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佛法的知識是世間法不是佛法 – 第55集
Buddhist knowledge is a mundane teaching and not Buddhism.
《華嚴經》上告訴我們，「生佛平等」，眾生跟佛是平等的。不一樣的地方，佛菩薩遠離塵垢，沒有障礙，我們這個凡夫身心的染污一年比一年嚴重，一天比一天嚴重。學佛著了學佛的相，在佛法裡面還起分別、還起執著，這錯了，這學什麼？學佛學知識。學佛法的知識是世間法不是佛法，因為知識不能了生死、不能出三界。
The Avatamsaka Sutra tells us that sentient beings and buddhas are equal. The difference is buddhas and bodhisattvas had rid themselves of impurities and obstacles, while the physical and mental defilements of us ordinary beings are getting increasingly serious every year and every day. When we learn Buddhism, we are attached to the appearance of learning Buddhism and still give rise to discrimination and attachments which are wrong! What are we actually learning? We are learning Buddhist knowledge, which is a mundane teaching and not Buddhism. We can neither end reincarnation nor transcend the Three Realms of Samsara by acquiring such knowledge.
佛法的知識是善的，將來學得很好，來生三善道，出不了六道輪迴，這不能不知道的。如果遇到淨土法門，僥倖的話，你信願持名往生淨土了，往生淨土超越輪迴、超越十法界，生極樂世界凡聖同居土。
Since Buddhist knowledge is wholesome, if we learn it well in the future, we will be reborn in the Three Good Realms in the next lifetime but we cannot transcend the Six Realms of reincarnation. We must know this! If you are lucky enough to have encountered Pure Land Buddhism and you practise Buddha Mindfulness with belief and vow, and are reborn in the Land where Sages and Ordinary beings Dwell Together in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, you have then transcended transmigration as well as the Ten Dharma Realms.
可是極樂世界特殊，為什麼？這個世界跟一切諸佛世界不一樣，一切諸佛世界是緣起的，《華嚴經》上的緣起的，因緣生法，有生有滅；極樂世界是性起的，是自性流出來的，自性不生不滅，自性不垢不淨。所以，極樂世界四土三輩九品全是性起，它不是緣起，這就非常非常難得。
But the Land of Ultimate Bliss is special. What is the reason? According to the Avatamsaka Sutra, all Buddha Lands arose from causes and conditions, so the phenomena there are subject to arising and ceasing. The Land of Ultimate Bliss is different from all Buddha Lands because it is expressed from the true nature; the true nature neither arises nor ceases, and is neither impure nor pure. That’s why all the Four Lands, the Three Levels and the Nine Grades of the Land of Ultimate Bliss arose from the true nature and not from conditions. This is extremely rare!