2020-07-24

1. Hard training is not just a form, it should be carried out from the perspective of letting go and not being persistent. The more persistent you are, the more you have to let go. )

2. What is the law? Many people think that volunteering in temples, Buddhist temples or Dojo helps to organize Buddhist ceremonies, or giving alms and collecting money to temples. It is the protection of the law. This is only one aspect. Protecting laws means more than material support. To protect the law, we must work hard on the law.

Buddha is the discoverer of truth, Sanzang and Twelve Buddhists are the truth, and monks are the monks who carry forward the truth. Therefore, we respect Buddhists and Buddhists as three treasures. When we convert to Sambo, we must understand that the duty of dharma protector is to protect Sambo and Dharma.

Respect for Buddha, respect for monks and bodhicitta is the best way to protect the law. This is also the real advantage of practicing and protecting the law. Protecting the law shoulders an important mission in the last days of Buddhism. It is also the duty of laymen to protect the law.

As a layman, you should understand that in Sambo Gate, cause and effect are cautious and uncomfortable. Every time I make a choice, I walk on thin ice. Once careless, the consequences are unimaginable! A layman who comes to a temple must be careful of the consequences, always introspect and be good at protecting himself.

At the end of Buddhism, Buddhism gradually faded, and all sentient beings valued happiness over poverty, with deep and shallow obstacles. Only when lay people defend Buddhism can they see their sincerity! At this point, protecting the monk's treasure is the real merit!

Straighten one's position

Many laymen often think that the Three Treasures need our laymen's protection, which is very wrong. This is actually a kind of indifference.

The three treasures give us opportunities for achievement and karma, which is our blessing. Sambo teaches us the reincarnation of life and death and proves the Buddha's fruit.

Our parents gave us life, and the Buddha gave us Buddhism, body and wisdom. This kindness will never be reported. Why not protect the three treasures wholeheartedly?

To protect the three treasures, it is necessary to straighten the position and locate it accurately. We laity should put ourselves in the position of protection, be respectful to the three treasures, and do what we should do wholeheartedly.

A good dharma-protecting layman first feels himself. Courageously study, down-to-earth bodhisattva, and strive for six degrees. Always be strict with yourself and be lenient with others. Use your own practice to promote Buddhism and protect Buddhism.

How can we protect ourselves if the three industries are not clean, and we cannot strictly observe the precepts of cleanliness and practice diligently?

Buddhism is about equality and compassion. Now some lay people feel that donating money to the temple Dojo has helped Master do a lot of things, giving birth to my slow heart, and it feels great.

Tell fellow initiates what to do and make irresponsible remarks. Sometimes I point fingers at Master, completely forgetting my identity and putting myself in the wrong position. This attitude of respecting others attaches importance to one's own external performance, which is very terrible.

Do things with a clean heart

Temples are places where monks live, places where good friends gather, cool places to get rid of troubles, places to learn from compassion and wisdom, and places for fellow practitioners to cultivate spirituality, Po Tai Un Monastery.

The temple Dojo is a clean and sacred place, and it is a place where practice can achieve our Tao career, which needs our care. No matter which temple or Buddhist temple you go to, you must abide by the rules of Liuhe Zunhe Temple.

Obeying the rules will be a blessing, and breaking the rules will be blocked. Temples are not vegetable markets, so you should protect your three doors, keep your body and mind clean, and especially protect your mouth. Exactly: "live in groups to guard against the mouth, and be alone to guard against the heart."

There is a person who loves to gossip, either about his parents or his family, completely forgetting what he is here for. There are also pushy laymen who always want to be the boss in the Dojo. A very quiet and solemn Dojo was torn. There are also lay people with ulterior motives and resentment. When you see that others are better than yourself, you slander others. Even if Master said a few more words to a layman, he was very uncomfortable. This phenomenon is heartbreaking.

Here, I would like to advise fellow dharma practitioners. If you really uphold Buddhism, you should do things seriously with a pure heart and be an ordinary person without asking for anything in return.

Although no one knows virtue, God knows goodness. All buddhas and bodhisattvas will know what you have done. If you don't donate, all buddhas and bodhisattvas will bless you.

Abide by the duties of laymen

As laymen, we should spare no effort to protect Buddhism and Dojo, even at the expense of our lives and property. If you really protect a Dojo and a master, you should not care about personal grievances and right and wrong, but try your best to maintain the purity of the Dojo and the unity and harmony among laymen.

Protecting the law is not a sale, let alone an exchange. Protecting the three treasures is an investment in your practice and your growth. While achieving the Dojo, I am also achieving myself. As a good protector, you must put aside your ego and be broad-minded. We should unite all those who come to the Dojo, including those who have slandered themselves. We should be grateful to these people, who taught you to endure humiliation, completed your studies and made you a Buddha.

Be humble and honest, keep a low profile, be unassuming, grandiose and impetuous. Be cautious, have great wisdom, and never haggle over every ounce. The bottom of my heart is selfless and the world is wide, and people are complacent without asking for anything. If you have a casual attitude, you will be more free and easy, and if you have a normal attitude, you will be more calm. You will be happier if you have someone who is not greedy.

What's a real layman like? Buddha does not make laity become a monk, nor does it make laity become a strange man.

The real layman is when he realizes the truth of everything in the universe and understands that everything is just the truth of one's thoughts. After that, he was with fate, with fate, living in the present and shining with dust. Then be a kind person, know how to use Buddhism to subdue one's mind, and eliminate troubles such as arrogance and anger, and become a useful person to society.

Do a good job, do a good job in family life, always be an example to the world, think of all beings, and always be an official bodhisattva, a business bodhisattva, a worker bodhisattva, a farmer bodhisattva and so on! ! !

For Buddhism, for the three treasures, for the Dojo, for Buddhism, you can forget your life. Is there anything we can't let go of? To be a real monk, seek satisfaction in responsibility, peace of mind in obligation, progress in selflessness and happiness in dedication.

Solemn Buddha, solemn dharma, solemn self, with their own actions to achieve and early proof of Bodhi-rich, strong merit, practice usage.

Pray for dharma-protecting laymen to gain true knowledge from the Buddha in the last days of Buddhism, such as dharma-protecting three treasures!

With joy, I admire the great virtue of laymen who have made great efforts to build temples!

With joy, praise the great virtue of the layman who sincerely protects the three treasures!

Pray for four people to be harmonious, Buddhism to flourish, and all beings to follow the Buddha and leave the sea of suffering!

When you really want to die, the Buddha said this sentence. When you really want to die, you have to give up Buddhism and don't say anything else. You know, if you stick to all this, you won't die, you know?

4. Buddhism is just a ship. He crossed you across the river, and then you got off the boat when you reached the other side. Do you know that?/You know what? In other words, Buddhism is like a boat, do you understand?

5. Don't put the words in the realm on anything.

6. Answer the Lord, if you know, say what you know has content.

7. There is no Amitabha in the south.

8. Why do chanting, confessing and worshiping Buddha change our destiny?

Anyone who studies Buddhism knows that a person's fate is in his own hands, and what he plants will be harvested. Good deeds are rewarded, and evil deeds are rewarded. Cause and effect never deceive all beings, but people deceive themselves and ignore cause and effect. In the end, you have to bear the consequences yourself.

We often hear the saying "karma" and "karma", which is created by our bodies and mouths. When it produces results, it is karma.

Why do chanting, confessing and worshiping Buddha change our destiny? Do we leave bad things to Buddha and Bodhisattva to deal with, and then Buddha and Bodhisattva will change their destiny? Of course not! Buddhism is education, and the fundamental purpose of this kind of education is to make us happy from suffering.

The so-called separation from suffering is to stay away from troubles and leave reincarnation. The so-called happiness means that you can't afford to worry and get real happiness. The process of learning Buddhism is the process of knowing troubles.

? The root of trouble lies in the heart. Be careful that when the situation changes, trouble will follow. And how does the heart follow the outside world? Habit is at work This habit is the five thieves hidden in our hearts: greed, ignorance and suspicion.

Also known as the five wicked hearts. If these five kinds of nausea are not removed, we can't get rid of the shackles of habits, avoid troubles and stay away from pain. Therefore, all the educational means of Buddhism, to put it bluntly, is to change our thoughts and habits, let us get rid of old habits, break free from bondage and return to normal state.

Buddhism is not magic, not what you read today. Today, the bad things left and the good things came. If you have this idea, it is also a delusion. When people usually do bad things, they all know that there will be bad results waiting for them, but isn't luck still urging people to do those bad things?

If it is "obvious" that good is rewarded with good and evil with evil, then there will be no evil in this world, because no matter how stupid people know that evil is rewarded with evil, and retribution is painful.

It is precisely because "cause and effect" takes time to mature (we plant a seed, don't we also need time to mature the fruit? ), many people because of "short-sightedness", can't see when this fruit will ripen, and even think that it won't ripen, so they run amok and regret it when the fruit ripens. This is all from inner ignorance.

If you don't want "evil causes produce bad results" to be "obvious", then why do you want "good causes produce good results" to be "obvious"? Isn't this self-deception?

If you expect to read a Tibetan sutra or Diamond Sutra today, family conflicts will be gone tomorrow, jobs will be found, exam results will go up, lovers who broke up will come back ... and so on. Do you think this is possible? People who have this idea are undoubtedly superstitious about Buddhism and regard Buddhism as nitroglycerin.

? People often say that practicing is to cultivate the mind, and learning Buddhism is to learn to be a man. So what are we going to solve? It is necessary to cultivate eccentricity, compassion, bodhicitta, normality, diligence, charity and humiliation. ......

? We learn from the example of Buddha and Bodhisattva, and we do what they do. Only in this way can we finally achieve a perfect personality and truly change our destiny.

? If we just regard our mouth as a repeater, our hearts are still flying outside when we do our homework, but after we finish our homework, our attitude towards people around us is the same, our attitude towards all beings is the same, and our attitude towards doing things is the same, or even worse, that is, old habits have not been eliminated, but some bad habits have been added, and "self-discipline" has been improved better. Please think about it, this can be changed.

? Therefore, you must follow the precepts when learning Buddhism (if you don't follow the precepts, the bucket will leak, and the blessings you may miss will come faster than the accumulated blessings). Don't practice blessing at the same time, so the change will not be great!

? Always check your heart, every intention, including all words and actions, whether there are six secret laws in it, what is the motivation or motivation for chanting scriptures and doing good deeds, (whether you want anything, what to compare with others, etc.). ) testing the mind is to practice meditation.

To truly cultivate the heart of all beings, it is necessary to practice charity. If you find your evil thoughts, you must repent, that is, you must keep the precepts and make a vow to correct your bad habits after repentance. This is to cultivate humiliation. Every time you do this, it is an improvement, and every improvement is to improve your wisdom, which is to cultivate wisdom paramita. In this way, practicing Buddhism with six degrees of Miro is the right way to truly change yourself.

? The essence of Buddhism is compassion and emptiness, self-purification, and staying away from everything, instead of thinking about whether you will be hurt first, because you are afraid of being disturbed and hurt by unjust relatives and creditors, you must practice Buddhism, return to them, and stay away from yourself.

Do you think unjust creditors will forgive our kindness? What kind of compassion should we have? Even if these sentient beings will hurt us, I would rather be hurt myself and benefit them for their benefit. This is the purpose of Buddhism!

? If you want to study well, you must first correct your learning attitude. The same is true of learning Buddhism. If you want to learn Buddhism well, you must first correct the attitude of learning Buddhism. Without a correct attitude towards Buddhism, it is difficult to do it.

9. "You can't become a Buddha without grinding", you must grow up in suffering. If you don't be greedy and tired of everything, you can protect the supreme practice of Buddha.

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When we sit up straight, close our eyes and concentrate on Buddha, are there five things at this time It's gone This is loneliness, the so-called "single-headed consciousness". In other words, eyes don't look, ears don't listen, body doesn't move, and mouth only recites Buddha. This is the so-called "single-headed consciousness".

What will happen to all kinds of seeds when we are lonely? When the fairy flies, it will come out and there will be no peace.

So, sometimes busy during the day, don't feel bored; When it calms down at night, I will think of all kinds of situations in the past, and it is difficult to leave, or even sleep at midnight. This is the role of single-headed consciousness.

Of course, there are also "parting my head" (as I said just now, when I calm down, I have all kinds of thoughts, which are parting my head) and "dreaming", because lying there and dreaming after falling asleep has no effect on my eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body. At that time, I could still hear voices, see sights and do various actions in my dreams.

There is also a kind of "concentration", which is also the scope of the sixth consciousness, and everything has not left the sixth consciousness.

From here, we can know that when we sit still and recite Buddha, we can feel that we are really ordinary people! I usually don't notice the intensity of my troubles and numerous disturbances. I think I am clean, my roots are sharp, and I can practice other methods.

Once you sit still, you will find yourself either groggy or distracted.

When you sit still and have no spirit, you will doze off if you don't get enough sleep; Once the spirit is good, it is all over the world. Above, he searched the green void. Below, in the yellow spring, all kinds of thoughts, what should be thought, what should not be thought, and what is meaningful and meaningless are all thinking! So I want to call this "delusion".

Why do you say "false"? It turns out that all laws in the world, both the material world and the spiritual world, are born by the combination of karma. If the karma is combined, it will be born, and if the karma is separated, it will die. And this karma has been changing.

For example, in the past, there was karma in the past, people in the past, things in the past, things in the past, things changed, people were gone, and the mentality and environment at that time were completely changed. Looking back at that time at this time is totally inappropriate.

But all of us are persistent and will think about it. Is this true in itself? Don't! Is illusory. The so-called "thinking is wrong" is called "delusion".

It is inevitable for us ordinary people, so this is also a sad, pitiful and deplorable place for us ordinary people.

If such an ordinary man transcends the three realms and six roads by his own strength, there is no way, but if he relies on the strength of Amitabha, it will be a piece of cake.

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Sleeping for a thousand years, I don't smell the Buddha's name.

12. By comparison, are you a "normal" Buddhist?

Friends who have just learned Buddhism often ask

"How can I practice?

What classics to read,

What spell do you have,

How much homework is appropriate? "

What is practice? Buddhist practice is not a simple external form, but helps us arouse inner wisdom through these forms. Buddhist practice places special emphasis on "cultivating the mind", and all external forms of practice will eventually be fed back to the internal transformation.

Learning Buddhism, are you wrong?

Many people who have just started to learn Buddhism or lost their studies actually don't understand what Buddhism practice is. They are determined to be brave and diligent, which eventually leads to various problems in their lives. They don't take care of children, do housework or even stop working. They just want to practice Buddhism and recite scriptures by themselves.

These behaviors often bring great trouble to people around them, make family life a mess, cause dissatisfaction among people around them, even have a very bad impression on Buddhism, and even curse and slander Buddhism, bringing all kinds of adverse consequences. These are not the living conditions that a "normal" Buddhist should present.

After all, what is practice?

The practice of Buddhism is compassion and prajna.

Our hearts can be applied to any place, such as daily life, walking, living, sitting and lying down, dealing with people and treating people with things. There are places of practice everywhere, not just chanting and worshiping Buddha.

What is practice? Applying the wisdom of Buddhism to every bit of daily life is practice; Caring for everyone around you with compassion is practice.

Practice is not to escape, not to set an ideal practice environment for yourself first, and then to break all the outer edges that are not suitable for this ideal environment. This is not a practice, but an escape from self-hypnosis, extremely selfish.

See if you are a "normal" Buddhist?

A true Buddhist is to use the wisdom of Buddhism to deal with people and things around him. In life, every moment, every place and every thought is the starting point of our practice, and every practice is a Dojo.

To test how much a Buddhist has learned and whether he has learned correctly, just look at his daily life. A person who is good at practicing Buddhism will certainly not make a mess of family life and interpersonal relationships, nor will he make others dislike Buddhism or even vilify Buddhism because of himself.

He will try his best to help others, balance the relationship between Buddhist practice and family life, and make people around him more willing to contact Buddhism, learn Buddhism, and truly practice self-serving and altruistic bodhisattvas.

"Buddhism comes out of the world and never leaves the world." Don't let your practice be divorced from life and go astray.

It's called "scream" when you say it in your mouth!

"Amitabha, Amitabha", all my thoughts are confused, all my thoughts are greed, ignorance and suspicion, and all my actions are killing thieves, whoring and drinking. The heart is greedy and suspicious, and the mouth is "Amitabha".

What I read in my heart is magic, and what I read in my mouth is Buddha. This is not called chanting, it is called "chanting Buddha" and "chanting Buddha"! Is this okay? "I am in poor health, what should I do?" "Just recite Buddha, just recite Buddha."

A few days later, a few months later, I called again. "Oh, I have read it. It doesn't work. This is not good. What should I do? " Not that I can't. You read magic, not Buddha! "I read Amitabha", yes, you read Amitabha in your mouth, but what you think is magic! Because all you can think about is the messy trivial things in the world, you are insatiable and ignorant, and it is definitely useless to recite Buddha.

It's definitely ok to recite Buddha, whether you have a headache or a sore foot, but you have to be able to recite Buddha. You're thinking about magic. Isn't that possessed? Heart and mouth must correspond, thinking of Buddha in heart and reciting Buddha in mouth. This is the right way, and this is the way to recite Buddha.

Read the six-character mantra, at least have compassion! When you really read Guanyin Bodhisattva, you should read bodhicitta and compassion. What is compassion? Have more compassion in your heart, and this is the real idea of reading Guanyin Bodhisattva.

What is the noumenon of Guanyin Bodhisattva? It's called "scream" when you say it in your mouth!

Guanyin Bodhisattva is compassionate, and compassion is Guanyin Bodhisattva. "There is no Guanyin Bodhisattva in South China", and Guanyin Bodhisattva is his name. What is the real Guanyin Bodhisattva? It's compassion. When you read Guanyin Bodhisattva, you must read compassion. If you don't read compassion, you will say, "There is no Guanyin Bodhisattva in the south, and there is no Guanyin Bodhisattva in the south." This is not for Guanyin bodhisattva, and you don't read compassion!

The heart of chanting Buddha is really unreal. At the critical moment of the inquest, we must obtain evidence in joy and trouble. At this time, the true and false hearts can be clearly separated.

Generally speaking, people who really recite Buddha must miss it constantly in joy and trouble. Because joy can't touch him, and neither can trouble. Since you can't move your troubles and joys, you won't be surprised in a dead habitat.

Nowadays, when people recite Buddha, they forget' Amitabha' when they encounter some tiny scenes of joy or anger. How can they get the effect of chanting Buddha?

13. You are delusional and climbing, which is unclean; You have no delusion, no climbing heart, and this is peace.

14. One good turn deserves another, and one evil turn deserves another.

There are only many reasons why everything goes well.

Everything in the world should follow the law of cause and effect,

Everything happens for a reason.

There is no fruit for no reason,

There is no reason why there is no result.

If these three signs appear,

Maybe the Buddha is reminding you,

Don't waste your blessings any more.