Pure Land Dharma Talks / Episode 150

Episode 150實相是佛教學假設的一個名詞

'Reality' is a hypothetical noun used by the Buddha for the purpose of teaching.

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‘Reality’ is a hypothetical noun used by the Buddha for the purpose of teaching.

實相是佛教學假設的一個名詞 - 第150集

「離一切相,即一切法」。大乘經裡頭佛說得很多,這兩句我們很熟悉。「離故無相,即故無不相,不得已強名實相」。所以實相能不能執著?不能,你要執著有個實相錯了,這是釋迦牟尼佛教學假設的一個名詞,這叫名字相。

“Being unattached to all forms without abandoning anything” -- we are very familiar with this phrase which the Buddha mentioned many times in the Mahayana sutras. “Being unattached to forms because forms do not really exist; not abandoning anything because it is not without forms. ‘Reality’ is a noun given as a last resort to explain it.” So, can you become attached to the reality? No, you can’t. It is wrong if you become attached to the existence of a reality because it is a hypothetical noun used by Sakyamuni Buddha for the purpose of teaching. It is called ‘the mark of name.’

你執著這個實相,你永遠見不到實相,不執著就見到了。換句話說,不起心不動念、不分別不執著,你眼見到真相,耳聽到真音,鼻聞到真香,舌嘗到真味,一切都是真的,沒有虛妄的。

If you become attached to this reality, you will never see it, but if you are unattached to it, you will see it. In other words, if you have no wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments, then everything that you see (with your eyes), hear (with your ears), smell (with your nose) and taste (with your tongue) is real form, real sound, real scent and real taste respectively. Everything is real and nothing is illusory.