April 23

Apr 23, 2018
慧淨上人法語
機法深信

For those who can exclusively practice the Pure Land teachings, they must feel that they are mortal ordinary beings with heavy karmic offenses, unable to eliminate evil and practice virtues, and will fall into hell once they die, receiving Yama King’s judgment and punishments.

What they can do is to believe and accept Amitabha’s deliverance, in order to leave the hell, and even the cycle of endless rebirth within the Three Domains and the Six Realms. Will this kind of person abandon himself to wicked deeds? If he does commit offenses, it will be involuntarily driven by his past karma. His heart is very sad!

It is bitter to be evil, not willing to be evil. His mentality is different from those who indulge in committing offenses. He suffers actually for the sake of spiritual practice. Only those who suffer for the sake of spiritual practice can truly enter the domain of Amitabha’s deliverance.

會專修淨土法門，是他有感於自己是一個罪業深重的生死凡夫，沒辦法以自己的力量去惡行善，一旦命終就會墮落地獄，受閻羅王的審判刑罰。

只有信受彌陀救度，才能離開地獄，甚至離開三界六道輪迴。這樣的人還會縱情為惡嗎？即使他會做惡事，也是業力的推動，是不得已的，他的內心是很悲苦的啊！

是苦於為惡，不是樂於為惡的，所以他的心態跟一般縱情為惡的心態是不一樣的，就是所謂的「為修行而苦」，也唯有為修行而苦的人才能真正進入彌陀的救度。

Namo Amitabha!