Aug 30, 2018
Master Huijing’s Dharma Words about Deep Faith in Aptitude and Teaching
機法深信
Master Shandao says, “We are iniquitous ordinary beings subject to endless rebirth.” No matter how wise and talented, or how knowledgeable and intelligent, we can do nothing [to help] when we are on board of the ship of Amitabha’s Fundamental Vow. Furthermore, the mind of ordinary beings is full of greed, anger and delusion, rich in the Five Aggregates and the Six Dusts. Although a person may be a kind of sentient being who can practice vigorously, and feel serene occasionally, by no means he or she can subdue greed, anger and delusion. He may think that he can subdue and detach all these, or he can be pure and relaxed, or even reach a certain meditative state; but that cannot help in the matter of liberation from the cycle of birth-and-death.
善導大師說：「一者、深信自身現是罪惡生死凡夫」，即使自己再怎麼有智慧才華、廣學多聞，在彌陀的本願船當中也無用武之地。何況凡夫內心都有貪瞋痴，五蘊塵勞濃厚，即使是精進修行的根性，偶有寂靜的心境，但根本無法降伏貪瞋痴；自以為能降伏而淡薄，能夠清淨、輕安，甚至能到未到地定，可是這對解脫生死輪迴是沒有用的。
Namo Amituofo!
