Pure Land Dharma Talks / Episode 128

Episode 128一切法的頂尖就在我們手中

The pinnacle of all Dharmas is in our hands

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The pinnacle of all Dharmas is in our hands

一切法的頂尖就在我們手中 - 第128集

「淨土宗譬如妙高峰頭」,他就這個意思,妙高峰的峰頂,山頂,「而本經正如峰頭之頂尖」。這話真的,不是假的。我們要求法,一切法的頂尖就在我們手中,我們不識貨、不認識,以為還有好的,到處去找,錯了。誰認識,誰明瞭?來佛寺的三個老人,他們認識,他們明瞭,他們一生不找第二個法門。他們有多大的成就?我肯定他們都是明心見性的,都是法身菩薩,不是凡人。

“Pure Land Buddhism is like the peak of a mountain, and this sutra is like the apex of the mountain peak” -- this phrase is true and not false. The pinnacle of all Dharmas is in our hands, yet we do not recognize it and still look around for a better Dharma. This is wrong. Who knows and understands that the Pure Land method is the pinnacle of all Dharmas? The three elders from Lai Fo Si knew and understood it, because they never looked for a second method all their life. How great was their achievement? I’m sure they had seen into their mind and true nature. They are Dharma-body Bodhisattvas (not ordinary beings).

我們說這個話不是隨便說,是看這三個老人一生的行持,跟他最後的表演。無疾而終,自在的走了,像開玩笑一樣,說我走了,就真走了。這令人驚訝,人走哪有這種走法!你到醫院去看看,走得多苦,樣子多難看,哪有這樣笑咪咪走的?這麼開心的走了,在這個地方表法任務告一段落了。

We did not simply say these words, but we based it on these three elders’ lifelong practice and final demonstration. They went to the Pure Land at will without suffering from any illnesses. As if cracking a joke, they really left after telling people that they are leaving. People were surprised by how they left because no one died in this way. You can go to the hospital to take a look and you will see how painful people die with a horrible look. Have you seen people dying happily with a broad smile like them? Their mission of setting an excellent example in this world had come to an end.

後面呢?後面有後面人來接班,像接力賽跑一樣,他把棒子交給下面人了,非常快樂,離開他的跑道。這個法門就一句阿彌陀佛,頂尖,頂尖的頂尖,就這一句。你要真認識,可以說你的智慧就圓滿了,你不需要再用別的,就這一個法子成無上道。

How about the later part? Like a relay race, there would be people behind to succeed their mission. Very happily, they passed their batons to the people behind and left their tracks. The method practised by them was chanting this Amitabha Buddha’s name, which is the pinnacle of the pinnacle. If you really know this, it can be said that your wisdom is perfect. You do not need another method because you can attain Supreme Enlightenment by practising this method alone.