Feb 26

Feb 26, 2018
慧淨上人法語
出離與輪迴

If a person does not aware of the existence of the Three Domains and the Six Realms, and does not believe that there are the good and bad retributions being governed by the Law of Cause and Effect in the three periods of time, he will think that man will live his life only once, and no afterlife. He also thinks man dies once, and there is nothing after death, and no such a thing as reincarnation. He confines his life to the present one, and hence spends his whole life to pursue ways to make his present life happy.

However, if he believes the cause and effect in the three periods of time, and good and bad retributions, reincarnation within the Six Realms, and if he understands that life is impermanent, temporarily short, and full of various kinds of afflictions and sufferings, he will diligently seek for eternal emancipation for the future in order to depart from suffering and attain happiness forever in his short life.

一個人如果不知有三界六道輪迴，不信有三世因果的善惡報應，他就會認為人只不過是活一次，沒有第二次；他會認為人只不過是死一次，死了就沒有了，沒有所謂的輪迴；他只曉得有現生這一輩子，因此他一生所追求的就是如何使這一輩子快樂。

但是如果確信有三世因果、善惡報應、六道輪迴，而且了解人生無常、短暫，並且充滿種種苦惱，那時他就會努力在這短暫的人生當中尋求未來永恆的解脫、永遠的離苦得樂。

Namo Amitabha!