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真誠心怎麼修法 - 第238集
How do we cultivate sincerity?
我們用真誠心對人、對事、對物。別人對我們是虛偽的、假的，我們對別人是真的。為什麼？我們要求生淨土，不這麼幹不能往生。那人家不幹呢？因為他搞六道輪迴。我們自己想想，我們還要不要搞六道輪迴？不想再搞六道輪迴了，一定要用真誠心，不能用虛偽；換句話說，決定不再用妄想分別執著，這是搞六道輪迴的，用真誠心。
We should treat people, matters and things with sincerity. Even when others are hypocritical to us, we are sincere to them. What is the reason? Because we want to seek rebirth in the Pure Land. If we do not do so, we cannot be reborn in the Pure Land. What if others do not do so? That’s because they still want to revolve in the Six Realms. Let’s think about it: do I still want to revolve in the Six Realms of reincarnation? If we do not want to, then we must use sincerity and not hypocrisy. In other words, we cannot use wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments anymore because these are the causes of transmigration.
真誠心怎麼修法？對自己就是清淨平等覺。清淨是定，阿羅漢所證得的；平等也是定，菩薩證得的；正覺就是大徹大悟，明心見性。用真心容易開悟，對一切眾生一定要慈悲，慈幫助眾生得樂，悲幫助眾生離苦。常常要想到，佛法在世間為什麼？
How do we cultivate sincerity? We cultivate sincerity by being pure, impartial and enlightened ourselves. Purity is meditative concentration attained by arhats, while impartiality is also meditative concentration attained by bodhisattvas. Enlightenment is Supreme Enlightenment (i.e., seeing into the mind and true nature). By using the true mind, it is easy for us to become enlightened. That’s why we must be compassionate (慈悲cí bēi) to all sentient beings by helping them attain happiness (慈 cí) and end sufferings (悲 bēi). We must often think about why Buddhism exists in the world.
就是為幫助眾生離苦得樂。要常存這個心，時時刻刻不能丟掉。用什麼方法幫他離苦得樂？用教學。所以一切諸佛菩薩沒有一個不教學的。教他什麼？教他破迷開悟。苦從迷來的，迷破了，苦就斷了、就滅了。覺悟了，真正得樂。覺悟的人法喜充滿，常生歡喜心。
It is to help sentient beings end sufferings and attain happiness. We must always bear this in mind and never forget it. What method should we use to help them achieve it? We use teaching to help them achieve it. That’s why there is not a single buddha and bodhisattva who does not teach. What do they teach? They teach sentient beings to cease delusion and achieve enlightenment. Since delusion is the cause of suffering, suffering will be extirpated once delusion ceases to exist. By achieving enlightenment, one truly attains happiness because an enlightened person is always beaming with the joy of Dharma bliss.
你們看看海賢老和尚，他法喜充滿，一生，有人跟我們講過，他一生當中從來沒有見到他發過脾氣，從來沒有看到過他批評人、毀謗人，沒有，總是歡歡喜喜，滿面笑容，恆順眾生，隨喜功德。這我們要學。見什麼人都是好人，連打他、侮辱他，他心目當中都是好人。好人為什麼做壞事？一時迷惑，他做錯事了，不要去怪他，他會回頭，回頭就是好人。
You can see this in Great Master Hai Xian. Someone told us that he had never seen the Great Master lose his temper, criticize and slander others all his life. He was always happy and beaming, as he accorded with sentient beings and rejoiced in the merits of others. We have to learn this from the Great Master. Everyone he saw is a good person (even those who had beaten and insulted him). Why do good people do bad things? They are deluded for a while and made the mistake, so do not blame them because they will reform and become good people.