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Master Huiguang: Reciting scriptures is not to recite them for Buddha

Master Huiguang 2020-08-18

When reciting scriptures, we are not reciting for the Buddha - Huiguang and the emperor's teachings - we are reciting scriptures every day, we are not reciting for the Buddha!Someone said, "Oh, I want to recite scriptures." "Why do you need to recite scriptures?"I have to do my homework every day, I have to give my homework to the Buddha and kowtow to the Buddha."No!You have to give your homework to yourself, you are not chanting for Buddha, but chanting for yourself.Because the sutra is said by the Buddha, we don’t need to recite it for him, that is for us to listen to it.Then why do you have to read it?Because we need reminders and memories again and again, and contemplate the Dharma again and again, we can understand the meaning of Buddha more and more, which is this intention.If we have finished chanting and understanding the Buddhist scriptures, but we don’t use them, it seems that we are sick now and have gone to see a doctor. The doctor prescribed me the medicine bottle said that we should take it three times a day and only after eating it, we can eat it after drinking it warm water, and the method is explained, and the content of the medicine is explained, but in fact, if we don’t take it, will the disease be cured?I pick up the medicine bottle and read it three times every day, saying, "We must have compassion, a donor mind, and a selfless mind..." I recite it several times a day, but in fact, I didn't take this medicine to digest and absorb the body and mind. Will our troubles be reduced?Won't!Therefore, not only do we need to recite scriptures, but we also need to think further and implement them!Therefore, the text Prajna is the Buddha's teachings. Through his own experience, he speaks it out as a convenience to guide sentient beings.If we do not correspond to the Buddha's mind and the Buddha's spirit, it is just a text, we have just listened to a lot of words.Therefore, we must truly correspond to the Dharma and to correspond to the Dharma through words!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ◎Excerpted from Hui Guang and the "Heart Sutra of Prajna Paramita" 2024-02-05 18:10

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