眾生何在                   林鈺堂     簡繁轉換 - 繁體

 

以長養菩提心為目的
一切修行要發心為一切眾生
迴向功德　亦復如是

有弟子覺得眾生太多
「一切眾生」難以落實
只覺得太抽象　一片迷茫

佛法是任何有情要出離輪迴之苦的正途
只要能明瞭其中道理
並且確實依循來修行及生活
便能出苦　甚至圓滿證入本來清淨之一切一體

因此，修行佛法以達自渡
而後兼及濟渡有緣的其他有情
並不抽象　而是真正與一切有情有關的行徑

佛法根本在認清及體認「無我」
因此修法皆以「為一切眾生」來取代「我執」的習性
雖然眾生太多　無從捉摸
只要將見聞所及的有情
全平等視為努力修行的受益者
便可「落實」菩提心的對象了

 

二○一七年三月十九日
養和齋　　　　於加州

 

 

 

Where Are All Beings

Yutang Lin

 

Aiming at cultivation of Bodhicitta
All Dharma practices should stem from the aspiration
        Toward the enlightenment of all sentient beings
In dedication of whatever merits a Buddhist has accrued
It should also be likewise

Some disciple feels that sentient beings are too vast in numbers
″All sentient beings″ can hardly be grasped but
Only too abstract and bewildering to one’s comprehension

Dharma is the right path for any sentient being aspiring toward emancipation from samsara
One needs only to grasp the meaning of the teachings
And then following it whole-heartedly in Dharma practices and daily life
Then one will surely attain emancipation from sufferings of worldly life
And even become fully awaken to the original purity in oneness of all

Therefore, practicing Dharma to attain emancipation for oneself
And afterwards to help other sentient beings attain emancipation
Is not an abstract matter but a way of life truly related to all sentient beings

The root of Dharma lies in recognizing and realizing the fact of ″non-self″
Hence, all Dharma practices use ″for all beings″ instead of the habitual grasping to ″self″
Even though sentient beings are too vast in numbers and hence incomprehensible
As soon as one treats all beings encountered in one′s sense fields
Equally as beneficiaries of one’s endeavors in Dharma practices and services
Then the objects of Bodhicitta will be actualized and materialized

 

Written in Chinese and translated into English on March 19, 2017
El Cerrito, California

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