第一八六集視頻文字檔如下:
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我們什麼時候能往生 - 第186集
When can we be reborn in the Pure Land?
「若人不發無上菩提心，但聞彼國土受樂無間，為樂故願生，亦當不得往生也」。這個把我們的疑問解除了，為什麼蓮社同修那麼多，真正往生，這李老師說的，一萬個人有三、五個，這是六十年前。
It is stated in Great Master Tan Luan’s Annotation on the Treatise of Rebirth in the Pure Land, “If one does not bring forth the supreme bodhi mind, but vows to be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss to enjoy happiness after hearing about the endless enjoyment there, such a person cannot attain rebirth in that Land.” This clears our doubt about what Teacher Li said. According to Teacher Li, out of ten thousand practitioners of the Lotus Society who practised Buddha Mindfulness, only three to five of them could really be reborn in the Pure Land. This was the situation sixty years ago.
六十年後的今天，你要問我，我會告訴你，一萬人當中大概只有一、二個，六十年前有三、五個，現在只有一、二個。為什麼不能往生？看曇鸞法師這段開示就明白了，沒發菩提心。十八願固然重要，十九願不能少，十九願發菩提心。
Sixty years later today, if you ask me, I would tell you that out of ten thousand practitioners, only about one or two practitioners would attain rebirth in the Pure Land. Why do so many practitioners fail to be reborn in the Pure Land? After reading Great Master Tan Luan’s teaching here, you will understand that they did not develop the bodhi mind. The eighteenth vow is of course important, but the nineteenth vow (i.e., bringing forth the bodhi mind) is indispensable.
蕅益大師在《要解》裡頭講得好，能不能往生決定在信願之有無，信願就是菩提心，決定你能不能往生，你跟阿彌陀佛心是不是相同的、願是不是相同。
Great Master Ou Yi put it aptly in the Commentary of the Amitabha Sutra, “Whether or not one will achieve rebirth in the Pure Land depends entirely on the presence or absence of one’s belief and vow” -- ‘belief and vow’ which is the bodhi mind, determines whether you can be reborn in the Pure Land or not. In other words, whether or not you can achieve rebirth in the Pure Land depends on whether your mind and vow are consonant with that of Amitabha Buddha.
跟他的心不同，跟他的願也不同，天天念十萬聲佛號也不能往生，跟阿彌陀佛結個緣。什麼時候能往生？心同佛心，願同佛願，就能往生。願是四十八願，心是普度一切眾生，對一切眾生要看作自己的親人。
If your mind and vow are different from Amitabha Buddha’s, you cannot be reborn in the Pure Land either even if you chant one hundred thousand Amitabha Buddha’s name every day; you are merely fostering an affinity with Amitabha Buddha. When can we be reborn in the Pure Land? We can be reborn there when we share the same mind and vow as Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha’s vows are the Forty-eight Vows, and his mind is universally helping all sentient beings attain liberation. That’s why we must treat all sentient beings as our own family and relatives.