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Master Yiseng: The theory of wronged creditors denies the law of cause and effect

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The theory of wronged relatives and creditors denies the law of cause and effect One of the most common concepts popular among Buddhist believers today is the theory of wronged relatives and creditors. This concept has become the spiritual pillar of believers' rebirth in the Pure Land and practical life practice. The idea of 'wronged creditors' is to think that everything in the world is a relationship between debt collection and debt repayment. For example, the son in the family came to ask his parents for debts; Parents pay debts to their children; Because one party is asking for the other party is giving; Parents see their children as past enemies who come to ask for debts; Children see their parents as benefactors from past lives to pay off their debts. From family to society, all people are viewed in the same way. People who are good to me are those who owe me in past lives to pay off my debts, and they are regarded as relatives; The person who is not good to me is the one I owe him in my past life and comes to me to ask for debts in this life, and is regarded as an enemy creditor. To solve this debt relationship, it is to transcend the wronged creditors. There is also a saying that if you can't get rid of your enemies, your creditors won't be able to go to the West. Because the wronged creditor pulled him away. These statements seem to be children's fairy tales. This is not surprising. Today, Buddhists still have some unwitting speakers who continue to preach and practice in this way. The relationship between the wronged relatives and creditors is recognized as a causal relationship. The law of cause and effect was not created by the Buddha, but by Shakyamuni Buddha and even the Buddhas of the Ten Directions who discovered the natural laws of the world after enlightenment, which is the relationship between cause and effect. Cause and effect is the prolongation of natural phenomena, and the result is produced by the combination of causes and conditions. At the same time, the result is the cause of the future, and it has no absolute beginning and end. The formation of retribution is formed by the combination of multiple conditions and causes. The scriptures say: Because of the sea of fruit. Indeed, it was the source. If cause and effect are disconnected to identify, it is the robber concept of annihilationism. It also violates the laws of nature. For example, children are raised by their parents as demanders, and when they grow up, they come to support their parents, and their parents are the demanders. So this is mutually causal. If it is cut off, it will not make sense or work. Buddhism is the principle of enlightenment, and such statements that go against reality are also inconsistent with the law of cause and effect. In the Tripitaka and the Twelve Parts, there is no word 'wronged creditor'. The Buddhist concept is to 'treat all sentient beings as past parents and future Buddhas'. As a human concept, we should love the country, the world and the people, and unite and help each other, which is the most basic moral concept of being a human being. Because we live in this world inseparable from the mutual assistance and care of all people and society for us, such as our food, clothing, housing, transportation, safety, etc., we are inseparable from the nurturing of all beings and the land, and we regard the people who raise us as mothers. Every sentient being, including animals, has enlightenment, has a good side, can change bad habits through education, and has the possibility of enlightenment, so we regard all beings as future Buddhas. The cause and effect of the world depends on our ideas, and if the ideas are good, the results of the orientation will be good, and if the ideas are bad, the results of the orientation will not be good. The reason why sentient beings are confused is because they are attached to hatred and hatred for their relatives and cannot be liberated. As a human being, we should love the country and the masses, and Buddhism does not say that wronged relatives and creditors will destroy humanity. There are also those who are overstepping their debts and creditors every day, and they can't go to the West endlessly, which is even more absurd. Transcendent people are full of hatred and hatred for their relatives, and they have lost their thoughts of kindness. If these people go to the West, you can imagine how terrifying the West will be. So where should good people think about going? The altar sutra says: "The Eastern man-made sin is reborn in the West, and what country is the Western man-made sin born into? "Originally, the Pure Land Sect was very special, and if you don't break your troubles, you can still be born in the Pure Land and go to life and death. However, the pure land that most people believe in today has evolved into the theistic belief of Divine Religion. The belief of the Divine Religion is that as long as one can deeply believe in God's power, make vows and actively pray for God's blessing, and atone for all the sins of believers through God's power, they can enter heaven and enjoy forever. This is the yearning of people who believed in God at first, and gradually formed into a subjectivist belief over time. This unrealistic yearning is now regarded as food for rebirth in the Pure Land. People let go of the Buddha's teachings: chanting the Buddha to purify their hearts with greed, anger, and ignorance, and use bodhi vows and ten good deeds to help the causes, forming the good results of dying and being born in the Pure Land. It is obviously illogical to pray for rebirth in the West with the belief in God's religion and to be reborn in the Pure Land with resentful thoughts. 2024-02-05 18:10

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