Dec 11, 2018
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
The Worldly Truths discussed in the attributes says, “Bearing (in behavior) – calm and measured”. Being calm and measured, it includes both the internal mind and the external behavior. It includes bodily, verbal, and mental actions. If a person’s mind is calm and measured, he will be peaceful and harmonious. His internal mind must be level, calm, non - confrontational, stable, and blissful. ( a kind of bliss in tranquility)
We leave home for the purpose of cultivation, so our minds can be kind, with a tendency to be progressive and pure. As we have determined to leave home, we should be clear in our minds that we come here for cultivation. To pursue cultivation,
we must have, to a certain extent, self-motivation to drive us on. We do not need any external strict rules and systems to bind us, or any bonuses or penalties to govern us.
(to be continued tomorrow)
宗風俗諦中就有「威儀（舉止）──安詳穩重」一條，安詳穩重其實是包括內心跟外境的，也就是身口與意。一個人如果內心安詳穩重，他會是很平和的──內心很平和、很平靜、很無諍，也很安穩、很喜樂，一種寂靜的喜樂。
出家本來就是為了修行，所以內心應該是向善、向上、向淨的。我們既然發心出家，心中就應該清楚明瞭是為了修行而來，而修行也一定是有自我的要求，而不用等待外面用某種嚴格的或是某一種制度來規範，甚至獎懲。
Namo Amituofo!
