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一切眾生本來是佛 我們要能承認 - 第158集
We must be able to admit that all sentient beings are originally buddhas
極樂世界所有的現相非常奇妙，跟我們這裡完全不一樣，我們這是心現識變，它那裡心現沒有識變，全是真實，無相不相，無相無不相，相而無相，性相一如，性相不二，這個境界多美好。「蓋吾人心性，量同法界」。這樁事情一定要知道，是真的，不是假的。
All the phenomena in the Land of Ultimate Bliss are marvellous and are totally different from our place here. Our place is manifested by the true nature, but had been altered by the Alaya, but the Land of Ultimate Bliss which is also manifested by the true nature, is not altered by the Alaya. Everything in that Land is real. Forms that exist are not (real) forms, yet it is not without forms. The true nature and phenomena are one and not two. How wonderful is this realm! “Our mind-nature (i.e., the true nature) is as limitless as the Dharma Realms” -- we must know this. This is true and not false.
「靈明洞徹，湛寂常恆」。這是形容自性靈明洞徹，換句話說，無所不知，無所不能，像外國宗教徒對於上帝的讚美，全知全能，在佛法裡頭全知全能是真的不是假的。是誰？是自性，每個人的自性是平等的。所以大乘教說，「一切眾生本來是佛」。
“It is sharp, bright, all-knowing, and ever clear and tranquil” -- the true nature is described as sharp, bright and all-knowing here. In other words, the true nature is omniscient and omnipotent. These are exactly the praises given by the foreign religionists to their God. In Buddhism, omniscience and omnipotence are true and not false. Who has these qualities? The true nature, which is equal in every one of us, has them. That’s why it is stated in the Mahayana teachings, “All sentient beings are originally buddhas.”
我們要能承認，不能推辭。佛太高了，我怎麼配得上，不敢當。佛講的是真話，沒有妄語，千真萬確的事實。從哪裡講？從你的本性，就是自性，自性是佛，相雖然不是佛，性是佛性。所以佛在《觀經》裡面告訴我們，「是心是佛，是心作佛」，這八個字是淨土宗建立這個宗派法門理論的根據，根據什麼道理？就這八個字。
We must be able to admit this truth and cannot refuse it. We must not think that the Buddha is too exalted and we are no match for him. The Buddha’s words are true without lies; they are hard facts. What are the Buddha’s words based on? They are based on the fact that your true nature is the buddha-nature (even though your appearance is not that of buddhas). That’s why the Buddha told us in the Contemplation Sutra, “This mind is a buddha’s mind; this mind thus becomes a buddha.” Pure Land Buddhism is established based on this theory.