Hello, fellow practitioners, Amitabha!

Yesterday we gave you many examples to talk about how to respect the teacher and cultivate sincere respect. This is to hope that the practitioners can establish this very important foundation before studying the Fa. With this foundation, they can study the Fa in the future. Hopefully, we also gave some practical examples to remind fellow practitioners to avoid inadvertently creating all kinds of karmic causes of the three evil ways because of disrespect in the process of learning. In the future, we must use this as a vigilance, and do not commit the same mistakes again, because these mistakes are very serious sins. Even if we accidentally commit them because of ignorance, there is no way to avoid the retribution, and in order not to bond with sentient beings. Evil destiny, often good knowledge will stay away from you and refuse to teach you, so you will never be able to get out of your blind spots and misunderstandings in the process of learning. At the same time, we practitioners must also integrate respect into our daily lives. Among them, let it become a part of our habits, so that we can hope to achieve real merit in our studies.In particular, we must avoid not being able to look at the faults of others. To keep the precepts is to prescribe that you are not precepts to others, especially the Three Jewels of the Loaded Tathagata family inheritance. If we are disrespectful to the Three Jewels, not only will we not be able to achieve our Dao Karma, but also It is very detrimental to virtue and blessing, so many fellow practitioners have also cultivated a lot of blessings in Buddhism. Why are they still unable to feel good results, and even more troublesome? This is karma, and what you are repairing is missing blessings. Just like a cup filled with water, this is a blessing, but there are holes in the bottom of the cup, so you can fix it for nothing because it leaks while filling it!Even the karma created is more than the blessing you have cultivated, so we have seen the current situation of many practitioners in Buddhism. Why can't they benefit from their studies? It's not that the Dharma is not working, but that we have cultivated the wrong way.

We must know that monks in particular. Now that the Buddha is not alive, monks represent the Buddha. The three treasures of the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are one body. The Dharma must also be promoted through the monks. The so-called Dharma Lai Sang, so the monks must be regarded as Buddhas. The same respect, this is the real correct mentality.In this respect, Tantric teaching is particularly strict, but it does not mean that only tantric practice needs to treat the master as respectful as a Buddha. No matter which school or school we learn, this is the essential foundation. The condition, because only in this way can our inner consummation of sexual virtue be able to inspire, and in fact, even if the monks do not have a full enlightenment, the Dhamma he teaches is the realm of the Buddha’s personal witness. This method is like a medicine list, and the infinite method is The medicine list issued by the Buddha, but this medicine list must be prescribed according to the symptoms. It is different for each person’s disease, and a separate medicine list suitable for you must be prescribed for you. Then this job lies in the monk’s treasure, in the monks, so in other words In other words, if you don’t respect the monks, then this is also detrimental to the way of the teacher. Don’t think that the monks are not enlightened. We just have to learn from Buddhism. As long as you respect the Buddha and the Dharma, it is enough. If there is no monks to prescribe these medicines to the symptoms. However, your illness cannot be cured. Just like when we teach the Fa, it is necessary to make sense but also to make opportunities. The work of this opportunity lies with the monks, so it is natural to respect the monk.

What's more, the monk’s sangha image represents the Buddha’s image, so this sangha and the Buddha image themselves have infinite merits. If we see that the monks show the monk’s image and do not respect the Buddha, then it is equivalent to disrespect the Buddha and the sin karma of not respecting the Buddha It’s very big, so some people often think that we only need to respect the Buddha. The monks are not enlightened and not worthy of my respect. This kind of arrogance is actually not seeing the truth. Just this monk has immeasurable merits. It is said in the scriptures that even a monk who breaks the precepts can be supported by mankind. The reason is here, because it is the merit of the monk, and this identity represents the family inheritance of the Buddha's burden of Tathagata, just like the identity of the prince, although the prince he Habits are very bad, there are many problems, and even often make some mistakes, but after all, he is a prince, and he will still inherit the throne in the future. Besides, even if he is not very kind in front of him, he will not be promoted or enlightened in the future, so we absolutely Don’t underestimate the monks, you must respectfully study as a Buddha. It’s absolutely good for us and there is no loss. Never use that kind of careless mind and think that he doesn’t have much practice. Then I respect him, it’s not too cheap for him. ?This kind of mind is impure, and it's just being attached to the aspect separately.Some people say that this is a monk who breaks the precept, and it is worthy of our respect. It is too late to criticize, so why do we have to provide for?Some people even think that they practice at home better than monks.We have seen many lay priests now, and even we have heard many lay sighs. In fact, this is also a wrong view. We are ordained ordained bhikkhus with two hundred and fifty precepts and bhikkhus with three hundred and forty-eight precepts. Bhikkhu broke a hundred precepts, but it is still one hundred and fifty more than you, right?All the five precepts in the family have been suffering, haha, there are many obstacles!Even if you have good roots and you are very eager to practice the precepts, but in fact, it is very difficult to keep the precepts in a secular environment. You just don’t kill, you see our monks, as long as they don’t get out of the Sangha. Mountain gates are rarely committed, because there is no chance to break the precepts. If you want to break the precepts, you can kneel and hit the incense board immediately to help you eliminate the karma and make you confess pure. Therefore, if you accidentally break the precept, you will immediately confess, so basically It won’t accumulate too much sin karma, and in the Sangha, when you do the Dao all day long, you are vigilant every day, and you are watching your three karma every day. If you don’t watch others, you will also watch you. Daoists will remind you that our precepts are also obliged to persuade the monks who live with us, so there will be someone to help you keep the precepts and diligently.

Lay family members are different. Lay Buddhists will think about it and know that it is not easy to keep the precepts!Even if you really have the intention, it is not easy, so from the perspective of precepts, how can the practice of a layman be comparable to that of a monk?Then why do some laypeople easily mistakenly think that they are better than monks in cultivation?It is because of his wrong values. What he calls good and bad is based on work ability, ingenuity, expertise, professional skills, and even the name of Buddhism. He thinks how much money I can make and how many employees I can lead. How much money I earn, I have done well in all aspects of humanity and sophistication. I am very rich in Buddhism, but in these aspects, the monks seem to be stupid, as if they don’t understand anything, and they don’t have much culture. Some people can only read Buddhism. After entering society, they don’t know much about the rules of the world, so they think they are better than monks, they are better at cultivating themselves, and they understand more things. This is a mistake of opinion.

What is the real goal of our practice of Buddhism?Purifying our three karma, so the Buddha told us to give up. The external matter is the inner mind and body. All delusions and attachments must be thoroughly cleansed to the purest level. These goals are often that monks are easier to attain. In this regard, some monks are the good roots of the past life, and the sacrificial body of this life is relatively pure, and perhaps they can be innocent to become a monk. The habits of the Five Desires are very light, and the starting point is completely different.And these old laymen who have cultivated for a long time, the so-called unreality and detours because of the ground, the motivation for practicing at the beginning, if you have not first established respect for the Three Jewels, and have not followed the precepts step by step to truly practice. , Then even if you have much abilities in society, even if you go to Buddhism, you have also cultivated a lot of blessings, and you are also very proficient in Buddhist names and figures, and you can even run Taoism in an institutionalized way. All these practical experiences are very rich, and none of these can represent the realm of merits you have practiced, and sometimes it even means that your pollution is heavier. Therefore, the depth standard of this merit is not set by yourself, but by the Buddha. So no matter what, we must cultivate true respect for the monk’s treasure, so that on the one hand, you can truly believe and receive the Dharma spoken by the monk on behalf of the Buddha, and at the same time, it can also inspire your own beautiful virtues. We It can naturally become very humble. Our greed, anger, ignorance, slowness, and suspicion, especially this I am slow, slow heart is difficult for you to subdue, it is difficult to subdue in the social environment, only when facing the Three Jewels , You can easily get rid of these habitual problems by a large margin, so you should use these factors to achieve your own Taoist merits. Don’t think about asking you to respect the Three Jewels. It seems that you have to look at people first. Some people are respectful and wrong, as if they are eating by themselves. Thanks, don't use this mundane mentality to get close to the Sambo.

In ancient times, there was a king who wanted to practice benevolence and virtue as much as he could because he was a disciple of the Buddha, but at that time there was still a law on death penalty. In order to avoid direct killing, the king later thought of a method and he committed the death penalty. When the people in the elephant garden are locked in, the elephants are very strong. If people are accidentally trampled to death by their side, those prisoners, prisoners from other countries usually execute this way.Once in this country, there was a monk who committed the death penalty. At that time, the monk had committed the death penalty and still had to be put to death. But because the king was a disciple of the Buddha, it was impossible to execute the monk directly, so he was placed in the elephant garden as well. As soon as the elephant sees it as a monk, all sentient beings have spirituality. Some sentient beings are even stronger than us in some aspects. For example, the sense of smell of dogs exceeds that of humans countless times, and the spirituality of elephants Its kindness sometimes exceeds that of human beings, so when the elephant saw this monk, not only did he not trample him to death, but also worship with him, and then use its trunk to massage him for offerings. This is called internal wealth donation. This is Normally, we have seen many similar records in the scriptures, as well as some small animals respecting the Three Treasures. I even saw an elephant that moved people very much.Once it came across a fake monk. This man was just a layman in robes, not a real monk. He was also a robber and villain. This elephant knew that they all had spirituality. At that time, the robber wanted Killed this elephant to get ivory, and the elephant knew he had this disgusting thought, but in order to respect his monk, he would rather be killed by him, and did not resist at all, so as to respect the Three Jewels like this. The result This elephant was killed at that time, but immediately ascended to heaven after it died, because it ascended to heaven with the good roots of this respectful Three Treasures.This koan is really touching!Most of us are often worse than it!You see, it’s too easy for an elephant to trample a person to death, but instead of trampling to death, he would rather sacrifice his own life. He is not willing to show any disrespect to the Three Jewels, even knowing that this person is not true. A monk, but it just respects this monk image, because the monk image is the Buddha image. This is not to distinguish between true and false by thinking about the truth, but when you see the Buddha image, you are naturally triggered by the good roots. You don’t need to think through your intuition. It will produce respect, so even if you know that he is fake, you can't bear to get it, this is a natural reaction.When we study Buddhism, we must first cultivate such a sincere respect for the Three Jewels. Being able to respect the Sangha means respecting the Buddha and the Dharma, and disrespecting the monks and monks, that is, disrespectful to the Buddha, disrespectful to the Dharma, and at the same time. Still ungrateful.

You might think that I studied Buddhism by checking the information on the Internet or watching the CD. It seems that I did not directly learn from the monks and did not formally rely on the monks. But in fact, overall speaking, this method is based on the Buddha Shakya. After the Blessed One was revealed to the world, it has been passed down to the present for more than two thousand years, and it has been passed down to your hands. Isn't this all the merit of the monk?This is the source of the Fa!How could it have nothing to do with Seng Bao?The Three Treasures are one body. You don’t want to draw scores by yourself. I respect the person who is good. I don’t respect this person. The Three Treasures are a whole. So if you are not respectful to any monk, it is equivalent to not respecting all the Buddhism of the Shifang III. Monk, this sin karma is very heavy. The source of your Dharma body and wisdom is derived from the Three Jewels. If you don't know how to be grateful and rewarded, it's fine, because you haven't achieved it yet!Of course you have no ability to repay, it doesn't matter, but at least you have to be respectful!Don't be an ungrateful person.

I saw a very interesting story not long ago. This was mentioned by an old master Zhihai in the mainland, because he himself had traveled to Burma to preach, and he was quite clear about Burma. Burma is a In Buddhist countries, many people have been a monk since they were young, so most people in Myanmar can believe in cause and effect. Even if you don’t practice concentration or wisdom, you can at least understand the principles of cause and effect.One time, the old Master Zhihai mentioned in the lecture that there was a bandit who wanted to steal money from a monk, because Myanmar is a very poor country, and some people may not be able to study Buddhism wholeheartedly, so there are also many bandits. , Then how to rob him?It's fun!He first prayed to the monk for three prayers, and then very politely asked him to take off the robes first. After the monk took off the robes, he would rob him of money. How much did he rob?I grabbed five hundred yuan. After the robbing was over, I asked the monk to put on the robes and put on the robes, and then respectfully kneeled on the ground to support the monk for two hundred yuan.Hey!It's really weird, how could there be such a weird robber, even this monk found it strange, so I asked him, strange!If you want this, why don't you just grab three hundred, and why!Still having so much trouble?The robber said it!He said that he himself understood very well that the creditor is a sentient being from the ten directions if he grabbed the money from the Three Treasures!If you grab three hundred, each of the sentient beings in the ten directions owes three hundred!In the future, it will be repaid like this, but it’s not that it’s all right after repaying XNUMX yuan, because he knows that he will rob his family’s money and he will definitely go to hell in the future, but today I will support another XNUMX yuan, and I have a treasure for the monk. After falling into hell, there is still a cause and condition that can be saved again.What he said is very reasonable!This is true. You only need to offer to the Three Jewels, not to mention offering to the Three Jewels. If you just convert to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, you will have the karma to be saved. When you convert to the Three Jewels, you have sincerely rely on the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha from your heart. , You will plant the karma for being saved, not to mention that you have also offered monk treasures and repaired real blessings, so this robber is very clever and very wise!This is a kind of social ethos. In Burma, a Buddhist country, no matter how bad people are, they still have the concept of cause and effect. If there is no such thing in China, there is no such kind of person. Master Zhihai said that this person is true He has a good root and is a unique robber. I can’t find it in China. I find it very interesting, but I also find it very strange. Why this robber knows the cause and effect, and he has to suffer immeasurable suffering when he falls into hell. How about creating such a sin karma for just XNUMX yuan?It's weird!Ordinary people create karma because they are stupid and don't know the retribution of karma, and those who know it must not dare to do it, so why do they do it?This is what the scripture says "the karma of sentient beings is incredible." This sentence should not be neglected. Why do we still reincarnate in the six realms and ten dharmas without being able to leave the world because of karma. This karma Power is not less than Fuli!The same is very strong, and the scripture also says that "the good roots of all beings are incredible." These three incredible powers are actually comparable. Don’t think that only the Buddha’s power is the strongest, and the karma of our beings is also terrible. Of course, our good roots are also very scary. It's incredible, so it's possible to become holy!

But karma is incredible, how do we experience it from life?For example, when we have studied Buddhism, we also know that we must keep the precepts and be pure, including the lay priests. As the Shurangama Sutra says: "If you don’t get rid of your lust, you can’t get out of the dust." Sexual adultery is not as strict as monks, but if a lay person sinks into the five desires, there is still no way to get out of the three realms. Of course, except for the salvation of Amitabha, so especially practitioners must keep the precepts and be pure, except for not killing or stealing. Lust is also a very serious evil karma, and it is also a sin karma that is particularly easy to contrive. But we all living beings know clearly how many heroes have been smart and capable since ancient times, but they can’t reach the beauties. He would rather be beauties than Jiangshan, so How can a person who is so smart and capable, who can rule a country, have no way to fight against lust?This is karma, like the social chaos we see before our eyes. Who doesn’t know that destroying other people’s families or being a third party is not allowed by law, and everyone looks down upon it. It’s immoral, but it’s love at first sight. When you blame your relatives and creditors, you can't stop it, right?So karma is really terrible!We are bystanders. It seems to be nothing. How can there be such a foolish person who knows that such a terrible thing has to be done, and knows that there is no result, and everyone will suffer. Why should we do it?But there are so many people who will do it. This is the terrible karma, and I don’t have the law to be the master, even this robber is the same!Apart from karma, no other factors can be satisfactorily explained.So we understand that karma is terrible, and we must rely on the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, and don't think that I can achieve Dao Karma by myself. That is self-deception!It’s impossible, and especially in the current learning process, when we are not yet enlightened and cannot face the karma on our own, we can’t leave the teacher and participate together. This is very, very important. This is more important than you study the Buddha's name and form, no matter how much you cultivate, the blessing will come.Even if you don’t understand anything, it’s okay if you don’t have any blessings. You just follow the teacher in a foolish manner, meditate on the Buddha, and do what you can do. That’s it, and you will be able to regenerate into a Buddha safely and smoothly. , Because the power of the three treasures of fellow Daoists can help you resist this karma. Without this defense wall, the karma of sentient beings is incredible!This is to give us a real example.And we can also observe that there are too many in our lives that we can’t do the Lord’s own. Let’s not talk about those who like to behave like five desires and six dust, but don’t know how to practice enlightenment, even those who want to practice. If you can’t do it, you must rely on the Three Jewels. If you rely on the Three Jewels, you must first establish a true respect for the Three Jewels. If you practice in Buddhism, you can’t sense the blessing power of the Three Jewels, and there is no way to fight against karma. You still have troubles in your life. If you work hard, you can’t feel the blessings, and you have created a lot of karma. These results are all because the foundation is not well laid, and sincere respect has not been built.So in the past few days, I have to cite some specific examples in depth, so that everyone can really understand clearly how to cultivate respect, and then what kind of situation is not respectful, and should be avoided.

For example, in the past few years, since 2010, I have been in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. I have officially started to spread the Dharma. I have been doing anything, from becoming a monk to the present for more than XNUMX years, and I have been specializing in pure land for nearly XNUMX years. I have never planned to do anything by myself. Even the karma for becoming a monk was ordered by the master to shave me, including studying the scriptures, which was also promoted by all karma, and finally it was blessed by the old monk personally nodding. Encouraging me to catch up with the last list of the Fifth Dharma Propaganda Training Class at the last minute is not my pre-plan.After graduating from the training course, because my grades were considered very good, the old monk personally graded me. I was fifth, and the fifth in the class graduated. After graduation, the old monk also personally called the guardian around me to call me. Asked if I would like to go to Australia to serve as a teaching assistant. I can always feel that the old monk cares about me. Of course, he doesn’t just care about me, but for the students around him who are interested in studying the Fa. They all attached great importance to it. Later, because of various obstacles, I was forced to leave the old monk and failed to live in Australia. The fate of getting close to the old monk temporarily ended, and I began to go to Shifang to study and promote the Dharma.Although we have left the old monk's side, our Fa is also dedicated to the Pure Land. The inheritance of this dharma line cannot be interrupted. If you are close to the teacher, you don’t have to be with you, and you don’t have to be a real Fa-student. His departure was only due to the birth and death changes of various causes. To me, all these causes are very good. They are the best arrangements given to me by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Without this cause, I would not have been able to go to Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Going to get close to a monk who is above our old monks, and is also a respected master in the Buddhist world. Later, I received the two monks and three altars ordination, the monk who received the precepts and the next old monk, there is a cause and condition. Under his elder's seat, in the Baolin Temple, the identity of a niche novice monk began in the jungle. Among the popular masters, more than one hundred monks trained and began to be rubbed!The grinding is shiny inside and out.

In the past, a bhikkhuni told me that if a monk had not been honed in the jungle when he was in the minority (novices), it would be like a man who had not served as a soldier, the temperament of a monk. There is always a bad taste. This is what a bhikkhuni said. Later, I also deeply felt it, especially some people who became a monk when they were very old, and they went to the monastery by themselves when they became a monk. It has not really passed five years. After ten years of training by the Sangha, only the appearance has changed, and the inner temperament has not changed at all.It must be among the masses, through the Buddha's commandments, and long-term training in life, transforming the worldly temperament, and developing the monkhood of the world. No matter the length of time, there must be this process, so how good it is to me s arrangement.If I learned in the Jingzong school, I would not have these causes, because the Taoist style of the learning is different. The old monk’s wish is to spread the Fa throughout the world. Special attention is paid to the introduction of lay priests. The objective conditions for us to learn to practice as monks would not be so. It's complete, so it's really the best arrangement for Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for me to go to Australia or not!If no one hindered me and forced me to leave the Institute, I couldn’t leave. When the old monk asked me if I wanted to go to Australia, I didn’t really want to go. I just want to be close to the old monks to study the Fa, but in fact, the old monks most often go to Hong Kong, so why would I want to put myself in Australia to enjoy?And at that time, I was in the stage of multi-training and study, so I didn't really want to live in Australia, but when the old monk asked, I only had one sentence, everything was arranged by the old monk.As a student, we have to have this attitude. Afterwards, the cause and destiny were not mature. In fact, I was secretly happy in my heart. I also know that although I still don’t know where to go, and I will face many tests. It’s very clear that even the old monk reminded us that if you teach the scriptures poorly, others will make fun of you, and if you speak well, you will have nowhere to go in the future, and there will be many obstacles. I was mentally prepared, but even though the road was difficult, I still had the kind of expectation that imitated the ancients and was dedicated to accomplishing the real merits. I was not afraid at all. I was full of joy and went to Hong Kong’s Lantau Island through the jungle to find hardship. I don’t know if you can experience that kind of state of mind. I don’t want to fight for it. I can fight for it. If there are obstacles, I don’t necessarily give up right away. It’s up to people to do it!But I didn’t do any more fighting for it. Responsiveness. It’s true that every stage is requisite. It’s good times to cherish and grasp. For example, the reason for learning in the Singapore Dharma training class is really a great blessing. It is very happy to report, it is a good time in studying the Fa, but adversity is also very good, because if you have not experienced the adversity personally, you have not realized the achievement of merit, the sense of accomplishment, the kind of joy, especially The kind of merit that is promoted in the face of adversity is very incredible!It is beyond your imagination. How can you feel that you have the ability to take on such a test?Afterwards, even you yourself will find it incredible!Merit will be obviously greatly improved, and at the same time, self-confidence will be greatly improved.

After leaving the society, I went to various places to study, alas!It's really a lot of hardship, and it feels really enjoyable. In this way, it seems to be a little self-abuse!But that is to seek the truth, to really let myself experience all the tastes of being tempered, I want to taste it, of course, it is not as difficult as the old monks and the old generations like Xuyun. I don’t have that level, and Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will not contribute to such a difficult state for me, but I must have experienced it. I also understand that my karma is very serious. To enjoy, then decide that there is no way to achieve merit.So I want to improve.After studying at home and abroad for more than ten years, I feel that I have benefited a lot. Until five or six years ago, I was majoring in the Dhamma, the last pass of the Pure Land Dharma. After the blessing of our second ancestor of the Jingzong Master Shandao, the confidence in the death Regardless of the stage of the training of the monks, or even our major in the Fa, I feel that I have reached a considerable level. The body and mind are very stable. The Fa is happy and comfortable. I feel very relieved. I have finally completed a stage. Practice homework!Although I haven’t become a Buddha and I haven’t reached Consummation yet, I can already experience the taste of the Dharma. Then I have to do my part. After I have gained self-interest, I should focus on altruism, but because many factors were also considered at the time. , I anticipate that there will be many fellow practitioners who cannot understand the level of faith that I have experienced when death is determined by death. It is also easy for ordinary practitioners to interpret the meaning in the text. Therefore, I am worried that many practitioners will be recruited when spreading the Dharma and benefiting students. The obstacle is mainly because the way I preach the teachings has its own verbal characteristics. It is not like the old monk's remarks when we learned to teach in the early days, and almost all of them were not transformed into their own words, and the lectures were repeated directly.In fact, the old monk also said that the first five years of lectures are repeated. If you really learn to lecture, you should be able to translate what you understand into your own language expression, and even choose some suitable koans for yourself. Even discussing and playing, this is the second step in our learning to teach the scriptures and internal classics. Only in this way can you truly learn to teach the scriptures, and you must be able to use them flexibly.If you just follow the teacher’s words all day long, just listen to the teacher. It’s even more exciting. You have not really learned the lectures, and you are sorry for the teacher if you have not learned the lectures. You should be able to understand the meaning of the law. After that, we will use our own style and skill to present it, but of course it must be based on the classics; based on the teacher's teachings, it is not our own insights.Even so, I still worry that many practitioners don’t understand, misunderstand, criticize, and get obstacles. Indeed, many practitioners are accustomed to looking for other people’s faults in words, especially the lay practitioners we learned are very good at looking for masters. Problems, this is already a kind of ethos, it is a unique way for them to protect the law seriously, why are they looking for problems?Because they think this is caring for the mage and protecting the mage, so they must help the monks to correct their problems!They worry that these young monks are not pure in keeping the precepts, but they can't see their faults in disrespecting the Three Jewels at all. This is what they call the method of protecting the Dharma, and they use this method to protect the monks.Although some lay people are also very dedicated and laborious, they often create a lot of karma by themselves. If you don’t know what they are like, they are dealing with the family, they are picking other people’s faults, and even I misunderstood the content of the teachings of the Master, and these concerns were all I had anticipated earlier, so I have been slow to take the initiative to promote the Dharma.

What was the cause of my formal teaching?About two years ago, I accompanied a Chinese bhikkhuni borrowed from Malaysia back to Malacca to visit relatives. At that time, I also took the opportunity to take her to visit several societies. Unexpectedly, the presidents I knew before took the initiative. I invited me to give lectures. At the beginning, I declined the invitation. Later, I agreed. After I agreed, I began to accept invitations from various places. In 2010 and 2011, I came three times a year, one trip for two months. For almost half a year, I have been in the Jingzong Academy. I have established Dharma predestined in various local societies. In fact, every place I visit can be said that my Dharma predestined is the best. Among all our classmates, my Dharma predestined is the best. As the fellow practitioners said, because the atmosphere of learning to listen to the scriptures is not very good, there are very few people who like to listen to the scriptures. Most fellow practitioners like to practice the three-time system. After repairing, I hope I donate a little money so that the innocent creditor can overtake him. It's faster!This is how we learned the atmosphere. There were very few people listening to the scriptures, so I brought up the atmosphere of listening to the scriptures again every time I went. On the first day, there were fewer people, and the second day, the third day, and the fourth day. More and more, this is the blessing of Master Shandao’s Buddha power, of course it’s not my personal strength, because our method is all based on Buddha power, I’m just here to share with you the true benefits that I get, and my heart is very strong. Sincerely, I don’t have the conditions, nor do I benefit from my fame, nor do I take the initiative to come to preach the Dharma. I just act to give to all beings based on my cause, because I’m sincere, and everyone feels that I’m not very eloquent. At that time, even though I had been a monk for more than ten years, I was only a young mage. My own karma was heavy, I didn't have much practice, and I didn't have much virtue. Why is the Dharma predestined best wherever I go?It's just a sincere heart for myself, and it's just to share the real benefits that I get. This is all blessings of Buddha, so every time I go there, there are more and more listeners. Everyone is intuitive!Hearing this Dharma, everyone has good roots and intuition. Everyone has received great blessings. Those who did not have faith in the previous rebirths have confidence. Those who have not made aspirations to rebirth can all aspire to the world of bliss. This is the first two years of propagating Results.

But this world is like this. Good things are hard to come by. The greater your influence, the greater your obstacles will follow. In other words, the greater your obstacles, it means that your influence is great, and everyone looks up to me, wow. !It can be said that wherever I went, from south to north, there was a wave of craze in the academic dojos in Malaysia and Singapore. Everyone was overjoyed and began to confront the Fa, including some of the old presidents of the academics, who had been dead for more than XNUMX years. He didn't have confidence in the departed life, but after hearing this Fa, everyone seemed to be alive. It was such an atmosphere.But after that, we soon faced a one-sided and comprehensive obstacle. Most of our Malaysian presidents were very united. We would immediately inform the meeting if something happened. The good things and the bad things would be held through consultations, and then internally, Qiao Yi Qiao. (Taiwanese), it depends on how to deal with it in the future, so the obstacles I get are also comprehensive. The presidents are very tacit. Originally, everyone from the south to the north was very happy to listen to the Fa, but then everyone started from the north to the south. Obstacles, I will retreat and protect the Dharma along the way, but I believe that people who have heard the Dharma are simple people who come to learn to practice together. These people will not retreat so easily, because the seeds of Vajra have been planted, and I am personally considered as a consummation. Yes, I’m just a deacon of Amitabha’s messenger. I tried my best to achieve Consummation. Therefore, the obstacles that people asked for had no effect on me. At that time, people asked me to talk about it. Now that everyone is blocked, I can enjoy the blessings. Up.I only have compassion for people with these obstacles. I don't mind at all, because I understand the truth. In fact, there is no obstacle in the outside world. Who can really hinder the "emptiness"?Since it is "empty" and there is nothing, what can you obstruct?I didn't ask for anything at first, so I would do it if I had the predestined condition.I have no difference, the difference lies in your own obstacles!The opportunity to hear the Fa, which has broken many sentient beings’ fascinating life, is this cause and effect!It is definitely the result of Abi Hell, so I have pity for them, because they are ignorant!Even some people are just stupid and loyal, influenced by other people's use, and these people are often in front of me admiring the Fa that I teach, grateful to me, and even very grateful to offer sacrifices to such presidents and fellow practitioners will still suddenly I retired overnight. Some of the reasons for retreat were affected by these slander made out of nothing, and some were about the stakes, because others were obstructing me. If he doesn’t cooperate, he will also do it later. Being excluded, there may also be such a consideration. For his own survival in the group, he has to sacrifice the mage and sacrifice the cause of the sentient beings to listen to the Fa. Anyway, they only need the three-time system of mind to be enough!It doesn't matter if you don't need to listen to the Fa, or anyway, as long as you recite the Buddha yourself and do it with faith and willingness!It doesn't matter if you don't want other things!Therefore, under such considerations and choices, these are actually the most important parts. Then this is ignorance. Since I am ignorant, how can I bear to care about them again? In my opinion, it is just a matter of cause and condition. There is nothing good or bad, and there is no gain or loss.

In fact, I have observed these phenomena a long time ago. Last year, I told the practitioners around me in the video or in private. I said that I might not want to teach the Fa when I learn it in the future. Why?Don’t worry about these lives. Although their thoughts are wrong, we are always succumbing to sentient beings. If you don’t want me to talk about it, I don’t want to talk about it, but you have to bear the consequences of hindering other sentient beings. I just follow you, and I I have also talked about the principle of spreading the Dharma. I myself did not aspire to be a mage. If I say that I am not qualified by the standards of a mage, we old monks are truly professional mages. Mages must be proficient in the Tripitaka and have a good understanding of the past and the present. I don’t have this ability. I just specialize in Pure Land. I am very confident and in-depth in the Pure Land area. Of course, I have also skipped all the classics of large and small multiplication, and I also have a considerable degree of ablation, but I was initially What I really want to do is to survive in the blissful world. In other words, I only want to be a practitioner and a Buddhist cultivator. I don’t want to be a mage. To be a mage is to follow the cause and condition. This is another monk. Everyone should do my duty. If there is cause and reason to benefit others, then I will do my duty. I don’t have to save as many sentient beings and teach as many Dharma. So I took a look at the time and found that the obstacles to fellow practitioners in Malaysia are very large, so I I don't want to fight against these obstacles. I can follow along. Therefore, I have said that if you want to politely ask me to give lectures in the future, you must be very respectful. If not, I would rather not speak.My principle of propagating the Dharma is the first time I invite you. No matter how many people are in this place, and no matter what the motive of the person who initiated the invitation, I don’t mind. I will definitely go to him and plant diamond seeds because of us. To benefit all beings on an equal basis, don’t say that you are a great protector of the Dharma. I will teach you the Fa. Maitreya Bodhisattva prefers to go to rich people, so he became a Buddha later than Buddha Shakyamuni. He was originally the fourth Buddha of virtuous robbery. The one who becomes a Buddha is that he likes to go to the house of the rich and he also teaches the righteousness, but he is relatively lax. Then my wish is to be equal according to the fate. As long as there is an enlightenment from the cause, I will say that he must go to the first time. The second time it depends on whether you really have a desire to seek the law and whether you have sufficient respect as a consideration, so I also thought at the time that there should be no fate to see the Malaysian Society. Last year I mentioned this to people around me, This is the current situation, everyone is concerned about the Sambo!Really, respectfulness needs to be strengthened, and even some of the knowledge and practice of protecting the law need to be improved.

還有一個例子，去年我在芙蓉，一個護法發心，我們在芙蓉買下一塊地，本來這塊地買下來以後，我們真的可以利益馬來西亞一帶的眾生，還有新加坡有居士都己經講好想要來這裡常住啊！後來因緣就沒有成熟，沒有成熟主要的原因之一是因為當時芙蓉淨宗學會，會長跟副會長他們兩位本來是很歡喜護持，因為我們當地都沒有熟人嘛！發心買下這塊地的護法也不在當地，也不能經常來護持，不方便，所以很需要芙蓉淨宗學會他們來護持，因為芙蓉淨宗學會以前我也去講過兩三次經，結過很好的法緣，聽眾又是最多的，會長跟副會長跟我的緣份也很好，會長還曾當我的面叫她三個心愛的女兒要認真聽從師父的教導，多跟師父學習，所以他們都表示很歡迎我到那邊去常住，把這塊地好好的運用，利益馬來西亞的同修們。可是過後不久，會長副會長又想要跟我化緣這塊地，化緣這塊地耶！希望我把這塊地捐給芙蓉淨宗學會，那我就想，哎呀！怎麼那麼快，我都還沒做就有人要來搶這塊地了，其實這個事情我都早有預感，我也早先跟護法提過了，我知道一定會有這樣的發展，我這樣的一個預感當然也有我的依據。會長、副會長這兩個人我是非常肯定他們的善根的，他們比起其他學會許多會長，領眾的熱忱真的是要好很多，因為很多學會的會長只喜歡帶大眾修福或做做法會，當然也很不錯，但是多半都還停留在修福的層面，而這兩位至少比較熱衷弘法還有共修，這個是我們值得肯定的。可是他們的觀念也是普遍跟其他學會領眾的居士一樣，都認為出家眾應該是由居士來管束，而且自己不能夠擁有道場，這個是完全錯誤的觀念。以前佛陀在世的時候，給孤獨長者把地捐出來，當時他們有沒有過戶我不知道啦！但是我們可以確定的是僧團一定是由出家人來管理，四眾弟子輩份很清楚，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷各有其本份，沒有道理由居士來管理僧團，到現代的情形因為這個牽扯到法規的問題，一個置產的地方，你就必須要有人有所有權，所以現在就是出家人也會負責來管理，因為如果由居士來管理，我們看得到很多居士，老和尚也是一樣啊！後來不是被居士趕走掃地出門，跟韓鍈館長三十年兩人共創的道場，後來因為產權的問題，遺囑的問題，就由在家子女來繼承，老和尚就不跟人家爭，全部都給他們，他們這個罪很重啊！十方僧的東西啊！所以像這方面我們都非常小心，遺囑我都是先寫好的。那當時我是覺得這個事情，為什麼我要在這裡提出來？是因為我希望我們的居士護法們，要好好的思惟這個問題，一定要把這個觀念調整過來，居士是護持出家眾啊！不是叫出家眾來護持居士啊！都顛倒啦！那他們的理由也很好聽，說哎呀！我們不要讓這個出家人有造業的機會，我們要幫他持戒清淨，不要讓他有錢，最好連住的地方都不要讓他太安穩，這樣才會老實修行，才不敢做怪。他們都想的很好意，理由都一定是很好的，他們當然也不敢故意去造惡，但是觀念錯誤，你說不要給出家眾所有權，也不要給他們身上有太多錢，他們才不會作怪，才能夠老實修行那我請問你？你有在護持嗎？多少出家眾沒有地方住所以要去趕經懺，對不對？誰願意去趕經懺，你們有在護持嗎？很多居士管理的道場，出家人連掛單都沒有辨法掛單，常住的法師也沒有辨法貫徹他的理念，都是必須聽從居士的決定，共修要怎麼處理，講經要講那些內容，對不對？這些都是事實擺在眼前，出家人只是個傀儡。那你說好啊！你要發心護持，要教導這個出家眾，那請問你要把出家眾教育成什麼樣子？跟你一樣是一個成功的生意人嗎？出家的戒你也完全不懂，也沒學過，你要拿什麼標準去教化這個出家人？通常這些居士他們好像也都是好心，絕對不敢造惡業，但是請問你是要用什麼方式來護持教化這些出家人？這個都錯了。居士的本份就是協助出家人去執行一些理念，而出家人是跟佛陀學，是跟法學，應該是這樣子才對，出家在家一定要合作，缺一不可，就像老和尚他是我們的導師，那麼他告訴我們一些修法的觀念，那居士護法就要去執行，一個「法布施」，一個「內外財布施」，要這樣來配合。但是現在剛好顛倒啊！都是以居士的喜好理念，來執行所有道場運作細節，這完全是顛倒，這個做出來不見得是佛法，這個道場所講的不一定是佛法，因為沒有出家戒在裡面落實，我們要以戒為師啊！所以這個就是很明顯的好心做了壞事，觀念錯誤。像我講的這兩位(芙蓉淨宗學會的會長、副會長)，因為我認識嘛！他們確實是很難得啊！非常有心，甚至於很精進用功發心幫人助念等等的，出錢出力這個都有，可是觀念上真的是錯的離譜，也是因為跟我化緣這塊地，我才想到不如我還是趕快跑好了！三十六計跑為上策，因為我不可能跟人家鬥，也不可能白白的把這塊地交給你，因為我對護法有責任，護法是發心護持我安心辦道，護持我傳播正法利益更多的眾生，完全是尊重我的意思，怎麼樣來執行、運作，完全是照我的意思，也就是因為這樣我才會接受，不然我十多年來老和尚身邊很多大護法曾經對我表示好感，我都敬而遠之，我不敢啊！我不敢接受這些大居士的教化，怕等一下觸犯家規要被處罰，還是先避免，一直到這位護法發心，我可以感受到，也真的是所謂大家常喜歡講的「如法」，很難得的一個如法護持的心態，這我才接受的，那麼接受以後我就有這個責任啊！因果就在我身上，我必須要承擔，所以我怎麼可能就這麼樣接受你們無理的化緣呢？但如果不接受，我一個台灣人在芙蓉，根本連出門都沒辦法出，一出門就迷路了，又是在山上，如果沒有辦法得到芙蓉淨宗學會他們的護持的話，那我也做不起來，所以也不得不離開，把這個地賣掉，跟護法商量之後我們很快就順利地把地賣掉了，在台灣我比較熟悉嘛！我們就在台灣買一個比較小的地，就目前的因緣來講只能先做靜修，隨因緣來做。要賣地的時候也很順利，我們一但決定了，從買地到賣地都非常順利也沒有賠錢，很短的時間，一切都是護法神從中幫忙操作，所以像這個例子，我們也很清楚的看到，這對出家眾有沒有恭敬心啊！我們從一些具體的行為就知道，他們不是不想要恭敬，頂禮供養護持讚嘆通通都有過，但是不懂得用正確的方法用真心來恭敬三寶啊！不懂因為沒有人教啊！也沒有人敢教啊！老和尚對居士都很好的，老和尚也不會悋法，什麼都教，在光碟裡面，但是你自己就是看不懂，那也沒有辦法。所以這個確實不止是我，很多法師；我們的同學在馬來西亞這一帶也一樣遇到了類似的處境，只不過沒有人比我的障礙更大，其他人也是都受到許多障礙，為什麼呢？再講一個很明顯的情況，現在很多居士大德是會長，自己也在講經弘法，自己講經弘法難免就有他自己的知見，他認為他比法師講的好，他講的是正法，法師講的是邪法，有一次在2011年5月22日，淨空老法師與馬來西亞淨宗學會會長們談話的一段錄影光碟裏，這內容網路上都已經有流通的，在這個內容當中由馬來西亞大護法李(某)友帶頭，當中還有芙蓉淨宗學會的會長等人，他們就直接在錄影中請教老和尚：「如果培訓班的學生，沒有真實的功夫，邪知邪見，跟我們會長的理念不合，我們還要不要請來講經啊！」因為老和尚曾經交代護法們要發心請我們這些學生護持我們練講，所以他們就直接這樣反問老和尚，可見得他們的觀念就是這樣子，他們以自己的觀點來看這個法師有沒有修行，他講的才是正法，正法邪法是由他們自己主觀意識訂的，那怎麼訂的呢？標準是依什麼？只要跟他的理念不合的，那就是邪法，就是這様啊！那老和尚的回答是什麼呢？有因緣大家可以自己上youtube去看，老和尚回答的重點之一就是說：「若是沒有真修，你們就勸他們真修嘛！勸他們嘛！」這才是護法啊！對啊！大家相互成就是應該有過就勸諫嘛！互相鼓勵嘛！勸導提攜嘛！這就很善意也很實際啊！可是，他們不是啊！他們只是用排斥障礙，然後再去請老和尚看看能不能為他們主持公道講一句說：「不要請他們了」，那他們就可以正大光明，理所當然，毫不留情的來排斥他們所看不順眼的法師了，這才是他們心裡想要的答案吧！不然沒事放下大筆的生意不賺，專程跑去問老和尚，問這個問題幹什麼？但是老和尚沒有中計喔！我們出家人，真正明白戒法的人，不會那麼糊裡糊塗地去造下毀謗三寶的業啊！別的出家人修的好不好，我們也不會去評論更不會去毀謗，你怎麼知道好或不好啊！縱然現在真的不好，下一秒鐘你敢保證他不會開悟嗎？你為什麼要去打壓他？為什麼要去障礙？就因為你認為你的觀念才是正確的，因為你是在發心護持正法？而且李(某)友還講一句話，我嚇一大跳，本來我對他印象還很好，因為大企業家嘛！應該很有智慧，後來他還緊追著老和尚再問，因為老和尚都沒有講出他們心裏所等待的答案嘛！老和尚他只說：「勸他們真修嘛！」後來追問時才又說：「不然那你們就帶大家多誦經嘛！因為如果你們擔心請的法師知見不對。」就是這樣給他們一些建議。但是最後李(某)友還不死心，還繼續對著老和尚講說：「喔！這個問題很嚴重喔！如果說法師知見不對的話，萬一請來以後，現在勢力還小，以後如果影響力大了，成了邪知邪見的法師來敗壞佛門，後果可就嚴重了。」哇！講到好像自己是正義的使者，一定要替天行道，拔除這些佛門僧眾裏的雜草，這樣的語氣真的很可怕，這是一種非常瞋心對立的心態，而他們所要打壓的對象有些竟還是他們未曾見過面的僧寶！當然，我們完全可以理解他絶對沒有惡意啊！不然他怎麼敢公開在錄影時候講，這個我們肯定可以理解，問題是我昨天就講過，那些越是容易造業很重的人，往往也是越發心的人，越發心他才敢毫無忌諱的去造更大的業，而且是毫不留情的，就有點像回教徒那些恐怖份子，他們是自殺式的行動，他願意犧牲自己來捍衛正法，他們可以這樣做，這是知見的問題，你想想看，我們佛教講的是慈悲，與一切眾生絶對都沒有對立的，何況自家三寶？佛陀對待破戒的比丘或者是還俗的出家人也都是包容的，允許佛弟子犯錯，也允許佛弟子退轉的，即使真的是邪知邪見的人，會用什麼方式來對待？不是打壓而是勸導，是再給你機會，所以比丘可以還俗七次，從這些戒律當中都可以看得出來，不要說看戒律，光是我們去推知佛陀的心，佛陀是大慈大悲啊！不捨眾生啊！更何況己經發心出家的人，這種善根遠超在家眾啊！怎麼可能輕易的捨棄，而你做為一個護法竟然要帶頭打壓僧眾？這個不是你的本份啊！如果真是這麼有正義感，那你應該改行去當員警抓壞人，壞人做了壞事可以有證據可查，而邪知邪見你有證據嗎？還不是因為跟你的觀點不同或者利益有抵觸，怕搶了你的信徒嘛！因為出家人法緣比較好，特別是我的法緣好，所以感得的障礙，哇！很刺激，幸好我沒有得失心，我反而覺得那樣好啊！沒有緣更好，我不用那麼累，所以我今年可以有機緣在台東靜修，實在是出家十幾年來真正大福報現前，這是最大的福報，我把芙蓉的地賣掉之後回到台灣，不用一兩個月時間就很順利在台東買到地，而且整理得很快，為什麼很快，因為我們很簡單嘛！我們買貨櫃屋現成的，簡單在上頭再加蓋個鐡皮，不要那麼熱嘛！貨櫃屋真的會住死人，像烤箱一樣，所以上面再蓋個隔熱的鐡皮，然後再將原來的一間農舍三十多年了，鄰居都以為我會把它打掉重蓋，因為很多佛教道場都蓋得很漂亮，沒想到我沒有拆，我只是把它個簡單油漆整修一下，非常簡單，所以不到兩個月前後，買地、過戶整修同時進行，不到兩個月就全都安定下來了，我們道場裏還種了二、三十顆果樹耶！一切很快就完全就緒，能夠安心辦道，安貧樂道！天天種菜、念佛、聽經，真是神仙過的日子。我們台東道場一分地一個月目前的開銷若沒出門的話，不到台幣三千塊，喝的泉水不用錢，果菜自已種有機的，只付一點電費雜費而已，現在一般家庭一個月開銷隨便都要三萬五萬還不夠用啊！我們三千塊一個道場，這個地方規劃可以住四到六個出家眾靜修，真正把心放在道上，根本連門都不想出，你要給我們享樂我們也沒有時間去享，沒興趣，到最後連吃都不想花太多時間，吃都很簡單，因為菜太多吃不完，全部都自己種，燙一燙菜，一盤燙多一點就不用煮很多，有時就一盤菜一餐，經常是這樣子，所以想胖也沒辨法胖，胖還要減肥麻煩，吃很簡單，一下子就解決了，以前是每日三餐現在在台東改為兩餐，持過午不食的戒，那用功的時間又更多了，天天很歡喜很開心，享清福多好啊！所以你們這些大護法不要請我是最好，到馬來西亞講經，因為大家恭敬心不夠，說實在我也講的不開心，要不是要給大家種個種子，有適當的因緣我一定要去講，否則我真的不想講，為什麼？比起在其他佛門，我離開學會之後到各地去參學，台灣、中國在我們佛教僧團，每一個地方多數對我都是非常恭敬、讚嘆，而且大多數都是希望我能夠常住下來，因為我到每個地方都能守規矩，我也是小眾沙彌尼的時候就在叢林鍛鍊過的，常規戒律我都懂得如何遵守，而且我又能夠講經說法，又是年輕的法師，有那個地方會不歡迎啊！其它地方啟請我講法，包括北京通教寺，人家是持戒的律宗祖庭，女眾道場，請我升座講經的時候，當家師住持還親自請師，頂禮三拜，敬法重法，那有像我們居士道場這樣子啊！打心底不恭敬出家人，而且還明擺著毀謗打壓，如果我現在不把這個事實講清楚啊！大家不知道要從那裡改，不知道自己的問題在那裡，將來死後還以為能去極樂世界，結果怎麼到了阿鼻地獄，還覺得莫名其妙呢。既然我做為一個法師，我就有責任要把法講清楚，我並沒有個人的得失心妄想我能改變些什麼，沒有，那個都不關我的事，個人的因果個人背，我只是負責講我該講的話，你們要不要聽，認不認同那都是你們的事，跟我一點關係都沒有，我也不在意，你們聽了改過來，感謝我，我也沒什麼差別，我還是做我平常該做的事情，這些都是自己沒有辨法察覺很微細的觀念，所以說一個人破戒沒關係還可以懺悔改過，只有佛才會不破戒嘛！誰能夠不破戒啊！但是破見你就沒救了，「見」就是知見，你知見錯了以後，你就不可能成佛卻有可能成魔啊！還是可以成啊！成了魔，所以在這個地方我不得不提出來啊！因為可能2012年底就要往生了嘛！往生之前把該講的話講一講，這次的錄影我本來也沒安排，連這次出國的行程本來也都沒有安排，那既然有因緣，我們就當下把該做的該講的做到圓滿，我自己就功德圓滿了。

So if you really want to turn to the wheel of the Dharma and protect the Three Jewels, what should you do?First of all, we have to return to the fundamental teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha taught us to take the precepts as our teacher and the Dharma as our teacher, so this precept!Yesterday, I mentioned that there was a layman who had family rules and national laws. Her family rules were set by ourselves and we cannot follow them. We should follow the precepts set by the Buddha as the standard. According to this precept, what shall we do? How to treat the masters, how to protect the masters, and implement them in the operation of the dojo according to the precepts of the Buddha. You must first learn with this intention to understand the content of the precepts of the Buddha, and then you can negotiate and cooperate with the masters. In this way, the four disciples will definitely be able to achieve each other's achievements. If there are some different views, everyone can also negotiate and tolerate each other!Just have the heart!Don’t even have this heart. It’s right to listen to me. How could it be possible that a master who really wants to observe the precepts of the Buddha in principle is absolutely impossible to follow the layman’s teaching and control, he even prefers to return to the secular world. He would rather die to destroy the law, he would not be able to violate the precepts, otherwise he would work together with you and create karma!Even if you know that you are not malicious, you are kind, but you cannot follow your ignorant mistakes!Can't follow your ignorance!So if you really want to be able to achieve the merits of protecting the Three Jewels and please turn to the Falun, you must first adjust your mentality and place yourself in the position of a real protector. You must respect the Master and the Three Jewels. If you can’t be respectful to the Master. , You do not agree with him, then you can not support him!It’s very simple, but you must never criticize. The cause of someone’s family is not something you can understand with the naked eye. You can also only protect the corresponding mage. It’s fine, it’s okay, you don’t have to force yourself, and once you go After you protect it, the method must be correct. You must respect him, respect the master, follow the precepts of the Buddha, the standards of the Chinese jungle patriarch, and not the family rules set by yourself. Only in this way can you truly protect the Three Jewels. Please turn the Dharma Wheel. Those who benefit more, this principle must be abided by.

Secondly, we must be sincere and respectful.Not long after I first became a monk more than ten years ago, a guardian next to our old monk is now guarding the law on Taiwanese TV satellites. The basic cost of a month is more than XNUMX million Taiwan dollars. Once I saw me in Hua Zang, Taipei, he immediately took my hand to my master and said, "I want to take this away." He treated me as something. I want this. Everyone has a lot of fate. Okay, but "I want this" of course not!I'm not something!right?So what should we do to properly protect the monks?You look like the curator Han Wei, no matter what powerful method she uses to protect the old monk, it is their cause, but at least she has really become a great master who teaches scriptures, which can benefit so many sentient beings. How can you support a monk who will be able to accomplish something in the future?It doesn't mean that you can get it with your hand. You need to be respectful, sincere, and sincere to protect the Dharma.Just as Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times and asked Zhuge Kongming to fight for him. Mr. Kongming, a great sage, would not agree even if you give him more money. He personally invited the thatched cottage, very humble, from the standpoint of a master. If you want to ask someone to do something for him, you still have to be so polite and humble, you have to really put down your figure, show full sincerity, not to mention that the generation of a monk is above you, you should have been respectful, It must be done in matters.In terms of theory, of course, there are many laymen who have also cultivated well. If you really cultivated well, the monks will naturally respect you, but in terms of rules, you see that the old layman Li Bingnan has cultivated very well, and he is very respectful to the monks. A layman who has really cultivated well can’t disrespect the Three Jewels. It’s a simple truth. So this one is the key. Can you feel a good cause and condition, and achieve each other with you, and achieve the cause and condition of your blessing and wisdom? It's just being respectful!

Now, after the video is over in the past few days, I should also go back and prepare to die. December 12 is almost here!There are only a few days left!So today I seem to be giving everyone a last word!Let me talk about everything that should be said. If by any chance I don’t die, then I really hope to be able to follow my own wishes, like Master Yinguang, who has been in retreat for many years. Our land in Taitung is very good, although there is only one It's just about dividing the land. It's also about those who are truly blessed to live in peace. I have been living for almost a year, and I don't want to go out every day!I can live in peace by myself, because in the past nearly ten years, I have been in the dojo, no matter where I am, I almost never go out, which is equivalent to retreat, so some people also think that I seem to be always I don’t know how to socialize with other people, and I don’t know how to be a human being. I really don’t understand the worldly kind of human affection, and I can’t do well, and I don’t want to engage in worldly things with people, because I started to learn Buddhism. , Renunciation is very strong, and I have long lost interest in secular things. I feel that doing these things is a waste of time and does not make much sense. Therefore, I usually rarely have any external factors. I can meditate now!It is really happy to interact with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas every day.

Our Taitung dojo is not open at ordinary times. Many practitioners on the Internet hope to visit because I have put some photos on the Internet, but we are not open unless there is really a deep connection with the Dharma. Basically, my plan is to protect the master of the monkhood. It takes a long time for you to have this blessing to meditate!Only then can you be able to live in peace. If you are a beginner and just put you there, you will not learn anything, you should first hone in the public for a few years, so our place is more suitable for old monks to live in. .It is not open to the public and there are no puja activities. If there is a layman who has a deep connection with our Dharma, of course, he is welcome to place an order. If there is a reason, he can also come to join the school for a short time. We have a layman in Singapore, because she Want to be a monk!So I also gave her some guidance according to the fate, and asked her to live in our Taitung Taoist Temple for a few days. Like this kind of place, with mountains and seas behind, it’s rare to see in Singapore. She came to live for a week, every day. Happy and relaxed.What we drink there is spring water again!I have planted more than XNUMX fruit trees myself. In less than a year, several fruit trees have grown fruits. You can imagine that you have planted a fruit tree by yourself, picked one fruit and just eat it like this. Does that feel?Full of the super energy of nature, when I first went there, I ate the vegetables I grew by myself for the first time, because the land was too fat, and the farmland that had been fallow for more than XNUMX years, no matter what I planted, there was a big harvest. That dish is so delicious that I cried from start to finish after a meal!I was so touched to cry while eating!Why is it so delicious!At the same time, I feel very happy and grateful in my heart, and these things are almost useless at all!As long as the seeds are thrown down and the spring water is regularly poured, the harvest will be harvested as soon as the time is up. However, I have never had such a sense of happiness before eating. When I was a layman at home, I had often eaten organic vegetables. It feels so delicious because it was planted by myself, and after practicing, it has allowed me to appreciate the gift of the earth more carefully, because we planted it in the soil with our own hands until it grew out. We can feel that it is the earth, air, rain...All these beings are supporting us together, and now they can enter our mouths, let us enjoy such a refreshing delicacy, feel that we are very happy, and then you will arise. That kind of contentment and happiness, these are not easy to experience in the worldly realm.So I used to persuade us laymen!It is not easy to live in the city now, because husband and wife have to work and the children’s education is not taken care of. If it really doesn’t work, you should move to the country. If you learn Buddhism, you must completely put aside your material things and your life will be simpler. The better, on a day like this, you see, the quality is the best, we drink clean water, breathe the cleanest air, food is almost free, living expenses are low, but we get the quality enjoyment But it is supreme, and everyone can get these, as long as you are willing, you can't afford land, you can rent a small room, right?It's up to you, it depends on whether you have a heart.Some fellow practitioners on our Internet saw the photos I posted, wow!Our place is so beautiful. The vegetables I grow seem to be such a good harvest. He also thinks he wants to move to Taitung to be my neighbor. Some people even leave a message on Facebook. Please help him pay attention to the nearby places. I answered If you say you want to follow the fate, if you really have the intention, the Buddha and Bodhisattva will arrange the cause and fate for you. To say simple is sometimes not so simple, because I personally searched for this land. I found a lot of land, from buying land to preparing land. Refurbishment also needs to be practiced one by one. It is not something that can be done by saying that, so if you have the intention, if you really have the intention, you will do it, and of course it will be realized after you have done it. Those fellow practitioners see the photos I posted, I am very happy, saying that I will also live this kind of life in peace and happiness in the future, but most of them have no voice at the end of the talk, and still can't let go of the red dust. I really have the intention to find a land the next day!right?That said, ask the Master for help to see if there is any land. I will be your neighbor and throw this mundane thing to me. I have time to help you find land. Have you made a mistake?Think of my monk as a worldly friend.

But to be able to fulfill one's wish, there is another key factor, which is to have the Dao Mind. If you have the Dao Mind, the Buddha and Bodhisattva will really help you arrange the causes and conditions, and you don’t even have to worry about it. Naturally, there are causes and conditions, because Karma is given to you. If you don’t have Dao Xin, you won’t be able to live in peace, blessed land and blessed people!It's really like this!Many laymen said, oops!The city was too noisy and the country was so good, but as soon as I went, I started to be restless and restless on the third day, oops!No TV to watch, no movies!It is inconvenient to go shopping and buy something... I start to be busy all day long and worry about it.For example, in our Taitung Dojo, I usually live at most once a week or half a month to go out. Occasionally I have to buy some fresh tofu and bean bags. These foods can’t be kept for a long time. I have to buy them and drive a car for two to thirty minutes. It’s inconvenient to go to the big market in the city, and you have to drive, so we don’t want to go out. You have to be able to live there before you can really enjoy all kinds of fun. So in the final analysis, the most important thing is that you really want to. Practice!When your mind and body can truly let go of the five desires and six dusts of the world, and your mind becomes more and more indifferent, you will naturally feel these karma.it is good!Today's time is up, we will study here.Tomorrow we will start to enter the topic of "The General Theory of the Pure Land Sect of Taoism", as well as the characteristics of the introduction.Thank you, Amitabha!