March 2 2017

Mar 2, 2017
慧淨上人法語
人生目的

With respect to the purpose of studying Buddhism, why do we study Buddhism? With respect to the purpose of life, what is the purpose of being born to be human beings? There is only one answer, which is same for all human races and all the times—that is to liberate ourselves and others from reincarnation of birth and death, and to realize the original “self”—that is the innate Buddha-nature. 

Due to this Buddha-nature, all sentient beings are able to become Buddhas. In other words, rediscovering and retrieving our original Buddha-nature is the purpose of life, and also the purpose of studying Buddhism.

從學佛的目的來講，為什麼我們要學佛呢？甚至從人生的目的來說，生而為人的的目的是什麼呢？其實只有一個──而且這個是古今中外都相同的，就是解脫自己與他人的生死輪迴，親證本來的自我，也就是「佛性」。

因為一切眾生都有佛性，都能成佛。所以，換言之，回復我們原本的佛性就是人生的目的，也是學佛的目的。

Namo Amitabha!