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第52集我們要怎麼學才如理如法

How should we learn in order to be proper?

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我們要怎麼學才如理如法 – 第52集

How should we learn in order to be proper?

在一般通途,對凡夫的教學,古人是一門深入,就是一部經,不學第二部經。在這一部經什麼?一部經你去念它,天天念它,時時刻刻念它,一天念上十個小時,三年不間斷,就得三昧。

The teaching method generally adopted by the ancients for ordinary beings was delving deeply into one subject, so they only focused on one sutra and would never resort to a second one. How should you learn this one sutra? You should recite it for ten hours a day every day for three consecutive years, and you will attain samadhi.

念《無量壽經》,就是念佛三昧;念《華嚴經》,華嚴三昧;念《法華經》,法華三昧。三昧名稱無量無邊,得的定功是一樣的,所以統統能開悟。

If you recite the Infinite Life Sutra, you will attain the Buddha Mindfulness Samadhi; if you recite the Avatamsaka Sutra, you will attain the Flower Ornament Samadhi; if you recite the Lotus Sutra, you will attain the Dharma-flower Samadhi. The names of samadhi are innumerable but the effort of meditative concentration (定功) attained is the same. That’s why all samadhis can lead one to enlightenment.

世間法也不例外,你說這一部四書,你要是天天讀它讀上十年,什麼意思不要去管它,我一個字沒念錯,一句沒有念漏掉,念上十年就得三昧,那個三昧就能開悟。法門平等,佛法裡頭八萬四千法門平等,世間法跟佛法也平等,為什麼平等?

Mundane teachings are no exception. For instance, if you recite the Four Books every day for ten years without regard to its meaning, while enunciating each word correctly without missing any of them, you will attain samadhi followed by enlightenment. The 84,000 Dharma methods in Buddhism are equal, so are mundane teachings and Buddhism. Why are they equal?

都能幫助你開悟。我們要明白這個道理,你才知道怎麼個學法。這個道理不懂,你怎麼學都不如法,為什麼?你得不到定,你開不了悟,你還是有妄想、還是有分別、還是有執著。妄想、分別、執著統統具足,這就是六道凡夫。

Because they can all help you to attain enlightenment. You need to understand this principle. Then you will know how to learn. Otherwise, your learning will not be proper no matter how. What is the reason? Because you will neither attain meditative concentration nor enlightenment since you still have wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments. Ordinary beings of the Six Realms are complete with wandering thoughts, discrimination and attachments.