Feb 12, 2020
Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Practicing Various Virtues
眾善奉行
There are two kinds of virtues, one is open and the other is hidden. The same holds true for rewards – hidden and open.
When we practice virtues that are known by others, they are called “open virtues”, and their respective rewards are called “open rewards.” If a person practices virtues, but no one knows, they are called “hidden virtues” that can produce “hidden rewards”.
A hidden reward is greater than an open reward. There was a scholar called Fan Zhongyan. He was very kindhearted and said, “I must benefit the local people wherever I go.” There are many great stories about the highly respected moral deeds of the ancient sages, Through reading these stories we can try to follow their wonderful examples.
行善有善報。善有陽善、陰善之分,果報也有陰報、陽報之別。
行善而為人家所知道叫陽善,所得之報為陽報;若行善而為人家所不知道的就是陰善,就會得到陰報。
陰報比陽報還來得大。宋朝有一位文人叫范仲淹,他很有愛心,他說,凡是他所到之處,一定要給當地帶來利益。這些先聖前賢的偉大事蹟與崇高德行,是可以讓我們見賢思齊的。
Namo Amituofo!
