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佛教是師道不是神道 – 第3集
Buddhism is a teaching imparted by a great teacher and is not a doctrine of gods.
我在慈光圖書館前後住了十年，經教是在這個地方養成的。我在年輕的時候喜歡讀書，學得很雜、學得很多，所以對於常識這部分很豐富，真正的義理沒有契入。我學習最早是跟方東美先生學哲學，方老師為我講了一部哲學概論，最後一個單元是佛經哲學，我從這個課程裡面認識了佛法，認識了佛教，知道佛教跟一般宗教不一樣。
I had been living in Tsi-Kuang Library for ten years and my sutra study was developed there. I took delight in reading as a youth. My learning was very general, scattered and extensive, so I had gained considerable general knowledge but I neither comprehended the meaning nor principle. I first studied philosophy with Mr Fang, Dong Mei, a university professor. He gave me an introduction to philosophy and the last part of his lesson was Buddhist philosophy. I understood Buddhism from this lesson and learned that Buddhism is different from other religions.
一般宗教是神教，佛教是師教，不相同。我們用道來說，佛教是師道，一般宗教是神道。釋迦牟尼佛跟我們的關係是師生關係，不是神跟人的關係，是老師跟學生的關係，所以我們稱釋迦牟尼佛為本師，你看「南無本師釋迦牟尼佛」。
Religions are generally doctrines of gods. Buddhism is different in that it is a teaching imparted by a perfectly enlightened teacher, Sakyamuni Buddha. The relationship between Sakyamuni Buddha and us is a teacher-student relationship, rather than a god-human relationship. That’s why we regard Sakyamuni Buddha as our original and principal teacher. You see, we recite, “Namo (Homage to) Sakyamuni Buddha, our original teacher” three times before we begin to recite a sutra.
釋迦牟尼佛又勸我們，要依西方極樂世界阿彌陀佛為老師，將來到極樂世界親近阿彌陀佛。這是釋迦牟尼佛的教誨，我們完全聽了、接受了，佛歡喜。
Sakyamuni Buddha on the other hand exhorted us to rely on Amitabha Buddha of the Western Pure Land as our teacher and be close to him when we reach the Pure Land in the future. This is Sakyamuni Buddha’s teaching. The Buddha is elated if we listen to and accept his teaching completely.
釋迦牟尼佛好比是我們的父母，勸我們到極樂世界去跟這個老師學習，我們聽話，真去了，父母歡喜！有這樣一個好老師教你，你決定成就。所以認識了它是師道，它不是神道。
Sakyamuni Buddha who is in a way like our parent, exhorted us to go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss to learn from the great teacher (i.e., Amitabha Buddha) over there. As a parent, the Buddha is happy if we obey his advice and are really reborn there. With such an excellent teacher guiding us, we will surely attain Buddhahood. We thus know that Buddhism is a teaching imparted by a great teacher and is not a doctrine of gods.