解行并重。就是理解、化解，再加上行为一起做。也就是说修行、修心都很重要，二者都要有。如果不理解，单单做善事就只会有一些功德。犹如有些学佛人， 天天去老人院喂饭，还到癌症中心去跟癌症病人谈，让他们开心。最后自己都生癌症了。他以为这样做善事就能够救人了。让他开心，他死的时候就不会痛苦了。首先你能给人家解脱痛苦吗？你自己也受感染生癌症了。你没有这个能量和功德，你怎么去救人？他们不懂，他们很可怜。还有就是很多修行人只念经，不肯做功德。那也不行啊。念经到后来自己念好了，不愿帮助人家。师父现在教你们不但要理解，还要在行为上去做。你们在法会上是不是做了功德？你们每个人都做了吗？但做的时候不能够有私心，不然会让你们损功累德。又如你们在外面做生意是你们的事情，如果你们跑到观音堂对人家崇敬菩萨来修心的人，把他拉到你的生意中来，你就是犯业。听得懂吗？是有业障的，以后会有报应的。理解和行为一起来，就等于力量。你们想要力量吗？那就好好地理解，好好地修行。
The concept of “understanding and practice are both important” emphasises the need to combine comprehension and resolution with action. In other words, both spiritual cultivation and mental cultivation are essential—you need both. Without understanding, merely performing good deeds will only generate limited merit and virtue. For instance, some Buddhist practitioners visit nursing homes to feed the elderly or go to cancer centres to encourage and uplift patients. Yet, they themselves may end up developing cancer. They believe that doing good deeds alone will bring happiness to others, alleviating their suffering as they approach the end of life. But can you truly relieve their pain this way? If you lack the energy, merit and virtue to help others, how can you genuinely save them? Such individuals lack proper understanding, and this is truly unfortunate.
On the other hand, some practitioners focus solely on reciting Buddhist scriptures and refuse to engage in good deeds. That approach is equally ineffective. While they may recite sutras well for their own benefit, they are unwilling to extend help to others. What I teach you is that it’s not enough to understand; you must also act. At Dharma Talks, did you perform meritorious deeds? Did each of you contribute? When you take action, you must do so without selfish intentions, or the merit and virtue you accumulate will diminish. For example, conducting business outside the Guan Yin Hall is a personal matter. However, if you visit the Guan Yin Hall with the intent of involving religious practitioners in your business dealings, you are committing karmic offences. Do you understand? Such actions create karmic obstacles that will lead to retribution in the future. When understanding and action are combined, they create strength. Do you want to develop strength? Then strive to thoroughly understand and cultivate diligently.
师父给你们讲，贪心要断尽。我贪，我要这个我要那个，我今天有了这个，我明天还要那个。你要这个你要那个，到最后你什么都没有。你有什么？你光着身子来，你光着身子回去，就剩一堆白骨。就算你有钱了， 你能够带走吗？所以要断尽烦恼和贪心。烦恼，是给人很大的障碍，必须要克服它。烦恼来了，用智慧；贪心来了，用布施。你越布施，你越不会贪。师父活在人间喜欢不停地送礼物给众生。不管谁到师父这里来，师父都会让他们开开心心地走，这样是为了让他更好地学佛、学布施、学法，这些都是功德。要舍啊！师父现在用这种方法救人、度人。以身说法。人很可怜啊，没有智慧才会贪。单单念经不修心就会没有智慧。师父要你们每个徒弟都好好地相互帮助，相互爱护，懂得布施， 像兄弟姐妹一样。
Let me tell you this: greed must be eradicated completely. If you’re greedy—wanting this today, wanting that tomorrow—what will you be left with in the end? Nothing. You came into this world with nothing and will leave with nothing, reduced to a pile of bones. Even if you amass great wealth, can you take it with you? That is why you must completely eliminate greed and afflictions. Afflictions create significant obstacles and must be overcome. When afflictions arise, use wisdom; when greed arises, practise generosity. The more you give, the less greedy you will become. Living in this human world, I find joy in constantly giving gifts to sentient beings. Whoever comes to see me, I ensure they leave feeling happy. This is to encourage them to practise Buddhism, learn generosity, and embrace the Buddha-dharma—all of which generate merit and virtue. You must learn to let go! This is the method I use to guide and awaken people—by leading through example. Humans are truly pitiable; it is their lack of wisdom that gives rise to greed. Simply reciting sutras without cultivating the mind will leave you without wisdom. I want every one of you, my disciples, to help each other sincerely, care for one another, practise generosity, and live like brothers and sisters.
心力就是定力。一个人一定要有心力。什么是心力？就是心里要有力量。心中没有力量，这个人就定不下来。师父再三跟你们讲一句话：修心是绝对的纯洁， 没有一丝一毫斑点；任何带有私心杂念的修心、修为， 全部白费或功德有漏。在法会上师父讲得这么累，被听众围得人都发软了。每次看图腾或开示完后，师父为什么要站在那里？就是为了给大家一个机会，就是要贴身救人，就是要这么接近听众，就是要这么救苦救难啊！ 观世音菩萨让师父作为她的使者来救大家，师父能够躲到后面去吗？师父能够像很多大演讲师那样，讲完了一鼓掌就走人？摆什么谱？佛法就在人间，要让他们感受到菩萨就在人间。你要让他们有希望，你要让他们相信这个世界真的有菩萨啊！因为他们看不见观世音菩萨， 所以菩萨才让师父显化给大家看。你们还把师父藏起来。师父现在连命都不要在救人，希望你们能理解，否则以后你们就会后悔。要明白不懂得爱惜师父就是不爱惜众生。你们要把救人的时间布施出来，要拼命地去做啊。帮助人家要从心里帮助。你们没有法力、没有能力，就多帮人家开悟，多劝众生念经啊。
Mental strength is concentration. A person must cultivate mental strength. What is mental strength? It is the power within one’s heart. Without inner strength, a person cannot settle their mind. I’ve told you repeatedly: cultivating the mind must be absolutely pure, without the slightest blemish. Any practice tainted by selfishness or distracting thoughts is entirely in vain or results in the outflow of merit and virtue. At Dharma Talks, I work so hard while giving the talk, surrounded by attendees to the point of physical exhaustion. After each session of Totem readings or teachings, why do I choose to stay afterwards? It’s to give people an opportunity—to guide and awaken them face-to-face, to be present for those in need, and to truly help them be free from hardship and suffering! Guan Yin Bodhisattva has appointed me as her messenger to awaken others. Could I hide backstage? Could I behave like some popular speaker, delivering a talk, basking in applause, and leaving immediately? What kind of conduct would that be? The Buddha-dharma exists in the human world; people must feel the presence of Bodhisattvas in their lives. You need to give them hope and help them believe that Bodhisattvas truly exist in this world! Since they cannot see Guan Yin Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva allows me to manifest for them. Yet, some of you want to keep me hidden. I am risking my life to save people—I hope you understand this; otherwise, you’ll regret it in the future. Failing to cherish your Master is equivalent to failing to cherish sentient beings. You must dedicate your time to guiding and awakening others. Make every effort to help! Help others sincerely from the heart. If you lack dharma power or ability, then help people achieve awakening by encouraging them to recite Buddhist scriptures.
你们知道吗，智慧实际上是一团光在头上。如果这团光散掉了，这个人就没有智慧了；这团光聚在一起， 这个人就很有智慧。这种智慧要很多智慧合在一起才形成这个形状，就像师父给你们说的灵性一样的。比如说杀死一只蚊子是一个点，再杀死一只蚊子又是一个点， 要是杀死一堆蚊子的话，蚊子的灵性合在一起就是一个大灵性，再转世就可以变成猪、鸡等。一头猪要杀死三百次才可以投一个人，狗也是这样被杀多少次后才能投人。这叫累劫。所以要让智慧之光聚集起来才成为智慧啊。没有智慧的人身上就没有光。你们看看，哪位菩萨的画像头上没有光？哪位神像上没有光？你们看看耶稣头上有没有光？你们要好好学啊。人一着急的时候，这团光就会散了。人一急躁，这团智慧光就没了。不要经常担忧啊。忧则天地皆窄，怨则到处为仇，哀则自己束缚自己，怒则引来仇家。好人师父就救，坏人就不救。就是济公菩萨下来他也是这么说，惩恶救善。你们做徒弟的要为师父排忧解难，要救人。如果你们的光散掉之后你们就没有智慧了。一个人的光非常重要。
Did you know that wisdom manifests as a light above the head? When this light disperses, a person loses their wisdom. When it gathers, they gain great wisdom. This wisdom is formed by the combination of many parts, much like the existence of spiritual beings. I’ve explained this before. For instance, when one mosquito is killed, it creates a small point of energy; killing another adds an additional point. If many mosquitoes are killed, their collective spiritual energy combines into a larger entity. Over time, this energy may reincarnate into forms such as pigs or chickens. A pig must be killed 300 times before it can reincarnate as a human. Dogs follow a similar process. This is the cycle of accumulation through many lifetimes. To cultivate greater wisdom, you must keep gathering the light of wisdom. A person without wisdom lacks light. Look at the images of Bodhisattvas—do any of them not have a halo of light above their heads? Even statues of deities, including Jesus Christ, depict a halo radiating from their heads. You must learn diligently. When people panic, their light scatters. When they become impatient, their light of wisdom dissipates. Do not live in constant worry, for worry makes the world feel narrow. Resentment creates enemies wherever you go. Grief traps you in your own misery, and anger attracts adversaries. I save good people; I do not save the wicked. Even Ji Gong Bodhisattva, when he descended to the human world, said the same: punish evil and save the good. As disciples, you must alleviate my burdens by helping to guide and awaken others. Once your light disperses, you lose your wisdom. Therefore, the light within a person is incredibly important.
师父给大家讲我们念的“ 经” 是什么？ 实际上“经”是佛的法身舍利子，是法身所占有的经文在你身上起作用了，是金光灿灿的。舍利子就是人修炼成的一种东西，是透明发光的。师父不是在人间看见的，师父是在天上看见的。另外，如果对经文不恭敬，对经文乱搁乱放的人，很多菩萨都会叹气，叫诸佛叹息。菩萨是不会惩罚人的，只会叹息，“哎–”。接下来护法神来了，叫金刚怒目–金刚菩萨眼睛都瞪起来了。所以如果你们把经文乱搁乱放绝对是有业障的。你们听见没有？ 有一期节目里，有位听众把师父的书放在床头，经常做梦上天。
Let me explain to you what the “sutras” we recite truly are. Sutras are, in fact, the Dharma body relics (śarīra) of the Buddha. They represent the Dharma body contained within the scriptures, which has a profoundly positive effect on you. They radiate a brilliant golden light. Relics are the crystallised results of spiritual cultivation—transparent and luminous. Those I saw were not in the Human Realm, but in the Heavenly Realms. If you disrespect sutras by handling them carelessly or leaving them lying around, many Bodhisattvas will sigh deeply—what is known as the sighing of all Buddhas. Bodhisattvas do not punish people; they simply sigh, “Alas…” However, the Dharma Protectors will follow, appearing as wrathful Vajra Bodhisattvas with glaring eyes. Mishandling sutras undoubtedly creates karmic obstacles. Do you understand? In one of my radio programs, a listener shared that they kept my publications by their bedside and frequently dreamt of ascending to the Heavens.
你们要知道，找不到正道要害死人的。如果你们在外面乱修、乱学、乱拜师，回家要害死人的。今天来了一位修其他法门的，开始的时候很神气，跟师父讲佛法。讲到最后，他说：“卢台长，我服了你，我要跟你好好地学。”师父说，跟谁学都一样。他在家可以被他太太打，身上青一块紫一块。师父告诉他：学佛就犹如看医生一样，求医要求一个正好适合你病情的医生。医生都是好的，有的是很有名的老牌医生，可是他是看心脏的，你是骨伤，不对路。听得懂吗？学佛要找到最适合自己的法门去学才能真正救度自己。你们是活人，情绪天天都会变的，要好好纠正自己这颗心。你们都给师父记住：不好好修的人，师父就不要。要让大家都讲“徒弟个个都好”师父就开心。如果你们现在好，人家就不会把你们过去的业障拿出来说事；你们现在不好， 人家就连本带利把你的过去一起讲出来。你们谁过去没有一段善恶历史啊？所以要真修。做功德要默默无闻， 兢兢业业。
You must understand that failing to find the Right Path can be devastating. If you follow the wrong practices, practise them blindly, or casually choose a teacher, you could harm not only yourself but also your loved ones. Today, someone who practised another Dharma Door came to see me. At first, he was full of confidence and discussed Buddhism with me. By the end of the conversation, he said, “Master Lu, I concede. I want to study properly under you.” I told him, “It doesn’t matter who you study under—it’s the same principle.” This man had experienced domestic violence from his wife, leaving bruises all over his body. I explained to him that practising Buddhism is like seeking medical treatment—you must find a doctor perfectly suited to your condition. All doctors may be good in their field, and some are renowned experts, but a cardiologist cannot treat a broken bone. Do you understand? To truly save and awaken yourself, you must find a Dharma Door that is most suited to you. You are living beings, and your emotions fluctuate daily. You must diligently correct your mind. Always remember this: if you do not cultivate sincerely, I cannot keep you as my disciple. My goal is for people to say, “Every disciple is exceptional.” That would bring me joy. If you are currently cultivating well, no one will bring up the karmic obstacles from your past. However, if you neglect your practice, others will not only dig up your past mistakes but also exaggerate them. Who among us does not have a mix of good and bad records? This is why genuine cultivation is essential. Stay low profile when performing meritorious deeds, with dedication and caution.