Nov 19, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Teachings about Right View on Buddhist teachings
佛法知見
We have to “follow and obey” in learning Buddhism – we believe in the way that the Buddha talks, we believe in the way that the patriarchs explain. It is called “to follow and obey”, also called “faith by devotion”.
Otherwise, if we wait to believe by the time we totally understand, we may have no chance to believe. Perhaps we may require a kind of experience, an auspicious response, or an account before we believe, but it is not certain that everyone has one. Moreover, so-called account or experience cannot be taken as a benchmark.
What is the benchmark? It lies on our belief in the ways of what the Buddha says, and what the patriarchs explain. It is because, if it is not evidenced by the sutras, all accounts are deviated to the direction of suspicion. Moreover, it can be easily retrogress or set back.
For accounts, other religions, or other Buddhist schools and sects, and other teachings in cultivation, or even general tribal belief may have similar ones. Thus, accounts cannot be taken as evidence. We should set forth faith by devotion – follow and obey according to the sutras [spoken by the Buddha], follow and obey in accordance with the patriarchs’ commentaries.
我們學佛要能夠「隨順」，佛怎麼講我們就怎麼信，我們這個法門的祖師怎麼解釋，我們也怎麼的信，這個就叫「隨順」，也叫作「仰信」。
不然的話，等到完全理解再來相信，那永無相信之日，或者要有某一種體驗、靈驗、感應再來相信，可是那也不一定每一個人都有，何況所謂的感應、體驗也不能做為標準。
標準在哪裡？在佛怎麼說、祖師怎麼解，我們就怎麼信。因為，一切的感應如果沒有以經論做為依據，一來可能會偏差，走入迷信；二則往往容易退轉。
以感應來說，其他的宗教也有，佛教各宗各派、各種修行法門也都有，甚至一般的民間信仰也有談感應。所以感應也不是絕對可依據的，我們應該要仰信，隨順經典，隨順祖論。
Namo Amituofo!
