师父给大家讲现代白话佛法，讲健康。健康是很重要的。我们有了健康的身体，才能弘法利生，才能救度众生。所以健康是人生的真正的财富。这句话很多人都会讲，却忘记了后面一句话。师父现在告诉你们，“教育是生命的文明之灯”。师父现在是用佛法在教育你们。教育是生命的文明之灯，教育是很重要的，一个国家是否兴旺就看它的教育了。教育是心里的，是文明之灯。教育是一个人整个生命的灯。这个灯能不能点亮，就是看你有没有受过教育。你们现在坐在师父下面接受佛法的教育，如果你们能够学到这些东西，你们的生命就会很有意义，你们就会懂得戒律了。能够听得进佛法的人，已经有很高的愿力了。能够遵照这些东西去做的人，这个人就是有很高的境界了。听得懂吗？所以师父让你们听后要尽量能够理解。如果听后不能理解的话，要经常反复多想想，不要听过之后就忘了。否则就是坐在下面你也不会进步的，没有用的。
I will move on to a more contemporary topic of Buddhism in Plain Terms, specifically regarding health. Health is vital. Only with a healthy body can we spread the Dharma to benefit sentient beings and guide them toward liberation. Therefore, health is the true wealth of life. Many people say this, but they often forget what comes next: “Education is the beacon of civilisation for one’s life.” I am now using the Buddha-Dharma to educate you. Education is essential; the prosperity of a nation depends on its education. True education is about internal transformation; it’s an internal beacon of civilisation—a light that illuminates one’s entire life. Whether this lamp can be lit depends on whether you have truly received and internalised this education. As you sit here receiving the education of the Buddha-Dharma, if you can truly learn and absorb these teachings, your life will take on profound meaning, and you will understand the importance of the precepts. Those who can truly take in the Buddha-Dharma already possess a high degree of vow power. Those who can follow and act upon these teachings possess a very high spiritual state. Do you understand? I want you to try your best to comprehend what you hear. If you cannot understand it immediately, reflect on it repeatedly; do not let it go in one ear and out the other. Otherwise, even if you are sitting here in person, you will not progress—it will be of no use.
要明白，要学会调养生息。什么叫“调养生息”？就是身体要好好的调养。“息”是什么？“息”就是生命的信息。调养生息就是把自己脑子里的灵魂信息要调养好，心理、身体也要调养好。要慢慢调养到自己的身体透明，这个时候佛法界讲叫变为光明身，一个人的身体就光明了。光明是什么？就是不会有污浊隐藏在身体里面。举个简单例子，你的气息调好了，就是说脑子里干净了，你身体就不会生病。对不对？如果你知道这个东西不能吃得太饱，否则胃会不好的，你这个信息在脑子里一存，你调好了，你的身体就不会吃得很多，你的胃就会好了。你不就是调养生息吗？有了光明身之后，这个人就能接受到光明。为什么能够接受到光明呢？因为你的身体光明了，你才能接受到菩萨的光明。菩萨的光很亮很明的，因为你干净了，所以菩萨的光能照射到你的身上。
You must learn how to nurture your physical health and life. What does this mean? It means properly looking after your physical health. Be mindful of life’s information. Nurturing your physical health and life means regulating the information within your soul, as well as caring for your mental and physical health. You should gradually nurture yourself until your body becomes transparent. In the Buddhist realm, this is called attaining a Body of Light. When one’s body is filled with light, it means no impurities or filth are hidden within. For instance, when your breath and energy are well regulated, it means your mind is clean, and then your body will not fall ill. If you know that overeating will harm your stomach and you store this information in your mind, you have regulated yourself; you will not eat in excess, and your stomach will remain healthy. This is the essence of nurturing your physical health and life. Once you possess a Body of Light, you can receive the light of the Buddhas. Why? Because only when your own body is luminous can you receive the light of the Bodhisattvas. The light of the Bodhisattvas is incredibly bright and pure; because you are clean, their light can shine upon you.
意念会主宰你死后要去的地方。所以人的意念是很重要的。为什么说等到死的时候一念阿弥陀佛能到西方净土世界？而这个意念是靠平时修炼的。
Your thoughts determine where you go after death. This is why one’s thoughts are so important. Why is it said that at the moment of death, a single thought of Amitabha Buddha can lead one to the Western Pure Land? That thought is cultivated through daily practice.
师父上次给弟子开示的时候讲了一段很精彩的东西，我想你们现在可能都忘记了。就是要在自己心中铸成一道墙，而这道墙是什么？就是让你经常有问必答的答在心中。就是说碰到什么事情了，我先想好怎么来应付。比方说你知道你老公经常会喝酒，你就想好只要他一喝酒我该怎么办？又比方说他发脾气骂我了，一想到我就知道该怎么办了。而这个怎么办并不是说让你对付他怎么办，而是用一种佛法的化解方法在自己的八识田中铸成好了，等到他一骂你你就会想到，“哎呀，真可怜”。好了，他跟你一吵架，你接下来马上就想到这句话，你就不会吵了。对孩子也是一样。孩子说：“妈妈我今天考试考得不好。”“没有关系，下次考好一点。”因为你想好了，孩子也不容易。这样想想，那样想想，你在心中铸成了一道佛墙，就是佛菩萨的墙来抵挡、来化解你在人间碰到的所有的障碍。师父讲的就像电脑里的防火墙一样。你已经有准备了，你就不会生气了。对不对？就像很多人知道回到家老婆喜欢讲，他心里做好准备了。老婆不停地讲，他就嘿嘿笑。因为他心中已经有一道墙了，他知道老婆有这个毛病喜欢讲，就让她讲好了，他就不会生气，因为他已经有一个模式了。师父要你们要有佛的模式，而不是要人间的模式。明白吗？人的意念会产生一种频率，就是想的时候会产生频率。这个频率是什么呢？就是在你脑海里产生一种震荡的共鸣，而这个共鸣是当你的意念在起作用的时候。比如一起坏念头的时候，为什么你的心会跳得很快呀？想想看，偷东西的时候你的心为什么会跳得很快呀？你看到菩萨的时候，知道自己做错事情了，你的心里为什么会跳得很快呀？实际上这就是频率和共振。你们现在都知道脑电波核磁共振，实际上这些东西都是根据脑电波研究产生的。它是一种人的磁场原素和身体的化学元素。当你的意念想好的东西的时候，你的心会跳得很顺、很安定。当你想发脾气的时候，想做坏事情的时候，你这个心就跳得非常的快，脑子转得非常的快，那个时候你的眼睛会红，你的鼻子会紧张，喉咙里会有痰等等，所有的一切都是让你痉挛来产生的一种共振，生理上产生的一种共振。所以当你想做坏事情的时候，你的血液循环会加快，你的脚站不住会发抖等等，实际上人就是一种意识的东西。当你动坏脑筋的时候，你的鼻子、眼睛等所有的动作都会显示出意念的存在。
During my previous Dharma talk with the disciples, I shared something quite wonderful that I suspect many of you may have forgotten. It is about building a fortress within your heart. But what kind of fortress is this? It is a state of mind where you already have the answers ready within you. It means that no matter what happens, you have already contemplated how to respond. For instance, if you know your husband often drinks, you should have already decided how to handle it when he does. Or if he loses his temper and yells at you—the moment it happens, you should already know what to do. Now, “knowing what to do” doesn’t mean finding a way to fight back against him; rather, it means having a Buddhist method of resolution already established in your eighth consciousness. The moment he starts scolding you, the thought immediately arises: “Oh, he is so pitiable.” Just like that—when he argues with you, as soon as that thought arises, you will not argue anymore.
It is the same with your children. If your child says, “Mum, I didn’t do well on my exam today,” you respond, “That’s okay, just try a bit harder next time.” This is because you have already thought it through—the child is not having an easy time either. By exercising this contemplation, you build a “Buddha-fortress” within your heart—a wall of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to shield you from and dissolve all the obstacles you encounter in this world. What I am describing is just like a computer’s firewall. When you are prepared, you won’t get angry. Right? It is like those people who know that when they get home, their wives love to nag. They have already prepared themselves mentally. So, while the wife nags on and on, the husband just chuckles. They have a fortress in their heart; they know this is their wife’s habit, so they let her talk. They don’t get angry because they already have a “template” in place. I want all of you to have the template of a Buddha, not the template of the human world. Do you understand?
Our thoughts generate a specific frequency; the moment you think, a frequency is produced. What is this frequency? It is a vibrational resonance within your mind that occurs whenever your intentions are at work. For instance, when a bad thought arises, why does your heart start racing? Think about it—why does your heart pound when you are stealing something? Or when you stand before the Bodhisattva and realise you have done something wrong, why does your heart beat so fast? In reality, this is all about frequency and resonance. You are all familiar with brainwaves and MRI scans; these technologies were actually developed based on the study of brainwaves. It is a combination of a person’s magnetic field and the body’s chemical elements. When your mind dwells on wholesome things, your heartbeat becomes steady and calm. But when you are about to lose your temper or do something bad, your heart beats very fast and your mind races. In those moments, your eyes turn red, your nose feels tense, and phlegm builds up in your throat—all of this is a kind of resonance produced by bodily tension, a physiological resonance. So, when you intend to do wrong, your blood circulation speeds up and your legs may tremble. Essentially, a human being is a vessel of consciousness. Whenever you harbour an unwholesome thought, your nose, your eyes, and all your movements reveal the presence of that intention.
所以意念这个东西一定要控制好，控制好的意念你可以上菩萨的道，你可以上天；如果你意念不好，你很恨某一个人，在身体上会产生一种负频率，你就是下去了。听得懂吗？当一个人的念头，比方说我将来想到哪里去，那么生命的频率就会到哪里去。因为我刚说脑电波、意念的频率，实际上就是称为生命的频率。而这个生命的频率当你一直想我要到哪里去，你真的能到那里去。你就算去不了，你的魂魄也会去。这就是为什么很多人在白天成不了的事情，在晚上做梦都能成功，因为他的脑电波的频率已经去到了他愿意和他了解的地方了。那么等到我们要死的时候，这脑子里想着“观世音菩萨我一定能到你那里去”，一直想一直想，他真想，他就上去了。问题是到了那个时候浑身都是病，想不起来了，没有办法想了，那就惨了。对不对？所以要记住，我们意念想到西方净土、到四圣道，我们马上就能上去。而我们众生是因为放不下。我们众生的很多毛病就是放不下，所以他的意念不能集中，他不能产生生命的频率；没有这个频率，他就不能产生一种磁场、一种磁电波，所以菩萨就接收不到。举个简单例子，你在喝酒，你会有磁场吗？你整天去跳迪斯科，在那种地方你能接受到菩萨的磁场吗？
Therefore, you must learn to control your thoughts. If you manage your thoughts well, you can ascend to the realm of the Bodhisattvas; you can ascend to the heavens. But if you have unwholesome thoughts—if you hold deep hatred for someone—your body generates a negative frequency, and you will descend to the lower realms. Do you understand? When a person’s thoughts are focused on where they wish to go in the future, the “frequency of their life” moves in that direction. As I said earlier, brainwaves and the frequency of thoughts are, in fact, what we call the frequency of life. If you constantly think, “I want to go to that place,” you truly can get there. Even if your physical body cannot, your soul will. This is why many things people cannot achieve during the day, they manage to do in their dreams at night; it’s because the frequency of their brainwaves has already travelled to the place they desire and understand.
When our time comes to leave this world, if we hold the thought “Guan Yin Bodhisattva, I will surely reach your side,” and we focus on this sincerely and continuously, we will indeed ascend. The problem is that by then, many are riddled with illness and can no longer think clearly; they lose the capacity to focus, and that is truly tragic. Right? So remember: when our thoughts turn towards the Western Pure Land or the Four Sagely Realms, we can immediately ascend. But sentient beings suffer because they cannot let go. Many of our problems come from attachment—we cannot let go. Because of this, our thoughts cannot concentrate, and we cannot generate the frequency of life. Without this frequency, we cannot produce the necessary magnetic field or electromagnetic waves, and the Bodhisattvas cannot receive them. To give a simple example: if you are drinking alcohol, will you have a pure magnetic field? If you spend all your time at a nightclub, can you receive the Bodhisattva’s magnetic field in a place like that?
所以身体的病也是因为自己本身产生的颠倒梦想。也就是说，我们每一个人只要生病了，实际上是颠倒梦想所产生的。不要以为我今天生了病了，那是伤风，那是感冒。我告诉你们那就是你们颠倒梦想了。很多人不明白，都是因为你们颠倒了是非，你们自己想出来很多的歪理，因为很多意识的不正、意念的错乱，就会产生你心灵的错乱；心灵的错乱会产生你内分泌的失调，然后让你的身体会走的不正常，那时候你就会生病。举个简单例子，很多孩子在天热的时候喜欢睡在风口处。爸爸妈妈总说不要睡在风口处，身体关节会不好，他不相信。当时睡得舒服了，好了，到年纪大了浑身关节酸痛。这就是意识上的毛病产生了他不卖账，他颠倒了，他妄想了，他就会生病。生病有两种，一种是身体上，一种是意念上的。
我们每一个人都要懂得接受痛苦。实际上痛苦只是一种感觉，这种感觉过了不就没了吗？你们每一个人都看过病、都打过针、都吃过药，对不对？痛苦的时候难过吗？捶胸顿足生不如死啊。但是要接受痛苦，接受本身就是消孽障，是一种感觉，而这个孽障消完了，这种感觉就没了。听得懂吗？所以当人死后仍然感觉自己在生病。就是当一个人死掉之后，实际上这个人魂魄还没有完全离身的时候，虽然刚刚断气，但是他的身体还能感觉到自己在生病。因为他生病的时间太长了，就算死掉之后，他的意识已经在他的灵魂的八识田中了，所以就是死掉了还没有完全离开痛苦。例如，当一个人一直在受苦，天天被人家打呀、骂呀的时候，等到他有一天被解放出来的时候，人家告诉他说你解放了，就像电影里犹太人被德国人关在集中营里面的时候，苏联红军冲进了集中营对那些犹太人说你们已经解放了，而那些犹太人已经在那里面傻掉了，他们没有反应了。就像一个人生病时间太长，他的意识当中就会沾染不能解脱出来的那种感觉。所以你们要记住，如果你们心中常住着幸福，你们就算碰到一点痛苦，你们还是很幸福的，会把这些事情解决。如果你心中都是痛苦，实际上就算是幸福来了，你还打一下自己的嘴巴“这是真的吗？”电影里这样的片段最多了。
Even physical illnesses stem from our own deluded thinking. In other words, whenever a person becomes ill, it is actually caused by deluded thoughts. Don’t simply assume, “Oh, I’m sick today because I caught a cold or the flu.” I am telling you, it is because of your deluded thinking. Many people do not understand this. It is because they have confused right and wrong, concocted distorted reasoning for themselves, and because of unwholesome consciousness and chaotic thoughts, their mind becomes disoriented. This mental disorientation leads to endocrine imbalances, which causes the body to no longer function properly, and that is when you fall ill. Take a simple example: many children like to sleep in a draft when it’s hot. Their parents always warn them not to sleep in the breeze, saying it will harm their joints, but they don’t believe it. It feels comfortable at the time, but as they get older, their joints ache with pain. This is a physical ailment born from a flaw in their consciousness—because they were stubborn and deluded, they eventually fell ill. Illness comes in two forms: the physical and the mental.
Every one of us must learn to accept suffering. In reality, suffering is just a sensation. Once the sensation passes, isn’t it gone? You have all seen doctors, had injections, and taken medicine, right? Was it painful at the time? You might have been in such agony that you felt you’d rather be dead. But you must accept the pain; acceptance itself is the process of eliminating karmic obstacles. It is a sensation, and once the karmic debt is cleared, the sensation vanishes. Do you understand? This is why a person may still feel they are sick even after they have died. When someone passes away, before the soul has completely left the body—even though they have stopped breathing—the body can still feel the illness. Because they were sick for so long, the consciousness of that illness has already entered the eighth consciousness of their soul; thus, even in death, they haven’t fully escaped the pain.
It’s like someone who has been suffering for years, being beaten and scolded every day. When the day of liberation finally comes and they are told, ‘You are free,’ they might be too stunned to react—much like the stories of prisoners in concentration camps who were so traumatised that they were mentally “stuck” in their suffering and had no reaction when the liberating armies arrived. Similarly, when a person has been ill for too long, their consciousness becomes stained with that feeling of being unable to escape. So, you must remember: if happiness constantly dwells in your heart, even if you encounter a bit of pain, you will still feel fundamentally happy and be able to resolve the issue. But if your heart is filled only with suffering, then even when happiness arrives, you’ll slap your own face and ask, “Is this real?” We see this all the time in films.
长期的痛苦会令你的意识陷入一片混乱思维之中。要懂得时刻解脱痛苦。犹如你身体某一个部位疼痛，必须马上解决，否则长痛必定积劳成疾。我们每天背负着灵性孽障，一直痛苦一辈子，请问还能再上西方极乐世界吗？所以心灵法门就是让你在人间消灭痛苦，还清孽障。无债一身轻，用意识控制灵魂，把西方极乐世界和四圣道牢牢地进入到你的八识田中。这样我们才无后顾之忧，等我们百年之后，想上哪里就可以如愿以偿。这就是调养生息的重要性。
Prolonged suffering will throw your consciousness into a state of chaotic thinking. You must know how to liberate yourself from pain at every moment. Just as you would immediately treat a physical ache, you must resolve mental pain; otherwise, long-term suffering will inevitably lead to chronic illness. If we are affected by spiritual disturbances and carry karmic obstacles every single day, suffering for a lifetime—tell me, how can we expect to reach the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss? This is why the Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door allows you to eliminate suffering in this human world and pay off your karmic debts. Once you are debt-free, you will feel light. Use your consciousness to govern your soul, and let the Western Pure Land and the Four Sagely Realms take firm root in your eighth consciousness. Only then will we have no worries. When our time in this world comes to an end, we will be able to go wherever we wish, just as we aspire. This is the vital importance of nurturing your physical health and life.