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我們要記住真實之利是什麼 – 第23集
We must remember what the real benefits are.
怎麼樣才不被染污？染污是指外面的境界，裡面的情識，眼見色，耳聞聲，六根接觸外面境界，把情識引起來了。情識就是染污，把貪瞋痴慢疑引出來了，把財色名利引出來了，把七情五欲引出來了，你的心就被染污了，你的心不平等了。
How can we guard against defilements? Defilements refer to the external environment and the deluded consciousnesses inside. Deluded consciousnesses arise when the six-sense organs are in contact with the external environment. These consciousnesses are defilements which give rise to greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, doubt, wealth, lust, fame, and profit as well as the Seven Emotions (i.e., pleasure, anger, sorrow, joy, love, hatred, and desire) and Five Desires. Since your mind is defiled, it is not impartial anymore.
這要用功夫，什麼功夫？不被外面境界所誘惑，這就行了。不被外面境界誘惑，也就是說，境界現前，不要把它放在心上，一定要把它用智慧去觀照。《金剛經》非常好，中國過去讀書人，不一定是學佛的，都沒有一個不讀《金剛經》的。這個時候管用，「凡所有相，皆是虛妄」，提醒我們自己，既然是虛妄的，何必放在心上？
What effort must you make to guard against defilements? You must make an effort not to be tempted by the external environment. That’s to say you cannot retain these phenomena in your mind when they appear. You must use wisdom to contemplate them. The ancient Chinese scholars were not necessarily Buddhists, but all of them studied the Diamond Sutra. The teaching in this sutra is very useful at this time. We can remind ourselves that ‘everything with form is illusory (unreal).’ Since they are not real, why bother to retain them in our mind?
放在心上，心就被染污，心就動搖，清淨平等就失掉了。清淨平等失掉，這個心生煩惱，不生智慧。不被外面境界所轉，不被外境干擾，心是清淨的、平等的，生智慧不生煩惱，這個重要。淨宗用什麼方法？用一句佛號，遇到外面境界干擾，「阿彌陀佛」，這一句佛號取而代之。
If we retain them in mind, our mind has been defiled and moved, thereby losing its purity and impartiality. When purity and impartiality are lost, afflictions will arise in our mind, not wisdom. Conversely, if we remain unaffected by the external environment, our mind will be pure and impartial, thereby wisdom arises and not afflictions. This is vitally important. What method does Pure Land practitioners use? We use this single phrase of Amitabha Buddha’s name. Every time we are disturbed by the external environment, we should substitute our thoughts with ‘Amituofo.’
我心裡頭只有這句佛號，除這句佛號之外什麼都不接受，什麼都不往心裡放，這就對了。妙極了！惠以真實之利，真實之利是什麼？往生極樂世界，這是真實之利；沒有往生之前，信願持名是真實之利，我們要記住。所以經中舉三種真實，稱之為純一真實，絕不是虛假。
We only allow this phrase of ‘Amituofo’ to be retained in our mind and not anything else. We are then on the right track. This method is awesome! This sutra gives us the real benefit. What is that real benefit? It is rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. However, prior to our rebirth in the Pure Land, we must remember that ‘belief, vow and practice of Buddha-name chanting’ are the real benefit. That’s why this sutra cites three kinds of trueness, so-called ‘purely true.’ This is not false at all.