接下去给你们讲怎样去化解业障?人因为过去这六根造业迷惑你身体的器官,你就一定会轮回,师父讲的是已经进入到你的意识当中的业障。比如,你只要做过一些坏事情,一般都能记住,不会忘记的。人家害你,你不会忘记,那么你害人家,你也不会忘记的,就是都进入到了你的意识当中,因为在你的潜意识当中,你过去所造的业,让你必须轮回。只有一种根性不受到轮回,那就是你的佛性,你的佛性是不受轮回的。如果你不想轮回,那你就要把自己身上很难解脱的眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意让它慢慢地脱离你的意识,把它去除掉。不管在人间什么事情发生,犹如没看到,不要听,嘴巴不讲,身体不去做,意识里根本没有什么事发生,这就是在脱离痛苦。
Next, I will elucidate the process of clearing karmic obstructions. Due to karmic deeds enacted through our confused six sense bases, humans inevitably face rebirth. The karmic obstructions I refer to are those that have already seeped into your consciousness. For instance, wrongdoings tend to be remembered and not easily forgotten. If you’ve been wronged, you won’t forget, just as you won’t forget if you’ve wronged others. These actions have entered your consciousness, and the negative karma that you’ve generated in your subconscious propels you into cycle of rebirth. There is only one inherent attribute not subject to reincarnation: your Buddha nature. If you wish to avoid rebirth, you need to gradually detach the troublesome senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and thought from your consciousness. No matter what transpires in the world, you should act as if you didn’t see, hear, talk about, or physically respond to it and as if it left no imprint on your consciousness. This paves the path to liberation from suffering.
讲讲容易,怎么脱离呢?师父先给你们举个例子,你的佛性比方说是金,是挖出来的金子,这个金挖出来时,周围都有石头沙子等杂质,你要想让这个金子放亮,就必须先把边上的杂质用水冲掉,处理干净。同样你要把做过的不好的事情像淘金一样用水冲洗掉,处理干净,你的这个本性、佛性就会显露出来了。
While the concept may be easy to explain, achieving this detachment is a challenge. Here’s an analogy: consider your Buddha nature as gold mined from the earth. When this gold is unearthed, it’s enveloped by impurities like rocks and sand. To make the gold shine, you must first wash away these impurities. Similarly, you need to cleanse your past misdeeds, akin to gold panning, to let your inherent nature, your Buddha nature, emerge.
师父教你们在生活中,要利用你本来的佛性,去化解。如念经,念小房子。念经的时候是不是在用佛心念啊?念出来东西是不是金子啊?小房子烧掉之后,是不是把你的业障消除了?你的本性是不是越来越干净了?必须把心里的尘埃洗干净,去除,才能脱离六道轮回,怎么脱离呢?以后不再造业,过去已经做过的,用师父教你们的方法,去修补你们的心灵,即念经忏悔。你们的心灵如果修补好了,心就会很干净,很纯洁,就是性空了。如果你性空了,到哪里都是空的,想想看,色界天、无色界天不就都可以去了吗?现在你身上这么多尘埃、污垢,你这个金子是不纯的,所以一定要洗净自己的心灵。
I instruct you to employ your inherent Buddha nature to address everyday issues. Examples of this include reciting Buddhist scriptures or reciting Little Houses (a Buddhist practice). When you recite scriptures, aren’t you doing so with a Buddha’s heart? Doesn’t the outcome of the recitation glow like gold? After offering the Little Houses, haven’t you cleared your karmic obstacles? Isn’t your inherent nature becoming increasingly pure? You must cleanse your heart of its defilements and remove them to escape the cycle of rebirth. How to escape? Avoid generating more karma in the future. For past actions, employ the methods I’ve suggested for soul repair – reciting scriptures and practising repentance. Once your soul is repaired, your heart will become pristine, achieving the emptiness of nature. With this emptiness, your surroundings will also become void. Imagine then, the potential to traverse the Realms of Form and Formless. But currently, you’re still surrounded by numerous defilements. Your gold – your soul – remains impure, thus, purifying your soul is imperative.
什么叫放下?什么叫放不下?放下有好几点,一个是心里放下,一个是行为上的放下。这个心能否放下,有赖于许多种的因素,才能让你的心放下。再说放不下,比如,你担心孩子,心就放不下,心里总是在想孩子今天去上课好不好啊?会不会出什么事情?等等。想想看有多少因素造成了你的放不下?不是一句“放下”,就能做到真的放下。能否放下要靠你自己去悟,如果你什么都不学不懂,能悟得出来吗?只有懂道理了才能悟啊。如果你连最基本的念经学佛都不知道,怎么悟呢?要明白什么经是让你修今世的,什么经是让你开悟的,这点很重要,千万不要迷乱念错了经。
What does it mean to “let go”? What are the things you find challenging to release? There are several dimensions to letting go. One is mental, and the other is behavioural. Your capacity to mentally let go depends on several factors. For example, worrying about your child can mentally tether you, always concerned about their day at school or potential issues. Reflect on the many factors preventing you from letting go. Merely talking about “letting go” doesn’t translate to actual release. Your ability to let go relies on your self-realisation. Without understanding, how can you achieve this realisation? It’s through understanding the truth that you gain enlightenment. If you’re not familiar with fundamental Buddhist practices, such as reciting sutras, how can you attain enlightenment? It’s crucial to understand which sutras guide your growth in this life and which ones lead to enlightenment. Avoid confusion and ensure you don’t recite unsuitable ones.
印证佛性,实际上是摆脱性空当中的劫难。记住,性空就是你精神上是空的,这个空是超脱的空,是超脱人类的空,就是说你的脑子里已不想什么事情了,没有牵挂的空。但是为什么在性空当中会有劫难呢?任何在脑子还没有完全空的时候,所发生的点点滴滴的想法、意念,担心、害怕等等,都是你制造性空当中的劫难,也就是你修佛当中的斑点。比如,一块玻璃很干净,这个干净是性空,你把墨水点上去,点一个点是乱想,点一个点是口业,点一个点是牵挂,再点一个点是求不得苦……你们说现在这块玻璃肮脏不肮脏?这每一个点就是这块玻璃的劫难,也就是说每一个点就是这个性空的劫难,能明白吗?
Confirming your Buddha nature fundamentally involves liberating yourself from the turmoil within the emptiness of your nature. This emptiness is spiritual and transcendent, surpassing human concerns, which means that you are devoid of thoughts or worries, experiencing an emptiness free from attachment. But why does turmoil exist within this emptiness? Every fleeting thought, idea, worry, or fear that surfaces when your mind is not entirely empty creates turmoil within the emptiness, leaving stains on your Buddhist practice. Consider a spotless piece of glass symbolising the emptiness of nature. Each ink dot, representing a stray thought, a verbal act, an attachment, or the pain of unfulfilled desires, soils the glass. Every dot signifies the turmoil within this emptiness. Do you comprehend my analogy?
开悟证道后就不受轮回的影响,如果你把这块玻璃擦干净,你就不会轮回了,怎么擦干净呢?师父现在已经把这么好的法门教授给了你们,让你们懂得了如何擦干净,去除人的业障,连网上的有缘众生也都知道如何去做。这说明了真正的佛法,开始降临到我们这个人世间了,过去的很多法门早就降临在人世间了,但是过去的法门是按照当时的天地人(即天时、地理、人)来修为的,而现在天地人都在改变,现在救人的速度恐怕不能太慢,也不能完全用过去的一些修法,犹如得了重病,过去都是用中医慢慢调理治病,而现在是直接动手术。告诉你们真正好的东西到了关键时刻才会出来,比如,电脑这么好的东西,为什么不在古代的时候发明出来呢?如果古代就有电脑、电话、手机等,要省多少事情啊,五教圣人也不用奉天之命到世间,千辛万苦,因人因地,而设其教,教化一方众生。 从另一个角度讲,各宗派虽然名称不同,而理念皆同。
Upon achieving enlightenment and the Path of Realisation, you are no longer bound by the cycle of rebirth. If you succeed in cleaning this piece of glass, you escape reincarnation. How can this cleansing be achieved? I have now shared with you this invaluable Dharma door (Buddhist practice) illustrating how to cleanse these stains and clear the karmic obstacles. This method is also accessible to those who encounter this teaching online. This signals that the authentic Buddha-dharma has begun its descent into our world. Numerous Dharma doors from the past have been opened to the world, However, they were practised according to the conditions of their time, dictated by factors of heaven, earth, and humanity. Now, everything is transforming. Considering the current era, our pace of saving and awakening people should accelerate; we can’t solely depend on past practices. For instance, in the face of a severe illness, we no longer gradually nurse the body back to health with herbal medicine as in the past. Instead, we opt for immediate surgical intervention. The most potent remedies emerge only in crucial times, such as the advent of computers, which didn’t exist in the past. If computers, telephones, and mobile phones had existed then, they could have eased many hardships. Those venerable sages in ancient times wouldn’t have had to endure such trials and tribulations to enlighten sentient beings, by the mandate of Heaven, with their religious teachings according to their culture and location. From another perspective, although these religious sects bear different names, their core principles align.
要记住,悟道就是要改变你的过去,如果没有落实到行动当中,就会在迷茫中造业,在迷迷糊糊中讲错话,做错事情,在不平等的心中,行为中犯罪等等,你就一定会在六道中轮回,而脱离不了苦海,所以要因戒守本,因人施法,因心归静,因空而行,因缘而生,因正舍偏,因悟得智,因果得悟,因意收念,因净得空——这是师父总结 的“十因法”,希望徒儿们开悟之。
Remember, enlightenment involves transforming your past. If you don’t live in truth, you’ll find yourself creating karma in a state of confusion, uttering and performing misguided actions in a haze, committing offences due to a lack of a balanced mindset, and so forth. As a result, you will likely fall into the cycle of rebirth in the six realms of existence, unable to escape from the ocean of suffering.
Therefore, it’s imperative to guard your inherent Buddha nature according to the precepts; apply the Dharma suited to each person’s capacity and disposition; return to calmness in harmony with your true mind; act in agreement with the truth of emptiness; recognise that everything comes into existence according to conditions; avoid deviation by adhering to right faith and right mindfulness; gain wisdom through your enlightenment in Buddhism; achieve enlightenment following the principle of karmic fruition; control thoughts as they arise; and attain emptiness based on purity. I have summarised these principles as the ‘Ten Causes Dharma’, and I hope that disciples will awaken to their truth.