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不放下受害的是自己不是別人 – 第34集
It is you who will suffer and not others if you do not let go.
淨土第一個條件就是信，第二個是願，第三個是持名念佛。信願尤其重要，有信有願決定往生。往生到極樂世界，品位高下是念佛功夫的淺深，不是多少。功夫在什麼地方看？
The first condition for rebirth in the Pure Land is belief, while the second and third condition are vow and practice of Buddha Mindfulness respectively. Belief and vow are especially important because if these two conditions are met, you will certainly attain rebirth in the Pure Land. The grade of rebirth depends on the depth of your effort of practising Buddha Mindfulness, and not on the number of recitations. Where can your effort be seen?
就是你放下多少，功夫在看放下，你放下得愈多功夫就愈深，放下得愈少功夫就淺。要把最難放下的擺在首先，在一般人講，情執最難放下。財物、地位、榮耀，哪一種你最喜歡的，你就在它那裡下手，最難捨的都捨了，其他就容易。
By looking at how much you have let go; the more you have let go, the deeper your effort of practice is, and vice versa. We must begin with what we find most difficult to let go; psychological attachment is generally the most difficult of all. For instance, between property, status and glory (fame), you can start with the one you like most. If you have given up the one most difficult to let go of, you can easily let go of the rest.
不放下，虧吃大了，受害的是自己，不是別人。我看到海賢老和尚，我有很高的警覺心，要向他學習。學習什麼？徹底放下，有等於沒有。資生之具，就是生活必須要用的東西，愈少愈好。
If you do not let go, you will suffer a great loss. It is you who will suffer and not others. I raised my vigilance when I saw Great Master Hai Xian and aspired to learn from him. What do I want to learn from him? I want to learn to let go completely, assuming that I do not have anything. For necessities in life, it is better to have less.
出家人三衣一缽，那是在印度，在熱帶，一年到頭三件衣足夠了。所以出家人生活簡單，什麼也沒有，樹下一宿，日中一食。資生之具多了就是累贅，家業太大了放不下。一定要曉得，假的，不是真的。
For monastics in tropical countries like India, three pieces of robes and one bowl are enough for them year-round. Monastic life is simple because they own nothing, resting under the trees and having only one meal a day. It will be a burden if we have too many material belongings and if our family business is too big, we will not be able to let go. We must recognize that all these are illusory and not real.