in his heart is a teaching of compassion and love, hoping that he can remember the lesson and avoid repeating it.And the father's diligence, as a child who has never realized this kind of intention in his heart, how can he experience his father's inner world through conscious imagination?You have to go to the foster child to know the heart of the parents, and you have truly played the role of a parent before you can truly understand.Therefore, only people who see nature can really recognize it, because as long as people who see nature will have the qualities I mentioned above, if we expand it further, it is the energy magnetic field that is boundless, boundless, pure and pure in the universe. All the good dharmas that are selfless and altruistic, they can display these positive energies at the right time. Can you also reflect on how much it corresponds to your own state?

 

Example XNUMX. The state of walking, standing, sitting, lying, and staying inseparable from the Buddha's mind

The Buddha's mind is awareness, awareness, and a state of peace, stability, softness, light, coolness, and tranquility in our heart. When our mind is calm and free of distractions, we will naturally be able to clearly observe ourselves as if we were walking, standing, sitting, and lying down. It is the body of the universe, which is still illuminating all things on the earth, accommodating all things, including all the fabrications of our false self, which will also be observed by this spiritually aware true self.Even if the delusional habit of beginningless time still pops up from the vacuum from time to time, you can just raise awareness and let it come and go before the eyes of the mind.Those who cultivate after enlightenment must keep on keeping themselves in this state, and constantly strengthen this positive energy. The quieter and more focused their minds are, the fewer delusions will arise. The energy will continue to be manifested again and again.If you are a person who is not long into the mind at the beginning, because the energy is still weak, occasionally you will forget the power of awareness due to karma and habits. This is normal, as long as you bring up your righteous thoughts in time, as the ancestors said: " Don’t be afraid of thinking, just be afraid of being late.” Thoughts are bound to arise, because the state of emptiness after the realization of emptiness is not a stubborn emptiness with nothing, it can still appear in the ten dharma realms according to its causes and conditions. The righteousness is solemn and solemn, so having thoughts is also a normal phenomenon.Ordinary people do not follow this principle no matter what kind of practice they study, that is, they must abide or take care of this delusional thought while walking, sitting, standing, lying down. If Wan Nian temporarily suppresses delusional thoughts, then the troubles in your heart will sometimes burst out suddenly because you can't suppress it. It's like pressing the grass with stones. You have already been able to have a very firm belief in the Three Jewels and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Let this power from other forces first enter your heart and be blessed and protected. Otherwise, most of you will not be able to lasting and give up on your own cultivation on the path. Because in the process of afflicted afflictions, there is always no joy in the Dharma, and if the joy in the Dharma does not arise, it is easy to lose confidence. Therefore, no matter what Dharma you study, you must first work on your mind, even if you can’t rely on your own self-knowledge. One should be able to believe in Buddhas and Bodhisattvas wholeheartedly, and build firm confidence on this first, so that the process of cultivation can generate joy in the Dharma and maintain the confidence that will not turn back.

Take myself as an example. In the first twelve years of my Pure Land study, chanting Buddha was just with the mind of practicing kung fu. It was like pressing grass with stones. I am even more anxious because I can't see the success or failure of kung fu. Of course, when I recite the Buddha in this way, there is no joy in the Dharma. At the end of the recitation, it can be said that reciting the Buddha is my nightmare. The exhaustion of the upper body makes the karma of the body and mind develop all at once, which is simply unbearable pain.This is because although I recite Buddha in my mouth, my heart does not sense the power of the Buddha's name, so there is only pain without any effect, until I encountered Master Shandao's Pure Land teaching, and after I really sensed the blessing of the Buddha's power, I immediately experienced the Buddha's light ( After I have always been inseparable from my body, mind and body, I am immersed in the joy of the Dharma all the time. Even before the troubles and karma are present, my heart still does not lose this power of dependence, and this power can help me in life. The big things are reduced to the small, the small things are reduced to nothing, more and more peace and auspiciousness, and the wishes are fulfilled. This is the blessing of believing in the power of the Buddha wholeheartedly, and being able to walk, stand, sit and lie down without departing from the Buddha's heart.Although I didn't know my mind and see my nature at that time, I was able to use the blessings of the Buddha's vows to make the Buddha's merits and virtues infuse into my heart and have an effect on unity.And if I can see the true self of the Buddha-nature myself, then the realm at that time is to know whether the Buddha-power that is always inseparable from my heart and my self-nature Buddha is one or not two, and they naturally become one, and even the outside world is my heart. All the things that appear are of the same body as me, the mind, the Buddha, the sentient beings, and the three are indistinguishable. In this realm, of course, there will be a moment of enlightenment that never leaves the mind of the Buddha, and you are already living in another world of rebirth. It seems that the body has not left Saha, but is already a person living in another Dharma realm.

 

Example XNUMX. Creativity emerging from the Self

About eight years ago, after I sensed the blessings of Buddha's power from Master Shandao's skillful teachings, and now established the confidence of rebirth, I can often sense the creativity emerging from the self in my daily life, but at that time I I don’t know how to describe it like this, because I don’t know such a realm yet, but I just feel that I always feel inspired when I wake up in the middle of the night after worshipping or reciting Buddha, and I can make many unique and correct things. decision.Over the years, I have written a lot of articles and speeches under these circumstances and completed them quickly without thinking. If it were not for these circumstances, I would sometimes sit in front of the computer and want to write something, but I couldn't write it. Especially when waking up naturally at night.Someone who has come over once said that when we are in the period of sleep that is completely dreamless, it is when we receive the energy of the universe. This effect is like a person can feel full of energy after entering deep meditation. This kind of energy is actually the energy of our self-nature body that has received the self-nature energy that fills the universe.The scriptures say that the inherent Buddha power of our own nature is inexhaustible and powerful, but it cannot be developed because of delusional attachments.It has also been confirmed medically that less than XNUMX% of our human potential is actually used. Considering that the evolution of human intelligence has been able to enter outer space and create nuclear bombs, it is only less than XNUMX%. The energy of the third, what if it is fully developed?

Therefore, if we want to improve our wisdom and develop our potential, we must seek it in our hearts. The scriptures say: "Peaceful Aurora Enlightenment" When our minds are calm to a certain level, our inherent super energy will develop infinitely. Come.On the other hand, if you seek the Dharma outside your heart, release the six senses, and keep putting some knowledge in your head, it will only make your delusions and attachments more flamboyant, and you will dissipate your little energy, and you will be farther away from your true wisdom.From this, we can also understand why the old Bodhisattva, who does not know words and has no culture at all, is suddenly able to draw a Buddha statue, and the extremely thin lines outlined on the portrait are all lined with scriptures full of scriptures. painted.Also, an uneducated person like the Sixth Patriarch Huineng could have an epiphany at a time. The key lies in the potential creativity triggered by having a pure heart, a pure heart, and a sincere heart.In fact, many people around us who are very successful in creation or in their profession have actually partially inspired this potential in their own nature, but they themselves do not understand the reason for this state, so I It is said that when I look at all people from my current perspective, I really see a lot of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, because when I see them, they are exerting the infinite energy inherent in their own nature and doing all the truth, goodness, beauty and wisdom in the world as Bodhisattvas.

 

Example XNUMX: Silently illuminating the Dharma Realm of the Buddha

In XNUMX, I entered into the Dharma Realm of Silent Contemplation of the Buddha, when I stopped my feet and recited the Buddha. At that time, I just used the term "conceptually contemplate the Buddha" to describe my current state of realization according to my current experience. But until now (XNUMX), I have truly accepted that that realm is the Dharma Realm that is silently illuminated in the Buddha-nature. It is a state of eternal silence that is truly like the essence of Buddha-nature. The endless stream of delusions that appeared in the false self-consciousness was covered up, so it was not easy to find Him.Just like in a big family gathering, hundreds of people are chatting and laughing, and it is very lively, and the scene behind the crowd has been quietly staying there, and will not interfere with anyone, so most people will not go. notice it.

The appearance of Chang Jingguang’s body is like a blank space on a boundless piece of white paper, on which all sentient beings can scribble as much as they like. No matter whether sentient beings paint beautiful or ugly, He accepts them all, and most people will only notice that we are on the white paper. We seldom notice the blank space for the words or patterns written on it. If we want to find our original Buddha-nature, we must look for the blank space. The blank space is the silence in our hearts. In the Dharma Realm, all kinds of characters and patterns are our various delusions. We just have to find them in the gaps between various delusions. If there are too many delusions at the beginning, it will be difficult to find them. Mantras, etc. help us to gather all thoughts together, and then there will be more and more obvious space in the blank space.The longer you take in the six faculties, the stronger the concentration of the central force, and the easier it is to realize the eternal stillness in an instant.

At the beginning of XNUMX, I began to practice Buddhism in Taitung's permanent residence. At that time, in response to the prediction of a global disaster, I took the opportunity to step up my homework and do my homework. If there is a disaster, then die!If there is no disaster, it is also a rare life simulation.So I spend most of the day praying to Buddha and reciting Buddha, and sometimes when I’m doing business, I practice samatha meditation and focus on the situation. I took a lot of delusional thoughts, and I felt very light and happy.Once, just after two hours of worshipping the Buddha, when I walked to the Daliao to wash and cook, I suddenly felt like an electric current had struck my whole body. Because I just finished worshiping the Buddha, my whole person was very relaxed, so I continued to concentrate on my work, and I didn’t deliberately mention the Buddha’s name again in my heart. There was a sense of complete tranquility and emptiness in my heart, and then I suddenly noticed that there was no The text of the Buddha's name or the appearance of the Buddha's image appeared, but I could deeply feel that Amitabha was in my heart at that moment, never leaving, always with me, and I was moved to tears at that time. Not only that, but I also talked about this experience with fellow practitioners on Facebook, and according to the realm at the time, I recorded it in the verses of the "Buddhist Disciple Guidance" that I collected by using the term of silent conception of Buddha.Now let’s compare it with the vision of entering the Dharma Realm. The inner nameless Amitabha Buddha I saw at that time was the Dharmakaya, the real Buddha, and our inherent Buddha-nature. Although my attention was focused on the external object at that time, But it didn't prevent him from staying in that quiet corner all the time, always accompanying me, and I suddenly became aware of his existence in an inadvertently quiet moment.This kind of state is a bit like the meditation described by the Tiantai School, in which the mind is still and motionless, and the view is clear to the outside world, but the difference is that my mind is not in empty and static meditation at the moment. It can truly show the feeling that Amitabha Buddha's self-nature Dharma body is living in my heart at this moment, but inside there is an existence that has no form, no form and no Buddha's name. portraiture.But at that time I interpreted it from the perspective of the Pure Land Dharma, and now I see it from the realm of true Buddha-nature, and the two are not contradictory.From the perspective of the dead body, it is in a state of nothingness and stillness, but He can show everything from the hearts of people. What emerges from the minds of Buddhist chanting people is the Dharma Realm of Amitabha Buddha. Different treasures will appear from the ever-silent light of different practitioners.At this time, I could again experience the scene in Huayan that the light and light shine on each other, the dharma world merges with each other, and everything is unobstructed.And the immeasurable dharma realms that appear in the fields of the eight consciousnesses of every sentient being, as mentioned in "Only Consciousness", are also like this. They are all the same Dharma Realm of Eternal Silentness, but the angle and the name are slightly different.

It has been four years since I entered that state, and I still recite the Buddha every day, but there are so many other things I focus on in my mind, so I don’t need to pay attention to my inner contemplation, but even though I don’t, I know that state. He is already there and will never be lost again, and He is always there with me, just like you have found a treasure in yourself, as long as you don't deliberately take it out and throw it away, He will be there. It will always work there, and this is the treasure that everyone has in their own body -- the true self, the Buddha-nature, the true likeness, the true heart, the self-nature, the essence.When He is not activated, it is always silent and motionless, and when encountering circumstances and fates, He can emerge from the sky again. It is the largest source of energy in the universe. This is truly an incredible treasure of the Tathagata!Every one of us ordinary beings have lost this treasure of their own for endless kalpas, and they think they are poor, and all day long, they are crawling and begging. Now that we know that we have this treasure, we should turn around and look for it. Once we find it , we are now a wealthy and noble family, all blessings and wisdom are contained in it, and there will be no shortage at all.

The human body is rare, the Buddhadharma is unpleasant, and human life is only in the breath. We must quickly grasp the limited time to complete this important task, because only the functions of the human body can easily help us retrieve this long-hidden treasure. If you lose your human body, it will be a thousand times more difficult to achieve this goal.But it is not difficult to find it now, as long as you can honestly start your mind, go deep into one door, take in the six faculties, and search within your own mind, and you will no longer be controlled by the three poisons and false self, and constantly clamber and chase outward. If you follow the Buddhist teachings All rely on the power of the Buddha to recite the Buddha honestly. Within three years, there will be news. If you are familiar with the roots, you may be able to find your own treasure in one to seven days through Vipassana, meditation, or reciting the Buddha. If you have the true self with Buddha nature, if you don’t believe it, just try to see it, and you will be able to verify that what I say is true.

 

Example XNUMX. The current situation of the great compassion of the same body

This evening, after reciting the "Amitabha Sutra" and "Praise the Buddha", and then reciting the holy name of Amitabha Buddha, suddenly a strong heart of compassion emerged in my heart, and I observed that my heart reappeared in my heart. Xiang, the uncontrollable tears in the eye sockets poured down again, the intensity of the touching seems to be like all the cells of the whole body are crying bitterly for all beings who are suffering at the moment, I just do it like this He continued to sincerely sing and recite the Buddha's name for all sentient beings of the same body. During the whole evening class, he stayed in this realm during the recitation of the Buddha's name, so that the Buddha's name was sung out of tune during the process.In the XNUMX or so years of my ordination, there have been many times like this kind of sensory realm, but the strongest feeling is this time, and this time is the most perfect one, especially this time is different from the second one. In XNUMX, I was in a similar situation when I wrote the lyrics of the Buddhist song "The Sufferings of the World, Who Knows" in the dormitory of the Singapore Jingzong Society, and I was able to perceive that the state at this time was even more added than at that time. A sense of peace that coexists deep within the mind with the state that arises.At that time when he was almost fully immersed in the situation of the great compassion of the one body, the calm awareness in the present self, He was also watching all these emotional fluctuations, like the wild waves and the deep sea at the same time. The calm water below is with me, so I didn’t have all kinds of thoughts because of emotional agitation in my body and mind. I just watched my own body and the tears of great compassion flow naturally, just let it come naturally. Come and go naturally.At the same time, I also understand that this state is a natural reaction since I recently entered the state of true self and Buddha nature, so I will not feel surprised or unusual.Unlike in XNUMX, after listening to the Buddha's song and filling in the lyrics, I unknowingly entered the realm of great compassion of the same body, and I couldn't pull back to reality for a while. It only took about five minutes before and after filling in the lyrics, but After that, I cried for more than two hours and couldn't get out of my realm at all, until I was tired of crying and let myself fall asleep on the soaked pillow with tears in my eyes. The next day, my eyes were very swollen, and my whole body was numb. I felt very tired, as if I had exhausted all the energy on my body. For the first time, I did not go to the temple to do the morning class.

Great compassion is inherent in the nature of every human being. The reason why it cannot function normally is because of the sense of separation from all sentient beings and forgetting the truth that all sentient beings in the universe are one. If we realize that all sentient beings are one with me through meditation and righteous thoughts , and even understand that our thoughts are closely related to all sentient beings, and you will naturally no longer have a sense of separation from all people and things.Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are saints who have fully realized no-self. They will never cry or laugh for themselves again, because they know that all phenomena are empty, and they are all temporary illusions, but because all living beings are still there. Mystery, taking all phenomena as real and generating joy, anger, sadness and joy in them and unable to control themselves, then the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the same body will weep because of the endless suffering of sentient beings, and rejoice because of the joy of sentient beings, until all sentient beings are saved. It is the state of mind of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

 

Example XNUMX. A little bit of spiritual awareness while walking, standing, sitting, lying down

It has been a month since I entered a brand new world due to self-affirmation on May XNUMX. It feels like three or five days have passed in this month. Looking back on the state of the past month, I was in a state of awareness almost when walking, standing, sitting, lying, and lying. I’ve spent a lot of time, on the one hand, I’m busy completing this book, and the other time is only when I’m going out of the slopes and two meals. During this time, I will also focus on practising samatha meditation, to observe my thoughts or body movements. In the process of walking, I also deliberately made my movements slower, as much as possible to the rhythm of yoga and worshiping Buddha, so as to get rid of my monkey-like habit like Sun Wukong.Sometimes when I sit on the outdoor bench and count the Buddha, I will naturally take care of the surrounding woods, and I feel like I am a part of this new world of nature. The harmony of the environment also keeps my state of mind in a stable and peaceful state.During this period of cessation of speech and chanting, because the artificial meaning of speech has stopped, I can be more sensitive to thoughts when I meditate. Over the past month, almost no negative thought energy has appeared in front of me. , I only remember these few days. About once or twice, I noticed that there was a vague feeling of impatience in my heart that was about to arise. This feeling only lasted for two or three seconds and was transformed by the awareness that I deliberately brought up. The reason is that these days, because of the constant flow of inspiration for my writing, I have taken up more of the scheduled class time for chanting and praying to Buddha.But after I raised the right view, subdued the attachments of discrimination, and entered the state of my true self, the peaceful and tranquil Dharma Realm immediately drowned out the faintly emerging negative thoughts. Such a great progress is more than Before I started, maybe every one or two weeks, my body and mind would have some floating state, as if I was clamoring to let myself take a vacation, go out for a walk, run errands, or buy something to eat to reward myself, and then I will be reconciled. Return to a stable working state.Since this month, I have no such need at all, because my whole body and mind are in a state of relaxation and tranquility all the time, and there is no change in the tension in my mind, so I don’t need to adjust any more, and time feels very fast. It seems that people have been living in the same realm all the time. Although the content of the activities also includes various changes in form, such as reciting Buddha, worshipping Buddha, doing homework in the morning and evening, writing books, and going out to the slope to cook, etc. The same homework, because the hearts all live in the same state.I believe that as long as I stay in this position for a while, I will be able to fully adapt to this new world. From the current baby-like state, I will gradually enter the stage of learning to walk, walk, and run. At that time, I will have Stronger confidence, like a good fortune boy, go through events and practice your heart according to fate. At this stage, you can only get used to peaceful coexistence with all kinds of masters and enemies inside.

This morning, because I was accidentally stung by a bee yesterday, the wound that I didn't care about at first became more swollen today, so I went out to the clinic for an injection, drove down the road, and entered the only small clinic nearby. It's overcrowded, like going to a refugee camp. According to my habit, I don't like going to messy and noisy places. If I had to participate in it, I would just recite the Buddha and wait for the scene to end. Want to take the initiative to mingle with the outside world.But this time it was very different. I waited peacefully in the clinic, watching attentively that five or six nurses in the clinic were busy giving injections to many patients, and some people were waiting. Neither made me subconsciously want to isolate myself from them.On the contrary, I opened my heart, and the realm exists naturally. There is nothing purer and more peaceful than the outside world, and the outside world is a sense of separation outside of me, looking at the humble clinic and the unprofessional nurses. , I can still sincerely praise the nurse who came to give me injections, and chatted with her about how I saw a neighbor woman in the countryside when I was a child scalding chicken feathers with hot water, slashed the chicken's neck with a knife, and caught it with a bucket The sight of the blood spewed out on the spot makes the feet soft, so I especially admire them as nurses who are not afraid of blood, and bravely give injections and treat wounds for patients. . .She was very happy after listening to this. She may not often hear such compliments when working in such a busy small clinic. The nurse also took the initiative to tell me about the tense situation of giving injections to patients when she was a first-time student. There is a natural intimacy.What made me feel the most joy in the Fa was that I suddenly noticed that the various external conditions that I saw when I walked out of my permanent residence this time after taking the heart for a month, and the previous vision really had a completely new vision. The current external conditions are different. It's just that on weekdays I watch those flowers, plants and trees glowing in the permanent residence. Even when I walk outside the permanent residence, I see everyone glowing, and these external environments also include the places I usually avoid deliberately. Predestination, because I was very afraid of being dirty and noisy since I was a child, and now these allergic symptoms seem to be cured suddenly, and I and the outside world seem to be communicating with each other through Dharmakaya, not external conditions. And now, the body that I have been living with for almost fifty years seems to be just an image material. This is really a brand new feeling. At this moment, I accept all of this peacefully, and just let it know and understand as it is. Faxi.

 

Example XNUMX. Simultaneous perception of cause and effect

This morning, as usual, I got up and started writing as soon as I got inspiration in the early morning. Today, I got up at two o'clock. I felt a little tired after writing for a while. Sleep.As soon as I went to bed, I pressed the counter in my hand and recited the Buddha's name first, and after a few words, I realized that I had a thought, and suddenly I got up and wrote a manuscript just now, and the quilt was not folded. , I was shocked, and suddenly it was as if I was struck by lightning, because I was shocked to realize that this scene actually happens occasionally, and I have never had such a realization, at most I just watched helplessly. Looking at the messy quilt on the bed, I felt a little ashamed in my heart, because when the Sangha and the public lived together, it was absolutely impossible to see such a scene. The reason will not care about some details, but there will still be a feeling of shame that arises at the moment.But today's experience is very different. It is no longer a matter of right or wrong, but a state of "cause and effect" suddenly appeared in my heart.

Usually when we are careless, we always think that the concept of cause and effect is that there is a cause first, and then the result is obtained after the condition. In fact, this is only a concept understood by ordinary people, and it is not the case in reality.When the scene of the unfolded quilt appeared in my heart today, it immediately showed me the realm of cause and effect at the same time, which made me truly feel that the quilt was not folded when I got out of bed to write a manuscript. At the same time as it was created, the retribution is already there, because the reason why the quilt is messed up is not that it was messed up after I saw it now, but it was messed up at the same time as the cause, but I never noticed it. It's just the real situation, isn't this just the phenomenon of cause and effect at the same time?The concept of cause and effect in the Buddhaland and Pure Land, which I have learned for so long, finally let me truly experience it today.In the past, when I explained the Pure Land Dharma to others, I would often quote the words of Zen Master Cheng Wu, the founder of Jingzong: "When you recite the Buddha, you will become a Buddha, you will become a Buddha, and you will save your life." This concept is very difficult for ordinary people to understand. , it is even more difficult to bear directly, but this is a real state.Just when we are reciting the name with one heart, the three actions of body, speech and mind at the moment are exactly the same as those of the Buddha, and its function is the same, so it is said that when we recite the Buddha, it is the time when we become a Buddha and also when we become a Buddha. , this is the truth, there is no mystery, and there is no reason to dare to take it. The reason why we dare not take it or believe it is because our hearts are rough, and our attachments are too heavy. In the concept of ordinary people and Buddhas It's so different, how could it be the same now?This is to see things with the prejudice of ordinary people.In fact, even time is false, and there is no such thing as cause and effect at all. This is just an illusion of ordinary people. These realities themselves have been there since the beginning. They are neither mysterious nor alienated, but our hearts have always been Like a state of suspended animation, there is no awareness.Once our mind is calm and our false thoughts are reduced, the realm that emerges from our true heart will increase, and the sights we see at this time are all brand-new, all delicate, all surprising, and all beautiful. , I was so moved by this realization. After you truly understand this truth, you will have a firm belief in "accomplish what you want and do what you want".

 

Example XNUMX. The benefit of fundamentally overcoming fear

The most fundamental benefit that Buddhism brings to sentient beings in the ten directions is to completely and forever be free from all sufferings, but to receive all kinds of happiness. This includes unconditionally bringing all the blessings and wisdom to all sentient beings.The root cause of people's troubles is the fear in their hearts. They demand money because they are afraid of not having money to use. They demand wealth because they are afraid of lack of status. They want to stand out because they are afraid that no one will pay attention. Be strong because of low self-esteem, need someone to accompany you because you are afraid of being alone, numb yourself because you are afraid of loneliness, love beauty because you are afraid of being ugly, make meritorious service because you are afraid of being worthless, and even be afraid of facing death. All these fears come from Self-enforcement and law-enforcement, mistakenly thinking that the illusory and dreamlike me and all the external world are real, and this gives birth to countless and boundless troubles and uneasiness.If you fundamentally recognize the truth of my emptiness and the emptiness of the dharma, all the infinite and boundless afflictions will be solved at the moment, and there is no need to remove them one by one. This is really a miraculous power of merit.I have been practicing Buddhism for nearly XNUMX years, and I have personally experienced the situation during this period. I can also give you a little bit of proof here to prove that the words and sentences in the Buddhist scriptures are true.

My personality is relatively strong and unique among women, so the realm I am inspired by is not something that ordinary people can meet. It can almost be described as a stormy sea. Taiwanese in Hong Kong have to leave the country every two weeks for their visas. That time, after I left the country and returned to Lantau Island, I encountered a super typhoon. I took the bus to the Po Lin Buddha at XNUMX or XNUMX o'clock in the evening, and was about to walk back to the Po Lin Monastery on foot. At that time, there were also two believers who came to Lantau Island from abroad to visit and were also planning to visit Po Lin, because Encountered in a thick fog that was almost invisible, I temporarily gave up my thoughts and went down the mountain, and I immediately decided to enter the deep mountain alone, without any delay.After entering the mountain, I realized that the situation of nature's counterattack is really terrible. The visibility of the narrow mountain road is only within XNUMX cm in front of the feet. I was afraid that if I ran into someone like a wanted criminal, I just walked for less than five minutes before I had the idea of ​​going back to the Baolian Buddha to place an order, but my footsteps did not stop with this fearful thought. When I came down, I just sang the Buddha's name unconsciously. I was alone in the valley and braved the wind and rain to sing the Amitabha Buddha's holy name aloud, so as to drive away the fear in my heart. It usually takes XNUMX minutes to walk. , I walked for an hour before returning to Baolin. The most terrifying thing is that every time I come to the corner of the mountain intersection, when the wind, rain and fog are almost engulfed by the darkness of the night, I always feel that there are many people around me. The mountain gods, tree gods, ghosts, and sprites all seemed to be looking at me curiously. Fortunately, they didn't scare me naughty. It was really Amitabha's protection.Now recalling that one hour, it can be said that every few steps, I would be blown back by the strong wind and heavy rain, and my whole body was wet and cold. If I were to walk again now, I would basically be forced to do so. No, because it's too scary.But at that time, although there was a lot of fear in my heart, I had the confidence of the Three Treasures in my heart that made me able to face it persistently. Even if there was an accident at the next moment, I was vaguely prepared to meet it, and there was no life. After a moment of retreat, I just think that if I really should die, I will die!So later I went through a lot of adversity and bad karma in all aspects with such an attitude and persistence.But before that, all kinds of fear states were only subdued by the blessing of external Buddha power, and it was not really overcome by one's own heart, because this is very difficult, and if you really want to achieve it successfully, Then only Buddha can do it.But at this moment, when I want to deal with the fear in my heart, the level is different, because I have truly experienced the kind of intimacy that the external world is myself, so even the sentient beings of the three evil realms understand it right now. That is what my own idealism manifested. At the same time, I have truly felt that I have a powerful eternal life like the universe. The real me will never die, and only the external form will be destroyed. With this profound If you realize it, your inner courage will be stronger, and most of the rest is just a habit of fear.

During my stay in Taitung Puxian closed room, I remember a few times when I was sleeping at night and heard the sound of beings beating outside the container house. The first few times when I heard it, my pores would all stand up immediately, and my heart could not help beating faster. , but I was able to bring up righteous thoughts immediately and didn’t pay attention to it. I have passed through this many times in similar situations, because the military cemetery is next to our closed room, and there are more ghostly beings living in this area. The number of households in our neighborhood is too large, and after hearing the strange noise, it will no longer react so loudly.Not long ago, in the middle of the night, I heard a sound of knocking three times just outside the container house near my bed. I was woken up by this loud noise. Of course, it is not good to be woken up like this. , immediately tell them not to disturb me to sleep, everything will have a cause and effect!No sound was heard after that, and I resumed my sleep.It has been four or five years since I came here to buy land and live here in Taitung. From the first few months, I would hear a large group of dogs crying loudly and miserably until late at night almost every day. It was like a symphony in a nightclub, and now there is almost no chance to hear it again, and the magnetic field of the entire surrounding environment is greatly different.

In fact, nothing in this world is scary, not even death. The real thing to be afraid of is cause and effect. If once the karmic cause of falling into the three defilements is created, the reward for future fall will be calculated in countless kalpas, and the time is right As far as the sentient beings are concerned, it is a real existence. Thinking about this is what really needs to know how to be afraid.But if we can live a frank and magnanimous life, if we have mistakes, we will change them, if we have karma, we will eliminate them. No matter when and where cause and effect appear, there can be absolutely no fear, just like the "Heart Sutra" says: "The heart has no shackles, no shackles, so there is no fear, stay away from upside-down dreams, and finally Nirvana."

 

Example XNUMX. The experience of silence in the moment

In fact, many people have more or less experience of entering the self-nature, but they do not know that state, and they have not thought of paying special attention to Him.The reason why people have the ability to endure when faced with extreme pain or sudden emergency is that the power comes from the instinct that exists in our nature. When we talk about "instinct", everyone feels familiar and mysterious. I understand that everyone has their own instincts. If I tell you that everyone has their own equal Buddha-nature and self-nature, you will feel whether this thing is credible.It will feel very unfamiliar. In fact, the inherent Buddha-nature of one's own family is also an instinct. It is just that the power of the inherent Buddha-nature of one's own family is far beyond the instinctive state in our concept. Therefore, we can't believe it and accept it directly.For example, if I tell you that there is a person who seems to have a low IQ, he has the instinct of omniscience and omnipotence, you should not believe it.If I speak from a medical point of view, it may be more acceptable to everyone. It has been proven in medicine that for a normal person, the instinctive intelligence he usually uses is only less than two or three percent of his own potential.Of all the geniuses in the world, his potential will not be activated by more than XNUMX%. In other words, the other XNUMX% is still hidden in our self-nature and has not yet been developed. How big will that power be? ?If you imagine it, it can only be described as inconceivable or unimaginable, and that part is the original Buddha-nature, self-nature, and own treasures pointed out to us in the Buddhist scriptures. Able to know everything, to be omnipotent, and to be able to obtain it regardless of wisdom or ignorance.The so-called difference between wisdom and ignorance in the world is only a difference between XNUMX and XNUMX percent, and once the hidden XNUMX percent can be developed, what is the difference between wisdom and ignorance?

As far as Buddhism is concerned, the prajna wisdom of sages is largely divided into three levels, Arahants, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.As long as you have a clear mind and see your nature, you can see the inherent beauty of the Buddha-nature and self-nature that all of us have, that is, you have realized the emptiness of all dharmas mentioned in the Prajna Sutra, then you will be transformed into an ordinary person and become a saint. A sage, an arahant has attained the Buddha status of Theravada, and further up there is the status of a Mahayana Buddha and Bodhisattva. Whether it is an Arahant, a Bodhisattva, or a Buddha, as long as you enter this place, the scene you see is exactly the same, a treasure trove. No more, no less, everyone is equal, because this is a treasure that everyone is equal to.The reason why a Bodhisattva is higher than an arahant is that he can not only get the formula for opening the door to the treasure by himself, but also has the ability to guide others to open the door. His ability in this respect exceeds that of an arahant, so the bodhisattva's blessing The skillful wisdom of and altruism can surpass that of an arahant.And the Buddha has achieved the perfect degree of perfection and perfection in his ability to save himself and save him. At this time, he has attained the Buddhahood of the Mahayana Perfect Teaching.Everyone can become a Bodhisattva, and everyone can become a Buddha.And the potential instincts that we usually use in emergencies or inadvertently flow out of this inherent treasure of our own nature, because the ingenuity commonly used by ordinary people is only what emerges from the delusional false self. That is to say, thinking and distinguishing from the brain we generally talk about, which all contain strong egoism and greed, hatred, and delusion. The thoughts and even the behaviors that go out from here are evil, not good, only from the The wisdom flowing out of the true nature of the self-nature has the characteristics of truth, goodness and beauty, and its power is endless and unimaginably huge.

In my own life experience, every stage can be said to have very strong feelings, such as great joy, great sadness, great wind, and great waves, so most people chase the five desires, and they may feel that they are not enough all their lives, but I have only experienced it for two or three years. I was tired of it, and the suffering was so profound that I could not bear it, so much so that when I was in the Mood for Love at the age of XNUMX, I chose to commit suicide to escape the pain.And just after I was rescued from suicide by taking sleeping pills in a row for two weeks, I suddenly entered a completely unfamiliar world of silence. In the past, when I was not studying Buddhism, I would describe that period as a walking corpse, and my heart was like a walking corpse. In fact, it is to live in a state of silence that is similar to unhappiness and unhappiness. Before committing suicide, I have done too many struggles and efforts to get rid of the pain, so I will come to the end of suicide, and once I wake up from here again After coming here, I feel as if there is nothing to work hard and struggle anymore. That kind of state of mind is indescribable, and I no longer have any pursuits in the world. The strange thing is that the pain has disappeared together with it. Instead, I feel very pure and clean. It's very easy, but it's a bit like a robot, doing whatever it needs to do. People become very easy to get along with. Because they don't have their own ideas and persistence, they are very easy-going and can cooperate well with others in everything.From the point of view of the state of mind at that time, I was still ignorant, but in terms of the state of tranquility and utility of the state of mind, it was very similar to entering the Dharma Realm of Self-nature, but I didn’t know that state at that time, and I didn’t have the mind or wisdom to go to it. To distinguish it, I have maintained that state of mind for about a few years. I work and play as usual in my life, but no matter what I do outside, whether it is lively or quiet, I don’t have obvious distinctions and attachments in my heart. That's what the world says is to live a good life!Anyway, I have truly experienced the limit that I can't die even if I want to die, so let's go through it!The so-called "Let's live like this!" There is an attitude of no-self and surrender to the current situation. There is no need to struggle with the outside world and fate at all, and there is no any opposition. Just accept it as it is. .This state of mind is actually a similar state to the state of tranquility in the self, but it lacks a kind of ability of awareness, only the element of tranquility, but it does not have the effect of insight and awareness. If there is also the role of wisdom in the state, then It's not just a state of neither suffering nor happiness, but a state of being free from suffering and pure happiness. At that time, my state was like someone who has just been sent to another new world. I was in that world, but what kind of situation was there? I don’t even understand it yet. It is because of the instinct of tranquility that naturally flows out of my own nature, that I can live a peaceful and smooth life in the following years, and the blessings gradually appear. .

This kind of potential is inherent in everyone’s own family, so it will quietly flow out when the karmic condition is met, but usually ordinary people do not have the wisdom to perceive his origin and the end, and there is only one kind of root. In Buddhist scriptures, it is called karma. Enlightenment, he can observe various internal and external causes and conditions, understand the nature of the mind, and achieve the status of pratyekabuddha.For example, there are many unique creative artists in the world. Where do those inspirations come from?All come from the revelation in the stillness of the self-nature, because all truth, goodness, beauty and wisdom can only be found in the self-nature, and all the things that flow out of the false self in our minds are selfish, false and unreal. Everything is for the purpose of considering their own interests first, and that is the characteristic of false self.Only the pretense that emerges from the true self-nature is pure and pure, and this false heart and true heart exist in the field of eight consciousnesses of every sentient being, that is, everyone has the essence of becoming a Buddha and becoming a devil. Just looking at which part we use at the moment will cause all kinds of differences between good roots, merit, wisdom and ignorance.Therefore, even if we do not understand this realm and do not believe what the Buddhist scriptures say, we can still observe and experience this realm from our daily life, because He has always existed. Take you directly into the original treasure cave, then your benefits will be vast and abundant, and in an instant you will be able to restore your original status from a poor and poor son who left home to a rich and elder son.

 

Example XNUMX. The process of distinguishing true from false

In medicine, the human brain is divided into the right brain and the left brain. The right brain is mainly responsible for the functions of feelings and emotions, while the left brain is responsible for the operation of mathematical and logical thinking.I'm one of those right-brained, left-brained people.When I was in elementary school, most of the teachers gave me high marks for my writing, but I was good in mathematics in elementary school, but it plummeted after junior high school, because I like to use my heart, but I don’t like to use my brain. .And it is the function of the right brain that is used to practice and certify, so it is not easy for most people who engage in science to have religious beliefs, and it is not easy for them to become enlightened.Because the true heart of human beings is mainly connected with the operation of the right brain, while the false heart is connected with the left brain.The traces of the true heart are feelings such as inspiration and intuition deep in the heart, and the operation of the delusional mind is the process of logical reasoning and calculation in the brain.Almost every decision I have made since I was a child was made intuitively, so I have never regretted it because it was what I really wanted in my heart, not what was at stake or rationally ought to be. how to do it.

My parents divorced when I was about two years old. I was the eldest daughter and was raised by my father, but I always grew up under the care of my grandparents. Locally, he is highly respected by the neighbors, and the foreign minister is also very tall and majestic, which is awe-inspiring, but he is the only one who will play with me lovingly and fall to the ground, while his eldest grandson is treated with "bamboo shoots and shredded pork". Severe repairs.Our grandfather and grandson are very close, and my grandmother abides by women's morals and takes care of my daily life with all her heart.But our family owns a grocery store. People are very noisy every day, and the living environment is not very clean. Since I was a child, I felt that I was enduring this kind of pain every day, so I volunteered on the second day after graduating from elementary school. Leaving home to be an apprentice in a hair salon was the first big decision I made and I have never regretted it.A few years later, my father brought me to work at Mandu Hair Salon, the most famous chain of salons in Taipei, which gradually broadened my life horizons.Later, because of the working environment, I came into contact with the so-called high society in Taipei and celebrities in many industries. Gradually, I had the opportunity to go out with my friends during the holidays to explore various life circles, to sing, dance, eat, drink and have fun.Although the performance salary earned by myself is the highest among my colleagues, I often have to start eating instant noodles as a late-night snack in less than half a month.Although I am not as well-behaved and sensible as ordinary girls, the money I save at work is always planned for the future, but I live a smart life of taking a step by step and spending as much money as I have. This habit of using money now looks at It looks like a monk, but I feel that my youth was very exciting and rich, and it can be said to be very enjoyable. I have come into contact with a wide range of people and things, and these experiences have a great impact on my practice. help.At that time, because what I saw was the common reality in the society that you compete with each other, intrigue and pursue fame and fortune, you can deeply understand the impermanence of the human heart, the impermanence of everything, and the future. Filled with a sense of fear, I intuitively felt that it would be wrong for a person to live only by chasing material desires, so I quickly developed a renunciation of disgust with the world, and did not get lost in the five desires.Ordinary people can't enter the Dao after practicing for a lifetime. The main reason is that the root of the five desires in the world has not been eradicated. On the surface, even if they keep the precepts and practice, they still have a desire for pursuit in their hearts. This desire is just no chance to see. , and I soon saw the truth after a little contact. It can be said that my intuition is more sensitive, and I truly realized that chasing the five desires must eventually lead to a dead end, but because at that time, I still couldn’t find a way to completely solve my inner distress. That's why the suicide incident happened later. It really came to a dead end. Fortunately, I was fortunate to be rescued at that time. Only today can I have the opportunity to find the way of liberation in Buddhism, and I can share the experience with you here. I have no regrets about all of this experience because it was a decision I made from my own heart.

Later, I had the opportunity to become a monk in Buddhism, and there is a precept for monks, that is, the precept of not accumulating wealth and not catching money. I started to keep the precepts and cultivate blessings when I was a layman at home. I gradually gave up most of the wealth and lived a simple and stable life. So after I became a monk, I naturally didn’t touch the monthly payment, and just handed it over to the resident.Later, I realized that almost every monk around me had saved money, and I began to doubt my own approach. When I had a chance, I asked an uncle for advice, "Don't all monks have to keep the precept of money? Why does it seem like most people They all save money, is there something wrong with me?" The uncle's answer was also very clever, he said, "The old monk said, how to keep this precept depends entirely on how much you believe in Buddhism. If you are deep, you will leave it to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to make arrangements for you, and if you believe in light, you will arrange it yourself.” So I was suddenly enlightened, and I continued to uphold this precept with peace of mind, until I was forced to leave my permanent residence, and then I got the last chance. One month’s single gold ride, and in the next few years, although sometimes I have to make money, I don’t deliberately save money. I try my best to keep the spirit of this precept. Now I manage the dojo by myself, and I still support the believers. All the money is given to the permanent residence, and then I keep the money precepts by purifying it according to the precepts. Although I have to touch the money, I am only a general accountant responsible for the management and operation of the permanent residence.During the practice of keeping this precept over the years, I am full of confidence, and I feel that I really don’t need any money urgently, and I don’t think about how to retire in the future, but this part is really It takes a lot of confidence to be able to do it, especially in the first few years when I was a monk, I was studying abroad, and I lived on my own. There was no resident backstage to provide me with four things at any time. I also often reflect on my own heart, and I am not afraid of not having money. At this time, the delusional mind and the sincerity will sometimes fight, but nine times out of ten, the sincerity prevails. In reality, the delusional mind occasionally reminds me, Life is very realistic, and practitioners also have to eat...And sincerity will tell me, don't be afraid, if you want to believe in Buddhism, if you really have no food to eat, then you will die after all your hardships!It seems reassuring to speak, but I still choose to listen to my intuition, and the mental journey that occasionally oscillates between the two has allowed me to truly experience the power of my heart. I have been ordained for XNUMX years now, and I have experienced several tests of temporary use of money during this period, but I have persevered and I have been able to solve it miraculously. I have never really been troubled by these things, and now I manage it myself I have a dojo, and sometimes I worry that if I accept too many offerings, I will bring disaster to myself or delay my practice, so in the past few years, I have never disclosed my bank account in the magic weapon of marriage, and I have not easily accepted others. It is much simpler to deal with this matter.

It was my own choice to leave Shaodu for the first time, which is also a very important matter, but I have never regretted it. If I come back again, I will still not change my decision, because it is made from my heart. Although it must have many risks that I could not see at the time, I still believe that my intuition is correct.Therefore, how to distinguish between true heart and false heart depends on the decision you make, whether you will regret it in your true conscience, and whether you have full confidence in your intuition, rather than by calculating the possible benefits and losses in the future. , the so-called man is not as good as the sky, the plan will never keep up with the changes, and the result of deliberate deliberation will inevitably lead to regret, so you must learn to activate your sincerity, calm your mind, and intuitively ask yourself what you want, and will you regret it after doing it, If not, then whatever you do is right, because whether you will face prosperity or adversity, it will be an indispensable real experience for you, you are a real conscious living, a real free person , rather than passively living according to the ideals planned by the delusional mind.

 

Example XNUMX. Inspiration of the Dharma Protector inspired by faith

Many Buddhist practitioners are very troubled about how to let go and give up their wealth. If they give up all, they will worry that they will not be able to eat.There was once a person who gave up all his family wealth after listening to the CD of the old monk Qingkong, and then when he had no money to eat, he wrote to the old monk and asked him that he had no money to eat now, what should he do next?The old monk replied on the CD that letting him down means letting go of his heart, not everything. . .My experience is that how deep your confidence is, you can do whatever you want. If you don't do anything, then the letting go of your heart may not be real.If the confidence is not deep enough, let it go slowly first, and don’t rush it for a while. Take care of your own needs first, and let it go as you please, so that it won’t cause trouble, and you will end up with your own back in the end. If you have to ask for help from others, you will have no merit at all, and the little blessing you have cultivated will gradually be lost.

Two or three years before I first started school, I set out to run a magic weapon circulation office. Usually, I only had expenses and some interest income. After three years, when the money was not enough, I sold the house, repaid the mortgage, and went to Taipei to find a job.No matter at any stage of this process, I am very at ease and happy with the Dharma, because I listen to the sutras every day, and I have confidence in the teachings of the Three Jewels. In the CD-ROM, Venerable Jingkong often talks about the true Tao, heart and obedience to the teachings, and everything is the same. Cared for by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.At that time, although I didn’t have much money, I didn’t try to develop financial resources, but my needs were getting less and less, and I still had a healthy body, with hands and feet, and I didn’t think about getting old. What to do, I just want to hurry up and practice kung fu, so that I can be reborn in the world of bliss, and live the life of cultivation honestly.Until one day, during a holiday, I went to Hua Zang on Xinyi Road in Taipei to see if there was any new magic weapon I could invite. I didn’t expect that I would meet my shaved master under the active arrangement of the Dharma protectors. This is really a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It took less than half an hour to meet and talk with Master for the first time, and Master suggested that I become a monk. At that time, many people in the dojo were already volunteering and preparing to become a monk. Master was still observing, but when I went to Master, he told me to go to other monks three days later. The two brothers shave together.At first, I never thought that there would be such an opportunity. The old monk has always encouraged us to practice honestly at home and not to become a monk easily. At that time, I asked a question, asking if we can go to follow (Master) Jingkong Lao after becoming a monk. Studying by the monk's side, if possible, then I am willing to become a monk.After negotiating like this, we hit it off right away, and we were shaved three days later. What kind of peculiar karma was not arranged by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas?But although the ordination went smoothly, a brother who had followed Master for many years was troubled by my sudden appearance every day, and often quarreled with Master to deal with my problems. Later, Master soon transferred me out of the branch to lead the congregation. , At that time, I had no idea about the monk's life as a monk at all, and it was very difficult for me to adapt to personnel. I felt aggrieved and cried in less than three days, so I couldn't last such a day. For half a year, I saw that Master still refused to let me go to Master's side, and the brothers at the other end were always arguing with Master to let me leave. Suddenly I realized that I was in a situation where I couldn't move forward and couldn't improve, so I made up my mind to leave the permanent residence. , after walking this road on your own, go to Singapore to find a teacher.At that time, after becoming a monk, because I wanted to keep the money precept, I simply handed it over to the permanent residence without even receiving the single gold. So after I left the permanent residence, I didn’t even have the money for the plane ticket to Singapore. What should I do?Although I didn’t have any money, I didn’t feel worried at all, I was just full of Taoism and believed that there would be a solution, so I took the last month’s single gold, left the dojo to find a job, and got two consecutive XNUMX class, XNUMX hours, and I planned to go to Singapore after two months. As a result, I got a kind of disorder called left and right sympathetic nervous system after the first month. The reason was because I was suddenly too tired and lacked sleep. Yes, the symptoms are that the whole person is abnormally excited, and the body is very tired but can't sleep. At this time, a wonderful thing happened. After chatting with me, a customer knew that I was only working temporarily and was going to study abroad soon. Fa, when he saw me working so hard, he may have moved his compassionate heart. The next day he specially gave me XNUMX yuan, which shocked me. I told him that I was going to study the Fa and could not repay him in a short time. He even said that he didn't need to pay it back, he put down the money and left without leaving a contact number. This is really a miraculous opportunity. Isn't this the Bodhisattva Veduo who came with the blessing of Buddha and Bodhisattva?I still give him back when I think about it, but even his appearance is blurred.

In XNUMX, I went back to the Singapore Jingzong Society, which trained me to learn and teach the scripture. But suddenly the obstacle came again. After a mysterious phone call, the general manager canceled my permanent residence qualification. It seemed that he was also very helpless, and I followed the fate and did not force it.But at this time, I was also faced with the fact that I didn't even have the money to buy an air ticket. Although the usual single fee was very high, I mostly used it for public use. I wanted to go back to Taiwan for a while and I couldn't go back. The general manager mentioned that he would help I was looking for a protector in Taiwan, but I declined him out of consideration for my self-esteem. At this time, an employee of the institute who had left his job suddenly called and said that he wanted to invite me to dinner. I told her that I was going back to Taiwan soon, and she was very She asked me about my current situation with concern, and then took the initiative to ask me if I could give her a chance to support my three-year retreat.In the past, our fate was very good when we were in the school. I knew that she was very sincere and wanted to protect her, so I agreed.This is another Veduo Bodhisattva who appeared in time. You don't have to rush to find a way, and the help will automatically come to you.

After returning to Taiwan, I went to two monasteries to place orders, and they were very happy to support me in retreat, but after I observed all aspects of karma, I finally decided to decline the monastery's protection, and I spent three years of retreat in Taichung. I bought an old apartment with a loan to close the house. At that time, after paying the down payment for the house, I was almost out of money. There was still a place in the corner of the old roof where water would seep in and need to be repaired. I just wanted to take it. I went to the laundromat nearby for self-cleaning, and had a casual chat with the lady boss. She was very concerned about my new neighbor's situation. The last time after I left, she secretly went to buy a lottery ticket, and made a vow to the Buddha and Bodhisattva that if she won, she would give it to Master to repair the seepage of the roof, but she won XNUMX yuan. She said that she had never bought a lottery ticket in her life. This time, I bought it specially for the sake of protecting it, and I won it. What's even more amazing is that the money I paid for the roof repair was exactly XNUMX yuan.Really Amitabha!Could such a coincidence really happen?So far, I have been studying Buddhism for XNUMX years. There are really too many big and small blessings in my life. It is impossible for my Dao heart and gratitude to not grow. How can I retreat from the Dao heart?Intuition and Dao mind are actually two aspects of the same relationship. If there is Dao mind, there will naturally be induction, and if there is induction, Dao mind will inevitably increase. Come on, that's called superstition.The so-called Dao mind is a kind of energy that emerges from a sincere heart. This energy can attract any needs. Just like the principle of the law of attraction, it can really achieve what you want and get what you want.

 

Example XNUMX. Reacting to doomsday prophecies

Facing the prophecies of the end of the world, such as Maya, solar storms, aliens, etc., on December XNUMX, XNUMX, I took a skeptical attitude and faced it as a practice lesson.Originally, I planned to spend that day in the Buddhist chanting hall to pray with the public. Later, I temporarily decided to live alone in Taitung's permanent residence to take the opportunity to overcome all kinds of fears in my heart.On the XNUMXst, the weather was very good, but the atmosphere in the air seemed a little calm before the storm. Everything seemed to be silent. I sat quietly on the bed and recited Buddha with my legs crossed. I saw my flesh mass My heart still accelerated vaguely, but I still decided to bravely face this moment alone. As time passed, I heard the ticking of the clock from time to time. When the time came, nothing changed. I still continued to sit and recite Buddha. Don't be careless.About half an hour later, a feeling of being reborn after a great death began to emerge in my heart, and my slightly tightened heart gradually relaxed. At this time, I observed that I seemed to have overcome most people's fears of their own death.

Now there are many elderly people living alone who die from time to time in their homes for many days, and the corpses are only found by neighbors after they stink. With the popularization of modern single-living lifestyles, it seems that this kind of thing cannot be completely avoided, including monks, You may be able to let go of life and death, but you may not be able to let go of how you died when you were about to die, and this is still a manifestation of egoism. As long as there is still egoism, there will inevitably be fear.Fear that dying is too ugly, not being discovered in time after death, missing the cause and karma of chanting help at the end of life, the way of dying is not good and the image is not good... and so on.On the day of the disaster prediction, before I decided to face it alone, I had already made up my mind that it might be possible to die like this. Therefore, when I actually experienced the process of preparing for the rebirth, I suddenly realized, If the prophecy of this disaster really comes true, if I die like this at this time, I will definitely be led by the Buddha to live in bliss, but the people who stay will have to rebuild their homes, and they will have to face the smell of corpses and germs everywhere. I believe in their My heart will be more envious of people who have died. Since this is the case, why should I worry about my reputation... how?What's more, the appearance of the reincarnation is not the only factor that determines the destination of the rebirth. Since ancient times, there have been many great cultivators who have achieved self-satisfaction. In order to eliminate their karma, some of them show that they were killed at the end of their lives, and some of them died unexpectedly. There are people who died of illness, and these records are not difficult to see.Furthermore, according to the scriptures, the key to success in rebirth lies solely in the degree to which one’s heart corresponds to the Dharma. Therefore, it is necessary to build up one’s own heart in peacetime. This is the only way to truly be able to face all disasters, accidents, rebirths, and other major events in a stable and reliable manner. The essential.The prophecy of the disaster in XNUMX made me experience that life and death have not only been let go of rational cognition, but have truly experienced a naive process of facing life and death alone and bravely, and this process made me feel By the time I became stronger in my heart, all the subtle turbulences in my heart were eliminated nine times out of ten.

On the afternoon of July XNUMX, XNUMX this year, the Bureau of Meteorology released the typhoon that made its debut on the stage. The intensity of the typhoon was XNUMX, and the wave height exceeded ten stories. It was the first time Taitung encountered the most serious disaster in a century.The strong typhoon Nibot had a very solid structure. It landed directly in the urban area from Taimali, Taitung, and swept the entire Taitung City. At that time, I was in the nearby Puxianguan, Beinan Township, XNUMX kilometers away. against disaster.Because I have experienced various disasters in the past, I didn’t pay much attention to it this time, and I didn’t carefully prepare for the typhoon. I was woken up by the sound of wind and rain at XNUMX:XNUMX a.m. on the XNUMXth, and I was still on Facebook at the time. I reported to my classmates that they were safe. Unexpectedly, less than an hour later, the wind became stronger and stronger. It was so strong that it almost tore off the entire tin roof, and the electricity went off. I lay on the bed, listening to the wind and rain. The sound burst violently on the container house. The impact seemed to occur periodically every few seconds. Each impact would make the entire container house shake violently like a strong earthquake. Buddha name, ignore it, but in my heart I also start to think about which room I should switch to if this room blows down later.But if I really want to change to another dormitory, the outside is dark, and the wind speed is so strong that the container house can be blown over. As soon as I go out, I am afraid that I will be blown away by the strong wind before entering the other dormitory. At that time, I was not afraid of being afraid, but I began to have a sense of vigilance that something was going wrong. I stayed in the dormitory by myself and continued to chant Buddha, listening to the wind and rain for four or five hours over and over again. I heard the sound of the house five or six times during the period. I thought it was because the tin roof could not bear the repeated impact and was completely opened, and the container house may be blown at any time. turn.The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the wind and rain still showed no signs of slowing down, but the loud noises like the roof falling from time to time were gone, so I quickly opened the door to check. Fortunately, the roof was still there. The loud noise turned out to be the crashing sound of the broken branches from the old camphor tree outside the house falling on the roof.In these four or five hours of being alone in the darkness where I can't see my fingers, and the scene of electric lights flashing from time to time, it really resembles the atmosphere of the XNUMX disaster movie, and I didn't have any real fear during the whole process. , I just keep reciting the Buddha in my heart, and I am ready to bravely meet all realms. It really feels like resignation.At seven o'clock in the morning, the wind and rain still did not subside, but I was hungry, so I decided to risk being blown away by the wind and rushed to the Daliao next door, three meters away, to cook breakfast. As soon as the door of the dormitory opened, I went to explore first. The wind was strong, and then he rushed out in the few seconds when the strong wind was slightly weaker, and then rushed back to the dormitory in the wind and rain, and successfully solved a breakfast.The strong storm didn't gradually subside until after ten o'clock in the morning. The whole process was a real catastrophe that lasted for several hours. It was even more exciting than the struggle in XNUMX when I just faced the disaster in my heart. .

After the wind and rain subsided, I went out to investigate the disaster. The entire 3-square-meter dojo was covered with tree trunks, branches and leaves. Although there were not many items confiscated outside the container house, they were all blown down by the wind and rain. I was too careless and didn't do a good job of preventing typhoon, but after careful inspection, I found that there was no big loss in the permanent residence. Most of the fruit trees I planted did not fall down, and some of the fruit trees that fell slightly still survived. , There is also a small papaya tree that has not fallen down. The fallen branches and leaves from the old camphor tree and the bananas, papayas, vegetables planted by neighbors, etc. are all fallen on the ground. Just across from this thin papaya tree, the neighbor's container house on the roadside was completely overturned by the wind. The wind and rain were too strong. At that time, I thought that nature would counterattack like this, as if it was full. After being persecuted and tortured by human beings, they will exert all their strength to vent their injustice. Isn't this phenomenon also showing the injustice of the majority of people?Because the external phenomena are all the function of the mind, and as a person who has long been aware of the oneness of the universe, I am deeply saddened by the sentient beings of the same body in the external world. Because the human heart is broken, and the human heart is broken, the sentient beings themselves are in the pain of the three poisons, and they will continue to persecute nature. How can it not be distressing, like the situation of brothers killing each other?And all these external situations are actually from the common karma realm that appeared in my heart, which means that I still have shortcomings in my heart. This has a great impact on me. Now how can I save the things that appear in my heart? What about this realm?At this moment, my heart is really heavy, not because of the devastated scene in front of me, nor because of the post-disaster repair work, nor because of the unhappiness in my heart. In fact, during the whole disaster process, I strongly feel that Under the blessing of Buddha's power, I passed through peacefully. All I worry about is the disaster and pain faced by all sentient beings of the same body as me, and this is what makes me feel the most powerless, especially on the morning of the XNUMXth when I drove to Taitung. At a glance at the city, the entire city scene is as described by a legislator. The whole city is worse than the atomic bomb. Almost every house has suffered large and small damage. It fell, the iron gate was blown apart by the strong storm, and even the large trucks parked on the side of the road were blown over. Schools, hospitals, street trees, and several-story tall trees were all blown down one by one. On the road, the traffic was also greatly affected, and the entire city scene was in disarray and appalling.This is the first time that I have felt so heavy in the face of external disasters, and when I think back about my own situation, it is just like experiencing a XNUMXD physical movie, and facing the mess that I have to clean up later, I feel it is just like a flat. For the daily outing exercise, I just took the opportunity to clean up some things carefully, and I didn't feel any obvious trouble.After the typhoon, it blew down a lot of miscellaneous branches and tree trunks, which also expanded the view of the landscape around the dojo. Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and there are good and bad, but the pain of all beings has now become the pain of my heart. , and the karma that I can really share for them is very limited. This kind of mood makes me more able to understand the hearts of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas when they view all beings. Only then can we hope to reproduce the peaceful scene of the outside world.

The Eight Great Masters Awakening Sutra teaches us to realize this: "The world is impermanent, and the country is fragile." As a spirit of all things, the fragility of life is actually no different from an ant on the ground, if something is accidentally smashed down You have to die. If you can’t focus all realms on your own mind and do your work, you will be obedient and not attached to everything inside and outside of your body and mind, you will be in endless pain and it will be difficult to escape.A person who understands, in the face of all adversity and adversity, is able to overcome the joys and sorrows of separation, and will be able to go through it naturally and peacefully.When a confused person faces the impermanent external environment, his heart will fluctuate with the environment, which will be a never-ending fear and anxiety.

 

Example XNUMX. The supernatural power of doing nothing

The supernatural power in the concept of people in the world is very different from what the true belief in Buddhism refers to. The supernatural power referred to in the Buddhist law is omniscient and omnipotent. This is the supernatural power of the Buddha.Since it is omniscient and omnipotent, of course, it includes and surpasses the abnormal functions of flying and escaping the earth, performing miracles, curing diseases and eliminating disasters, seeing light and seeing things, etc. in the concept of worldly people.The supernatural power that the Buddha wants to bestow on all living beings is this kind of potential treasure inherent in every human being.People in the world solve problems from the branches and leaves. For example, Western medicine treats diseases. It treats headaches and feet, and treats feet. Moreover, it heals here and hurts there. This is not really solving the problem at all, it is just hiding the problem temporarily. , even most of them will continue to expand the problem, and the sentient beings are willing to comfort themselves to believe these things that they clearly know but do not know.

How long does it take for a Buddhist practitioner to have supernatural powers?How do these supernatural powers manifest their abilities and help us completely solve problems in our lives?At a minimum, one has to attain Arahantship, that is, after clearing one's mind and seeing one's nature, the supernatural powers that one deliberately cultivates before seeing one's own nature are like those in the world. They are cultivated gradually from the branches and leaves. There will be advances and retreats.But once you see your nature, you can really solve the problem completely. The difference is only in the degree of efficacy of the solution. If you are an arahant, the supernatural powers he has achieved are not comparable to those of a bodhisattva who sees your nature, and the supernatural powers of a bodhisattva are far from the same. less than Buddha.Assuming that the six kinds of supernatural powers attained by an arahant, the power of destiny, the power of the eyes of the heavens, the power of the ears of the gods, the power of the gods’ feet, the power of the other mind, and the power of the leakage, the effective time and space powers can reach one or three lifetimes, and even reach eighty thousand kalpas. The number of sentient beings saved can be hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of millions, the Buddha's supernatural powers can reach innumerable kalpas, and the sentient beings saved are immeasurable and boundless, such a difference.Although there are such differences in efficacy, the solutions are also fundamentally solved, so there will be no side effects and no recurrence.And what is this fundamental method?It is the supernatural power that is used from one's own nature. People with deeper realizations will use more energy, and people with shallow realizations will use less energy. Generally, those of us who are first to see nature will eliminate the troubles and solve the problems. The problem is that the strength is relatively limited, like a baby, just born into a new world, although he is still in pure mindfulness, he will still be overwhelmed by habit. At present, so it seems that there will still be troubles and troubles, and there will still be many obstacles in dealing with people and things. Like a baby, although he is very pure, he still cannot have many abilities to use freely like a mature man.He is a kind of prajna wisdom that cuts off afflictions and can be possessed at the moment, but the ability to activate and operate from emptiness requires long-term training and accumulated experience.Therefore, the wisdom attained by an arahant after seeing his nature is called fundamental wisdom and all wisdom, while that attained by a bodhisattva is called the wisdom of the Tao, and that attained by a Buddha is called the wisdom of all kinds.The state of emptiness that they realize is the same, but the strength and skillful wisdom they use are very different.

How does the divine power of the saint who sees nature in Buddhism solve problems and troubles?It is a fundamental solution, and it is a complete solution at one time, and no problem is missed. This is the incredible magic.People in the world solve problems, and even ghosts and spirits with little supernatural powers are dealt with from the external branches and leaves, just like the principle of Western medicine curing diseases mentioned above, while the sages of Buddhism live in the silence of self-nature at the moment. Get up and do nothing, but only by using this method of inaction, all problems in the external world can be solved naturally, because everything in the external world is manifested by the mind, so you must return to your own mind to solve it. , This is the real remedy for the problem, the real supernatural power, which is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to imagine, understand, and believe.

Here I will use an analogy first. Most people with a little medical knowledge know that our body is like a small universe. In fact, it has the ability to heal itself for many diseases. When sick, as long as it has enough rest and nutrients, the body's Cells naturally balance and stay on their own.People who know some scientific common sense also know that our human body is indeed a miniature version of a large universe, and the cellular structure inside is exactly the same as that of the entire large universe, and even the world can be seen in a grain of sand. The concept of an ordinary person is already inconceivable enough. If we proceed from this concept, our whole person is a small cell in the big universe, and all kinds of troubles and problems occur in our life, just like life. Just like when you are sick, you don’t need to take all kinds of medicines at this time. As long as you calm down and let your body and mind cells have enough rest, you can absorb the energy of the entire universe in meditation. All the problems of the environment can be solved naturally and returned to the standard of health. This is doing nothing. You don’t need to make any efforts from the branches and leaves. As long as you do this seemingly inaction in your heart, you can prescribe the right medicine, Medicine to cure disease, of course, does not prevent at the same time to do some human affairs on the external branches and leaves.To give another example, all kinds of troubles and troubles in life are like a child who is constantly causing trouble. If you respond to him one by one, I believe that with your energy, you will definitely defeat and surrender in the end, but if you accept it. Take your body and mind and respond with a calm and peaceful mind that ignores it. I believe that after a while, the child will gradually be turned by your magnetic field. Finally, when you are tired of the noise, you will naturally surrender. This is effortless. And it is the ultimate inaction.

In fact, "there is nothing in the world, and mediocre people disturb themselves." No matter how serious or troublesome things seem to be, they are actually brought about by people. A troubled person will always expand things constantly, and there will be no end to it. It will be enjoyable.And for a pure person, nothing will disappear in front of him.The external world can really be manifested by one's heart, and can be changed by one's heart. This is the ultimate and perfect supernatural power revealed by Buddhism. With the thorough application of this prajna wisdom, one can truly know everything and be omnipotent. There is nothing in the universe that cannot be solved. , not to mention that it's just the little things of sesame in the whole life in front of you.The reason why I am able to tell you this parable and truth here today is because I have been practicing for twenty years, and I have followed the teachings of the Buddha. If you want to truly understand, believe and accept, you must first follow what I have pointed out here and follow the teachings of the Buddha. Only then can you truly benefit from it.If you only want to greedy for the help of foreign supernatural powers, or to do some tricks with great fanfare and ask for a mysterious medical prescription, then at most it can only temporarily solve the problem for you, and you will pay a greater price in the future. In the end, everything will be lose.

 

Example XNUMX. The benefits of cultivating Taoism in closed rooms

According to the standards of Zen Buddhism, the so-called: "If you don't break through the first pass, you won't be able to stay in the mountains, and if you don't break through the heavy pass, you won't retreat." This sentence originates from the "Yongjia Ji: The Book of Persuading Friends Ninth" by Tang Yongjia Xuanjue: "You must first know the Tao and then live in Mountains. If you live in mountains before you know the way, but see the mountains, you will forget the way; if you know the way before you live in the mountains, but you see the way, you will forget the mountain. If you forget the mountains, the nature of the way is pleasant and forgetful. The shape of the mountain is dazzling. Therefore, if one sees the Tao and forgets the mountain, the world will be silent; if one sees the mountain and forgets the Tao, the mountain is noisy."

This is to teach practitioners that unenlightened people should not retreat.The so-called "breaking through the original ginseng, breaking through the first stage" refers to the effort to enlighten the mind and nature. At this time, if you go to retreat to maintain your duties and nurture the holy fetus, you will have a clear insight and foundation in diligent practice.Many people do not have the correct knowledge and understanding, and they do not know how to practice Buddhism. They aim to return to the pure and natural place of their own nature. Famous for profit, public admiration.Using this kind of mentality to retreat, the more you work, the easier it is to become possessed, because supernatural powers can indeed be practiced. Small supernatural powers can be practiced in a few months, while larger supernatural powers can be achieved in a few years. The supernatural powers are all blessed by magic, which is different from the supernatural powers of Buddhism.The fate of some people is that they will invite ghosts and gods to possess their bodies, and cooperate with them in a mutually beneficial transaction. The ghosts and gods will give you the supernatural powers you want, and what they want is your body. After the ghosts and gods leave the body in the future, your supernatural powers will be It will be lost, and most of the people will lose their minds in the end, and the whole person will even lose their Yuanshen soul, which makes it difficult to heal.

What Zen Master Yongjia Xuanjue said in this passage is that people who are not enlightened and know the Tao, even if they live in the mountains, will be turned by the conditions of the mountains and forget their Tao, and their minds cannot rest on the Tao.Indeed, we also know that there are many people who live in thatched huts and say they want to meditate, but they are very busy all day. They are busy repairing the hut, going out to buy vegetables, and chatting with neighbors to relieve their boredom. The time is so empty. Now, it seems that I can't always find the time to work hard.This is because he has not yet possessed the basic power of concentration and wisdom, and his mind will naturally follow the karma and habit. The mind that is used to clinging to the outside has not been able to take it back, let alone know how to return to the nature of the mind. do kung fu.This is just like what Master Hanshan Deqing said in "Fei Xiange" in the Ming Dynasty: "It is easy to stay in seclusion, but it is difficult to stay in seclusion. If you refuse to practice, you will always be idle. If you are outside the seclusion center, it will be in vain if you don't go out for a thousand years." Mountains, and those who have already enlightened and understood the Tao first, the outer world has been filled with the Tao, and the heart will not be affected by it.Therefore, those who have the Tao in their hearts, even in the Red Dust Market, will live in a state of tranquility and nirvana, and those who have no Tao in their hearts will be noisy and chaotic even if they are in the mountains.

But then again, it is not easy to be able to directly practice the mind, cultivate the Dao and prove the Dao in the mortal world, and achieve the freedom and freedom of a lay Buddha like Vimalakirti. It's so charming, so it's very difficult not to increase the five desires. How can we talk about cultivation?Therefore, ordinary people who are beginners in the practice must first exercise in the Sangha, so that they can avoid the temptation of the secular world, and gradually lay the foundation for retreating in the future.In the first stage of cultivation, people who are rich or poor, noble or low, must first cultivate good fortune, and truly make donations of internal and external wealth. Because the blessings are not enough, they can’t let go of material things, and they can’t let go of their body, so the obstacles to cultivation will be very large. Great, without these personal experiences, not only will it be difficult to build up confidence in oneself, and there will be relatively little external help, and future practice and learning will inevitably face many obstacles.The second is to learn precepts. Learning precepts is the foundation for the realization of the power of concentration and wisdom. When this foundation has been laid for five or ten years, if you want to practice alone, you will be qualified.And those who really want to get evidence in a timely manner, put a seal on the door, and live in a closed room all day long and work hard, then they must have a foundation of insight, as the Patriarch said, in order to have a way to practice. This will not only avoid being possessed by demons, but also Only then can you truly grow the holy fetus.

We know Lantau Island, Hong Kong^上Holy^underOne old monk is a high-ranking Zen master in modern times, the method of old monk Xuyun, and the ninth generation of Weiyang sect. I have many special opportunities to get close to the old because of being a disciple of the master and receiving the great precepts. by the monk.One time, a waiter of the Holy One Master who had been with him for many years told me that he had retreated in the jungle for three years. He said that as soon as he entered the sealed room, all kinds of karmic obstacles in his body appeared one by one. During the three years of retreat, the stomach pain alone was tortured for two years. After that, I could start using the exercises. Later, I wanted to retreat for another three years, and I was invited back to serve the master.This is just the first two years of suffering, and most people may not have the ability to endure it.The rule of the real jungle house is that once you get out of the door, it will be broken. You can't go out and walk in and then come in to seal it. Therefore, those who retreat must have the determination to seek the Tao, even if any karma is present, death. You have to die in it, and you can live a great life if you die. If you can't let go of life and death, you can't talk about cultivating the Dao and proving the Dao, and obtaining evidence in a timely manner.

I have been studying Buddhism myself for XNUMX years, and I was forced to leave my permanent residence less than half a year after my ordination. I went to the Singapore Jingzong Institute to study and teach the scriptures by myself. Since then, I have had the opportunity to enter the stage of retreat. , This is because of the obstacles of the brothers and sisters. At that time, among the dozens of classmates who lived together in the school, almost no one dared to interact with me directly, and no one paid any attention to me. Then I just didn’t interfere and I could work hard and get lucky later. Graduated fifth in the class, this is a typical example of a reverse increase.Originally, according to my personality, my blood type is B, my constellation is Virgo, and I was born in the year of the monkey. He is a very lively, cheerful and energetic person. Chang Lao feels that he should be related to Sun Wukong in his previous life, and he was with friends when he was a layman. It's crazy to play. It's a good time. The outside world suddenly forced me into a corner. Except for the teacher's protection, no one would care about me. I had to take my body and mind. Rest in the Fa, otherwise it will be difficult for you to deal with the pain of being excluded from your heart.In this way, I was forced to start seclusion, and I got used to it after a few years. After graduation, I left the school and entered the arena to study and spread the Dharma. I was also used to not going out, not clinging to friends, and preaching the Dharma at home and abroad. Even in such beautiful countries as Canada, the United States, Japan, Brazil, Singapore and Malaysia, I do not accept invitations from guardians to go out to play. I stay at the dojo during the day to prepare manuscripts, and give lectures at night. At most, I only accept lunch with the guardians. , other than that I hardly have any outer edges.This kind of situation is difficult for ordinary people to imagine. A Master with a special dharma predestined relationship has the opportunity to face believers in so many regions at home and abroad, but he usually has no external relationship?This is really the case, so my loner is sometimes mistaken by laymen as being helpless, someone who can be bullied by falsehood.But in this world, there are pros and cons, depending on personal choices. I feel that living a life of such powerlessness and no one to please, can only lay the foundation for my retreat and practice today, so I never deliberately To change it, so in XNUMX, when I returned to Baolin Temple in the summer and told Master Shengyi that I would go back to Taiwan to retreat for three years, I could successfully complete the first retreat. The results, my own experience is passable, but for the first time I closed the three-year long-term seclusion, although my body and mind were still at ease, but I was not able to use the gong very much. Come up with something, and because my major is the pure land method that relies entirely on the power of Buddhism, I don’t want to rely on myself to study Zen and realize the Tao, so I don’t deliberately work on my xinxing.In the closed room, all day long, I recited Buddha, worshipped Buddha, and recited the "Hua Yan Sutra". During the period, convenience was also opened. I accepted the invitation of the nearby lecture hall, and gave a regular class every week.Starting from April XNUMXst this year in XNUMX, I have been banned from speaking for three to five years in the Puxian Guanfang in Taitung. This time, I can really use my gong, because after more than ten years, I have been cultivating There is a considerable degree of physical evidence on the certificate, but these physical evidences have not yet been confirmed. Months, in the first year of the year, I booked a daily schedule to hold tens of thousands of sentences on the Buddha’s name, worship the Buddha, and go out to exercise my muscles and bones. I feel that my realm has improved in many aspects, and thus I have the opportunity to see my realm clearly by chance, and now I gain self-confidence.I have shared these useful states in other chapters of this book, so I personally understand very well that what the Patriarch said is true and true. In the past, because I was excluded from the Sangha for many years, I had already laid down The foundation of the retreat is convenient. Then, in XNUMX, I tried to close the gate for three years. Although I didn't clearly feel that I had gained a lot of effort, I was able to successfully complete it. There were also some methods in the process. I like to use it, but if you want to talk about the improvement of the realm of clarity and accessibility, it is really not that level, so the retreat is really not something ordinary people can be qualified to do.Even so, seclusion is also very important. For example, from my experience of this time, the performance in one month is comparable to the benefit of using the practice for a year outside. It is really a feeling of leaps and bounds.The most important thing is to lay a solid foundation for the advancement of body and mind. The karma of body and mind, the understanding of teachings, and the effort of xinxing must be to a certain extent. Only then can the results be achieved by seclusion.

^上fruit^underAttorney Qing, after the death of Master Shengyi, I once again relied on a teacher who learned precepts. He once retreated three times for a total of nine years, and during this period, he also practiced the samadhi four times. I once asked the monk for his retreat in person. When he used the realm, he answered modestly and humorously, "I don't have realm anymore! I just felt that after working hard, the meal that day was very delicious." During this period, I don’t sit, lie down, or sleep. I can only sit down during meals. At other times, I meditate on the Buddha. It is not uncommon for the middle feet to become red and swollen and produce pus and blood. At this time, we can only stand on the cool small stone board to cool down a little, and then continue to practice the Dharma. This kind of humiliation, we are probably If you can't last a day, you're going to die.Qinggong monk, his elders’ morality and morality are pure, serious, etc. It is difficult for ordinary women to get close to them. It is also because of some special karma with monks in legal affairs that I have some opportunities to get close. I can feel his words and deeds beside the monk. The peace and tranquility exuded is definitely closely related to the three retreats.

Retreat is not self-imposed, the ultimate purpose of retreat is to first lay a solid strength for the future benefit of all beings. If the power of concentration and wisdom is not deep, once you enter the world to save all beings, you may not be saved, and you will be saved by all beings and return to the world. .Another situation is that there is no dharma condition for saving sentient beings, because sentient beings are not blessed, and they have not formed a karmic relationship with sentient beings in their previous lives, so they can only retreat and preserve their kung fu, waiting for the arrival of the season, karma, and dragon.Here, I would also like to encourage those who practice with good intentions to lay a solid foundation step by step. In the future, when the merits and conditions are met, they should go into seclusion and diligently work hard, and then go to the world to save sentient beings. The risk of saving sentient beings, on the one hand, can also improve the image of a Buddhist disciple, which is boundless merit.Otherwise, the more good-hearted you are in saving sentient beings, and when your level is not enough, you will rush to dissipate your energy and abuse yourself, which will actually become a big laughing stock and make people lose confidence in Buddhism. This is a serious sin.

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Venerable Renjing teaches you to recite the self-nature of Amitabha Dharmakaya Buddha - to bring you to experience Nirvana

Raising Qi and Chanting Dharma:

First sit down and exhale slowly, exhale until the air is clean, the abdomen is concave, stay for a long time, and then inhale slowly.

XNUMX. Slowly inhale, the abdomen gradually swells and protrudes, and the breath is full for a long time, and then slowly exhales.

XNUMX. Repeat one and two actions, the more times the better, you can do it anytime, anywhere.

Fourth, put the tongue against the upper jaw, relax the shoulders, close the chin, close the eyes, and sit upside down (you can also open your eyes during the exercise when you are proficient at any time).

Fifth, in the slow breathing, gradually integrate the body and mind with the quiet space, and experience the infinitely quiet light Dharma Realm that existed long before the calamity. There is Nirvana. This is to recite Amitabha with the quiet voice of the self. The Dharma of Dharmakaya Buddha.

Note: Raising Qi and reciting Buddha Dharma, the number of records for a week can be recorded on the Facebook platform before the afternoon of every Saturday to make a total devotion to the Buddha recitation area on the Facebook platform to help the long-term mind to receive and sustain and develop infinite merits.The number of breaths or total time per week can be recorded.This method requires a long-term and sincere heart in order to be effective, at least five minutes a day and then gradually extended to twenty-six hours without interruption.

The merits and virtues of cultivating qi and reciting the Buddhadharma:

XNUMX. Cure all diseases and strengthen the body and mind.

Second, change the temperament and soften the emotions.

XNUMX. Treat depression and bipolar disorder.

XNUMX. Remove restlessness and keep your body peaceful.

XNUMX. Experience Nirvana, clear mind and see nature.

XNUMX. Thoroughly verify the original and manifest the original Buddha-nature.

XNUMX. Live in bliss, and live in a Buddha land.