Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Education for Living
生活教育
With respect to worldly teachings, filial love is the foremost among all virtues. With respect to the Buddhist teachings, there are the Three Meritorious Deeds. The first deed is offering filial love for one’s parents. The Three Meritorious Deeds are also the “main cause of the pure karma of all Buddhas in the three periods of time”.
With respect to the self-powered Sacred Path, one should practice the Three Meritorious Deeds if he wishes to become a Buddha. The first blessed virtue is filial love for one’s parents. If one cannot practice this one, he would be unable to practice the other two. Failing to do so, one cannot become a Buddha, maybe not even a human being. We can see that filial love is very important. Moreover, the suffering due to lack of filial love is terribly horrifying!
就世間法來說,「百善孝為先」,以佛法來講,就有「三福」,三福中第一福,就是孝順父母。這三福就是「三世諸佛,淨業正因」。
以自力聖道門來講,要成佛就要修這三種福德,第一種福德孝順父母,如果做不到,其他都免談,不但不能成佛,甚至不能生而為人。由此可見孝順是多麼的重要,不孝的果報之苦,是何等令人怵目驚心。
Namo Amituofo!
