Aug 26

Aug 26, 2017
慧淨上人法語
人生目的

Don’t worry about you cannot attain Buddhahood; don’t worry about you cannot deliver sentient beings; do worry about you cannot be reborn in the Land of Bliss. Once reborn in the Land of Bliss, you must become a Buddha, and must be able to deliver sentient beings. So, the goal of our life is to be reborn in the Land of Bliss.

Some people study Buddhism as a kind of philosophy or knowledge, and do not tie it up with the matter of our birth-and-death. That means, they don’t consider about liberation from the cycle of reincarnations. To us, however, the goal is very clear and determined: the goal of our life, the goal of studying Buddhism, and the goal of practice is rebirth in the Land of Bliss.

不怕不成佛，不怕不會度眾生；就怕不能往生極樂，一旦往生極樂，一定成佛，一定會廣度眾生。所以我們人生的目的就是往生極樂，我們學佛的目的就是往生極樂。

有的人把佛法當做一種哲學、學問來研究，沒有將佛法與生死大事結合，也就是沒有想要脫離輪迴，可是我們有非常明確、堅確不移的這個目的：人生的目的、學佛的目的、修行的目的，就是往生極樂！

Namo Amitabha!