June 25 2018

Jun 25, 2018
慧淨上人法語
機法深信

The Buddhist teaching is like a mirror. We only know theprettiness and ugliness of our appearance before a mirror. If we are in front of a mirror and do not find our prettiness and ugliness, that means we have not looked into the mirror. Similarly, we learn our original face (true nature) by learning the Buddhist teachings. To learn Buddhism without knowing that we are actually an iniquitous mortal being, that means we do not use the Buddhist teachings to reflect our mind, and we do not use the mirror of Buddhist teachings to observe ourselves.

佛法就像一面鏡子──我們在鏡子面前才知道自己容貌的美醜。如果到了鏡子面前，沒有發現自己的美醜，就等於沒有照到鏡子。同樣的，我們通過學習佛法，才瞭解自己的本來面目。學佛而不瞭解自己原來是罪惡生死凡夫，那就是沒有以佛法印心，沒有用佛法這面鏡子來觀照自己。

Namo Amitabha!