第五十七集視頻文字檔如下:
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清淨心現前佛就現前 – 第57集
When purity of mind appears, Amitabha Buddha will appear.
《大勢至圓通章》裡面有這兩句話，「淨念相繼，自得心開」。這個地方沒有完全引用，原文是，「憶佛念佛」，憶是心裡頭念，念是口裡念，憶佛念佛，「現前當來，必定見佛」，現前是現在，清淨心現前，佛就現前，你就會見到。自得心開，智慧開起來，信心堅定了。
There are two phrases in the Commentaries on the Suramgama Sutra: the Chapter on Perfect Penetration Through Mindfulness of Amitabha Buddha, “By engaging in incessant pure thoughts, your wisdom will appear.” The original text is, “By chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name mentally and orally, one will certainly see Amitabha Buddha now and in the future.” When purity of mind appears, Amitabha Buddha will appear and you will see Amitabha Buddha. Once your wisdom appears, your confidence will be unshakable.
大勢至菩薩在最後講念佛的方法，說得非常簡單、非常扼要「都攝六根，淨念相繼」八個字。都攝六根教我們放下，眼從色塵裡頭收回來，耳從聲塵裡面收回來，六根不要向外緣，向外緣生煩惱，統統收回來，不緣外，緣內。
In the last phrase, Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva talked about the method of chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name. The Bodhisattva put it very simply and briefly in one sentence, “Subdue your six faculties and engage in incessant pure thoughts.” ‘Subduing the six faculties’ is teaching us to let go. It means that we must keep our six-sense organs (e.g., the eyes and ears) away from the six impurities (e.g., form and sound) and do not let them reach for the external objects of the senses, or else we would give rise to afflictions. Our six faculties should instead revert to the object within ourselves.
內是什麼？內是阿彌陀佛，起心動念想阿彌陀佛，眼看阿彌陀佛，耳聽阿彌陀佛，鼻聞香，供佛的香阿彌陀佛，六根都用在阿彌陀佛上。淨念相繼，淨是清淨心，念是一個念頭一個念頭相繼不斷。這些時候我常常提到賢老和尚九十二年佛號不斷，這叫淨念相繼。
What is the object within us? It is Amitabha Buddha. We should think of Amitabha Buddha in every of our thoughts. Our eyes should look at Amitabha Buddha’s image, our ears should hear Amitabha Buddha’s name, and our nose should smell the scent of incense we offer to Amitabha Buddha. In short, our six-sense organs should be used on nothing but Amitabha Buddha. This is engaging in incessant pure thoughts. All this while, I often mentioned about Great Master Hai Xian who never ceased chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name for 92 years. This is called ‘engaging in incessant pure thoughts.’
他沒有欲望，沒有名利，名聞利養統統沒有，非常單純，萬緣放下。願意吃苦，願意持戒，每天的日子歡歡喜喜，非常充實，一天也沒白過，做出榜樣給大家看。所以他的果自然是自得心開，自然是感應彌陀現身，佛給他的加持，佛給他的信願。
He did not have desires, and neither did he pursue fame nor profits. His life was very simple as he had completely let go of all worldly matters. He was willing to endure hardships and observe the precepts. He had set a good example for everyone to see by leading a very happy and fulfilling life every day without letting a day pass by in vain. That’s why the result is his wisdom was naturally uncovered and Amitabha Buddha naturally appeared to give him support to strengthen his belief and vow.
現前當來必定見佛。「即凡夫心，開佛知見」，我們沒有證得聖果，小乘須陀洹也沒證得，這就是凡夫。確實開佛知見，念佛就是佛知見，你真正相信，真正肯念。
He had proven to us that by chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name mentally and orally, one will certainly see Amitabha Buddha now and in the future. As the annotation states, “The mind of ordinary beings can enter the Buddha’s insight.” We are ordinary beings because we have not attained the realisation of sainthood (i.e., the first realisation in Theravada Buddhism – a stream-enterer (srotāpanna)). However, you can really enter the Buddha’s insight as long as you truly believe and are willing to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name because being mindful of Amitabha Buddha is the Buddha’s insight.