June 17

Jun 17, 2017
慧淨上人法語
人生目的

If a person does not know there is a great matter of birth-and-death that he has to solve, his fate is almost identical to a dog or a cat—born alike, die alike, and reincarnate alike. Conversely, if he is born as a human being and comes across the Buddhist teaching, understanding the retribution of good and evil deeds, the causes and effects in the three periods of time, the reincarnation within the Six Realms, and knowing that he should leave the samsara of reincarnation and realize the realm of nirvana, he will not have a waste trip in this life.
（continued tomorrow）

如果生而為人卻不曉得有這麼一件生死大事要解決，那麼他跟一隻狗、一隻貓幾乎是沒有兩樣的──同樣的生，同樣的死，又同樣的輪迴。反之，如果生而為人，能遇到佛法，曉得有善惡報應、三世因果、六道輪迴，曉得要離開輪迴而親證涅槃境界的話，那就沒有白來一趟了。

Namo Amitabha!