May 27

May 27, 2018
慧淨上人法語
淨土宗宗風俗諦

All offenses always are incurred from lacking strict adherance to morals in speech. Therefore, we must learn to be tight-lipped. We should review our mistakes and do not blame others. If you find other people’s mistakes, don’t go public. Don’t tell another person, even your closest friends.

It is because your closest friend has his/her closest friend too. The words are hence passed around, and the bad karma is created. Moreover, talking bad words at other back is the most damaging to virtues. So, the most important thing for the practice of Buddhism is to be honest and sincere, do not tell lies or talk gossip causally.

一切罪過，往往都是因為不守口德，所以我們要學習守口如瓶，凡事檢討自己的過錯，不要去責備人家。如果發現別人有錯誤，也不要去宣揚，不要講給第二個人聽，也不要講給自己最親密的人聽。

因為自己最親密的人，也有他親密的知己，話傳來傳去，罪業就造出去了，而且，說人背後話是最損陰德的。所以，修行學佛最重要的是心存誠懇，存誠懇之心而不隨便打妄語，不隨便說是非。

Namo Amitabha!