Chapter 802: Fifteen Grades (I)

At that time, there was an old man in the great city of Vijali, whose name was Vimalaya. He has made offerings to countless Buddhas and cultivated rare books; There is no patience, and there is no obstacle to debate; The game is supernatural, and the general is arrested; Gain fearlessness, subdue demons and grievances; Penetrate the deep method, be good at wisdom; Convenient accessibility, great wish to achieve; understand the interests of sentient beings, and be able to distinguish the roots from the blunt; For a long time in Buddhism, the heart has been pure, and the Mahayana has been decided; Everything is done, can be good at thinking, live in the Buddha's majesty, the heart is as big as the sea, the Buddhas are consulted, and the disciples, Buddhas, Brahmans, and the world lord are respected.

If you want to save people, you should live in Piyali with kindness. The wealth is immeasurable, and it is taken by the poor; The precepts are pure, and the forbidden ones are destroyed; Walk with patience and take all anger; To make great progress, take slackness; Single-minded meditation and silence, all chaos; to determine wisdom, to take the unwise. Although he is dressed in white, he adheres to the pure law of Shaman; Although it is at home, it does not belong to the Three Realms; He showed that he had a wife, and he practiced Brahmanism; The existing dependents are always happy to stay away; Although he wears treasures, he is strict with his appearance; Although the diet is restored, it is tasted by Zen joy; If you go to the game scene, you will save people; Accept all kinds of different ways, and do not destroy the true faith. Although the world is clear, the Dharma is always happy; All respects are the most important in offering; uphold the Fa-rectification, taking care of the elders and the young; All the harmony of life, although they are profitable, do not rejoice; Traveling to the four corners to benefit all sentient beings; Enter the Fa-rectification and save everything: enter the lecture and discourse, and guide the Mahayana; Entering the academy can set up its aspirations. If it is in the elderly, the elders are respected, and it is said that the law is victorious.

The benevolent ones are impermanent, powerless, and fast-decaying, and they cannot be trusted. For the distress of trouble, all diseases are gathered. All the benevolent, in this way, the wise will not be discouraged. The body is like a gathering foam, and it cannot be rubbed. The body is like a bubble, and it cannot stand for a long time.

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Don't just look at the word "convenient", how many paramites are the ten paramites? It's the seventh paramita! This is to beat you on a stick board, and you don't even have the basic knowledge of Buddhism. Therefore, convenience is a method of cultivating the Bodhisattva Path, and it is a method of ascending to the other side, and it is not a convenience for you to make way. Convenience is a great method, one of the ten paramitas. Now the Vimala Sutra tells you about the convenient paramita, and if you look at what is contained in this product, you will understand the convenient paramita, and that's the end of the story. Ordinary people who read the scriptures think that they understand the words, but in fact, they don't understand them at all.

The Buddha is the head of the religion and must manifest himself as a monk. Those who are at home can also become Buddhas, and this is the convenient method of Buddhism. This product is the key to the entire Vimala Sutra.

At that time, there was an old man in the great city of Vijali, whose name was Vimalaya. Having made offerings to the immeasurable Buddhas, every word of praise and describing Vimala should be noted here, it is the way we learn Buddhism, and it is all convenient paramita. Vimal laymen, in their past lives and even at that time, had made offerings to I don't know how many Buddhas.

"Deep breeding of rare books", here is the use of multiplication of breeding, not planting plants, it means that Vimo monks have many lives to do good deeds, deep reproduction, not just do one, otherwise it should be planted with wooden words.

"Having no life to forbear", realizing the life of no life and forbearance, is a bodhisattva of more than eight places.

"There is no obstacle to debate" does not mean that people are very good at speaking and can argue strongly, but that they can answer any question. Why is it that he can argue without hindrance? Because of many births and many lifetimes, the mouth karma is pure. In fact, his oral practice is just like what the Zen patriarch said: "Words are all over the world, and there is no mouth." Even scolding is a merit, not a fault, because the starting point is compassion and joy. In the same way, he who speaks will believe it; If he says the same thing, he will have weight: if he says the same thing, he can decide the case. If there is no argument in this life, there is no hindrance, and we must reflect deeply, because we have no pure mouth and karma in this life, and we always criticize others, stimulate others, and do not speak good words, how can we have good results? Not to mention that there is no obstacle to arguing, in terms of worldly law, there is no student who has a genius for speaking.