July 2, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
How should we Amitabha-reciters understand filial love? To practice filial love in our daily lives, we should first be thankful for the grace of the Buddha. We should follow and abide by the Buddha’s mind naturally. It is practiced not for ourselves, not for rebirth in the celestial realm. No, not for these!
It is known as “ teaching the body to act as if not acting, as a reflex action.” This is Realizing the Buddha’s mind and allowing his mind to perform the action. The character of being sincere and scrupulous in human relationships is “to act as if not acting.” In this way we don’t feel it is us performing the action.
關於孝順，我們念佛人的心應該怎麼樣呢？是感念佛恩、隨順佛心來行孝道，自自然然的，不以為自己是在行孝道，也不以為行孝是為了能夠生天，都不是！
所謂「體如而行，即是不行」，體會佛心、隨順佛心去做，這個敦倫盡分的人品是行而不行，不覺得自己在做這些功用。
Namo Amituofo!
