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第90集有清淨平等覺就開悟了

Great Master Hui Neng became enlightened after he achieved purity, impartiality and enlightenment

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有清淨平等覺就開悟了 - 第90集

Great Master Hui Neng became enlightened after he achieved purity, impartiality and enlightenment

六祖惠能大師用的方法是破柴舂米,得三昧,大徹大悟。大乘經教裡頭佛常講,「離一切相,即一切法」,說得好,問題你能不能離相。經教裡頭為我們說過多次,不是一次、兩次,放下執著就證阿羅漢果,無論用什麼方法,只要你能把執著放下;放下分別,你就證菩薩;放下起心動念,你就成佛了。

The Sixth Patriarch, Great Master Hui Neng used the method of splitting wood and pounding rice to attain samadhi and Supreme Enlightenment. The Buddha often told us in the Mahayana sutras, “Being unattached to all forms without abandoning anything.” This is well said but the problem is, can you renounce all forms (i.e., practise non-abidance)? It has been mentioned numerous times (not just once or twice) in the sutra teachings that one attains the realisation of arhatship if one let go of attachments. As long as you can let go of attachments, you will realise arhatship no matter what method you use. By letting go of discrimination and thoughts, you will attain Bodhisattvahood and Buddhahood respectively.

由此可知,惠能大師在黃梅八個月,破柴舂米,他修到不起心不動念、不分別不執著,沒有別的,清淨平等覺現前,就是清淨心、平等心。我們在《壇經》裡面細心去觀察,統統能看到他的清淨平等覺,有清淨平等覺就開悟了。

We can thus deduce that Great Master Hui Neng had cultivated to the level of not giving rise to thoughts, discrimination and attachments by splitting wood and pounding rice during his 8-month stay in Huang Mei. His mind was pure, impartial and enlightened as a result. We can see his purity, impartiality and enlightenment if we observe him carefully in the Platform Sutra. With this achievement, he became enlightened.