Apr 15, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about the Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
It is stated that “circumstantial rewards change with the direct reward.” This means that with a certain kind of direct reward, there comes the corresponding circumstantial reward. With that kind of circumstantial reward, we know what kind of direct reward one has.
The circumstantial reward is the environment in which we live, such as: the country of our birth, the pure lands in the ten directions, the wretched land of Saha, a civilized rich country, an uncivilized poor country, what kind of family, all human relationships, and our fate after we are born. All of the above environments belong to circumstantial rewards.
Circumstantial rewards are not created by God, nor by a divine order. They are determined by ourselves, our direct reward!
(to be continued tomorrow)
所謂「依報由正報轉」，有怎樣的正報就有怎樣的依報；有怎樣的依報，可見他是怎樣的正報。
依報就是所處的環境，我們是出生在哪個國家──是十方淨土，還是娑婆惡世？ 是出生在道德人文薈萃的國家，還是出生在野蠻貧窮困苦的國家？是出生在怎樣的家庭？出生下來的種種人際、命運，這一些都屬於依報。
依報不是上帝所創，也不是依天所命，而是自己決定的──由自己的正報所決定的。
Namo Amituofo!
