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弘聖上師 說法影音

2011年11月26日 高雄明覺法堂

Dharma Teachings by Master Hong Sheng in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 

on November 26th, 2011

‧到底甚麼是老實呢？接觸法那麼久，在生活上怎麼都沒有顯著的改善呢？

在 師父上人開示說法當中，明白指出”戒”就是”守規矩”會守規矩的人就是做到了老實。

（以下節錄自 師父上人說法內容其中一段）

那天我有一個體會，有一個媽媽來，這個媽媽也五十幾歲了，她帶她的媽媽來，她媽媽也八十歲了。那這個年輕媽媽就說：「老師，我們常常從中北部來聽，都聽不懂，可是，來久了之後，聽到三個字讓我受益無窮，叫做『守規矩』。」那我們講的那些佛家用詞、天外天的事情，她說都完全無法理解，我說：「不是，妳這個就叫『理解』」，那些看經教的都不理解，妳理解了。」她很謙虛，覺得說怎麼會這樣呢？她就半本經本都沒碰過，只要一聽到人家說要講經、念經就快要昏倒了，她說覺得自己不是學佛、學覺悟的根基。我告訴她不是這樣，「覺」不是學出來的，是做出來的，是自己顯露出來的……。

Physical Health and Spiritual Development Course of YJY Multicultural Education, by Master Hong-Sheng.

(26, 11, 2011 in Lunar Calendar)  

Introduction:

 What is the real meaning of being “honest”? How come there is no obvious improvement in my life although I’ve been learning for a while? In today’s course, Master indicated that “Precept” in Buddhism means “to observe the rules”. Therefore, the one who can observe the rules is being “honest”.

Here is an extract from today’s lesson…

Master: Someday before, I had a realization as a 50-year-old madam came visit me from Taichung with her 80-year-old mother.

The madam said to me: 

“Teacher, we come here frequently from Taichung , but it is still difficult for us to understand your lectures in the course. However, time after time, in one of your lectures I heard three words that are really helpful to me – ‘to observe rules’.

This madam told me that she could not understand any bit of terms in Buddhism, as well as those supernatural/ethereal contents.

To her surprise, I told her:

 “You’re wrong. In fact, you are one of those who really understand. Those who study classics and theories don’t, but you do.”

She was humble, told me that she has never read any Buddhist Scriptures and has always felt sleepy when hearing somebody chanting Buddhist scripts. Therefore, she considers herself not the sort of material to practice Buddhism, or to become enlightened.

Then I told her:

 “Not true at all”, “‘enlightened’ does not come from ‘learning’; it is actually achieved by practicing, and will be revealed from your own nature!”