Day 61 of Residence (three ):Praise the future Buddha!
“Verse: Happy flowers on rainy days", this "rain" (Verb, read four tones ),Give equality, and do equality.This place is not rainy, it is a process of offering and a dynamic expression. (Read four tones )Tianle Huayi is a state of being in a state of being surrendered and ordinary.A young man wanted to open a shop and said that he would offer sacrifices to sentient beings in the Dharma Realm. In order to give a name, I said "Baohuayu". The young man was very happy.This "rain" is a very beautiful noun, and is universally offered, just like scattering flowers.So when people are worried, they try to sprinkle a pack of flowers. Don’t practice anything else. If you practice for a long time, you will still be troubled. In the works of Master Shandao in the past, he hoped that everyone would practice offerings. What are you doing? In fact, when you practice offerings, you will unintentionally give out our karma and walk out unintentionally, and have fun scattered flowers! Scattered flowers! Right? In fact, there is nothing. At the moment of throwing, the gathering force that the human mind is entangled will be dispersed. At the moment you throw it out, you can’t say “I am troubled”! This is a manifestation of materialization.
“On rainy days, you offer merits, beautiful clothes, wonderful fragrance, etc., praise the merits of all Buddhas without discrimination."If we truly look at every new moment, every moment we have never seen before, we don’t need to remember, love and hate, closeness and distantness, not go, big or small, and treat every moment, then you will “praise the merits of all Buddhas, without discriminatory mind”, you will observe this world without discriminatory mind, and you will praise the merits of every moment, that is, the merits of enlightenment, pure merits, equal merits, and truthful merits. We can try this kind of action of returning to our minds in an instant. You say that I may not do this every day, so let’s do it for a moment.
In fact, we really want us to be lively and lively, but we must know that every moment of our life is an equal moment, and that is the best moment. We should not pursue the solemnity of the future, nor should we recall the solemnity of the past. You should make it solemn and pure at the moment, and let it be true.We say "original possession". It not only makes you solemn, but it can make you happy and make you truly a person who is possessed. If you are possessed, you will give charity to the world. Whether it is giving Dharma, giving money, or fearless donation, your heart that benefits sentient beings will play a role in your current life. This function is true practice! We can never find such treasures again, which is very valuable.
“Praise the merits of all Buddhas without discriminating minds.”Do we dare to praise people today? Sometimes our habits are unwilling to praise them, and we are used to denying others and denying the current fate.So can we praise the Buddha nature of others? Everyone is a future Buddha. If you don’t praise his superficial actions, do you praise his Buddha nature? It’s difficult, it’s difficult.If you say that this person is obviously doing something that is unbearable, do you still praise him? No, praise his Buddha nature and say, "You were originally Buddha, you were originally complete."As the Lotus Sutra says, the Bodhisattva Changbuqing kowtows when he sees people, "You should achieve Anuttara Samyaksambodhi, you should not be humiliated lightly." He respects everyone he sees, respects everyone he sees, and says, "Don't underestimate yourself, you see, I kowtow to you, right? Then you say, I kowtow every day when I see people, and you try it, you can't continue.
Then can we praise the Buddha nature of every sentient being? It is too difficult to say that every person is praising people at the moment.It is actually our habit, not others we are unwilling to praise.We have habits, we have discriminatory minds, obsessive minds, memories, and treatments. We know that we should lock in people's actions and say that your actions are not suitable, your actions are not suitable, and that they are not suitable, so we do not praise them.If we know that all sentient beings have Buddha nature and all current Buddhists are future Buddhas, what's wrong with praising the future Buddha? You say that they are not like future Buddhas, and that virtue is not like future Buddhas, but who do you say is not future Buddhas? Who dares to say which one is not future Buddhas? Do you dare? Why do you give you the right?But we say that all sentient beings are future Buddhas, and we have this right, why? All sentient beings have Buddha nature. When we learn Buddhism, we also say that the Buddha said that. We follow the Buddha's teachings, which is to praise the Buddha's teachings, which is to enter the Buddha's mind.
You say that we can’t praise others at the moment, but can’t we be parallel now? We can’t do it either.Then I started to care about it. If you care about me, I care about you, I started to fight and started to fight.It's OK, you have to know that it is our habit, the time we fight and the time we have to worry about, you have to know that it is your habit.We must be clear about this and must strip away the habits! What should we realize through enlightenment? Our habits are not scary, the attachments of habits are not scary, the loss of habits is terrible, and the pain of loss is even more scary.
We first understand habits. Habits are not scary. If we give up our attachments, we will be liberated.It is not scary to get used to being attached. The pain of being attached and the loss of being attached is scary.We are enlightened from the loss and pain of attachment. We know that we are attached, we know that we are used to it, and we turn back to the shore.In these processes, habits are fine. The word habits are neutral and there is nothing. But if the habits continue, they are extremely awesome. If they are persisted, they will begin to get lost and confused. Lost is a suffering karma.
In fact, chanting Buddha's name is a bright mirror, a mirror of its own, a true mirror, an equal mirror. Of course, there are countless mirrors, what should we do? We must shine on it.What to shine on? It shines on a certain moment in these four processes.We can be enlightened at any moment.You shine - "Namo Amitabha", Oh, I'm so miserable.No problem, I found it - bitter.At first glance, suffering is because of confusion. Confusion comes from attachment, and attachment comes from habits. Then I make my thoughts and actions - this is a habitual idea.OK, the role of chanting Buddha’s name has been played.
Reciting Buddha's name is like a mirror of the mind. This mirror is a perfect mirror.What do you do? What should you take? Of course, there are three things: self-employed and other businesses.Self, others, and common people are all of this attribute. You must grasp this place carefully and understand it.
Who doesn't know about this habit? I tell you that you have not seriously understood your own habits, other people's habits, and shared habits, and you must know that you will laugh. You said - Oh, I have suffered so much, but it turns out that it was caused by my persistence; Oh, I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered so much, but it turns out that I have suffered karma and bitter fruit caused by my persistence and confusion.
In fact, we do this every day - the cause of habit, the continuity of attachment and confusion, and the result of suffering karma.If you do this every day, if you see this, as a Buddhist chanting, you will know that - everyone else is doing this, what are you? - Get used to being obsessed with confusing suffering karma.If not, you would have been enlightened; if so, you would have been unable to escape.Oh, this person is like this, and that person is like this. No problem, then let’s realize everyone.If we realize ourselves, we can realize others and the group.Those who are enlightened must be the Fudali flower in this world, the wonderful person in this world, and the good teacher in this world. The so-called "good is the teacher of evil, and evil is the resource of good", then you can be the teacher of the world. Why? You know the habits, attachment, confusion and suffering karma in the common karma of oneself and others! When you see a person like this, you will tell him that you will inevitably suffer if you continue to do so.You will definitely see why? Because, you have found the continuous, you know, the result of the process is inevitable.Then we will guide ourselves out of the cause and effect of suffering, guide others out of the cause and effect of suffering, and guide the group out of the cause and effect of suffering. Then we will be truly good people in the world, rather than hypocritical good people. The so-called hypocritical good people are not truly self-interested and others. Those who can truly benefit themselves and others must be good people.
“God has the virtue of goodness.”This heaven is the heart, so the heart of heaven has the virtue of goodness.Bodhisattvas, how do we be a good person? This good person, that good person, so many good words, so many good books, we can all be a good person, but you must know that you must look at the habits shared by others, the habit of attachment, loss and suffering, and the habit of suffering, carefully, clearly, and unambiguous! If you are vague in this place, it will be troublesome, and then a big thing will happen.
“The happiness and garments are all in the rain, and the wonderful offerings are equally given to them." The current sentient beings who are troubled, that is, these suffering beings who are habitually lost and attached, are also Buddhas, and you want to offer them.How to offer? - Praise the merits of all Buddhas, without discriminatory mind, right? This kind of offering, respect and praise all Buddhas without discriminatory mind.Then how do you offer? How do you praise? Praise the future Buddha, do you feel willing to accept it? We praise the established Buddha, even if it is a portrait, we are all happy. You don’t praise this living future Buddha. This is our habit obstacle, nothing else.You look at it, it's just a habit obstacle.When we think about it this way, we are born in the Buddha's kingdom of the future, because we are all future Buddhas, right? All sentient beings in the future will inevitably become Buddhas because they have Buddha nature.The sea of Buddha nature will inevitably return. In the drifting of karma, our long-lasting drift and current liberation lies only in the basis of the teachings - if you understand the ultimate teachings, you can gain benefits now; if you encounter an incomplete teachings, you will wander for countless kalpas and become enlightened again, there is no problem with this, but you will become a Buddha after all.
Then you say that all sentient beings will definitely become Buddhas, so we can rest assured? Yes! It is to reassure you! You must be really relieved, okay! Have you let go? You are not at ease with yourself and others every day.So in the past, I said that when I talked about Pure Land, you should be at ease with yourself, others, and society.It is hard to let go of this because we are not at ease with our habits. The habitual heart is always gripping, right and wrong, good and evil, etc.
Regarding the process of realizing habits, attachments, loss, and hardship, I hope everyone will think seriously. This homework is very important.You must know this seriously and know this, and then it will be completely linked to the five stages of Yile's life. These four sequences are placed before those five stages - every thought is a habit of delusion and attachment, and it will bear bitter fruit. If you look at the next five sequences like this, it will be simple and you will have motivation.So these four plus those five are nine. Nine is auspicious number in our China, and I hope everyone is auspicious.Many people use the "Five Stages of Life" to have never learned the perfect teaching, or the teaching method of self-liberation, or teaching methods such as Mahamudra and Great Perfection. They cannot use it. They can only feel that it is very good. If they want to practice it delicately, they must observe these things - the habitual attachments, confusing suffering karma, and bitter fruits of common habits between oneself and others.We need to observe this. If we do not observe it, we will find that our own function and function will be liberation, self-purity, and self-perfection will be difficult for us to truly do it at one time.I hope this can be used to cooperate with the five stages of life and you will know how to offer to the future Buddha.
We generally say that the Buddhas and Tathagatas are the Pure Land when our minds are illuminated, and the Buddha land is the solemn and majestic of all wonderful fragrances. However, you rarely have your mind to be present when your mind is illuminated! It will be better if your mind is illuminated, and how much trouble you have saved! We say that we will enter the Pure Land together. There are past Buddhas, future Buddhas, and present Buddhas in this Tathagatas meeting, so we will be relieved.We cannot do without praise, offerings and respects now, and there is no problem.Because this place requires nothing, if you cannot do nothing, you will know that your own habits are coming, and your habits are coming, and you can just be alert to it.If you cannot praise and offer without any room, you will be alert, so we have too many opportunities to practice.The opportunity for practice is not the hall you hide in or the homework you are doing. This is how you can practice every moment, and you can practice with all your thoughts - are you really "providing happy clothes, wonderful fragrance and other offerings on rainy days"?
We look at many paintings, especially the disguised picture of the Pure Land drawn by Master Shandao. There are musical instruments falling from the sky, which is what the heavenly drums sound naturally in the past.These instruments will make wonderful sounds when they fall, and they do not require human actions. We humans are used to making everything, and we have to make a sound.Tiangu does not need, Tianfu does not need it. This music is a noun instrument."On the rainy day, the beautiful clothes, the wonderful fragrance and other offerings" means praising the world, praising sentient beings, praising the future Buddha, the past Buddha, and the present Buddha.
We must be happy and enthusiastic about praising the Buddha in the present, but we don’t feel much about praising the Buddha in the future, because all the people in the world are future Buddhas, and it is okay to slander him or blame him. It is okay to scold him or scold him. Conflicts and conflicts are almost the same, and ruling and ridicule each other is a habit. Therefore, equal praise and offerings really have to be considered. How to practice this Dharma? Therefore, the Bodhisattva’s correct practice is a specific examination of us.We generally say that we offer offerings to the past Buddhas, such as detaining Sumi Buddha, Kanamuni Buddha, Kashyapa, Shakyamuni Buddha, and even thousands of Buddhas in the past since the Kalpa of Virtue. Although we have been destroyed, we offer offerings to him, praise him, and even say that we can offer anything without hesitation.We can offer our lives to Amitabha Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and other infinite reward body Buddhas, and those who are now living in the world. We can offer our lives to you. Buddha, come forward, I can offer you.But for the future Buddha, this is a bit of a question mark. The future Buddha has a whole body of habit.But you don’t want to offer his habits. How can he become a Buddha if you want to offer his habits?
Therefore, "there is no more, and the Buddhas are all over the world."Ming, pure and bright."The Buddhas' Meeting, we say that our present masses are the future Buddha meeting, I will not slander everyone, the future Buddha meeting, we also have the past Buddha, the Buddha Shakyamuni (portrait ),There is also the present Buddha, Amitabha Buddha (portrait ),So we are the meeting of Buddhas in the three ages! Isn’t this too exaggerated? No.If you use one thought like this, you will emerge from your real and rigid consciousness of being attached to karma.You said this, aren't you playing? In fact, this is the case. The Buddha encourages all sentient beings to play freely in the dream world, so he said, "You are faster than playing freely in my Dharma and have peace of mind.""Don't let your heart die so hard, rigidly become, and if you become dead, you will be unable to become a Buddha as a result. We can only learn from our own stubborn psychology, stubborn consequences, stubborn future, stubborn sinking, stubborn struggle, stubborn plunder, stubborn, etc., too many.
The Buddha hopes that we can be entertained in this dreamy world, the impermanent world, and the mutated world of formation, existence, destruction and emptiness. We hope that we can be entertained and we hope that we can do this.We are the learners of enlightenment. We are not enlightened enough, but we are learning enlightenment, learning the Buddha's freedom and enlightenment, and learning the Buddha's wisdom and cognition, so we must get out of the rigid psychology.Our thoughts are very rigid and dogmatic in our karmic habits in the past, and do not have this illusory cognition.Therefore, the Buddha said the Diamond Sutra - "All conditioned dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, like dew and lightning, and should be viewed in this way."What to watch? Let you entertain.What to entertain? Because there is no gain or loss, good or evil, right or wrong, it is the name and appearance caused by the separation of people's attachments, and there is no content, so it is like a dream, like a dream, like a bubble, after all, it is unreal.This view is the view of wisdom, so that there will be a Vajra mind, an unmoving mind, an inherently pure mind, and a complete mind.This kind of observation can prove the purity of your Dharma nature, the inherent possession of your Dharma nature, and also make you stay as it is true. Then it means entertainment and freedom, Dharma nature is free, Buddhas are free, enlightened are free, wise are free, follow the nature is free, and follow Buddhism is free, so how can we entertain in the illusion world? It is not rigid.
“The offerings of happy and beautiful clothes, wonderful fragrance and other things on rainy days are to let us come to entertain lively - to realize life, rest - to practice life, and to practice life, and to be liberation in this world, to be fully practiced, and to be perfect! This is the best offering and blessings for all Buddhas, especially the method of chanting Buddha's name. Those who can chant Buddha in this way are truly chanting Buddha's name!
Master Cifa talked about the Bangguang Temple Acts
The year Xinmao June 17 July 17, 2011
