The Voice of Master Jingzong - Q and A about the Purpose of Life
淨宗之聲 - 人生目的問答
(Continuation 2/3 to answer the question: What is the meaning of the Land of Bliss, if there is no desire and no goal in pursuit?)
If we are unable to teach about or interpret true happiness directly, what should we do? We can try to interpret and teach in a reverse way, which is based on the cessation of various sufferings. To draw an analogy, if you feel uneasy in a traffic jam, you would be happy to hear that there are no traffic jams in the Land of Bliss. If you are idle at home, and feel bored, you should be told that there is no boredom in the Land of Bliss.
In short, all kinds of suffering in this world are absent in the Land of Bliss. Even the thought of “no meaning” is absent in the minds of sentient beings in the Land of Bliss.
(to be continued tomorrow)
我們無法從正面去理解快樂?那怎麼辦呢?我們可以從反面來理解,就是諸苦的止息。比如,你出門搭車的時候,交通堵塞,覺得不舒服;極樂世界沒有交通堵塞。你要坐車,坐久了就累,腰酸背痛;極樂世界的旅行是神通自在的,到哪裡去都沒有這些。或者你在家待久了,閒著沒事,覺得無聊;極樂世界也沒有無聊。
總之這個世界一切的苦處,極樂世界都沒有。連你覺得“沒啥意思”這種觀念,極樂世界的眾生也不會這樣想。
Namo Amituofo!
