出離 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體
佛法的修行為甚麼要提倡「出離」？ 一般而言，是因為世間的牽絆及雜染太多；修行者若能離開這樣的環境，才可能專心致力於修法及以佛法服務大眾。 根本上來說，則是因為眾生本來是佛，本來心性無限無拘；目前所以不得自在，主要是由於習性所成的種種執著，使有情生活在種種的自我限制中。因此修行的過程也可看成衝破層層自限的經歷。 因此，「出離」的根本在於從「自限」中突破。但是自限難以自覺；即使察覺也往往無力不受拘束。所以要藉由修行佛法來恢復本來清淨。 若能明了自己的本性本來沒有絲毫滯礙，而隨時不加任何成見及存心，其實是可能頓時出離一切拘絆而立即融入一切一體的。 一般難以一下完全「出離」，所以教以「念佛往生」，希望能漸漸回歸本淨。若能心中一下完全「出離」，便是「頓悟」。
二○一七年七月廿七日
Renunciation Yutang Lin Why do Dharma practices emphasize and encourage ″renunciation″? Generally speaking, it is because worldly bondages and pollutions are too variegated; if a Dharma practitioner can stay away from such environments, then it would be more likely for devoted concentration in Dharma practices and services to build up. Fundamentally speaking, it is because sentient beings are innate Buddhas with boundless and limitless nature; right now, they are under the bondage of all sorts of sufferings, mainly due to all sorts of mental grasping, developed by habitual tendencies, that induced sentient beings to live within all sorts of self-set limitations. Hence, the progress of Dharma practices may also be looked upon as a sequence of experiences of breaking through layers over layers of self-set limitations. Thus, basically ″renunciation″ lies in breaking through ″self-set limitations.″ However, self-set limitations are difficult to discern by oneself; and even if some are noticed, often it is beyond one′s capacity to be free from their bondages. Hence, we need to rely on Dharma practices to gradually regain our original purity. If one could thoroughly comprehend that one′s original nature is originally without any trace of hindrances, and hence sustain a mental state free from all preconceptions and intentions, then it is actually possible to renounce instantly all bondages and immediately merge into all-in-oneness. Ordinarily it is difficult for one to achieve thorough ″renunciation″ instantaneously, and hence the teaching on repeating ″Amitabha″ to gain rebirth in Pureland is given, with the hope that the practitioners may thereby gradually regain their original purity. If one could instantaneously attain thorough ″renunciation,″ then it will amount to ″instant awakening.″
Written in Chinese and translated into English on July 27, 2017
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