XNUMX. To learn abstinence is to abstain from oneself, not from others
XNUMX. To learn abstinence is to abstain from oneself, not from others
Many people rarely learn the precepts with good intentions, but die while they are in the precepts. Nowadays, monks and lay disciples like this can be seen everywhere. The fundamental reason is the lack of understanding of the teachings.First of all, the spirit of learning precepts is to abstain from oneself and not from others. To abstain from oneself is to be diligent and virtuous. To abstain from others will become a state of uncleanness of one's own mind after seeing others.Even if you are a teacher, an elder, a good friend, or a good-willed teaching position, you must be objective, respectful, tolerant, and understanding, put forward your persuasion skillfully, and then absolutely respect the other party's choice. You should not use your own precepts as a tool to criticize others, and put others on a subjective label. This kind of behavior itself is very immoral, irrational, and unmerciful behavior.Therefore, a person who is well trained in precepts must have the virtue of precepts, respect others, and will not give people a sense of arrogance such as self-deprecation, self-righteousness, and contempt for others.A person who learns the precepts wrongly is very difficult to get along with, and even behaves very badly and unkindly, which is even scarier than those who do not learn the precepts. They are always used to holding the precept standards and scrutinizing others like a radar. The more self-righteous and good-natured people are, the more likely they are to cause serious physical and mental harm to others.Therefore, if you really want to learn the precepts well, you must first have a considerable degree of understanding of the scriptures and teachings. You must start from the precepts of your heart, on the basis of compassion and altruism, and then be in harmony with the precepts. Only then can you truly know how to keep the precepts. people.
For ordinary people, it is not easy to do this. Therefore, people who have not reached enlightenment in the teachings are only qualified to abstain from themselves, and must not abstain from others. Even the founder of the law school, Daoxuan, he himself is able to abstain from the purity of the precepts. I feel that the gods and people send offerings every day, but they can't avoid being scorned by the Mahayana Bodhisattva, and I think that the three-car master is a person who does not keep the precepts, so I kindly invite him to the Jingshe as a guest. He saw that his virtues of keeping the precepts and pureness can be felt by the gods and people to make offerings and make corrections. Later, he learned that when Master Guanji came that day, there were countless Mahayana Bodhisattvas and Dharma protectors around the Jingshe. Even the angels who came to deliver him fast food could not get in.He invited guests to entertain himself, and wanted to take the opportunity to treat others, but he didn't even get to eat. At this time, he was sweating and ashamed, and he never dared to look down on others again.The demonstration of the great virtue of a patriarch like Lawyer Daoxuan seems to be altruistic and altruistic, and he does require strictness in the precepts, and he seems to have a position to correct others, but in fact there are still subtle faults. Somehow, I think that others' upholding is not pure enough, and my heart thinks that my own precepts are relatively pure. This is how I want to guide others. I don't think about the virtues of Mahayana Bodhisattva's precepts in the nature of the mind. A realm unimaginable by the Shravaka.
After reading this koan, I really have to make those who learn the precepts to take it as a warning. Even the ancestors of Dao Xuan and the ancestors like the Patriarch will inevitably commit such mistakes, not to mention the ordinary people themselves even pay the precepts. If your holding is not perfect, you have to look at other people's faults everywhere, instruct others, and be a good teacher. This is a very serious injury to your own xinxing, and it will also hurt others, and it cannot truly achieve the purpose of altruism.Therefore, in order to learn precepts, we must first cultivate the self-discipline of morality. We must truly discipline ourselves and not others. We must be absolutely humble and eager to learn, and respect the original appearance of others. man of.You must know that other people's current negative experiences of not upholding precepts, eating meat, drinking alcohol, and lustful sex may also be a very important reverse experience for him on his personal repentance and repentance path in the future. Thoroughly see through letting go and work diligently to do the Dao. Everyone’s time for salvation is different, and you shouldn’t apply your own standards to others.Today, there are many lay Buddhist disciples who have received ordination, but have made their interpersonal relationships even worse. There are even some who have received the Bodhisattva precepts with a bodhicitta, and even get their husbands to ask for a divorce. How could this be the behavior of a Bodhisattva?My husband is also a sentient being, why is he not compassionate to him after he keeps the precepts, and there are more and more reasons to be selfish, just because it is a good thing to keep the precepts and practice, so everyone around them should be obediently obedient and supportive. Do you even want to admire and admire this Bodhisattva who is learning the precepts?This is not to keep the precepts from the heart, but to only use the precepts as a tool to shape the image, to hold the appearance, and the heart is still very impure, unmerciful, and irrational, which is contrary to the virtue of the precepts. Learn the precepts wrong.The real Mahayana fundamental precepts are built on the heart of compassion, respect, and filial piety. Just like the "Brahma Net Bodhisattva Precepts" says: "All men are my father, and all women are my mother." To treat sentient beings in this way, Then, in the precepts, combine the teachings and wisdom one by one to break the evil and cultivate the good, instead of becoming me high and you low, I am right and you wrong, I am good and you are evil, with such a mentality to force others, see their faults, and pick on others. If there is a problem, then this is really a violation of the fundamental precepts of compassion and filial piety in Mahayana.
For ordinary people, it is not easy to do this. Therefore, people who have not reached enlightenment in the teachings are only qualified to abstain from themselves, and must not abstain from others. Even the founder of the law school, Daoxuan, he himself is able to abstain from the purity of the precepts. I feel that the gods and people send offerings every day, but they can't avoid being scorned by the Mahayana Bodhisattva, and I think that the three-car master is a person who does not keep the precepts, so I kindly invite him to the Jingshe as a guest. He saw that his virtues of keeping the precepts and pureness can be felt by the gods and people to make offerings and make corrections. Later, he learned that when Master Guanji came that day, there were countless Mahayana Bodhisattvas and Dharma protectors around the Jingshe. Even the angels who came to deliver him fast food could not get in.He invited guests to entertain himself, and wanted to take the opportunity to treat others, but he didn't even get to eat. At this time, he was sweating and ashamed, and he never dared to look down on others again.The demonstration of the great virtue of a patriarch like Lawyer Daoxuan seems to be altruistic and altruistic, and he does require strictness in the precepts, and he seems to have a position to correct others, but in fact there are still subtle faults. Somehow, I think that others' upholding is not pure enough, and my heart thinks that my own precepts are relatively pure. This is how I want to guide others. I don't think about the virtues of Mahayana Bodhisattva's precepts in the nature of the mind. A realm unimaginable by the Shravaka.
After reading this koan, I really have to make those who learn the precepts to take it as a warning. Even the ancestors of Dao Xuan and the ancestors like the Patriarch will inevitably commit such mistakes, not to mention the ordinary people themselves even pay the precepts. If your holding is not perfect, you have to look at other people's faults everywhere, instruct others, and be a good teacher. This is a very serious injury to your own xinxing, and it will also hurt others, and it cannot truly achieve the purpose of altruism.Therefore, in order to learn precepts, we must first cultivate the self-discipline of morality. We must truly discipline ourselves and not others. We must be absolutely humble and eager to learn, and respect the original appearance of others. man of.You must know that other people's current negative experiences of not upholding precepts, eating meat, drinking alcohol, and lustful sex may also be a very important reverse experience for him on his personal repentance and repentance path in the future. Thoroughly see through letting go and work diligently to do the Dao. Everyone’s time for salvation is different, and you shouldn’t apply your own standards to others.Today, there are many lay Buddhist disciples who have received ordination, but have made their interpersonal relationships even worse. There are even some who have received the Bodhisattva precepts with a bodhicitta, and even get their husbands to ask for a divorce. How could this be the behavior of a Bodhisattva?My husband is also a sentient being, why is he not compassionate to him after he keeps the precepts, and there are more and more reasons to be selfish, just because it is a good thing to keep the precepts and practice, so everyone around them should be obediently obedient and supportive. Do you even want to admire and admire this Bodhisattva who is learning the precepts?This is not to keep the precepts from the heart, but to only use the precepts as a tool to shape the image, to hold the appearance, and the heart is still very impure, unmerciful, and irrational, which is contrary to the virtue of the precepts. Learn the precepts wrong.The real Mahayana fundamental precepts are built on the heart of compassion, respect, and filial piety. Just like the "Brahma Net Bodhisattva Precepts" says: "All men are my father, and all women are my mother." To treat sentient beings in this way, Then, in the precepts, combine the teachings and wisdom one by one to break the evil and cultivate the good, instead of becoming me high and you low, I am right and you wrong, I am good and you are evil, with such a mentality to force others, see their faults, and pick on others. If there is a problem, then this is really a violation of the fundamental precepts of compassion and filial piety in Mahayana.