Sep 22, 2019
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School: Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
Who dares say he hasn’t committed any offenses in his entire life? Perhaps, one may say, “Though I do commit offenses, I practice many more meritorious deeds.” Actually, if we add and subtract all of these, we find that we commit more offenses than good deeds. This is because we live in the world of turbidity, where we are born to have turbid views and afflictions.
Because of the turbidity of this world, our thoughts and behaviors are produced from deeply-rooted afflictions due to greed, anger and delusion. Thus, we cannot help but commit more offenses than good deeds. The more we review, the more we regret. In this way, our hearts become softened. We won’t be arrogant, and claim that we are practitioners accumulating merits and virtues. With our heads down we will regretfully say, “ as a foolish and evil person, apart from Amitabha-recitation in accordance with the Fundamental Vow, what other teaching can deliver me, so that I can avoid the judgement of King Yama and the suffering of the fires of hell?”
誰敢說他一生都沒有造惡?或許有人會說「我雖然有造惡,但是我更有行善」,其實,如果加加減減,我們都是善少惡多,因為我們都在五濁惡世,根本上我們都有見濁、煩惱濁。
從思想上的混濁,以及根深蒂固貪瞋癡的煩惱所展現出來的心念、行為,當然就是惡多善少。
愈是檢討自己,就會愈加慚愧,從而心地柔軟,不會貢高我慢,不敢認為自己很會修行、很會積德,反而會頭低下來,而慚愧地說:「唉!像我這種惡人,除了本願念佛之外,有哪個法門可以救度我、使我將來能夠脫離閻羅王的審判、能夠遠離地獄之火呢?」
Namo Amituofo!
