Chapter 953 - Phases (4)
Fame and fortune are unfounded, and most people are pursuing. Life is short, even if you live to be 100 years old, it is only like a candle in the wind. I'm afraid that the monk can't do this, if he can do it, everyone in the world will lose to his family.
He can destroy the thief of afflictions, he can obtain the position of arhat, he is a great warrior, he can surpass everything, he can subdue the four demons (the demon of afflictions, the five yin demons, the demon of death, and the demon of heaven), and establish a dojo that promotes the Dharma.
"Although we know that there is no rise and fall, we show that they are born, and they are all in the land, and they are everywhere like the sun", it is said above that the Arhat proves emptiness and is fixed in emptiness.
Why is it that Arhats are still Hinayana people?
Because he only sees emptiness, he can't get up, although he is brave and strong, he can put it down, but he can't lift it; You can be born, but you don't dare to enter the WTO. When I reach the Mahayana realm, my vision is different.
Although we know that the Dharma is immortal and imperishable, for the sake of demonstrating the Dharma (that is, proving the Dharma to unenlightened beings), we give birth to the wonderful existence from the vacuum, showing all the lands of the Buddhas of the Ten Directions, like the sunrise, there is nothing that cannot be seen.
Astronomical knowledge tells us that there are many solar systems in the universe. In the same way, the land of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is not known to be many.
When reciting this verse, don't forget that all the Buddhas of the Ten Directions and the Third World are so numerous that they all appear in front of you. Even in the hole on this table, there may be a Buddha land, which is not understood by those who have not attained wisdom and merit. The so-called big and no outside, small and no inside, the Huayan realm is endless. The Vimala Sutra shows that there is a vacuum, like a square room, with seats as high as 32,000 heavens, and the heavenly body.
"Offering in the ten directions, immeasurable billions of such as coming, the Buddhas and their own bodies, there is no difference between thinking", this is really talking about kung fu. Let me tell you about my own experience. When I was studying, I made a monk friend who gave me a copy of the Diamond Sutra and asked me to recite it.
I may be different from you in this regard, since my friends must read it, I will read it, and I will read it honestly in the most stupid way. I lived in the school dormitory at that time, and I would get up at 4 o'clock in the morning to go to the playground to practice kung fu, and sometimes I would go back to bed after practice. Now I have to recite the "Diamond Sutra" in the morning, so I hide in the reception room to read it, of course, I don't want others to bump into me, thinking that I am outdated, and I actually read the Buddhist scriptures.
To be honest, when I first got the Diamond Sutra, I didn't understand the content at all, but I was happy in my heart, and I didn't care if it was a prajna or a pineapple, and I didn't go to a Buddhist dictionary.
When I read it like this on the fourth day, when I read "there is no self, no one, no beings, and no longevity," I will be gone, and the scriptures will be gone, and they will all be empty.
I thought it was strange, so I stopped reciting it, and ran to the monk and told him that I had recited the Diamond Sutra and ran away. He was a Zen student, and when he saw me, he congratulated me.
I said I wouldn't read it anymore, and he said I didn't have to.
Later, I found another master and asked him how he was going to study Buddhism. He said that to study Buddhism, you must make a vow, and then do your homework in the morning and evening.
I said that I couldn't do it by knocking on the wooden fish and chanting, so he gave me a copy of "Fuxian Xing Wishes" and asked me to recite it in the morning and evening to cultivate my wishes.
Have you ever kowtowed to 100,000 heads and worshiped the Buddha 100,000 times? Every day, fragrant flowers and fruits are offered in front of the Buddha for three or five years? If not, there is no requirement for ventilation. Have you read at least 10,000 times "Fuxian Xing Wishes"? I'm sure none of you have done it at home!
I studied Buddhism for more than 10 years, and no matter how busy I was, I had to do it. Even now, I still have my own Buddhist hall, and although some classmates occasionally help me make offerings to the Buddha, every time I clean up the Buddhist hall, I must do it myself.