净土法语 / 第136集

第136集什麼才是我們原本的樣子

What is our original self?

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什麼才是我們原本的樣子 - 第136集

What is our original self?

不管是真是妄,統統不可得,這就是實相。十法界裡頭沒有一法你能得到,一真法界也沒有一法能得到。所以,不能有一個念頭,有一個念頭,我喜歡它,我想得到它,錯了,你完全迷了。那就是什麼?一念不覺,而有無明,那就是阿賴耶。有念是阿賴耶,無念是智慧,無念是大圓鏡智。

Whether it is the true mind or the deluded mind, everything is unobtainable. This is a reality. There is nothing you can obtain in the Ten Dharma Realms, and there is nothing you can obtain either in the One True Dharma Realm. That’s why we should not have even a single thought. If you have one thought of liking or wanting to get it, you are completely deluded. What is that then? It is nescience (i.e., the Alaya) which arises from one unenlightened thought. Presence-of-thought is the Alaya, while absence-of-thought is the ‘wisdom of the great round mirror.’

所以我早年初學佛的時候,章嘉大師就教我看破、放下。放下什麼?放下妄想,放下分別,放下執著。妄想是指起心動念,起心動念就迷了,起心動念就是阿賴耶。一念起心動念了,阿賴耶就現前,那個一念諸位要知道,是一秒鐘的一千六百兆分之一,太快了,太微細了,這起心動念了。

That’s why in the early years when I first learned Buddhism, Great Master Zhangjia taught me to see through and let go. Letting go of what? Letting go of wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments. Wandering thought refers to the arising of thoughts, which is a delusion (i.e., the Alaya). The Alaya appears as soon as one single thought arises. We must know that the duration of existence of this one thought is only 1600-trillionth of a second. Evidently, the arising of thoughts is too fast and too subtle.

這叫無始無明,阿賴耶就出現了。這一出現,要多少劫的時間你才能回歸,回歸就是成佛,回到你原本的樣子。原本的樣子是常寂光,光明遍照。常寂光是智慧,無量光、無量壽,非物質、非精神,也非自然現象,沒有辦法說得出來,唯證方知,這是事實真相。

This is called ‘beginningless nescience’ (i.e., the appearance of the Alaya). After its appearance, how long would it take for you to return to your original self (i.e., become a buddha)? Original self is the eternally tranquil light which illuminates everywhere. Eternally tranquil light is wisdom, infinite light and infinite life. It is neither a physical, mental nor natural phenomenon, so there is no way to describe it. Only people who have attained Buddhahood can know it. This is a reality.