Sep 13, 2017
慧淨上人法語
人生目的
慧淨上人法語
人生目的
(continued)
What does it mean to be an ordinary being of the barren land? We are aware that our afflictions generated by greed, hatred and delusion flourish more vigorously than any other people, and our false and miscellaneous thoughts are much more and messy than any others. Although we learn Buddhism, we cannot, through our own power, cultivate and keep the precepts, meditation, and wisdom as the dharma tells, and are not capable to subdue greed, hatred and delusion.
What can we do, then, to deal with our foreseeable fate of reincarnations within the Six Realms? So, we want to be reborn in the Land of Bliss. Rebirth in the Land of Bliss is the only way that can enable us—ordinary beings of the barren land—to learn Buddhism, achieve the Buddhist Way, and escape from the cycle of reincarnations in this lifetime.
那什麼是博地凡夫呢？就是自覺自己的貪瞋痴煩惱比別人更加熾盛，妄想雜念比別人更多更雜。自己雖然學佛，但一直無法以自己的力量來修持佛法所講的戒定慧，無力降伏貪瞋痴。
但是六道輪迴卻又明明擺在眼前，這樣要如何呢？所以要求生極樂世界，唯有往生極樂世界，才能使我們這般博地凡夫，此生學佛，今生即成就佛道，脫離生死輪迴。
Namo Amitabha!
