20150617《靜思妙蓮華》貪迷癡闇耽著為樂(第589集)
（法華經•譬喻品第三）
⊙「芸芸眾生界苦如海，因貪迷起惑造業受，緣癡闇不覺無知苦，愚昧意耽著以為樂。」
⊙「後受地獄、畜生、餓鬼之苦，若生天上，及在人間，貧窮困苦、愛別離苦、怨憎會苦。如是等種種諸苦，眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲，不覺、不知、不驚、不怖。」《法華經譬喻品第三》
⊙如是等種種諸苦：地獄三途，本有極苦之報，應心生恐畏，然因不信因果，故不驚怖。
⊙天上福享樂壽盡還墮：人間福盡受報，貧窮困苦等，本是苦聚，應省思懺悔業累，而生遠離，卻因迷猶戀著。
⊙眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲：眾生貪癡，以苦為樂，沉沒其中，故曰歡喜遊戲。
⊙無明、不覺，起諸邪行，此三於諸諦理，愚惑癡迷，又稱毒。
⊙以能壞出世善心故，因不覺而不知不驚不怖。
⊙三苦：苦苦、壞苦、行苦。
⊙苦苦：為人及三惡道所受顯著之苦。
⊙壞苦：亦曰樂苦，如諸天所受天福之樂，報盡業壞，終歸於苦。
⊙行苦：行苦者，即有漏之法，四相遷流，常不安隱故也，行苦。
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「芸芸眾生界苦如海，因貪迷起惑造業受，緣癡闇不覺無知苦，愚昧意耽著以為樂。」
芸芸眾生界苦如海
因貪迷起惑造業受
緣癡闇不覺無知苦
愚昧意耽著以為樂
人生啊！芸芸眾生，真的是苦海無邊。人人本具清淨的本性，就是佛性，卻是眾生受到無明將它掩蔽了，無明就如苦海一樣，就是沉溺在其中，永遠無法到彼岸，永遠無法找到慈航，所以永遠都是在那個無明海中沉浮。
真的是堪嘆人生，太過於愚昧了，只因為貪迷，所以起惑，起惑造業。這就是緣，緣於那個癡闇，無知、不覺，不覺、無知，所以造了很多的苦。這就是我們人與人之間，因為我們自己，本身有一個「貪」，緣著外面的境界，使起了我們那個癡，癡念就不斷產生；有了癡，那就是昏天暗地，在我們的內心裡，一直很自然起了這分無明。
所以，不覺，不覺就無知了。不知道我們外面的因緣，在誘惑我們，我們不斷受因緣影響，不斷在因緣中，再複製苦因，當然所得到的就是惡果。但是我們還是知道或不知道？還是不知道，所以這全都無知。
無知，就是愚昧。那個愚昧的意念，總是耽著、耽戀，耽著，所以以為這些人生的一切因、緣，這全都是樂。所以，世間，從自己本身，而一個家庭，而一個社會，而放眼天下人類，看，這些貪、癡、愚昧，這比比皆是，這就是三界無安，猶如火宅，四面火起！
天地之間，眾生共業。就是這樣，從個人，從自己的內心心宅開始，內心的欲，起一念欲，那就是無明，外面的境界不斷來誘引我們，我們就是無法禁欲，所以煩惱不斷產生。這種心宅裡面的無明，讓我們的內心不得安寧，自然我們就會向外造業。已經你也造業、他也造業、我也造業，眾生合會來造業，你們想，這不就是使天下之間，就是不得安寧？所以眾生就變成了共業，這累積已久了。無數劫、無數劫以前，一直一直累積到現在，所以，水、地震、火、風，每一波，發生在地球上這麼的大，無不都是波及人類，不是少數，都是大多數，所以叫做眾生共業。
這眾生所共的業，那就是因為人人，都是從內心這個火宅，從內心的火宅，這樣不斷、不斷焚燒。昨天我們說過了，這種火宅，不斷在燒、在煮，這就是我們人的心態所造，造成了變成是一個大環境，從小乾坤之中，先有了這種四大不調──心靈的四大、心靈的火宅，彼此之間互相結合起來之後，那就是影響全部這個大乾坤。
所以，我們昨天的經文這樣說，地獄、畜生、餓鬼的苦。這眾生已經從大乾坤，不斷造業，造到自己也已經在這個世間，所受的苦如地獄。尤其是我們人人，貪之無厭，貪無厭，所以因為這樣，如餓鬼一樣，怎麼貪都不夠。「九」，還一直一直加下去，加到最後，後來那就要逃債了。人生無常！最後一天，離開了，家業很多，卻是來生就要去還債，因為破壞大乾坤，也損害小乾坤等等。
所以，這種貪之無厭，你想，這永遠都是在這貧窮困苦中。未來，人與人之間，愛別離苦、怨憎會苦等等，這真的是苦不堪，苦，就是自做。
後受地獄、
畜生、餓鬼之苦
若生天上
及在人間
貧窮困苦
愛別離苦
怨憎會苦
《法華經譬喻品第三》
再接下來這段經文，「如是等種種諸苦，眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲，不覺、不知、不驚、不怖。」
如是等種種諸苦
眾生沒在其中
歡喜遊戲
不覺 不知
不驚 不怖
《法華經譬喻品第三》
實在是人生就是這樣，多麼大的愚癡啊！我們若人人只是聽，聽，就是聽，這好像與我無關，大家要用心啊！這字字句句，和我們都是很有關係。所以，若沒有警覺，什麼事情都與我們無關，我們若有警覺性，細細思量，這種人間種種的苦，怎麼能說與我們無關呢？
地獄、三途，除了天，天福壽盡一定要墮落人間，人間製造了很多業，未來再往下墮，往下墮，那就是地獄了。這三途，地獄、餓鬼、畜生，這本來真是很苦的，這種的苦報，苦不堪！我們應該，若有警覺的人，我們應該要從內心生起恐畏，我們要懂得怕，我們應該要能生出那種，恐怖之心。
如是等種種諸苦：
地獄三途
本有極苦之報
應心生恐畏
然因不信因果
故不驚怖
佛法在人間，佛法所說的道理，那就是因緣果報，為什麼我們不相信呢？我們若懂得相信因緣果報，自然對這五趣雜居地，生在這之中，我們就要會時時謹慎、修行，提高警覺，不要讓自己又在人群中，再受盡了很多誘惑，或是自己製造了因緣果報，這我們應該要懂得自我警惕。
不過，我們就是信根不深，我們就是不懂得，要信很深廣的因果觀念，所以因為這樣，不驚怖。大家以為現在：我就是物質享受很好，我為什麼還要去信仰佛教呢？我為什麼還要去聽法呢？我為什麼要放棄這些享受呢？「今朝有酒，今朝醉」，今天能夠快樂、滿我的意，不是很好嗎？他不知道雖然有福生在天上，享樂壽盡，同樣要再墮，墮落，或是人間，又在人間愚迷、造作等等。
天上福
享樂壽盡還墮
人間福盡受報
貧窮困苦等
本是苦聚
應省思懺悔業累
而生遠離
卻因迷猶戀著
人間，受很多的報，有的貧窮困苦之報，或者是很多家庭不調和，很多愛別離，很多怨憎會，很多，就是很多，這種等等的苦。本來我們應該就要及時反省，要思考我們為什麼會這樣？這種自己若能瞭解，我們就要懺悔，懺悔在那個業，我們不斷日常生活中，起惑造業，不論是心起的煩惱，或者是身所造作的一切等等，我們應該要好好省思。
反省自己，我們為什麼要來修行？我們一定修行是有一條道路，這條道路，我們有走好嗎？我們的心與身，有修好嗎？我們若是起心動念，不對了，懺悔了；我們若是舉手動足，不對了，也要懺悔。因為舉手動足、開口動舌、起心動念等等，無不都是業不斷在累積、累積，累積了很多的業力。
所以，我們若懂得懺悔，自然就能生起遠離，自然就不會再去造業，就不會再累積，沒有累積這個業，我們的心愈來愈清，無明愈來愈開了，自然能夠瞭解，應該要生起遠離，遠離無明、煩惱、起惑造業，這樣我們才不會又再沉迷下去。
我們不但沒有警惕的心，不但沒有懺悔，不但沒有想要遠離，反而卻因迷、還在耽戀。芸芸眾生，還是同樣沉淪在這苦海中，雖然聽聞佛法，卻是不能信受奉行。所以眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲，這是眾生的貪癡，這個貪，所以有癡迷。
眾生沒在其中
歡喜遊戲：
眾生貪癡
以苦為樂
沉沒其中
故曰歡喜遊戲
所以以苦為樂，沉沒其中，其實是苦，他把它當作是樂。這種人間實在是很矛盾。所以他不覺、不知、不驚、不怖，這就是無明。因為無明，讓我們不覺，所以起諸邪行。
無明、不覺
起諸邪行
此三於諸諦理
愚惑癡迷
又稱毒
不應該做的，你去做，這條這麼安穩的道路，偏偏不走。就是方向差之毫釐，那就是失於千里，這種邪知、邪見、邪行，差一點點，其實那就已經差很遠了，這就是我們人生。
「三途」就是在這諦理，這個「諦」，我們因為不覺，起諸邪行，才走入三途。就是在很多的道理中，我們還在愚惑、癡迷，這叫做毒。
真的是毒，貪、瞋、癡，道理明明都知道，但是他就不肯去用這些道理，一念偏，心念一偏，明知道理，心念一偏，這樣又是愚惑、癡迷，這種明知故犯，這真的是毒。這害人不淺。因為會害出世善心，因為這三毒，貪、瞋、癡等等，這三毒會障礙我們，隌礙我們向善道走。
就如菲律賓(海燕颱風) ，現在這麼大的災難，勸大家來付出，來救那些人。有力、有錢的人很多，不一定付出。反觀在非洲，不論是南非、莫三比克、辛巴威、賴索托等等，他們也是為了要救濟菲律賓，他們也願意，一個一個銅板這樣投，同樣街頭巷尾勸募。
都是那麼窮的人，他們也是盡他們一分心，滴水入大海，能夠功德海一樣。沒有錢的人做得到，有錢的人捨不出，這種貪之無厭，這叫做「癡」，這就是壞出世善心。你明明能夠做，但是因為三毒在心裡，解不開，所以無法解毒，這個心念就是壞掉了，善念壞掉了，所以他無法付出。
世間的善事都做不出來，哪有辦法出世間呢？世間三界火宅，這必定要身心清淨，於身體不做惡業，於內心要沒有雜念；並起憐憫心不斷付出，無所求，這叫做清淨心，這才能夠出世。為人群付出而沒有所求，這就是我們要修行，我們一直在鍛練這念心。所以眾生若有愚癡、有偏差，那就是壞了這出世善心。所以「因不覺，而不知、不驚、不怖」。
以能壞
出世善心故
因不覺
而不知不驚不怖
所以人生的苦，有很多種苦：苦苦、壞苦、行苦。
三苦：
苦苦
壞苦
行苦
第一種「苦苦」，就是「為人及三惡道所受顯著之苦」。
苦苦：
為人及三惡道
所受顯著之苦
我們看得到人生有多少苦，地獄我們看不到，但是我們看人生的苦如處地獄，地獄比這樣的苦還更苦。
再第二有「壞苦」，也就是在很快樂，但是明知道樂極生悲，很多都是在快樂中造業。
壞苦：
亦曰樂苦
如諸天所受
天福之樂
報盡業壞
終歸於苦
就如天所受的天福之樂，這都是在消福。雖然有造了福，生在天上，但是天上無善法可修，所以他只有在那個地方，一直享受，到最後，那就是天福盡、壽命盡，就要再墮落，這叫做「壞苦」。報盡樂消，自然就是壞，壞苦，就要再歸回人間，三途，一層一層，一直墮落下去。
第三種叫做「行苦」。「行苦」就是「有漏之法，四相遷流，常不安隱」，這叫做「行苦」。
行苦：
行苦者
即有漏之法
四相遷流
常不安隱故也
行苦
常常說行蘊，我們都不覺知，很微細的這個行蘊，我們在不覺知中，就是四季在轉換。我們人，在生老病死，從小到大，在我們自己的身體，如何變化、凋零到老來，這在我們自己也不知道。這就是我們在修行，有漏法，我們在不知覺中，都讓它一直漏了。
我們在造業，我們也在不知覺中起心動念，隨著這個心念這樣在過，所以不斷在累積。這就是我們修行，戒、定、慧，我們沒有好好顧守。所以我們一天到晚，難得人身，卻是不斷受「四相遷流」，這樣一直漏失掉，每一秒鐘都是這樣飛過去，這種「常不安隱」，這叫做「行苦」。
所以因為這樣，明知人間苦難偏多，種種諸苦，眾生在這當中，還是把它當作歡喜、快樂，不怕、不知、不驚、不怖，也不怕、也不知、也不怖畏。我們是不是自己有警惕呢？所以我們要時時多用心啊！
Explanations by Master Cheng-Yan
Subject: We Foolishly Dally, Believing This is Joyful (貪迷癡闇耽著為樂)
Date:June.17. 2015
“In the realm of myriad sentient beings, the suffering is as vast as a sea. Due to greed and confusion, we become deluded, create karma and suffer consequences. In a condition of ignorance, we are unaware and do not recognize this as suffering. We foolishly dally, believing this is joyful.”
Life! For the myriad of sentient beings, the sea of their suffering is boundless. Everyone intrinsically has a pure nature, which is Buddha-nature. But sentient beings have covered it with ignorance. Ignorance is like a sea of suffering. If we are immersed in it, we will never reach the opposite shore and never be able to find the ship of compassion. Thus, we will forever drift about in the sea of ignorance. Indeed, this excessive foolishness of our lives is truly lamentable.
Because of our greed and confusion, we give rise to delusions. When we become deluded, we create karma. These are karmic conditions. Under the conditions of ignorance, we are unaware and are unknowing. Since we are unaware and unknowing, we create much suffering. Our interactions with each other are shaped by the greed in us. Thus when we connect with extent conditions, we endlessly give rise to delusions. With delusions in our minds, we are in a state of darkness.
In our minds, we constantly and easily give rise to ignorance. So, we are unaware. Being unaware means we are unknowing; we do not know that external conditions are enticing us. We are constantly influenced by them, so we continuously reproduce the causes of suffering. Then of course we face negative consequences. But, do we understand this or not? We do not yet understand. So, we are completely unknowing. This lack of knowledge leads to foolishness. Because our minds are foolish, we linger on and cling to attachments.
With attachments, we mistakenly believe all causes and conditions to be joyful. In this world, starting from examining ourselves, then expanding to the family, then the society, eventually looking at all humans in the world, we can see this greed, ignorance and foolishness; they are everywhere. This is why there is no peace in the Three Realms, like a burning house with fire on all sides. In this world, sentient beings create karma collectively. This is how things work. It starts with each of us with the spiritual home in our minds. When desire arises in the mind, that is ignorance. As external conditions continue to entice us, we are unable to stop giving rise to desires, thus we endlessly produce afflictions. This ignorance in our minds prevents us from being at peace, so naturally we create karma with our actions.
You are creating karma, he is creating karma and I am also creating karma. When all of us together create karma, think about it, doesn’t this cause a lack of peace in the world? We have been creating collective karma, which has been accumulating for a long time, from countless eons in the past up to the present.
So, floods, earthquakes, fires, storms, with every major disaster that strikes the planet, the ripples affect people, not a small number of the people, but most of them. This is the collective karma of sentient beings. Sentient beings share this collective karma because everyone has a burning house in their minds, and this house keeps burning without end.
Yesterday, we mentioned how the house keeps burning and keeps roasting us.This is how the state of our minds affects the world around us.
The imbalance of the four elements first manifests in the microcosm of our minds.With this [imbalance], this burning house in our minds, we entangle and bind each other; this impacts the macrocosm of the world.
So, the sutra text from yesterday talked about the sufferings of beings in hell, of animals and hungry ghosts.
These beings have constantly created karma in the macrocosm of the world.So living in this world, they suffer as if they are in hell.In particular, as humans, we have insatiable greed.Our greed is boundless.
Because of this, we are like hungry ghosts and can never be satisfied.[Having one,] we always want nine more.After acquiring so much, in the end, we must flee our debts.
Life is impermanent.On our last day, when we leave this life, we may have built up a big enterprise, but we will have to repay our debts in a subsequent lifetime, because we have harmed the macrocosm and damaged microcosms as well.Think about it; with this insatiable greed, we will always suffer from poverty and hardship.
In the future, as we interact with other people, we will suffer from parting with those we love and meeting those we hate, etc.This truly leads to unbearable suffering.Our suffering is what we have created ourselves.
[We] then face the suffering of the hell, animal and hungry ghost realms.If we ascend to the heaven realm or remain in the human realm, we face the suffering of poverty and hardship, the suffering of parting with those we love, and the suffering of meeting those we hate.
The following sutra passage states, “Amidst all these various sufferings, sentient beings are immersed completely, playing happily, not aware, not understanding not alert, not afraid.”
Indeed, this is how we live our lives.We are so foolish and deluded.If all we do is listen to the teachings, they seem to have nothing to do with us.Everyone, we must be mindful!
Every single word and sentence has everything to do with us.If we are not vigilant, nothing seems to have anything to do with us.If we are alert and aware, we will contemplate everything meticulously.Then how could we say that the suffering in the world has nothing to do with us?
Hell and the Three Evil Realms are different from heaven but once we deplete our heavenly blessings, we will fall back to eh human realm.In the human realm, if we create much karma, we will continue to degenerate.That means we end up in hell.The Three Evil Realms are the hell, hungry ghost and animal realms.There is great suffering in these realms.
This kind of painful retribution is unbearable suffering.
If we want to be vigilant, we should have a sense of fear.We need to be fearful; we need to be afraid of [ending up in that state].
Amidst all these various sufferings:
Hell and the rest of the Three Evil Realms are basically retributions of extreme suffering.
We should be afraid of them, but because we do not believe in the law of karma, we are not alert or afraid.
The Buddha-Dharma is in the human realm.The principles explained by the Buddha-Dharma are the law of karma.Why don’t we believe this?If we believe in the law of karma, naturally we know we may end up as a being in one of the Five Destinies.So, we must constantly be vigilant as we engage in spiritual practice and must heighten our vigilance.We must not be enticed by all kinds of temptations as we interact with others or allow ourselves to create these karmic consequences.This is what we should be vigilant of.
However, we may not have a deep Root of Faith so we do not believe in the profound karmic law of cause and effect.This is why we are neither alert nor afraid .
People think that they are now enjoying a pretty good life, so why would they need to believe in the Buddha’s teachings? Why should they listen to the teachings?Why should they give up their comforts?
“If I have liquor today, I will get drunk today.”Since they are happy and content right now, isn’t that good enough?
Even though they have the blessing to be born in heaven, once that lifetime of pleasure ends, they will fall [into a lower realm].If they are born in the human realm, they may continue to create karma out of delusion.
“Even with the blessings to be born in heaven, when that joy and lifespan are depleted, we still fall. In the human realm, when our blessings run out, we face retributions of poverty, hardship and other sufferings. This is the accumulation of much suffering. We should reflect on and repent this accumulated karma and give rise to a sense of renunciation. But due to confusion, we remain attached”.
In the human realm, we face many retributions. Some face the retribution of poverty and hardship. Many end up in families that do not get along. They often part from those they love, meet those they hate, etc. there are many various kinds of suffering. We must reflect on ourselves right away; how did our life end up this way? If we understand, we should then repent the karma we have created.
In our daily living, we are constantly becoming deluded and creating karma. Whether on the afflictions that arise in our minds or on our actions and so on, we must earnestly reflect on ourselves. We should reflect on why we are engaging in spiritual practice. To engage in spiritual practice, we must be following a path. Are we walking on that path properly? Are we doing a good job of cultivating our body and mind? If our mind gives rise to improper thoughts, we must repent. If our body does improper things, we must also repent.
With every action we take, every word we speak, every thought and so on, we are endlessly accumulating karma. We have amassed so much karma. If we repent, we easily give rise to a sense of renunciation. We naturally will not create more karma and will stop accumulating it. If we avoid accumulating karma, our minds will become more clear and our ignorance will gradually dissolve. Then naturally, we will understand. We must give rise to a sense of renunciation and renounce our ignorance and afflictions, renounce becoming deluded and creating karma. This is the only way to stop being confused. But, not only are we not vigilant or repentant, not only do we not renounce [our delusions], we instead remain deluded and linger here.
Myriads of sentient beings are likewise immersed in the sea of suffering. Though they listen to the teachings, they cannot faithfully accept them and put them into practice.
Sentient beings are immersed completely, because they are “playing happily”. This is their greed and delusion. With greed comes delusion and confusion, so they treat suffering as joy and remain immersed in it; although they are actually suffering, they treat it as joy.
The human realm is filled with conflicts. So, they are “unaware, unknowing, not alert, not afraid”. This is ignorance. Because of our ignorance, we are unaware. This leads to deviant conduct.
“Because of our ignorance, we are unaware. This leads to deviant conduct. These Three [Evil Realms] exist amidst the true principles. Foolishness, delusion, ignorance, confusion are also called poisons.”
People do what they are not supposed to do. There is a safe and stable path, but they deliberately do not follow it. This is how a slight deviation leads us very far off course. With deviated understanding, views and conduct, just the slightest difference has already taken us far astray. This is how we live our lives. The Three Evil Realms exist amidst true principles. Because we are unaware of these truths, we engage in deviant conduct and end up in the Three Evil Realms. Though we are surrounded by many principles, we still remain foolish and deluded. This is called poison. Greed, anger and ignorance are indeed poisons. We may understand the principles, but refuse to apply them. After a single thought deviates, it can cause our entire mind to deviate. We clearly understood the principles, but once our mind deviates, we become foolish, deluded, ignorant, confused. When we deliberately commit a violation, that is a truly poisonous act. This does great harm to other people and to our world-transcending benevolence.
These three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance can obstruct us and prevent us from walking the path to goodness. Take the Philippines as an example. Right now they are facing a major disaster, so we are encouraging everyone to contribute to helping them. Many people are able to help or are wealthy, but they are not willing to give.
In contrast, consider that is Africa, many people in the countries of South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, etc., in order to help the people in the Philippines, were willing to donate the few coins that they have. They also went on the streets to collect donations. Even though they themselves were poor, they did everything they could. Even single drop of water flowed together, creating an ocean of merits, and virtues. Often people without money are willing to give while people who are rich are reluctant to do so. This insatiable greed is delusion. This harms our world-transcending benevolence. Clearly, we can do [good deeds]. But because we cannot dissolve the Three Poisons in our heart, we cannot free ourselves of them, and thus we lose our resolve to do good. Once we lose this wholesome resolve,we will be unable to give to others.If we cannot do good deeds in this world,how can we possibly transcend the world?[To leave] the buring house of Three Realms,our body and mind must be pure.
To avoid creating bad karma with our body,our mind must be free of discursive thoughts.By giving rise to compassion,we will constanly give to others.Then we will have a pure mind.This is the only way to transcend the world.Giving to others without expectations is something we must practice.
We must constantly train ourselves to develop this mindset.
When sentient being are deluded and go astray,we harm our world-transcending benevolence.Because we are not aware,we do not understand and are not alert or afraid.
There are many kinds of suffering in life,like “the suffering of suffering, the suffering of decay and the suffering of action.” The first is“the suffering of suffering.” This is all the obvious suffering we face as human or in the Three Evil Realms.
We may see a lot of suffering in life.We cannot see hell,but we see people who seem to be living in hell.The suffering in hell is even worse.
Next is “the suffering of decay.” We may be very happy,but we know that from extreme pleasure comes sorrow.Most of time,we creat karma while we are happy.
The suffering of decay：
It is also called the suffering of joy.For example,the heavenly blessings and joy that are experienced by heavenly being will decay once that karma is depleted,and ultimately they return to suffering.
As heavenly being experience the joy of heavenly blessings,they are depleting their blessing.Although they have created the blessings to be born in the heaven realm,they cannot cultivate virtuous deeds in
heaven.So while there,they are enjoying themselve,but when their heavenly blessings are depleted and that life ends,they will fall into realm abain.This is “the suffering of decay.”
After positive retribution come to an end,naturally there will be decay which bring us to the human or the Three Evil Realms.We keep degenerating,level by level.
The third is “the suffering of action.” The suffering of action erfers to the way that all flawed phenomena “flow through the four states of existence and are never safe or stable.”This is called “the suffering of action.”
I constantly talk about how we are not aware of the aggregate of action.This infinitesimal changes are very subtle,so we are not aware of them.The four seasons are cycling;we humans go through birth,aging,illness and death.From childhood to adulthood our body constantly changes and deteriorates,though this happens whithout our awarness.As we engage in spiritual pratice amidst flawed phenomena,whithout realizing it we let the Dharma leak away.As we creat karma though arise and stir unnoticed.As these thoughts arise,krma continues to accumlate.This is because when we cultivate Precepts,Samadhi and wisdom,we do not earnestly maintain them.
Day and night,our precious human from continues to go through the four states of existence .We constantly experience loss.Second after second files by,so things are “never safe or stable.” This is“the suffering of action.”
Because of this,we know there are many hardships and much suffering in this world.In the middle of this,sentient beings treat their lives as pleasurable and happy.So,they are unafraid,unknowing and are not alert or afraid.
Are we ourselves being vigilant of this？This is why we must always be mindful.
(Source: Da Ai TV – Wisdom at Dawn program – Explanation by Master Chen-Yen)
（法華經•譬喻品第三）
⊙「芸芸眾生界苦如海，因貪迷起惑造業受，緣癡闇不覺無知苦，愚昧意耽著以為樂。」
⊙「後受地獄、畜生、餓鬼之苦，若生天上，及在人間，貧窮困苦、愛別離苦、怨憎會苦。如是等種種諸苦，眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲，不覺、不知、不驚、不怖。」《法華經譬喻品第三》
⊙如是等種種諸苦：地獄三途，本有極苦之報，應心生恐畏，然因不信因果，故不驚怖。
⊙天上福享樂壽盡還墮：人間福盡受報，貧窮困苦等，本是苦聚，應省思懺悔業累，而生遠離，卻因迷猶戀著。
⊙眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲：眾生貪癡，以苦為樂，沉沒其中，故曰歡喜遊戲。
⊙無明、不覺，起諸邪行，此三於諸諦理，愚惑癡迷，又稱毒。
⊙以能壞出世善心故，因不覺而不知不驚不怖。
⊙三苦：苦苦、壞苦、行苦。
⊙苦苦：為人及三惡道所受顯著之苦。
⊙壞苦：亦曰樂苦，如諸天所受天福之樂，報盡業壞，終歸於苦。
⊙行苦：行苦者，即有漏之法，四相遷流，常不安隱故也，行苦。
【證嚴上人開示】
「芸芸眾生界苦如海，因貪迷起惑造業受，緣癡闇不覺無知苦，愚昧意耽著以為樂。」
芸芸眾生界苦如海
因貪迷起惑造業受
緣癡闇不覺無知苦
愚昧意耽著以為樂
人生啊！芸芸眾生，真的是苦海無邊。人人本具清淨的本性，就是佛性，卻是眾生受到無明將它掩蔽了，無明就如苦海一樣，就是沉溺在其中，永遠無法到彼岸，永遠無法找到慈航，所以永遠都是在那個無明海中沉浮。
真的是堪嘆人生，太過於愚昧了，只因為貪迷，所以起惑，起惑造業。這就是緣，緣於那個癡闇，無知、不覺，不覺、無知，所以造了很多的苦。這就是我們人與人之間，因為我們自己，本身有一個「貪」，緣著外面的境界，使起了我們那個癡，癡念就不斷產生；有了癡，那就是昏天暗地，在我們的內心裡，一直很自然起了這分無明。
所以，不覺，不覺就無知了。不知道我們外面的因緣，在誘惑我們，我們不斷受因緣影響，不斷在因緣中，再複製苦因，當然所得到的就是惡果。但是我們還是知道或不知道？還是不知道，所以這全都無知。
無知，就是愚昧。那個愚昧的意念，總是耽著、耽戀，耽著，所以以為這些人生的一切因、緣，這全都是樂。所以，世間，從自己本身，而一個家庭，而一個社會，而放眼天下人類，看，這些貪、癡、愚昧，這比比皆是，這就是三界無安，猶如火宅，四面火起！
天地之間，眾生共業。就是這樣，從個人，從自己的內心心宅開始，內心的欲，起一念欲，那就是無明，外面的境界不斷來誘引我們，我們就是無法禁欲，所以煩惱不斷產生。這種心宅裡面的無明，讓我們的內心不得安寧，自然我們就會向外造業。已經你也造業、他也造業、我也造業，眾生合會來造業，你們想，這不就是使天下之間，就是不得安寧？所以眾生就變成了共業，這累積已久了。無數劫、無數劫以前，一直一直累積到現在，所以，水、地震、火、風，每一波，發生在地球上這麼的大，無不都是波及人類，不是少數，都是大多數，所以叫做眾生共業。
這眾生所共的業，那就是因為人人，都是從內心這個火宅，從內心的火宅，這樣不斷、不斷焚燒。昨天我們說過了，這種火宅，不斷在燒、在煮，這就是我們人的心態所造，造成了變成是一個大環境，從小乾坤之中，先有了這種四大不調──心靈的四大、心靈的火宅，彼此之間互相結合起來之後，那就是影響全部這個大乾坤。
所以，我們昨天的經文這樣說，地獄、畜生、餓鬼的苦。這眾生已經從大乾坤，不斷造業，造到自己也已經在這個世間，所受的苦如地獄。尤其是我們人人，貪之無厭，貪無厭，所以因為這樣，如餓鬼一樣，怎麼貪都不夠。「九」，還一直一直加下去，加到最後，後來那就要逃債了。人生無常！最後一天，離開了，家業很多，卻是來生就要去還債，因為破壞大乾坤，也損害小乾坤等等。
所以，這種貪之無厭，你想，這永遠都是在這貧窮困苦中。未來，人與人之間，愛別離苦、怨憎會苦等等，這真的是苦不堪，苦，就是自做。
後受地獄、
畜生、餓鬼之苦
若生天上
及在人間
貧窮困苦
愛別離苦
怨憎會苦
《法華經譬喻品第三》
再接下來這段經文，「如是等種種諸苦，眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲，不覺、不知、不驚、不怖。」
如是等種種諸苦
眾生沒在其中
歡喜遊戲
不覺 不知
不驚 不怖
《法華經譬喻品第三》
實在是人生就是這樣，多麼大的愚癡啊！我們若人人只是聽，聽，就是聽，這好像與我無關，大家要用心啊！這字字句句，和我們都是很有關係。所以，若沒有警覺，什麼事情都與我們無關，我們若有警覺性，細細思量，這種人間種種的苦，怎麼能說與我們無關呢？
地獄、三途，除了天，天福壽盡一定要墮落人間，人間製造了很多業，未來再往下墮，往下墮，那就是地獄了。這三途，地獄、餓鬼、畜生，這本來真是很苦的，這種的苦報，苦不堪！我們應該，若有警覺的人，我們應該要從內心生起恐畏，我們要懂得怕，我們應該要能生出那種，恐怖之心。
如是等種種諸苦：
地獄三途
本有極苦之報
應心生恐畏
然因不信因果
故不驚怖
佛法在人間，佛法所說的道理，那就是因緣果報，為什麼我們不相信呢？我們若懂得相信因緣果報，自然對這五趣雜居地，生在這之中，我們就要會時時謹慎、修行，提高警覺，不要讓自己又在人群中，再受盡了很多誘惑，或是自己製造了因緣果報，這我們應該要懂得自我警惕。
不過，我們就是信根不深，我們就是不懂得，要信很深廣的因果觀念，所以因為這樣，不驚怖。大家以為現在：我就是物質享受很好，我為什麼還要去信仰佛教呢？我為什麼還要去聽法呢？我為什麼要放棄這些享受呢？「今朝有酒，今朝醉」，今天能夠快樂、滿我的意，不是很好嗎？他不知道雖然有福生在天上，享樂壽盡，同樣要再墮，墮落，或是人間，又在人間愚迷、造作等等。
天上福
享樂壽盡還墮
人間福盡受報
貧窮困苦等
本是苦聚
應省思懺悔業累
而生遠離
卻因迷猶戀著
人間，受很多的報，有的貧窮困苦之報，或者是很多家庭不調和，很多愛別離，很多怨憎會，很多，就是很多，這種等等的苦。本來我們應該就要及時反省，要思考我們為什麼會這樣？這種自己若能瞭解，我們就要懺悔，懺悔在那個業，我們不斷日常生活中，起惑造業，不論是心起的煩惱，或者是身所造作的一切等等，我們應該要好好省思。
反省自己，我們為什麼要來修行？我們一定修行是有一條道路，這條道路，我們有走好嗎？我們的心與身，有修好嗎？我們若是起心動念，不對了，懺悔了；我們若是舉手動足，不對了，也要懺悔。因為舉手動足、開口動舌、起心動念等等，無不都是業不斷在累積、累積，累積了很多的業力。
所以，我們若懂得懺悔，自然就能生起遠離，自然就不會再去造業，就不會再累積，沒有累積這個業，我們的心愈來愈清，無明愈來愈開了，自然能夠瞭解，應該要生起遠離，遠離無明、煩惱、起惑造業，這樣我們才不會又再沉迷下去。
我們不但沒有警惕的心，不但沒有懺悔，不但沒有想要遠離，反而卻因迷、還在耽戀。芸芸眾生，還是同樣沉淪在這苦海中，雖然聽聞佛法，卻是不能信受奉行。所以眾生沒在其中，歡喜遊戲，這是眾生的貪癡，這個貪，所以有癡迷。
眾生沒在其中
歡喜遊戲：
眾生貪癡
以苦為樂
沉沒其中
故曰歡喜遊戲
所以以苦為樂，沉沒其中，其實是苦，他把它當作是樂。這種人間實在是很矛盾。所以他不覺、不知、不驚、不怖，這就是無明。因為無明，讓我們不覺，所以起諸邪行。
無明、不覺
起諸邪行
此三於諸諦理
愚惑癡迷
又稱毒
不應該做的，你去做，這條這麼安穩的道路，偏偏不走。就是方向差之毫釐，那就是失於千里，這種邪知、邪見、邪行，差一點點，其實那就已經差很遠了，這就是我們人生。
「三途」就是在這諦理，這個「諦」，我們因為不覺，起諸邪行，才走入三途。就是在很多的道理中，我們還在愚惑、癡迷，這叫做毒。
真的是毒，貪、瞋、癡，道理明明都知道，但是他就不肯去用這些道理，一念偏，心念一偏，明知道理，心念一偏，這樣又是愚惑、癡迷，這種明知故犯，這真的是毒。這害人不淺。因為會害出世善心，因為這三毒，貪、瞋、癡等等，這三毒會障礙我們，隌礙我們向善道走。
就如菲律賓(海燕颱風) ，現在這麼大的災難，勸大家來付出，來救那些人。有力、有錢的人很多，不一定付出。反觀在非洲，不論是南非、莫三比克、辛巴威、賴索托等等，他們也是為了要救濟菲律賓，他們也願意，一個一個銅板這樣投，同樣街頭巷尾勸募。
都是那麼窮的人，他們也是盡他們一分心，滴水入大海，能夠功德海一樣。沒有錢的人做得到，有錢的人捨不出，這種貪之無厭，這叫做「癡」，這就是壞出世善心。你明明能夠做，但是因為三毒在心裡，解不開，所以無法解毒，這個心念就是壞掉了，善念壞掉了，所以他無法付出。
世間的善事都做不出來，哪有辦法出世間呢？世間三界火宅，這必定要身心清淨，於身體不做惡業，於內心要沒有雜念；並起憐憫心不斷付出，無所求，這叫做清淨心，這才能夠出世。為人群付出而沒有所求，這就是我們要修行，我們一直在鍛練這念心。所以眾生若有愚癡、有偏差，那就是壞了這出世善心。所以「因不覺，而不知、不驚、不怖」。
以能壞
出世善心故
因不覺
而不知不驚不怖
所以人生的苦，有很多種苦：苦苦、壞苦、行苦。
三苦：
苦苦
壞苦
行苦
第一種「苦苦」，就是「為人及三惡道所受顯著之苦」。
苦苦：
為人及三惡道
所受顯著之苦
我們看得到人生有多少苦，地獄我們看不到，但是我們看人生的苦如處地獄，地獄比這樣的苦還更苦。
再第二有「壞苦」，也就是在很快樂，但是明知道樂極生悲，很多都是在快樂中造業。
壞苦：
亦曰樂苦
如諸天所受
天福之樂
報盡業壞
終歸於苦
就如天所受的天福之樂，這都是在消福。雖然有造了福，生在天上，但是天上無善法可修，所以他只有在那個地方，一直享受，到最後，那就是天福盡、壽命盡，就要再墮落，這叫做「壞苦」。報盡樂消，自然就是壞，壞苦，就要再歸回人間，三途，一層一層，一直墮落下去。
第三種叫做「行苦」。「行苦」就是「有漏之法，四相遷流，常不安隱」，這叫做「行苦」。
行苦：
行苦者
即有漏之法
四相遷流
常不安隱故也
行苦
常常說行蘊，我們都不覺知，很微細的這個行蘊，我們在不覺知中，就是四季在轉換。我們人，在生老病死，從小到大，在我們自己的身體，如何變化、凋零到老來，這在我們自己也不知道。這就是我們在修行，有漏法，我們在不知覺中，都讓它一直漏了。
我們在造業，我們也在不知覺中起心動念，隨著這個心念這樣在過，所以不斷在累積。這就是我們修行，戒、定、慧，我們沒有好好顧守。所以我們一天到晚，難得人身，卻是不斷受「四相遷流」，這樣一直漏失掉，每一秒鐘都是這樣飛過去，這種「常不安隱」，這叫做「行苦」。
所以因為這樣，明知人間苦難偏多，種種諸苦，眾生在這當中，還是把它當作歡喜、快樂，不怕、不知、不驚、不怖，也不怕、也不知、也不怖畏。我們是不是自己有警惕呢？所以我們要時時多用心啊！
Explanations by Master Cheng-Yan
Subject: We Foolishly Dally, Believing This is Joyful (貪迷癡闇耽著為樂)
Date:June.17. 2015
“In the realm of myriad sentient beings, the suffering is as vast as a sea. Due to greed and confusion, we become deluded, create karma and suffer consequences. In a condition of ignorance, we are unaware and do not recognize this as suffering. We foolishly dally, believing this is joyful.”
Life! For the myriad of sentient beings, the sea of their suffering is boundless. Everyone intrinsically has a pure nature, which is Buddha-nature. But sentient beings have covered it with ignorance. Ignorance is like a sea of suffering. If we are immersed in it, we will never reach the opposite shore and never be able to find the ship of compassion. Thus, we will forever drift about in the sea of ignorance. Indeed, this excessive foolishness of our lives is truly lamentable.
Because of our greed and confusion, we give rise to delusions. When we become deluded, we create karma. These are karmic conditions. Under the conditions of ignorance, we are unaware and are unknowing. Since we are unaware and unknowing, we create much suffering. Our interactions with each other are shaped by the greed in us. Thus when we connect with extent conditions, we endlessly give rise to delusions. With delusions in our minds, we are in a state of darkness.
In our minds, we constantly and easily give rise to ignorance. So, we are unaware. Being unaware means we are unknowing; we do not know that external conditions are enticing us. We are constantly influenced by them, so we continuously reproduce the causes of suffering. Then of course we face negative consequences. But, do we understand this or not? We do not yet understand. So, we are completely unknowing. This lack of knowledge leads to foolishness. Because our minds are foolish, we linger on and cling to attachments.
With attachments, we mistakenly believe all causes and conditions to be joyful. In this world, starting from examining ourselves, then expanding to the family, then the society, eventually looking at all humans in the world, we can see this greed, ignorance and foolishness; they are everywhere. This is why there is no peace in the Three Realms, like a burning house with fire on all sides. In this world, sentient beings create karma collectively. This is how things work. It starts with each of us with the spiritual home in our minds. When desire arises in the mind, that is ignorance. As external conditions continue to entice us, we are unable to stop giving rise to desires, thus we endlessly produce afflictions. This ignorance in our minds prevents us from being at peace, so naturally we create karma with our actions.
You are creating karma, he is creating karma and I am also creating karma. When all of us together create karma, think about it, doesn’t this cause a lack of peace in the world? We have been creating collective karma, which has been accumulating for a long time, from countless eons in the past up to the present.
So, floods, earthquakes, fires, storms, with every major disaster that strikes the planet, the ripples affect people, not a small number of the people, but most of them. This is the collective karma of sentient beings. Sentient beings share this collective karma because everyone has a burning house in their minds, and this house keeps burning without end.
Yesterday, we mentioned how the house keeps burning and keeps roasting us.This is how the state of our minds affects the world around us.
The imbalance of the four elements first manifests in the microcosm of our minds.With this [imbalance], this burning house in our minds, we entangle and bind each other; this impacts the macrocosm of the world.
So, the sutra text from yesterday talked about the sufferings of beings in hell, of animals and hungry ghosts.
These beings have constantly created karma in the macrocosm of the world.So living in this world, they suffer as if they are in hell.In particular, as humans, we have insatiable greed.Our greed is boundless.
Because of this, we are like hungry ghosts and can never be satisfied.[Having one,] we always want nine more.After acquiring so much, in the end, we must flee our debts.
Life is impermanent.On our last day, when we leave this life, we may have built up a big enterprise, but we will have to repay our debts in a subsequent lifetime, because we have harmed the macrocosm and damaged microcosms as well.Think about it; with this insatiable greed, we will always suffer from poverty and hardship.
In the future, as we interact with other people, we will suffer from parting with those we love and meeting those we hate, etc.This truly leads to unbearable suffering.Our suffering is what we have created ourselves.
[We] then face the suffering of the hell, animal and hungry ghost realms.If we ascend to the heaven realm or remain in the human realm, we face the suffering of poverty and hardship, the suffering of parting with those we love, and the suffering of meeting those we hate.
The following sutra passage states, “Amidst all these various sufferings, sentient beings are immersed completely, playing happily, not aware, not understanding not alert, not afraid.”
Indeed, this is how we live our lives.We are so foolish and deluded.If all we do is listen to the teachings, they seem to have nothing to do with us.Everyone, we must be mindful!
Every single word and sentence has everything to do with us.If we are not vigilant, nothing seems to have anything to do with us.If we are alert and aware, we will contemplate everything meticulously.Then how could we say that the suffering in the world has nothing to do with us?
Hell and the Three Evil Realms are different from heaven but once we deplete our heavenly blessings, we will fall back to eh human realm.In the human realm, if we create much karma, we will continue to degenerate.That means we end up in hell.The Three Evil Realms are the hell, hungry ghost and animal realms.There is great suffering in these realms.
This kind of painful retribution is unbearable suffering.
If we want to be vigilant, we should have a sense of fear.We need to be fearful; we need to be afraid of [ending up in that state].
Amidst all these various sufferings:
Hell and the rest of the Three Evil Realms are basically retributions of extreme suffering.
We should be afraid of them, but because we do not believe in the law of karma, we are not alert or afraid.
The Buddha-Dharma is in the human realm.The principles explained by the Buddha-Dharma are the law of karma.Why don’t we believe this?If we believe in the law of karma, naturally we know we may end up as a being in one of the Five Destinies.So, we must constantly be vigilant as we engage in spiritual practice and must heighten our vigilance.We must not be enticed by all kinds of temptations as we interact with others or allow ourselves to create these karmic consequences.This is what we should be vigilant of.
However, we may not have a deep Root of Faith so we do not believe in the profound karmic law of cause and effect.This is why we are neither alert nor afraid .
People think that they are now enjoying a pretty good life, so why would they need to believe in the Buddha’s teachings? Why should they listen to the teachings?Why should they give up their comforts?
“If I have liquor today, I will get drunk today.”Since they are happy and content right now, isn’t that good enough?
Even though they have the blessing to be born in heaven, once that lifetime of pleasure ends, they will fall [into a lower realm].If they are born in the human realm, they may continue to create karma out of delusion.
“Even with the blessings to be born in heaven, when that joy and lifespan are depleted, we still fall. In the human realm, when our blessings run out, we face retributions of poverty, hardship and other sufferings. This is the accumulation of much suffering. We should reflect on and repent this accumulated karma and give rise to a sense of renunciation. But due to confusion, we remain attached”.
In the human realm, we face many retributions. Some face the retribution of poverty and hardship. Many end up in families that do not get along. They often part from those they love, meet those they hate, etc. there are many various kinds of suffering. We must reflect on ourselves right away; how did our life end up this way? If we understand, we should then repent the karma we have created.
In our daily living, we are constantly becoming deluded and creating karma. Whether on the afflictions that arise in our minds or on our actions and so on, we must earnestly reflect on ourselves. We should reflect on why we are engaging in spiritual practice. To engage in spiritual practice, we must be following a path. Are we walking on that path properly? Are we doing a good job of cultivating our body and mind? If our mind gives rise to improper thoughts, we must repent. If our body does improper things, we must also repent.
With every action we take, every word we speak, every thought and so on, we are endlessly accumulating karma. We have amassed so much karma. If we repent, we easily give rise to a sense of renunciation. We naturally will not create more karma and will stop accumulating it. If we avoid accumulating karma, our minds will become more clear and our ignorance will gradually dissolve. Then naturally, we will understand. We must give rise to a sense of renunciation and renounce our ignorance and afflictions, renounce becoming deluded and creating karma. This is the only way to stop being confused. But, not only are we not vigilant or repentant, not only do we not renounce [our delusions], we instead remain deluded and linger here.
Myriads of sentient beings are likewise immersed in the sea of suffering. Though they listen to the teachings, they cannot faithfully accept them and put them into practice.
Sentient beings are immersed completely, because they are “playing happily”. This is their greed and delusion. With greed comes delusion and confusion, so they treat suffering as joy and remain immersed in it; although they are actually suffering, they treat it as joy.
The human realm is filled with conflicts. So, they are “unaware, unknowing, not alert, not afraid”. This is ignorance. Because of our ignorance, we are unaware. This leads to deviant conduct.
“Because of our ignorance, we are unaware. This leads to deviant conduct. These Three [Evil Realms] exist amidst the true principles. Foolishness, delusion, ignorance, confusion are also called poisons.”
People do what they are not supposed to do. There is a safe and stable path, but they deliberately do not follow it. This is how a slight deviation leads us very far off course. With deviated understanding, views and conduct, just the slightest difference has already taken us far astray. This is how we live our lives. The Three Evil Realms exist amidst true principles. Because we are unaware of these truths, we engage in deviant conduct and end up in the Three Evil Realms. Though we are surrounded by many principles, we still remain foolish and deluded. This is called poison. Greed, anger and ignorance are indeed poisons. We may understand the principles, but refuse to apply them. After a single thought deviates, it can cause our entire mind to deviate. We clearly understood the principles, but once our mind deviates, we become foolish, deluded, ignorant, confused. When we deliberately commit a violation, that is a truly poisonous act. This does great harm to other people and to our world-transcending benevolence.
These three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance can obstruct us and prevent us from walking the path to goodness. Take the Philippines as an example. Right now they are facing a major disaster, so we are encouraging everyone to contribute to helping them. Many people are able to help or are wealthy, but they are not willing to give.
In contrast, consider that is Africa, many people in the countries of South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Lesotho, etc., in order to help the people in the Philippines, were willing to donate the few coins that they have. They also went on the streets to collect donations. Even though they themselves were poor, they did everything they could. Even single drop of water flowed together, creating an ocean of merits, and virtues. Often people without money are willing to give while people who are rich are reluctant to do so. This insatiable greed is delusion. This harms our world-transcending benevolence. Clearly, we can do [good deeds]. But because we cannot dissolve the Three Poisons in our heart, we cannot free ourselves of them, and thus we lose our resolve to do good. Once we lose this wholesome resolve,we will be unable to give to others.If we cannot do good deeds in this world,how can we possibly transcend the world?[To leave] the buring house of Three Realms,our body and mind must be pure.
To avoid creating bad karma with our body,our mind must be free of discursive thoughts.By giving rise to compassion,we will constanly give to others.Then we will have a pure mind.This is the only way to transcend the world.Giving to others without expectations is something we must practice.
We must constantly train ourselves to develop this mindset.
When sentient being are deluded and go astray,we harm our world-transcending benevolence.Because we are not aware,we do not understand and are not alert or afraid.
There are many kinds of suffering in life,like “the suffering of suffering, the suffering of decay and the suffering of action.” The first is“the suffering of suffering.” This is all the obvious suffering we face as human or in the Three Evil Realms.
We may see a lot of suffering in life.We cannot see hell,but we see people who seem to be living in hell.The suffering in hell is even worse.
Next is “the suffering of decay.” We may be very happy,but we know that from extreme pleasure comes sorrow.Most of time,we creat karma while we are happy.
The suffering of decay：
It is also called the suffering of joy.For example,the heavenly blessings and joy that are experienced by heavenly being will decay once that karma is depleted,and ultimately they return to suffering.
As heavenly being experience the joy of heavenly blessings,they are depleting their blessing.Although they have created the blessings to be born in the heaven realm,they cannot cultivate virtuous deeds in
heaven.So while there,they are enjoying themselve,but when their heavenly blessings are depleted and that life ends,they will fall into realm abain.This is “the suffering of decay.”
After positive retribution come to an end,naturally there will be decay which bring us to the human or the Three Evil Realms.We keep degenerating,level by level.
The third is “the suffering of action.” The suffering of action erfers to the way that all flawed phenomena “flow through the four states of existence and are never safe or stable.”This is called “the suffering of action.”
I constantly talk about how we are not aware of the aggregate of action.This infinitesimal changes are very subtle,so we are not aware of them.The four seasons are cycling;we humans go through birth,aging,illness and death.From childhood to adulthood our body constantly changes and deteriorates,though this happens whithout our awarness.As we engage in spiritual pratice amidst flawed phenomena,whithout realizing it we let the Dharma leak away.As we creat karma though arise and stir unnoticed.As these thoughts arise,krma continues to accumlate.This is because when we cultivate Precepts,Samadhi and wisdom,we do not earnestly maintain them.
Day and night,our precious human from continues to go through the four states of existence .We constantly experience loss.Second after second files by,so things are “never safe or stable.” This is“the suffering of action.”
Because of this,we know there are many hardships and much suffering in this world.In the middle of this,sentient beings treat their lives as pleasurable and happy.So,they are unafraid,unknowing and are not alert or afraid.
Are we ourselves being vigilant of this？This is why we must always be mindful.
(Source: Da Ai TV – Wisdom at Dawn program – Explanation by Master Chen-Yen)
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