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你為什麼把佛號丟掉了？ - 第279集
Why did you discard Amitabha Buddha’s name?
我們的妄念實在太多，雜念太多，你一定要知道，這些念頭就是製造六道輪迴。為什麼會有六道輪迴？就是有這些妄念、雜念。我們天天還在製造，這怎麼得了！這個東西不放下，縱然得人身、聞佛法也是枉然，為什麼？你這一生當中成就不了。
We have too many wandering and distracting thoughts. You must know that these thoughts are creating the Six Realms of reincarnation. Why do the Six Realms exist? They exist because of these wandering and distracting thoughts. We are still creating the causes of reincarnation every day. How terrible it is! If you do not let go of these things, it is futile even if you have obtained a human body and learned Buddhism. Why is that so? Because you will not succeed in your practice in this life.
我們年歲大了，不能等了，沒有那麼多時間給你浪費，所以要分秒必爭，我有一秒時間，我念一句阿彌陀佛，一秒都不能空過。我們不要責備別人，要責備自己，分分秒秒空過了，這是大過失，世間任何過失沒有比這個過失更重的，你為什麼把佛號丟掉了？還把世間這些假的東西放在心上，怎麼得了！
We are getting old and do not have so much time to waste. That’s why we must fight for every minute and second to chant Amitabha Buddha’s name and cannot let a second slip by idly. Let’s not blame others but blame ourselves for letting every second and every minute slip by without reciting Amitabha Buddha’s name. This is a great mistake! No mistake in the world is more serious than this. Why did you discard Amitabha Buddha’s name? To make matters worse, you are still retaining these illusory things in your mind. How terrible it is!
你現在人身體在，周邊這些假相也存在；死了之後，身體不見了，放下了，我們的環境，現實的環境也不見了，如夢幻泡影，這才是事實真相。《華嚴經》上講得很清楚，前面我們念過，沒有一樣東西你能帶得走。什麼東西能帶走？業，起心動念、言語造作的這些善業、惡業，善業感三善道，惡業感三惡道。
Even though your body and the surrounding illusory phenomena still exist now, they will disappear once you pass on. They are like dreams, illusions, bubbles and shadows. This is a reality. As we mentioned before, the Avatamsaka Sutra said it very clearly that there is nothing you can take with you to your next life. What can you take with you? You can take the wholesome and unwholesome karmas of your thoughts, speech and deeds with you. Wholesome karmas will bring about the Three Good Realms, while unwholesome karmas will bring about the Three Evil Realms.
你一定要覺悟，三惡道不好，不去，三善道好，你要貪著，你就壞了，你不知道三惡道跟三善道是平等的，它從哪裡來的？業力變現的。業力變現起什麼作用？消業障，三惡道是消惡業的業障，三善道是消善業的業障，全是業障。
You must be awakened! Do not think that the Three Evil Realms are bad and you do not want to go there, but you seek to be reborn in the Three Good Realms because they are good. You do not know that both realms are equal, so it is wrong if you think so. Where do these realms come from? They are manifested by the power of karma. What is the result of these karmic manifestations? The result is one’s karmic obstacles will be eliminated. People who are reborn in the Three Evil Realms will have their unwholesome karmic obstacles eradicated, while those who are reborn in the Three Good Realms will have their wholesome karmic obstacles eradicated. All these are karmic obstacles!
你真正把事實真相搞清楚、搞明白，你才曉得善因、惡因是平等的，三善道跟三惡道也是平等的，都不是真的，都是當體即空，了不可得。不可得裡頭你一定要以為有可得，累死了，這就叫妄想、分別、執著。什麼時候你真正覺悟，它是空的，它不存在。
If you really understand this reality, you will know that good and bad causes are equal, so are the Three Good Realms and Three Evil Realms. They are illusory, empty in substance and unobtainable. It is so tiring if you must think that you can get them when you cannot get them. This is called ‘wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments.’ When you are really awakened, you will know that they are empty and do not exist.