Chapter 876: Eighty-five Grades
The law of the world and the law of birth are all created by idealism and consciousness, which one is not the law of action?
Only the Mahayana Bodhisattva is reluctant to do the Dharma, because the Dharma is like a dream bubble, and it is also empty!
Therefore, the Mahayana bodhisattvas who have thoroughly realized the Tao "do not give up the Dharma and give up the non-appearance", do not think that the non-appearance is the end, and the samadhi of the non-appearance is like the benefit of life, and start this kind of world-life journey.
The Lotus Sutra says: "All production management is not contrary to reality." Everything in the world has a way of doing business, farming, and doing anything, all of which do not contradict the Bodhi Avenue.
"Manifest and be born, and arise and do nothing." The Hinayana arhats don't dare to move anything, thinking that everything is empty and it is the end, so they don't have the power to wish.
The Mahayana bodhisattvas vow to live forever in the world for all sentient beings. Wishing is the method of the mind, and the mind cannot live in thought, and it cannot live in doing it, so it is nothing.
Mahayana Bodhisattvas understand that life and death and nirvana are like empty flowers, so they often come to the world, still reincarnate and grow up, still encounter many things in the world, still learn the Tao, become a monk, enter the world, "manifest and be born", and accept that life is no longer in reincarnation.
"Rise up and do nothing", and leave the empty realm of no wish and no action.
These are all the realms of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, all of which are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas' Dharma giving and offerings, and they are the true principles of Buddhism.
Therefore, when a student of Buddhism understands that the three liberations are empty, of course, they will not cling to their own lives, but will preach the Dharma and benefit sentient beings, instead of desperately seeking an empty realm, enjoying and comforting themselves, and sitting in the empty realm by themselves, thinking that it is the Tao, which is wrong.
"Upholding the Fa-rectification is a matter of convenience. In order to save all sentient beings, the four methods are taken. ”
Mahayana bodhisattvas have mastered the "realms," "actions," and "fruits" of the practice of emptiness, non-appearance, and non-wishing, so they can uphold the Dharma and pass it on forever in the world.
What is Dharma Protector? Now the monks politely call our lay family members who donate money Dharma protectors, which is really unacceptable.
It's not easy to really be a Dharma protector, but it's only when you have achieved the convenience of the ten paramitas, and you have to know all the methods.
For example, Buddhism, Dharma, and Buddhism are the same thing, and we divide them into three things.
The current trend of the cultural world of mankind has really reached the end of the Dharma period, and there is no way to reverse it.
Why is there no way to get it back? The reason is that the "potential speed" in the 24 hearts is the relationship between social trends.
In such a trendy era, the bodhisattvas who are ordained and at home, whether they are bodhisattvas in the position of fruit or in the position of cause, are maintaining the Dharma and making it live in the world.
I often tell my young colleagues that this teaching of Buddhism cannot be maintained without keeping pace with the times, and that the trend of the world is too strong.
For example, I am constantly exposed to new news and data at home and abroad every day, so I have new ideas and ideas every day, and I see the rapid transformation of human society.
That's why I say that there is no way to change the form of religion.
But Buddhism does not decline with the form of religion, but becomes more prosperous.
Nowadays, human beings all over the world are constantly using various methods to pursue the end of life.
Because if we want to pursue the end of life, the value of the Dharma and the brilliance of the Dharma will become higher and higher.
In the past, this burden of upholding the Dharma fell purely on the Buddhist monks.
But in the past few hundred years, there has been a transformation, and most of the burden has been on the family, and this problem is very, very serious.
As for Buddhism, in the world's cultural currents, in the highest educational institutions around the world, Buddhist courses are becoming more and more common, but for Buddhism, this is not a good phenomenon.
Those who can integrate Buddhism, Buddhism, and Buddhism, and support the Dharma, as Vimal said, can only do so by "making it easy", that is, to understand all the knowledge and methods of ancient and modern China and foreign countries.
You only have methods but no power, just like young people do everything, their ideals are very high, but they have no power to use methods.
Therefore, in order to facilitate the force of paramita, that method must be effective.
What is the use of facilitating force?
"To save sentient beings, to play the four methods", this is very difficult.