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錯事裡頭，不求往生是最大的錯誤 - 第271集
Among all mistakes, not seeking rebirth in the Pure Land is the greatest.
「當知欲不離佛，須以念佛為因。如《華嚴》十地，始終不離念佛」。這是舉出最好的榜樣給我們看，《華嚴經》上表法的。到什麼時候？初地到十地，這十個階級裡頭，永遠跟佛在一起，不離佛。始是初地，終是十地，從初地、二地、三地，這十地十個階層的菩薩，不離念佛。
The annotation states, “You should know that you must practise Buddha Mindfulness if you do not wish to leave the buddhas. As mentioned in the Avatamsaka Sutra, all bodhisattvas within the Ten Ground stages never strayed from practising Buddha Mindfulness” --- this is citing the best example for us to see. When will the bodhisattvas be with buddhas? Bodhisattvas, who had attained the first ground to the tenth ground stage, are forever with buddhas because they never left their practice of Buddha Mindfulness.
念佛法門，你看這善巧方便，修行修到登地，入了念佛法門。我們現在就入這個門，真正不容易！修八萬四千法門，學無量法門的，要等到他登地，證得初地，他就念阿彌陀佛，求生淨土。
You see, the Buddha Mindfulness method is an expedient teaching because bodhisattvas who had reached the first ground stage have started to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name. It is really not easy that we have started practising this method now. People who practise the innumerable (84,000) Dharma methods have to wait until they attain the first ground stage of bodhisattva practice before they start to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name to seek rebirth in the Pure Land.
我們的緣多殊勝，在現在這個時候就遇到，就搞清楚、搞明白了，如果不在這一生成就那就冤枉了，那真可惜！想到這個能不放下嗎？還能做錯事嗎？錯事裡頭，不求往生是最大的錯誤，沒有比這更大的。不能往生，搞六道輪迴，那是你自己自作自受，自己要負完全責任。
How exceptional our condition is to have encountered and understood this method now! It is truly regrettable if we do not succeed in this life! Thinking of this, can we not let go? Can we make mistakes again? Among all mistakes, not seeking rebirth in the Pure Land is the greatest. No mistake is greater than this! You have to be fully responsible for your own mistake if you fail to be reborn in the Pure Land and have to continue to transmigrate within the Six Realms.