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如何同時學無量法門 - 第214集
How to learn immeasurable Dharma methods simultaneously?
「不起於座，能成一切佛事」。怎麼成就？一切佛事是教化眾生的事情，沒起座。每個往生到極樂世界的人都是這樣，你花開見佛，見到阿彌陀佛，阿彌陀佛在講堂裡講經教學，那裡頭有你的座位，你坐在那裡真的沒有起座，你有能力到十方世界去教化眾生，分身去的。
“Without leaving your seat, you can accomplish all the Buddha-work” -- how can you accomplish it? All the Buddha-work is the activity of edifying sentient beings without leaving one’s seat. Everyone who is reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss will see Amitabha Buddha when the lotus flower opens. You will then have the ability to manifest in many bodies to go to the worlds of the ten directions to edify sentient beings without leaving your seat (you have your own seat in the lecture hall when Amitabha Buddha delivers the Dharma lectures).
分多少身？分無量無邊無數的身。為什麼？十方世界有無量無邊無數諸佛剎土，你每個身到一個剎土去拜佛。拜佛修福報，供佛，聽經聞法開智慧，一尊佛教你一個法門，無量無邊佛同時教你，你就得無量無邊法門。
How many bodies will you manifest? You will manifest in infinite and boundless bodies. Why is that so? Because there are innumerable and boundless Buddha Lands in the worlds of the ten directions and each of your manifested body will go to one Buddha Land to make obeisance to the buddhas. You accumulate fortune by making obeisance and offerings to the buddhas, and cultivate wisdom by listening to the buddhas’ Dharma lectures. Since one buddha teaches you one Dharma method, you will acquire immeasurable methods from infinite buddhas who teach you simultaneously.
法門無量誓願學，要這樣學才行，快速成就。一尊一尊到那去學，你要學到哪一年才能畢業？同時學，有這個本事。一個大學裡頭有幾百個學系，每個學系都是四年畢業，幾百個學系你要多長的壽命，你才能夠統統畢業全部學完？
You must learn in this way if you vow to learn immeasurable Dharma methods quickly. If you learn from one buddha at a time, till which year do you have to study to graduate? But you will have the ability to learn simultaneously in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. There are hundreds of courses in a university and each course takes four years to graduate. How long do you need to live before you can graduate and study them all?
極樂世界人就佔便宜，多少個學系分多少身，每個身學一個學系，四年總畢業，全學完了，到極樂世界就有這個本事。所以「法門無量誓願學，佛道無上誓願成」，這兩願到極樂世界去落實。
The people in the Land of Ultimate Bliss have the advantage of manifesting bodies according to the number of courses. With each body going to study one course, you can graduate in four years. You will have this ability when you reach the Land of Ultimate Bliss. That’s why you have to implement the two vows of learning immeasurable Dharma methods and attaining Supreme Enlightenment in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.
前面兩願在此地落實，落實前面兩願你就能往生極樂世界。前面兩願，第一願是發菩提心，「眾生無邊誓願度」；第二願是落實第一願，「煩惱無盡誓願斷」。我們今天要斷煩惱，你看看，懷疑是煩惱，妄念是煩惱，這夾雜妄念，夾雜是煩惱，斷斷續續的是煩惱。
You can implement the first two vows of helping boundless sentient beings (i.e., developing the bodhi mind) and extirpating endless afflictions here. The second vow is to fulfil the first vow. You can be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss when these two vows are implemented. However, we may want to put an end to afflictions today, but our doubts, wandering and distracting thoughts (which are all afflictions) will occasionally rear their ugly heads.
覺明妙行菩薩他念佛的祕訣，不懷疑、不夾雜、不間斷；本經教導我們，「發菩提心，一向專念」，就是那個專字，懷疑就不專，夾雜也不專，間斷也不專。覺明妙行菩薩講三樁事情，這個地方一個字把這三樁事情都包括在其中，一向專念。
Jueming Miaoxing Bodhisattva’s secret of chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name is having no doubts, no distractions and no interruptions. This sutra teaches us to develop the bodhi mind and single-mindedly concentrate on chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name. If we have doubts, distractions and interruptions, then our chanting is not single-minded. This one word, ‘single-mindedness’ covers the three points mentioned by Jueming Miaoxing Bodhisattva.