Jan 23, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School:
Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
Habitual behaviour is the 7th Consciousness (also known as the Mano Consciousness). The unwholesome seeds stored in the Alaya Consciousness are attached to the 7th Consciousness, which commands the 6th Consciousness to push the first five kinds of consciousness to act.
We must make use of the 6th Consciousness in order to learn Buddhism, because it has the ability to differentiate, memorize, and judge. Through these functions, we can understand when we hear Sutras, listen to Dharma, and study the ancient sayings. In this way, they can ferment in our hearts and enter the Alaya Consciousness bit by bit.
What happens after they enter the Alaya Consciousness? If the good seeds are plentiful, the bad ones are less able to germinate. Whichever seeds germinate, the germinated seeds may expedite other seeds of the same nature.
Moreover, if we make use of the 6th Consciousness to learn, perceive, and evaluate ourselves; then, what we think, how we speak and act are wholesome and kind. Thus, the bad seeds will remain dormant for a long period of time and they will naturally be unable to grow.
習氣就是第七識末那識,第七識都是執著阿賴耶識裡面壞的種比較多,然後就命令第六識,之後驅使前五識去造作。
我們學佛必須假藉第六識的功能,因為第六識有分辨、記憶、判斷的功能,我們用第六識的功能來聽經、聞法,來學習古聖先賢的道理,將這些法語涵養在心中,它點點滴滴也都會進入阿賴耶識。
進入阿賴耶識之後會怎麼樣呢?就像「良幣驅逐劣幣」,好的種子(良幣)如果多了,壞的種子(劣幣)比較不起現行,所謂「種子起現行,現行又薰種子」。
甚至,我們可以假藉第六識所學的道理,時刻觀照,使自己的起心動念、言語行為都是美好的、善良的,慢慢那一些壞的種子因為很少使用,最後就會自然枯竭了。
Namo Amituofo!
