Pure Land Dharma Talks / Episode 76

Episode 76不作聖心名善境界 若作聖解即受群邪

If we do not become attached to favourable phenomena, then it is a wholesome state; if we become attached to them, then we have been harmed

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“If we do not become attached to favourable phenomena, then it is a wholesome state; if we become attached to them, then we have been harmed”

不作聖心名善境界 若作聖解即受群邪 – 第76集

魔,現在魔太多了,到處都是,非常明顯的感觸到。怎麼辦?《楞嚴經》教我們,「不作聖心,名善境界;若作聖解,即受群邪。」跟他們接觸,也不必得罪他,他說什麼,聽了就算了,別放在心上就對了,你要把他所講的東西放在心上,你就錯了,你就受群邪。

There are too many Maras (demons) now. We can obviously feel their presence everywhere. What should we do? the Suramgama Sutra teaches us, “If we do not become attached to favourable phenomena, then it is a wholesome state; if we become attached to them, then we have been harmed.” When we come into contact with demons, we need not offend them. We just do not imprint whatever they said on our mind, and we are on the right track. If we imprint them on our mind, then we have been harmed.

「可見行人稍有執著,便失正見,即入魔途,求升反降,甚至墮入泥犁。」佛所教導我們的放在心上,佛之外所有的聽到都不要放在心上,功夫真正到家。

“Evidently, practitioners with even the slightest attachment have lost their proper views and have entered the demonic path in an instant. They might be seeking improvement, but have even degenerated into the realms of hell (“niraya”) instead.” We should only retain in our mind what the Buddha taught us and not anything else that we hear. Then our effort of practice will really be effective.

海賢老和尚示範給我們看,心裡只有一句阿彌陀佛,除阿彌陀佛之外全放下,都不放在心上。包括什麼?《無量壽經》也不放在心上。我們要學它,用它來做工具,幫助我們認識更清楚、更明白,可不能放在心上,放在心上錯了,只許可一句阿彌陀佛放在心上。老和尚給我們做的示範,給我們做出大徹大悟的榜樣。

Great Master Hai Xian had demonstrated to us letting go of everything except this Amitabha Buddha’s name. What does this ‘everything’ include? It includes even the Infinite Life Sutra. We must learn this sutra and use it as a tool to help us understand Amitabha Buddha and the Land of Ultimate Bliss better, but we must not retain it in our mind. We are only allowed to retain this single phrase of ‘Amituofo’. The Great Master had set the example of attaining Supreme Enlightenment for us to see.