Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Attributes of the Pure Land School:
Worldly Truths
淨土宗宗風俗諦
Those who live in this wicked world of Fivefold Turbidity are ordinary beings, with all kinds of greed, hatred and delusions. Because of this, how can we deal with all matters with a sincere mind? It is impossible! For these reasons the Infinite Life Sutra says, “What we say is different from what we think. Both our speech and our thought are unreal.”
As ordinary beings, our minds are often different from our speech. Living in this world, we know we shouldn’t use false speech; however, it is often inevitable that we speak with “courtesy” under these circumstances. If we speak the truth, we may spoil the atmosphere or even the relationship with others. Sometimes these situations are unavoidable.
(to be continued tomorrow)
處在五濁惡世的人，都是具足貪瞋癡的凡夫。這樣的話，怎麼能夠凡事都真心呢？不可能的。所以《無量壽經》說：「心口各異，言念無實。」
我們眾生往往都「心口各異」，也就是口中所講的，並不是心中所想的；所謂「言念無實」，人生處在這個世界、在這個環境當中，總有無可奈何的時候，應該不打妄語，可是往往不得不說一些客套話，如果把真心所想的講出來，恐怕會破壞氣氛、破壞關係，所以，人總有無奈在。
Namo Amituofo!
