April 25

Apr 25, 2017
慧淨上人法語
念佛度亡
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At that time, if he is willing to be reborn, he will immediately notice that he is seated on the lotus flower, ready to be reborn; if he is attached to two kinds of attachment—love or hatred, he will not be reborn.

If he wants to stay with his grandchild, thinking that the kid is too young and should not be left aside..., saying, “Amitabha Buddha, I am sorry, I don’t want to be reborn now”. So, he will not be reborn. This is attachment to love. There are many cases of attachment to love, such as loving their family, wealth…etc.

What about those attached to hatred? “My husband, my wife…I hate him/her. I won’t let him/her go. It is not that easy and simple. I will chase after him/her for repaying debts life after life. Amitabha Buddha, please forgive me. I cannot go with you for now.” In this cases, rebirth will not happen. In brief, love and hatred are the two kinds of attachment.

屆時就看對方，他如果肯往生，當下就發覺自己已經坐在蓮花上，就往生去了；若是他有執著，執著分兩種，執著「愛」跟執著「恨」。
若想跟孫子在一起，孫子還小，依戀不捨……，阿彌陀佛！不好意思，我還不想往生，這樣就沒有往生，這個就是執著愛。「愛」的執著情形很多，執著家庭、財產……。

執著恨的呢？我的先生、我的太太……我怨恨，我不放過他，哪有這麼簡單，我生生世世要跟他討債，阿彌陀佛！請你原諒我，我還不能跟您去，這樣也沒有往生。簡要講起來執著就 是愛跟恨兩種。

Namo Amitabha!