Voice of Master Jingzong - Q and A about the Purpose of Life
淨宗之聲 - 人生目的問答
(continuation of Q5 - 6/6)
For example, if we are color blind, the world will seem gray and lacking contrast. However, if we see the world with normal eyesight, the world will look colorful and contrasting. Which one will make you happier? It’s the latter, of course. Another example would be, as a person ages his eyesight declines. Another has very good eyesight and powers of observation. Which one would you prefer? It's the latter again!
The perceptions of bodhisattvas and sages who leave reincarnation within the Six Realms are of totally different grades with respect to their sensory organs (eyes, ears, noses, tongues, bodies and brains). They transcend all of the infinite grades in our world.
So, if you maintain your logical thinking at this level, and say, “my perceptions of life are meaningful, aren’t they?” Your sense of beauty and reality greatly exceed what you can actually perceive.
比如說,我們的眼睛看出去,是色盲看的灰濛蒙的世界令人感到喜悅、心裡清爽、覺受比較好?還是眼睛很清爽、視力很好、能夠看見種種彩色的世界,這樣的覺受比較好呢?那肯定會選擇後者。
或者說,我們年老了,眼花了,看什麼東西都看不清楚;另一種是視力特別好,能洞察幽微,哪一種覺受更好呢?那肯定也是後者。這僅僅是說我們對於世界萬法的種種覺受。
那麼脫離六道的聖者、菩薩的這種覺受,不管是眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意,跟我們比,都不是一個數量級的,那是超越了無量的級別。
所以,如果你覺得“我這樣的人生感受不是有意義嗎?”如果按照你這樣的邏輯——我們也只有這樣的思維水平——那麼可以說,你脫離六道之後,這種感受的真切度,美的感受,要比你現在感受到的超越億萬倍。
Namo Amituofo!
