20150227《靜思妙蓮華》解佛契理悲心入眾(第511集)
（法華經•譬喻品第三）
⊙「解佛心契諦理，大悲心入人群，大智力解正法，大福德得自在。」
⊙「其兩足聖尊，最勝無倫匹。彼即是汝身，宜應自欣慶。」《法華經 譬喻品第三》
⊙「爾時四部眾，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷、天、龍、夜叉、乾闥婆、阿修羅、迦樓羅、緊那羅、摩睺羅伽等大眾。」《法華經譬喻品第三》
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「解佛心契諦理，大悲心入人群，大智力解正法，大福德得自在。」
解佛心契諦理
大悲心入人群
大智力解正法
大福德得自在
大家學佛，我們必定要正知、正見，我們才有辦法，將我們的心契入佛的心。
佛陀過去修行是無央數劫，經過了幾十萬億佛，生生世世不斷累積，在人間行善、造福、結福緣，不斷不斷累積。為了什麼呢？為了要度眾生。這種結眾生緣、度眾生，這就是佛的心。
佛心為一大事來人間，這個佛心就是大智慧，他必定要非常完備，宇宙天地萬物的真理，都非常圓滿具足諦理，累生累世，福慧不斷地這樣受持，終於到「最後身」，也就是最後現相成佛。所以說，一尊佛來人間，是不簡單，所以說，遇佛難。
所以要，「解佛心契諦理」，真諦的道理。我們要去與佛心智，能夠契合起來，不只是解佛心，還要契合佛所覺悟的真理。所以我們必定要學佛，學佛「大悲心入人群」。
我們若是有智慧的人，將心念顧得好，用大悲心入人群中去。為人群的苦難，有形的苦、無形的苦，無形的苦是內心的煩惱，有形的苦是物質的缺乏，所以人間，有形、無形，都是苦不堪！而我們願意付出，我們必定要先具足大智力，解正法之後入人群，才不會再糊塗、受污染。這就是我們要用功。
這個用功，不離開大福德，我們要有大福德，與眾生結大福緣，累積了福、慧、德，我們才能夠自在，來去自如。不論是入人群，或者回歸自己自性，都是這麼自在。眾生需要，入人群，不受人群所污染到，這就是「大福德得自在」。
昨天和大家分享，人間菩薩在人群中，入最苦難處去。昨天說過了，我們莫三比克那個地方，要入這個國土去，當然要具足很多的因緣。因緣會合，有了第一次的開頭，將這個播善種子，善的種子已經播下去了，也已經在那個地方開了一條路。
我們昨天也聽得很歡喜，本來那個地方就是，天一黑，大家就要睡了。卻是有了法入心，知道要幫助人，扛著米，平時一整年都不曾吃到白米，卻是一包、一包，每包十公斤，這樣二千多包，在一個多鐘頭的時間搬好，大家還有力氣在那裡唱歌、在那裡跳舞。到了十二點多，像這種精神，過去受人幫助一次，將這個愛已經入心了，打開了心靈的財富。這種心靈的財富，這就是法的力量，現在換他們扛米要去幫助人。
這次所要幫助的是五百個家庭。這五百個家庭，就是愛滋病的家庭，看到體力不夠的，志工就趕緊扶他，較涼的地方等候；較年長的人，也是得到人非常溫柔，這樣扶他、牽他、照顧，好好在那裡等候。要來領的人，次序很好。付出的人祝福，領的人感恩，這種「大悲心入人群」，我們看到了，這是第一個區，今年冬令救濟。
又再第二區，開始這就是越區，跨過了其他的區域，又要再去做救濟。馬騰得尼社區，那個地方很貧困，需要冬令救濟。蔡岱霖，她就帶著一群志工，入這個社區去，每一天就是背著那部電腦，拿著一張椅子，就是入那個人群，社區人群中，去播善種子。
那部電腦就是隨時，就可以將網路打開，電腦浮現，慈濟在每一個國家，如何在發放。也曾經過在莫三比克，去年的發放、今年的發放，曾經有過，那種的景況給大家看，將慈濟的精神，一一都向大家分享。同時，在那個地方，再向大家呼籲：「貧，貧中之富，也可以再去幫助更貧的人。那個幫助人的心，是比得到物資更加歡喜。」和她一起走的志工，也是曾被我們這樣幫助，幫助之後，換他在幫助人。那種的現身說法，愛的循環，這種入人群中去，去播善種子。
蔡岱霖，她又再一次入那個社區時，帶她的女兒，一進去到那個社區裡面，看到那些孩子，用塑膠紙，塑膠袋用繩子綁著，隨著風，就讓它飛上去了，那些孩子坐在地上，在拉那個風箏。她牽著她的孩子，自己覺得：我們是何其有幸！
所以常常說「見苦知福」。有福的人，我們不要放棄那一大事因緣。蔡岱霖牽著孩子，拿著電腦，進入那個最貧困的地方去，是為什麼？為一大事，一大使命，所以她這樣做。當然，在那個地方在救濟，前面很多很多感動人的故事。
像在籌備的過程中，她的先生，接到他的故鄉的電話，母親在鄉村病危了。接到這個訊息，距離一千五百公里，到底是要趕回去看母親呢？或是這幾天內，一定要將這些事情辦得很清楚？新的志工要帶，發放的規定、發放的規則，一定要做得很順利，發放的人文，這必定要用心、用時間，要訓練人等等。
但是接到這個訊息，要怎麼辦呢？夫妻兩個人就想：萬一母親若是緊急時，非回去不可。就趕緊加緊訓練，向大家說：「你們要認真，因為我有這樣、這樣的事情，說不定沒辦法陪伴你們。不過，我對你們人人有信心，你們絕對、絕對，能承擔這個使命，一定會很圓滿完成。」這樣不斷鼓勵他們。
一直到前一天，將要發放了，她的先生向岱霖說，母親雖然是(病)危了，不過現在還是在，保持這樣的情形。他把慈濟的精神拿出來，他說：「捨小愛，為大愛。這個時候要選擇，應該要選擇這個大局，這麼多人需要，而且莫三比克，難得有這麼大批的物資，要給最貧困的人，這是在這個莫三比克的一大事。尤其是，來自臺灣的愛心，尤其是，來自南非，這些菩薩種子，過去一次一次來鋪路，一回一回來接引。現在是這個精神，大愛的精神，就是要拿出來的時候。」所以他決定，放棄小愛，來成就大愛。
所以，這次他的救濟工作，非常的順利。隊伍的整齊，再一項更難得，因為志工每個人常常聽，聽法，尤其是七月吉祥月、七月是孝親月。他們在那個莫三比克，沒有什麼七月什麼，不過，我們用我們臺灣的例，說這個時候就是，最吉祥的月，也是孝親，所以大家就是一個決定，要來帶領那些年輕人，懂得尊重長輩。
所以在發放那個當場，開抬提倡為長輩洗腳。在當場，發放當中，有的志工帶著這些年輕人，為那些老人，這樣用水，椅子排好，將老人牽來椅子坐著，水拿著，這樣蹲下來，蹲下來他的身邊，為他洗腳。有的是牽著父母來，父母洗腳之後，看到那種親子擁抱，這很震撼！他們的莫三比克，這是從來都不曾有，他們那些人要看到手裡能拿著這包白米，就從來不曾有過的感覺，又看到年輕人這樣這樣蹲下來，半跪著這樣為父母洗腳，之後對著父母這樣，母子，或者是親子，這樣互相擁抱起來，這種的場面，他們從來，一輩子不曾感受過，一輩子不曾聽過、一輩子不曾看過。
我們可以想像，在那個莫三比克，在那種的國家，有辦法做到，這樣的法，這麼的豐富，而且從來不曾有。你們想，這若不是佛心，誰做得到呢？這若沒有契入這個道理，誰能做得出來呢？哪有辦法帶出這一大群人，這麼整齊，那種美的環境呢？這就是大悲心，願意走入人群，「無處不在，無人不度」，所以難怪，她每天揹著一部電腦，拿著一張椅子入人群中，每天、每天都是去播善種子。
這種大智力，這種的智力，實在是讓人很佩服。因為她瞭解了正法，所以將靜思法脈，她要延續到莫三比克，這是她的願。展開了慈濟宗門入人群中去，這不就是在那個地方，行善、造福，她自己很自在。愈看到貧困的人，她愈是感到她是很幸福的人。這其中不是單獨她這個故事，是很多。所以我們學佛，就是要學在這裡。
你看，前面那段經文說，「其兩足聖尊，最勝無倫匹。彼即是汝身，宜應自欣慶。」
其兩足聖尊
最勝無倫匹
彼即是汝身
宜應自欣慶
《法華經 譬喻品第三》
前面這段(經)文，當佛陀授記時，向舍利弗說：未來無量無邊，這幾十億萬劫的時間，未來你會成佛。最重要的，在無量無邊，無量億劫，
這個時間，這個時間很重要，包括我們現在這個時間，他就是已經，舍利弗在這個人間來來回回，入人群行善、造福、結福緣。我們說不定，在我們的慈濟人的人群中，同樣有舍利弗存在。
釋迦佛的時代的舍利弗，他用這麼長的時間，他造福、修慧，福慧雙具，在那麼長的時間，成就了兩足聖尊。「最勝無倫匹」，這是在菩薩群中，最超群的一位，成佛的，華光如來。
那位華光如來是什麼人呢？是你──舍利弗。舍利弗啊！應該要歡喜，自己要更加有信心，要入人群中。
這個願──四弘誓願，一直告訴大家，四弘誓願，是所有佛的本願，任何一尊佛，必定要經過了四弘誓願，「眾生無邊誓願度，煩惱無盡誓願斷，法門無量誓願學，佛道無上誓願成」。時間不論多長久，這個願就是生生世世，日日月月，都是一定要入人群中去，這就是菩薩的一大事。像莫三比克，不就是這樣嗎？
所以在那當中，佛陀要向舍利弗要授記的時候，「爾時，四部眾，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷」，這是四眾。還有八部，那就是「天、龍、夜叉、乾闥婆、阿修羅、迦樓羅、緊那羅、摩睺羅伽等大眾」。
爾時四部眾
比丘、比丘尼、
優婆塞、優婆夷
天、龍、夜叉、
乾闥婆、阿修羅、
迦樓羅、緊那羅、
摩睺羅伽等大眾《法華經譬喻品第三》
這麼多人，都在那個地方，為舍利弗作見證。知道舍利弗，既然能夠受佛，佛陀為他授記，舍利弗可能，我們大家未來也是可能。再接下來，到底是哪一位能夠受記？
這是佛陀，在這個人生的最後，為了一大事因緣，四十多年間，開方便門，用種種的方便法，將人人引導進來，瞭解這個「覺」。人人都有覺性，人人應該要知道因緣果報。大家都瞭解之後，開始進一步要告訴大家：你、你、你、你，大家都能夠成佛。
能夠成佛，第一個要為他授記──某某人，他經過多久多久的時間以後，他要做什麼樣的事情，修什麼善、造什麼福，如何結福緣，將來他成佛了，這個兩足，福與慧，都很具足之後，因緣成熟，成佛，，他的報土，他所領導的地方，就像我們的釋迦佛，他的報土就是在娑婆世界，這是釋迦佛的願，要在最最需要，人間最惡濁的時代以前，開始就要來教化眾生。
所以常常一句話說「成佛在人間」，就是說法在濁世中，這是釋迦牟尼佛的願。這個時候，正是需要淨化人心，所以在這個人群中，更需要更多菩薩，都是要在這個人間經過。
舍利弗他同樣，還要再來人間，不斷很長久的時間，走入人群來，同樣要將這念心顧得很清淨，智慧很明朗，才有辦法入人群，不受眾生污染，來來回回能夠結成了，這麼多的好緣。將來福慧兩足，自覺、覺他、(覺行圓滿)，成佛的道理，才可以全部完成。
各位，學佛，我們就要像這樣，我們要比二千多年前很難比；我們比現在，現在的道理、現在的人生，現在的人的苦難、現在的人的發心。看看，莫三比克，就是最困難的地方，非洲貧窮的國家，竟然有這樣的菩薩，這是不是人間的菩薩？這是不是很難得？這是不是，佛的一大事因緣在人間呢？這種的大悲心入人群中，這不是形容的，是正確的人生，這種的智力實在是讓人很佩服。
總而言之，任何一個國家，慈濟的種子在那個地方，南非的一群菩薩也是一樣，辛巴威也是一樣，都有很特殊，這樣的人間菩薩，這粒種子一生無量，無量從一生。所以，各位菩薩，大家要發心做菩薩，絕對有信心，不是做不到，只要我們人人多用心。
Explanations by Master Cheng-Yan
Subject: Understand the Mind and Principles of the Buddha (解佛契理悲心入眾)
Date: February.27. 2015
“By understanding the Buddha’s mind, we can be in accord with true principles. With great compassion, we go among the people. With the power of great wisdom, we understand Right Dharma. With great blessings, we attain freedom and ease.”
I want to emphasize again to everyone that as we learn the Buddha’s Way we need Right Understanding and Right Views. Only then can our minds be in accord with the Buddha’s mind. In the Buddha’s past spiritual practice, He spent countless kalpas in the presence of trillions of Buddhas. Over countless lifetimes, He never stopped doing good deeds, benefiting others and forming good karmic connections. He continuously accumulated these things. Why? For the sake of delivering sentient beings. Forming karmic connections with sentient beings to transform them, this is the Buddha’s mind.
He comes to this world for one great cause and with a mind of great wisdom. His mind must fully and perfectly encompass the true principles of all things in the universe. Lifetime after lifetime, He unceasingly cultivated blessings and wisdom until reached His “final body,” which is when He finally manifested the appearance of a Buddha.
So, for a Buddha to manifests in this world is not easy. Thus we say it is rare to encounter a Buddha. “By understanding the Buddha’s mind, we can be in accord with true principles,” which are the principles of Absolute Truth. We have to be able to come together with the Buddha’s mind and wisdom. Not only must we understand the Buddha’s mind, we must also be in accord with the truth that He has realized. This is why we must learn the Buddha’s Way and His “great compassion, [going] among the people.”
If we have wisdom, we will take good care of our minds as, with great compassion, we go among people to help those who are suffering, both from tangible suffering and intangible suffering. Intangible suffering refers to afflictions. Tangible suffering is the lack of material resources. Both tangible and intangible suffering are unbearable. We may be willing to help them, but we must first have the power of great wisdom and understand the Right Dharma before interacting with them so that we will not become confused or contaminated. This is why we have to work hard. This hard work is necessary for achieving great blessings. For us to have great blessings, we must form many good karmic connections. Only by accumulating blessings and wisdom can we be at ease and come and go freely.
Then whether we are going among people or returning to our intrinsic nature, we can do so with great freedom and ease. We have to be able to go among people without being defiled by them. Thus, “with great blessings, we attain freedom and ease.” Yesterday, I shared with everyone that Living Bodhisattvas go among the people and into places with the greatest suffering. Yesterday, we talked about Mozambique. Initially, to carry out our work in this country, many causes and conditions had to come together. After causes and conditions converged, we were able to make a start. We planted seeds of goodness and opened up a road [for helping people].
We also felt very happy as we listened yesterday. Normally, in Mozambique, once it is dark, everyone goes to sleep. But they had taken the Dharma into their hearts, so they wanted to help others by unloading the rice. Normally, they may not eat rice even once a year. Yet, they moved over 2000 bags [of it], each weighing over ten kilograms. In less than two hours, they finished moving them. Everyone still had the energy to sing and dance until it was past midnight. They had this kind of spirit because after receiving [our] help once, they took our love into their hearts and discovered their own spiritual wealth.
This kind of spiritual wealth [comes from] the power of the Dharma.So, now it is they who are carrying rice to help others.
This time, they were helping 500 households.These are households of people with AIDS.Some people were not strong enough, so the volunteers immediately walked them to a cooler place where they could wait.Older people also received gentle assistance; volunteers steadied and guided them, and took care of them while they waited.
Those who came to receive aid were very orderly.Those who handed out the rice wished people well, those who received it expressed their gratitude.This is how, “with great compassion, we go among the people”.We saw this in the first district where they conducted this year’s winter relief distribution.
Then they crossed into another district; they have begun crossing into other districts, expanding out of their own district to continue their relief efforts.The district of Matendene was where they [helped the next distribution].This place is very poor and needed our winter relief distribution.
Denise Tsai led a group of volunteers into this community.Every day, she carried a computer and brought a chair with her and went among these people to spread the seeds of goodness in this community.At any time, she could connect to the internet and use the computer to show them how Tzu Chi has conducted distributions in countries around the world.
She could also show that, in Mozambique, Tzu Chi had held distributions both last year and this year.She showed these images to everyone and shared about the Tzu Chi spirit with everybody.At the same time, she reminded everyone there that they can be the rich among the poor and can help people who are even poorer than they are, and that the joy of helping others is greater than that of receiving material goods.
The volunteers working with Denise had received our help in the past and after having been helped, are now helping others.They are living example of the cycle of love.Now they are going among people to spread the seeds of goodness.
The next time Denise Tsai went to that community, she brought her daughter.As soon as she arrived there, she saw the children there tying sting to small sheets of plastic or plastic bags and flying them in the wind.Watching these children sitting on the ground while they flew these “kites,” she held her child’s hand and thought, “We are so fortunate!”
We often say that we “witness suffering to recognize our blessings”.Those of us how are blessed should not give up on the one great cause.Denise Tsai led her child and took her computer as she went into the poorest communities.For what?For the one great cause, her mission.That is why she is doing all this.
Many touching stories have come out of our relief work in Mozambique.For example, during the preparation stage, her husband received a call from his hometown.He learned that his mother was seriously ill.After receiving this news from 1500 away, he wondered if he should go back and see his mother, or if he should spend these couple of days taking care of all the details for the event.The new volunteers had to be trained and the new rules for the distribution must be clear so that everything would happen smoothly.He culture of holding a distribution takes time and attention to communicate; it requires a lot of training and so on.
But after hearing about his mother’s illness, what could he do?
Denise and her husband felt that if his mother’s situation became critical, they absolutely had to go back.They immediately stepped up the training and told them, “You have to pay close attention. I have to tend to something in my family, so I may not be here with you that day. But, I have confidence in all of you that you absolutely can carry out this mission. Everything will happen perfectly.”
Denise continued to encourage them in this way.The day before the distribution, her husband said to her, “Although my mother is seriously ill, for now, she remains in a stable condition.”With the Tzu Chi spirit in him, he said, “Let us set aside personal love for great love. At a moment like this, we should have a broad view of things. There are so many people in need, and for Mozambique, it is rare to have such a big shipment of goods that can be distributed to the poorest people. This is very important for Mozambique. In particular, this love comes to us from Taiwan. Also, the Bodhisattva [-volunteers] from South Africa have repeatedly come here to pave this road for us and to guide us. Now is the time to show our spirit of great love. This is the time to demonstrate it.”
So, he decided to set aside personal love ad live out great love. The relief distribution was very successful and the volunteers were very organized. Also, something very rare happened there. Because they often listened to the Dharma, they knew that in the seventh lunar month, our focus is on filial piety. In Mozambique, they do not have traditions relating to this month but because of the example we set in Taiwan by explaining that it is a most auspicious moth and one for being filial, they made a decision to lead the young people to pay their respects to their elders. So, at the location of the distribution, they advocated washing the feet of elders.
In that place, during the distribution, some volunteers led these young people to do this for their elders. They prepared the water, lined up the chairs and led the elders to sit down. Holding the containers of water, they knelt down and then began washing their feet. Some led their own parents to the chairs. After the parents’ feet were washed, the parents and children embraced. This was shocking; in Mozambique, this had never had [this ceremony] before.
When these people locked down and saw that bag of rice in their arms, they felt this was something they never had before. But then, they saw young people kneeling down to wash the feet of their parents and afterwards, [embraced them]; parents and children hugged each other. This was a kind of scene that they had never experienced before in their lives, had never heard about and had never seen. You can imagine this; in a place like Mozambique, they were able to carry out these distributions in a way that was so abundant with Dharma. Furthermore, these things were unprecedented. Think about it, without the Buddha’s mind, how could this be achieved? If people had not been in accord with the principles, how could they have accomplished this? How could they lead a big group of people to create such an orderly and beautiful state? This comes from a heart of great compassion; they are willing to go among people. There is nowhere they will not go; no one they will not transform. No wonder Denise carried a computer and a chair to go among these people on a daily basis. Every day, she spread the seeds of goodness. This power comes from great wisdom.
This kind of spirit is truly very admirable. Because she has understood the Right Dharma, she wanted to extend the Jing Si Dharma-lineage all the way to Mozambique. This was her vow; she will open up the Tzu Chi [path] of going among the people to help. This means that people there can do good deeds and create blessings.
Denise herself felt very at ease. The more poor people she saw, the more fortunate she felt she was. Here is not the only story to emerge from there. There are many more. So, as we learn the Buddha’s Way, this is what we must learn to do. The previous sutra passage states,
“The Two-Footed Honored One, shall be supreme and without peer. He will be none other than you, so you should rejoice ad feel fortunate.”
In this previous sutra passage, when the Buddha bestowed this prediction. He told Sariputra that in the incalculably [distant] future, after trillions of kalpas, he will attain Buddhahood. The most important thing is [what he does during] these countless kalpas. This period of time is very important, and it includes the time we are now living in. Sariputra has already repeatedly returned to the human realm to go among people to do good deeds, benefit others and form good connections. Perhaps among our Tzu Chi volunteers, Sariputra is also present. The Sariputra of Sakyamuni Buddha’s lifetime will spend this long period of time creating blessings and cultivating wisdom. Over this very long period of time, he will become the Two-Footed Honored One, and “shall be supreme and without peer”.
Among the Bodhisattvas, he will be the most exceptional and attain enlightenment as Flower Light Buddha. “Who is Flower Light Tathagata? It is you, Sariputra. Sariputra, you should be very happy and have even more confidence in yourself to go among people”. He also needed to make the Four Great Vows. As I have told everyone, the Four Great Vows are the original vows of all Buddhas. Every single Buddha must carry them out. “I vow to deliver countless sentient beings. I vow to eliminate endless afflictions. I vow to learn infinite Dharma-doors. I vow to attain unsurpassed Buddhahood”.
No matter how long it takes, they must carry out these vows, lifetime after lifetime. Day after day, they must go among the people. This is the one great cause of a Bodhisattva. Didn’t we see this in Mozambique? When the Buddha bestowed the prediction of Buddhahood on Sariputra,
“At that time, the fourfold assembly of bhiksus, bhiksunis, upasakas, upasikas [were there]”. These comprised the fourfold assembly. There were also the eight classes, “heavenly beings, dragons, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras, mahoragas and so on.”
So many people were in that place, witnessing this for Sariputra. Knowing that Sariputra was able to receive the prediction of Buddhahood, knowing that this was possible for Sariputra, made them all feel this would be possible for them. So, who should be next to receive this prediction?
The Buddha was nearing the end of His life. For the sake of the one great cause, He spend over 40 years using carious skillful means to guide people to and understanding of “awakening.”
Everyone has an awakened nature. Everyone needs to understand the law of karma. After everyone understood it, He took the next stop of the telling them, “You, you, you and you, every one of you can attain Buddhahood. For people to attain Buddhahood, He must first give them a prediction of attainment.
So-and-so will have to spend a very long period of time doing certain kinds of things, practicing good deeds, benefiting others and forming good karmic connections. Then in the future, he will attain Buddhahood. After he is replete with blessings and wisdom, and his causes and conditions have matured, he will be the leader of his reward-land.
Take Sakyamuni Buddha, for example His reward-land was the Saha World. This was because of His vow to be here at the most critical moment, prior to the most turbid eras in the human realm, to begin teaching and transforming sentient beings.
So, I often share the saying, “Buddhahood must be attained in this world.” Teaching the Dharma in this turbid world is what Sakyamuni Buddha vowed to do. This is a time when people’s minds need to be purified.
So, on our communities there is a need for Bodhisattvas who have [vowed] to help in this world. Sariputra will also return to this world. He will spend a very long time going among the people. At the same time, he must keep his mind pure. Only with bright and clear wisdom can he go among people and not be defiled by them. By coming back repeatedly he will form many good karmic connections.
In the future, replete with blessings and wisdom and having awakened himself and others, he will complete the path to Buddhahood.
Everyone, to learn the Buddha’s way, we should do the same. It is very difficult to compare ourselves to people who lived over 2000 years ago. We can compare ourselves to what is currently taught, how people currently live, what people currently suffer from and the aspirations people currently form.
Look, Mozanbique is a place of great hardship. In this poor country in Africa, there are actually Bodhisattvas like this there. Aren’t they truly Living Bodhisattvas? Aren’t they very precious? Aren’t they fulfilling Buddha’s one great cause in the human realm? With great compassion, they go among the people. This is not merely a description; this is real life.
The power of their wisdom is truly admirable, in summary, regardless of the country, Tzu Chi seeds can be found there. The Bodhisattva [-volunteers] in South Africa and in Zimbabwe are also very exceptional. Living Bodhisattvas are like seeds; one gives rise to infinity and infinity arises from one.
So, every Bodhisattvas, we must all aspire to be Bodhisattvas. We must have absolute confidence. It is not impossible as long as we are always mindful.
(Source: Da Ai TV – Wisdom at Dawn program – Explanation by Master Chen-Yen)
（法華經•譬喻品第三）
⊙「解佛心契諦理，大悲心入人群，大智力解正法，大福德得自在。」
⊙「其兩足聖尊，最勝無倫匹。彼即是汝身，宜應自欣慶。」《法華經 譬喻品第三》
⊙「爾時四部眾，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷、天、龍、夜叉、乾闥婆、阿修羅、迦樓羅、緊那羅、摩睺羅伽等大眾。」《法華經譬喻品第三》
【證嚴上人開示】
「解佛心契諦理，大悲心入人群，大智力解正法，大福德得自在。」
解佛心契諦理
大悲心入人群
大智力解正法
大福德得自在
大家學佛，我們必定要正知、正見，我們才有辦法，將我們的心契入佛的心。
佛陀過去修行是無央數劫，經過了幾十萬億佛，生生世世不斷累積，在人間行善、造福、結福緣，不斷不斷累積。為了什麼呢？為了要度眾生。這種結眾生緣、度眾生，這就是佛的心。
佛心為一大事來人間，這個佛心就是大智慧，他必定要非常完備，宇宙天地萬物的真理，都非常圓滿具足諦理，累生累世，福慧不斷地這樣受持，終於到「最後身」，也就是最後現相成佛。所以說，一尊佛來人間，是不簡單，所以說，遇佛難。
所以要，「解佛心契諦理」，真諦的道理。我們要去與佛心智，能夠契合起來，不只是解佛心，還要契合佛所覺悟的真理。所以我們必定要學佛，學佛「大悲心入人群」。
我們若是有智慧的人，將心念顧得好，用大悲心入人群中去。為人群的苦難，有形的苦、無形的苦，無形的苦是內心的煩惱，有形的苦是物質的缺乏，所以人間，有形、無形，都是苦不堪！而我們願意付出，我們必定要先具足大智力，解正法之後入人群，才不會再糊塗、受污染。這就是我們要用功。
這個用功，不離開大福德，我們要有大福德，與眾生結大福緣，累積了福、慧、德，我們才能夠自在，來去自如。不論是入人群，或者回歸自己自性，都是這麼自在。眾生需要，入人群，不受人群所污染到，這就是「大福德得自在」。
昨天和大家分享，人間菩薩在人群中，入最苦難處去。昨天說過了，我們莫三比克那個地方，要入這個國土去，當然要具足很多的因緣。因緣會合，有了第一次的開頭，將這個播善種子，善的種子已經播下去了，也已經在那個地方開了一條路。
我們昨天也聽得很歡喜，本來那個地方就是，天一黑，大家就要睡了。卻是有了法入心，知道要幫助人，扛著米，平時一整年都不曾吃到白米，卻是一包、一包，每包十公斤，這樣二千多包，在一個多鐘頭的時間搬好，大家還有力氣在那裡唱歌、在那裡跳舞。到了十二點多，像這種精神，過去受人幫助一次，將這個愛已經入心了，打開了心靈的財富。這種心靈的財富，這就是法的力量，現在換他們扛米要去幫助人。
這次所要幫助的是五百個家庭。這五百個家庭，就是愛滋病的家庭，看到體力不夠的，志工就趕緊扶他，較涼的地方等候；較年長的人，也是得到人非常溫柔，這樣扶他、牽他、照顧，好好在那裡等候。要來領的人，次序很好。付出的人祝福，領的人感恩，這種「大悲心入人群」，我們看到了，這是第一個區，今年冬令救濟。
又再第二區，開始這就是越區，跨過了其他的區域，又要再去做救濟。馬騰得尼社區，那個地方很貧困，需要冬令救濟。蔡岱霖，她就帶著一群志工，入這個社區去，每一天就是背著那部電腦，拿著一張椅子，就是入那個人群，社區人群中，去播善種子。
那部電腦就是隨時，就可以將網路打開，電腦浮現，慈濟在每一個國家，如何在發放。也曾經過在莫三比克，去年的發放、今年的發放，曾經有過，那種的景況給大家看，將慈濟的精神，一一都向大家分享。同時，在那個地方，再向大家呼籲：「貧，貧中之富，也可以再去幫助更貧的人。那個幫助人的心，是比得到物資更加歡喜。」和她一起走的志工，也是曾被我們這樣幫助，幫助之後，換他在幫助人。那種的現身說法，愛的循環，這種入人群中去，去播善種子。
蔡岱霖，她又再一次入那個社區時，帶她的女兒，一進去到那個社區裡面，看到那些孩子，用塑膠紙，塑膠袋用繩子綁著，隨著風，就讓它飛上去了，那些孩子坐在地上，在拉那個風箏。她牽著她的孩子，自己覺得：我們是何其有幸！
所以常常說「見苦知福」。有福的人，我們不要放棄那一大事因緣。蔡岱霖牽著孩子，拿著電腦，進入那個最貧困的地方去，是為什麼？為一大事，一大使命，所以她這樣做。當然，在那個地方在救濟，前面很多很多感動人的故事。
像在籌備的過程中，她的先生，接到他的故鄉的電話，母親在鄉村病危了。接到這個訊息，距離一千五百公里，到底是要趕回去看母親呢？或是這幾天內，一定要將這些事情辦得很清楚？新的志工要帶，發放的規定、發放的規則，一定要做得很順利，發放的人文，這必定要用心、用時間，要訓練人等等。
但是接到這個訊息，要怎麼辦呢？夫妻兩個人就想：萬一母親若是緊急時，非回去不可。就趕緊加緊訓練，向大家說：「你們要認真，因為我有這樣、這樣的事情，說不定沒辦法陪伴你們。不過，我對你們人人有信心，你們絕對、絕對，能承擔這個使命，一定會很圓滿完成。」這樣不斷鼓勵他們。
一直到前一天，將要發放了，她的先生向岱霖說，母親雖然是(病)危了，不過現在還是在，保持這樣的情形。他把慈濟的精神拿出來，他說：「捨小愛，為大愛。這個時候要選擇，應該要選擇這個大局，這麼多人需要，而且莫三比克，難得有這麼大批的物資，要給最貧困的人，這是在這個莫三比克的一大事。尤其是，來自臺灣的愛心，尤其是，來自南非，這些菩薩種子，過去一次一次來鋪路，一回一回來接引。現在是這個精神，大愛的精神，就是要拿出來的時候。」所以他決定，放棄小愛，來成就大愛。
所以，這次他的救濟工作，非常的順利。隊伍的整齊，再一項更難得，因為志工每個人常常聽，聽法，尤其是七月吉祥月、七月是孝親月。他們在那個莫三比克，沒有什麼七月什麼，不過，我們用我們臺灣的例，說這個時候就是，最吉祥的月，也是孝親，所以大家就是一個決定，要來帶領那些年輕人，懂得尊重長輩。
所以在發放那個當場，開抬提倡為長輩洗腳。在當場，發放當中，有的志工帶著這些年輕人，為那些老人，這樣用水，椅子排好，將老人牽來椅子坐著，水拿著，這樣蹲下來，蹲下來他的身邊，為他洗腳。有的是牽著父母來，父母洗腳之後，看到那種親子擁抱，這很震撼！他們的莫三比克，這是從來都不曾有，他們那些人要看到手裡能拿著這包白米，就從來不曾有過的感覺，又看到年輕人這樣這樣蹲下來，半跪著這樣為父母洗腳，之後對著父母這樣，母子，或者是親子，這樣互相擁抱起來，這種的場面，他們從來，一輩子不曾感受過，一輩子不曾聽過、一輩子不曾看過。
我們可以想像，在那個莫三比克，在那種的國家，有辦法做到，這樣的法，這麼的豐富，而且從來不曾有。你們想，這若不是佛心，誰做得到呢？這若沒有契入這個道理，誰能做得出來呢？哪有辦法帶出這一大群人，這麼整齊，那種美的環境呢？這就是大悲心，願意走入人群，「無處不在，無人不度」，所以難怪，她每天揹著一部電腦，拿著一張椅子入人群中，每天、每天都是去播善種子。
這種大智力，這種的智力，實在是讓人很佩服。因為她瞭解了正法，所以將靜思法脈，她要延續到莫三比克，這是她的願。展開了慈濟宗門入人群中去，這不就是在那個地方，行善、造福，她自己很自在。愈看到貧困的人，她愈是感到她是很幸福的人。這其中不是單獨她這個故事，是很多。所以我們學佛，就是要學在這裡。
你看，前面那段經文說，「其兩足聖尊，最勝無倫匹。彼即是汝身，宜應自欣慶。」
其兩足聖尊
最勝無倫匹
彼即是汝身
宜應自欣慶
《法華經 譬喻品第三》
前面這段(經)文，當佛陀授記時，向舍利弗說：未來無量無邊，這幾十億萬劫的時間，未來你會成佛。最重要的，在無量無邊，無量億劫，
這個時間，這個時間很重要，包括我們現在這個時間，他就是已經，舍利弗在這個人間來來回回，入人群行善、造福、結福緣。我們說不定，在我們的慈濟人的人群中，同樣有舍利弗存在。
釋迦佛的時代的舍利弗，他用這麼長的時間，他造福、修慧，福慧雙具，在那麼長的時間，成就了兩足聖尊。「最勝無倫匹」，這是在菩薩群中，最超群的一位，成佛的，華光如來。
那位華光如來是什麼人呢？是你──舍利弗。舍利弗啊！應該要歡喜，自己要更加有信心，要入人群中。
這個願──四弘誓願，一直告訴大家，四弘誓願，是所有佛的本願，任何一尊佛，必定要經過了四弘誓願，「眾生無邊誓願度，煩惱無盡誓願斷，法門無量誓願學，佛道無上誓願成」。時間不論多長久，這個願就是生生世世，日日月月，都是一定要入人群中去，這就是菩薩的一大事。像莫三比克，不就是這樣嗎？
所以在那當中，佛陀要向舍利弗要授記的時候，「爾時，四部眾，比丘、比丘尼、優婆塞、優婆夷」，這是四眾。還有八部，那就是「天、龍、夜叉、乾闥婆、阿修羅、迦樓羅、緊那羅、摩睺羅伽等大眾」。
爾時四部眾
比丘、比丘尼、
優婆塞、優婆夷
天、龍、夜叉、
乾闥婆、阿修羅、
迦樓羅、緊那羅、
摩睺羅伽等大眾《法華經譬喻品第三》
這麼多人，都在那個地方，為舍利弗作見證。知道舍利弗，既然能夠受佛，佛陀為他授記，舍利弗可能，我們大家未來也是可能。再接下來，到底是哪一位能夠受記？
這是佛陀，在這個人生的最後，為了一大事因緣，四十多年間，開方便門，用種種的方便法，將人人引導進來，瞭解這個「覺」。人人都有覺性，人人應該要知道因緣果報。大家都瞭解之後，開始進一步要告訴大家：你、你、你、你，大家都能夠成佛。
能夠成佛，第一個要為他授記──某某人，他經過多久多久的時間以後，他要做什麼樣的事情，修什麼善、造什麼福，如何結福緣，將來他成佛了，這個兩足，福與慧，都很具足之後，因緣成熟，成佛，，他的報土，他所領導的地方，就像我們的釋迦佛，他的報土就是在娑婆世界，這是釋迦佛的願，要在最最需要，人間最惡濁的時代以前，開始就要來教化眾生。
所以常常一句話說「成佛在人間」，就是說法在濁世中，這是釋迦牟尼佛的願。這個時候，正是需要淨化人心，所以在這個人群中，更需要更多菩薩，都是要在這個人間經過。
舍利弗他同樣，還要再來人間，不斷很長久的時間，走入人群來，同樣要將這念心顧得很清淨，智慧很明朗，才有辦法入人群，不受眾生污染，來來回回能夠結成了，這麼多的好緣。將來福慧兩足，自覺、覺他、(覺行圓滿)，成佛的道理，才可以全部完成。
各位，學佛，我們就要像這樣，我們要比二千多年前很難比；我們比現在，現在的道理、現在的人生，現在的人的苦難、現在的人的發心。看看，莫三比克，就是最困難的地方，非洲貧窮的國家，竟然有這樣的菩薩，這是不是人間的菩薩？這是不是很難得？這是不是，佛的一大事因緣在人間呢？這種的大悲心入人群中，這不是形容的，是正確的人生，這種的智力實在是讓人很佩服。
總而言之，任何一個國家，慈濟的種子在那個地方，南非的一群菩薩也是一樣，辛巴威也是一樣，都有很特殊，這樣的人間菩薩，這粒種子一生無量，無量從一生。所以，各位菩薩，大家要發心做菩薩，絕對有信心，不是做不到，只要我們人人多用心。
Explanations by Master Cheng-Yan
Subject: Understand the Mind and Principles of the Buddha (解佛契理悲心入眾)
Date: February.27. 2015
“By understanding the Buddha’s mind, we can be in accord with true principles. With great compassion, we go among the people. With the power of great wisdom, we understand Right Dharma. With great blessings, we attain freedom and ease.”
I want to emphasize again to everyone that as we learn the Buddha’s Way we need Right Understanding and Right Views. Only then can our minds be in accord with the Buddha’s mind. In the Buddha’s past spiritual practice, He spent countless kalpas in the presence of trillions of Buddhas. Over countless lifetimes, He never stopped doing good deeds, benefiting others and forming good karmic connections. He continuously accumulated these things. Why? For the sake of delivering sentient beings. Forming karmic connections with sentient beings to transform them, this is the Buddha’s mind.
He comes to this world for one great cause and with a mind of great wisdom. His mind must fully and perfectly encompass the true principles of all things in the universe. Lifetime after lifetime, He unceasingly cultivated blessings and wisdom until reached His “final body,” which is when He finally manifested the appearance of a Buddha.
So, for a Buddha to manifests in this world is not easy. Thus we say it is rare to encounter a Buddha. “By understanding the Buddha’s mind, we can be in accord with true principles,” which are the principles of Absolute Truth. We have to be able to come together with the Buddha’s mind and wisdom. Not only must we understand the Buddha’s mind, we must also be in accord with the truth that He has realized. This is why we must learn the Buddha’s Way and His “great compassion, [going] among the people.”
If we have wisdom, we will take good care of our minds as, with great compassion, we go among people to help those who are suffering, both from tangible suffering and intangible suffering. Intangible suffering refers to afflictions. Tangible suffering is the lack of material resources. Both tangible and intangible suffering are unbearable. We may be willing to help them, but we must first have the power of great wisdom and understand the Right Dharma before interacting with them so that we will not become confused or contaminated. This is why we have to work hard. This hard work is necessary for achieving great blessings. For us to have great blessings, we must form many good karmic connections. Only by accumulating blessings and wisdom can we be at ease and come and go freely.
Then whether we are going among people or returning to our intrinsic nature, we can do so with great freedom and ease. We have to be able to go among people without being defiled by them. Thus, “with great blessings, we attain freedom and ease.” Yesterday, I shared with everyone that Living Bodhisattvas go among the people and into places with the greatest suffering. Yesterday, we talked about Mozambique. Initially, to carry out our work in this country, many causes and conditions had to come together. After causes and conditions converged, we were able to make a start. We planted seeds of goodness and opened up a road [for helping people].
We also felt very happy as we listened yesterday. Normally, in Mozambique, once it is dark, everyone goes to sleep. But they had taken the Dharma into their hearts, so they wanted to help others by unloading the rice. Normally, they may not eat rice even once a year. Yet, they moved over 2000 bags [of it], each weighing over ten kilograms. In less than two hours, they finished moving them. Everyone still had the energy to sing and dance until it was past midnight. They had this kind of spirit because after receiving [our] help once, they took our love into their hearts and discovered their own spiritual wealth.
This kind of spiritual wealth [comes from] the power of the Dharma.So, now it is they who are carrying rice to help others.
This time, they were helping 500 households.These are households of people with AIDS.Some people were not strong enough, so the volunteers immediately walked them to a cooler place where they could wait.Older people also received gentle assistance; volunteers steadied and guided them, and took care of them while they waited.
Those who came to receive aid were very orderly.Those who handed out the rice wished people well, those who received it expressed their gratitude.This is how, “with great compassion, we go among the people”.We saw this in the first district where they conducted this year’s winter relief distribution.
Then they crossed into another district; they have begun crossing into other districts, expanding out of their own district to continue their relief efforts.The district of Matendene was where they [helped the next distribution].This place is very poor and needed our winter relief distribution.
Denise Tsai led a group of volunteers into this community.Every day, she carried a computer and brought a chair with her and went among these people to spread the seeds of goodness in this community.At any time, she could connect to the internet and use the computer to show them how Tzu Chi has conducted distributions in countries around the world.
She could also show that, in Mozambique, Tzu Chi had held distributions both last year and this year.She showed these images to everyone and shared about the Tzu Chi spirit with everybody.At the same time, she reminded everyone there that they can be the rich among the poor and can help people who are even poorer than they are, and that the joy of helping others is greater than that of receiving material goods.
The volunteers working with Denise had received our help in the past and after having been helped, are now helping others.They are living example of the cycle of love.Now they are going among people to spread the seeds of goodness.
The next time Denise Tsai went to that community, she brought her daughter.As soon as she arrived there, she saw the children there tying sting to small sheets of plastic or plastic bags and flying them in the wind.Watching these children sitting on the ground while they flew these “kites,” she held her child’s hand and thought, “We are so fortunate!”
We often say that we “witness suffering to recognize our blessings”.Those of us how are blessed should not give up on the one great cause.Denise Tsai led her child and took her computer as she went into the poorest communities.For what?For the one great cause, her mission.That is why she is doing all this.
Many touching stories have come out of our relief work in Mozambique.For example, during the preparation stage, her husband received a call from his hometown.He learned that his mother was seriously ill.After receiving this news from 1500 away, he wondered if he should go back and see his mother, or if he should spend these couple of days taking care of all the details for the event.The new volunteers had to be trained and the new rules for the distribution must be clear so that everything would happen smoothly.He culture of holding a distribution takes time and attention to communicate; it requires a lot of training and so on.
But after hearing about his mother’s illness, what could he do?
Denise and her husband felt that if his mother’s situation became critical, they absolutely had to go back.They immediately stepped up the training and told them, “You have to pay close attention. I have to tend to something in my family, so I may not be here with you that day. But, I have confidence in all of you that you absolutely can carry out this mission. Everything will happen perfectly.”
Denise continued to encourage them in this way.The day before the distribution, her husband said to her, “Although my mother is seriously ill, for now, she remains in a stable condition.”With the Tzu Chi spirit in him, he said, “Let us set aside personal love for great love. At a moment like this, we should have a broad view of things. There are so many people in need, and for Mozambique, it is rare to have such a big shipment of goods that can be distributed to the poorest people. This is very important for Mozambique. In particular, this love comes to us from Taiwan. Also, the Bodhisattva [-volunteers] from South Africa have repeatedly come here to pave this road for us and to guide us. Now is the time to show our spirit of great love. This is the time to demonstrate it.”
So, he decided to set aside personal love ad live out great love. The relief distribution was very successful and the volunteers were very organized. Also, something very rare happened there. Because they often listened to the Dharma, they knew that in the seventh lunar month, our focus is on filial piety. In Mozambique, they do not have traditions relating to this month but because of the example we set in Taiwan by explaining that it is a most auspicious moth and one for being filial, they made a decision to lead the young people to pay their respects to their elders. So, at the location of the distribution, they advocated washing the feet of elders.
In that place, during the distribution, some volunteers led these young people to do this for their elders. They prepared the water, lined up the chairs and led the elders to sit down. Holding the containers of water, they knelt down and then began washing their feet. Some led their own parents to the chairs. After the parents’ feet were washed, the parents and children embraced. This was shocking; in Mozambique, this had never had [this ceremony] before.
When these people locked down and saw that bag of rice in their arms, they felt this was something they never had before. But then, they saw young people kneeling down to wash the feet of their parents and afterwards, [embraced them]; parents and children hugged each other. This was a kind of scene that they had never experienced before in their lives, had never heard about and had never seen. You can imagine this; in a place like Mozambique, they were able to carry out these distributions in a way that was so abundant with Dharma. Furthermore, these things were unprecedented. Think about it, without the Buddha’s mind, how could this be achieved? If people had not been in accord with the principles, how could they have accomplished this? How could they lead a big group of people to create such an orderly and beautiful state? This comes from a heart of great compassion; they are willing to go among people. There is nowhere they will not go; no one they will not transform. No wonder Denise carried a computer and a chair to go among these people on a daily basis. Every day, she spread the seeds of goodness. This power comes from great wisdom.
This kind of spirit is truly very admirable. Because she has understood the Right Dharma, she wanted to extend the Jing Si Dharma-lineage all the way to Mozambique. This was her vow; she will open up the Tzu Chi [path] of going among the people to help. This means that people there can do good deeds and create blessings.
Denise herself felt very at ease. The more poor people she saw, the more fortunate she felt she was. Here is not the only story to emerge from there. There are many more. So, as we learn the Buddha’s Way, this is what we must learn to do. The previous sutra passage states,
“The Two-Footed Honored One, shall be supreme and without peer. He will be none other than you, so you should rejoice ad feel fortunate.”
In this previous sutra passage, when the Buddha bestowed this prediction. He told Sariputra that in the incalculably [distant] future, after trillions of kalpas, he will attain Buddhahood. The most important thing is [what he does during] these countless kalpas. This period of time is very important, and it includes the time we are now living in. Sariputra has already repeatedly returned to the human realm to go among people to do good deeds, benefit others and form good connections. Perhaps among our Tzu Chi volunteers, Sariputra is also present. The Sariputra of Sakyamuni Buddha’s lifetime will spend this long period of time creating blessings and cultivating wisdom. Over this very long period of time, he will become the Two-Footed Honored One, and “shall be supreme and without peer”.
Among the Bodhisattvas, he will be the most exceptional and attain enlightenment as Flower Light Buddha. “Who is Flower Light Tathagata? It is you, Sariputra. Sariputra, you should be very happy and have even more confidence in yourself to go among people”. He also needed to make the Four Great Vows. As I have told everyone, the Four Great Vows are the original vows of all Buddhas. Every single Buddha must carry them out. “I vow to deliver countless sentient beings. I vow to eliminate endless afflictions. I vow to learn infinite Dharma-doors. I vow to attain unsurpassed Buddhahood”.
No matter how long it takes, they must carry out these vows, lifetime after lifetime. Day after day, they must go among the people. This is the one great cause of a Bodhisattva. Didn’t we see this in Mozambique? When the Buddha bestowed the prediction of Buddhahood on Sariputra,
“At that time, the fourfold assembly of bhiksus, bhiksunis, upasakas, upasikas [were there]”. These comprised the fourfold assembly. There were also the eight classes, “heavenly beings, dragons, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kinnaras, mahoragas and so on.”
So many people were in that place, witnessing this for Sariputra. Knowing that Sariputra was able to receive the prediction of Buddhahood, knowing that this was possible for Sariputra, made them all feel this would be possible for them. So, who should be next to receive this prediction?
The Buddha was nearing the end of His life. For the sake of the one great cause, He spend over 40 years using carious skillful means to guide people to and understanding of “awakening.”
Everyone has an awakened nature. Everyone needs to understand the law of karma. After everyone understood it, He took the next stop of the telling them, “You, you, you and you, every one of you can attain Buddhahood. For people to attain Buddhahood, He must first give them a prediction of attainment.
So-and-so will have to spend a very long period of time doing certain kinds of things, practicing good deeds, benefiting others and forming good karmic connections. Then in the future, he will attain Buddhahood. After he is replete with blessings and wisdom, and his causes and conditions have matured, he will be the leader of his reward-land.
Take Sakyamuni Buddha, for example His reward-land was the Saha World. This was because of His vow to be here at the most critical moment, prior to the most turbid eras in the human realm, to begin teaching and transforming sentient beings.
So, I often share the saying, “Buddhahood must be attained in this world.” Teaching the Dharma in this turbid world is what Sakyamuni Buddha vowed to do. This is a time when people’s minds need to be purified.
So, on our communities there is a need for Bodhisattvas who have [vowed] to help in this world. Sariputra will also return to this world. He will spend a very long time going among the people. At the same time, he must keep his mind pure. Only with bright and clear wisdom can he go among people and not be defiled by them. By coming back repeatedly he will form many good karmic connections.
In the future, replete with blessings and wisdom and having awakened himself and others, he will complete the path to Buddhahood.
Everyone, to learn the Buddha’s way, we should do the same. It is very difficult to compare ourselves to people who lived over 2000 years ago. We can compare ourselves to what is currently taught, how people currently live, what people currently suffer from and the aspirations people currently form.
Look, Mozanbique is a place of great hardship. In this poor country in Africa, there are actually Bodhisattvas like this there. Aren’t they truly Living Bodhisattvas? Aren’t they very precious? Aren’t they fulfilling Buddha’s one great cause in the human realm? With great compassion, they go among the people. This is not merely a description; this is real life.
The power of their wisdom is truly admirable, in summary, regardless of the country, Tzu Chi seeds can be found there. The Bodhisattva [-volunteers] in South Africa and in Zimbabwe are also very exceptional. Living Bodhisattvas are like seeds; one gives rise to infinity and infinity arises from one.
So, every Bodhisattvas, we must all aspire to be Bodhisattvas. We must have absolute confidence. It is not impossible as long as we are always mindful.
(Source: Da Ai TV – Wisdom at Dawn program – Explanation by Master Chen-Yen)
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