Episode 6 — 我們修行重點要放在哪裡

經，會集本，夏蓮居老居士用了十年時間。他老人家有兩句話說，「濁世無如念佛好，此生端為大經來」，可見得他來到這個世間幹什麼的？就是會集這部經的，這是他的任務。黃念祖老居士來他也有任務，為這個經做個註解，他用了六年時間，整整六年。蓮公會集，黃念祖老居士集註，我們對於這兩個人生起信心，我們沒有懷疑，深信不疑；我們深入，一遍一遍深入求解。

Upasaka Xia, Lianju ^[1] took ten years to compile this sutra. He had this saying, “Chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name surpasses all good deeds in this turbid world; my life is totally dedicated to this great sutra.” Why did he come to this world? His only mission was to compile the Infinite Life Sutra. Upasaka Huang, Nianzu ^[2] came here for a mission too; he took six full years to annotate this sutra. We have absolute confidence (without any doubt) in both of them. We delve deeply into this sutra and annotation repeatedly to comprehend the meaning.

中國古人所說的「一門深入，長時薰修」，我們把一切經放下，一門深入。不但在解門我們不斷在求，行門對於解門有很大的幫助，真正能做到會幫助我們自見其義，經典裡面深奧的義趣，我們能體會到，自己能悟到，不必求別人講解。

As the ancient Chinese said, “Delve deeply into one subject and persevere with it for a long period of time.” We let go of all other sutras and delve deeply into one sutra. Not only will we constantly seek to understand the meaning, but truly practising the teachings will also greatly help us comprehend this sutra. If we could really do so, it would help us to comprehend the abstruse meanings in the sutra by ourselves without needing others to explain to us.

我們修行重點放在哪裡？放在清淨心、平等心、覺心。經題上「清淨平等覺」是我們自己的真心，我們要回歸到這個真心，我們的覺悟跟佛沒有兩樣。這是修行的總目標、總的核心，清淨平等覺。「願海同證，一門深入」。

Where should we focus our practice? We should focus on achieving a pure, impartial and enlightened mind. The title of the sutra is purity, impartiality and enlightenment, all of which are the embodiment of our own true mind. If we could return to this true mind of ours, then our enlightenment would be no different from that of the Buddha. This is the general goal and core of our practice. “To realize the ocean-like vows together; to delve deeply into one method.”

一門深入、長時薰修是教學的理念；讀書千遍，其義自見，這是入門的方法。自見就是大悟，大徹大悟，上根利智就明心見性，中下根性的人一定有大悟。大悟，很多沒有學過的、沒有經歷過的，全都明白，全都知道。

‘Delving deeply into one subject and persevering with it for a long period of time’ is the principle of teaching and learning, while reading a book for a thousand times to attain spontaneous enlightenment is the method for entering the Dharma door. ‘Spontaneous enlightenment’ is Supreme Enlightenment. Those with superior faculties and sharp cognition will see into their mind and true nature right away, while those of modest and low capacities will surely attain great enlightenment. By attaining great enlightenment, they will thoroughly understand many things which they have never learned and experienced before.