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Bodhi mind is the basis for becoming a buddha
菩提心是成佛之本 - 第205集
世間法就是六道輪迴裡頭有善有惡，斷惡修善來生可以生三善道；如果不知道斷惡修善，一昧還隨順自己的習氣在造作惡業，來生的果報決定在三惡道。
Mundane affairs are the wholesome and unwholesome deeds in the Six Realms of reincarnation. If one ends evil and practises virtues, one can be reborn in the Three Good Realms in the next life. If one does not know how to cease wrongdoings and practise virtues, but just accord with one’s habituated tendencies to commit evil karmas, then one is bound to suffer karmic retributions in the Three Evil Realms in the next life.
經論上講得很清楚，講得很多，貪心墮餓鬼，貪心是餓鬼道的業因。這個地方要注意，是講心，不是論事。換句話說，我們在生活當中工作待人接物用的是什麼心？如果用的是貪心，貪名、貪利、貪財、貪色，或者是貪佛法，貪佛法也不行，全是餓鬼道。
It has been clearly explained in the sutras and sastras that greed will cause one to degenerate into the realm of hungry ghosts (greed is the karmic cause of rebirth in the realm of hungry ghosts). Please pay attention to this place: the key is the mind, not the matter. In other words, what mind are we using at work and when dealing with people and things in life? If we are greedy for fame, profits, wealth, lust or Buddhism, all these are the karmic causes of rebirth in the realm of hungry ghosts.
佛法在世間法來說，用貪心來學佛法，佛法是善法，但是你貪心學的，貪心就感餓鬼道，餓鬼道裡頭可能少受一點罪，比那個貪財、貪色的，那個嚴重，那個已經接近地獄道，所以佛法也不能貪心學。佛法要用什麼？用菩提心學就對了，用菩提心學會成佛，所以說菩提心是成佛之本。
If you learn Buddhism with greed, you are creating an affinity with the realm of hungry ghosts even though Buddhism is virtuous in terms of mundane teachings. You may suffer less retributions in the hungry ghost realm than those who are greedy for wealth and lust, which are serious offences and are already close to the realm of hells. That’s why you cannot be greedy too when it comes to learning Buddhism. How should you learn Buddhism then? If you use the bodhi mind to learn it, then you are on the right track because you will attain Buddhahood. It is thus said that the bodhi mind is the basis for attainment of Buddhahood.