Pure Land Patriarch - Master Daochuo
道綽大師
(continued)
A practitioner should realize the principle through the practices of the threefold karma - body, mouth and mind. Thus, principle and practice are established in the relationship between “ following” and “ being followed”. The principle is to be followed, while the practice is to follow.
Moreover, the principle to be followed initiates the practice to follow. So, following this practice will lead to realization of the “fruit” (reward). Thus, practice and reward are established in the relationship between “to realize” and “to be realized”. The practice is to realize, and the reward is to be realized. However, for people in this world of wickedness and turbidity in this Dharma-Ending Age, it is impossible to genuinely realize the principles of the “Real Mark of all Dharma” or “ the unobstructed penetration” between each of the phenomena,” through one’s own threefold karma. This is the meaning of “shallow understanding of profound principles or laws”.
(to be continued tomorrow)
將此「理」實現在自己的身口意三業之上謂之「行」,故理與行是建立在能依與所依的關係上,理是所依,行是能依。
又以所依之理起能依之行,依此行而證「果」,故行與果是建立在能證與所證的關係上,行是能證,果是所證。
然而末法之時,濁惡之機,將此聖道門所說的諸法實相或事事無礙之理如實地顯現在自己的三業之上,根本不可能,這便是「理深解微」。
Namo Amituofo!
