Voice of Master Jingzong - Q and A about the Purpose of Life
淨宗之聲 - 人生目的問答
Q10: For what do people live? Just to aspire to be reborn in the Land of Bliss? What is the meaning of living for an ordinary person?
Answer: (continuation of the answer to Q10 - 6/6)
Only by establishing a purpose in life does our life become meaningful. It is like walking, each step is meaningful only if we have an aim and the prospect of reaching it. If our aim is clear and our prospects are positive, every step we walk is meaningful, isn’t it?
If we look at the life of a worm, if it doesn’t know where it’s going, what is the meaning of its crawling? It is the outcome that determines the meaning of every step.
It is similar to life. Once our goal of aspiring to be reborn in the Western Land of Bliss, in order to become a Buddha is determined, every step in our lives becomes meaningful.
No matter what we do for a living, where we live, with other people, or alone, the meaning is always different. This is because our paths and destinations are not the same.
只有我們建立了人生的目的,我們的現實生活才有意義可言。
就像我們走路一樣,之所以腳下的每一步都有意義,是因為我們有目標和前途。我們的目標明確,前途光明,腳下的步伐才有意義,是不是?
如果像隻蟲子一樣,也不知道往哪裡去,就在那裡轉悠,你說它走一步有什麼意義呢?是未來的前途決定了腳下步伐的意義。
人生也是一樣的。我們往生西方極樂世界成佛的目標一旦確定,我們生活中的每一步都非常有意義。
我們不管做什麼事,哪怕跟別人一樣居家過日子,意義也不一樣,因為我們的目標、目的地不一樣。
Namo Amituofo!
