【靜思妙蓮華】20150731 - 勿癡迷而不自知 - 第621集 Do Not Get Lost in Ignorance Unawares

20150731《靜思妙蓮華》勿癡迷而不自知 (第621集)
（法華經•譬喻品第三）

⊙「明癡疑所著迷執之境，皆無常不淨無明惑業，於中諸法計常樂我淨，染著欲樂想沉戀迷倒。」
⊙「蚖蛇蝮蠍，蜈蚣蚰蜒，守宮百足，鼬貍鼷鼠。」《法華經譬喻品第三》
⊙「諸惡蟲輩，交橫馳走。屎尿臭處，不淨流溢，蜣蜋諸蟲，而集其上。」《法華經譬喻品第三》
⊙蜣蜋諸蟲，而集其上：由癡使不了於中計常樂我淨，而生染著。如蜣狼集其上也，則人於男女，生欲樂想。
⊙此喻癡煩惱。人類見為不淨而蜣蜋樂之，故為癡。
⊙猶天界眾生觀人道之不淨，而人不自知，出世聖人觀三界之不淨，而眾生不自知。

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「明癡疑所著迷執之境，皆無常不淨無明惑業，於中諸法計常樂我淨，染著欲樂想沉戀迷倒。」

明癡疑所著
迷執之境
皆無常不淨
無明惑業
於中諸法
計常樂我淨
染著欲樂想
沉戀迷倒

我們要知道「癡疑所著」，一旦若是癡念起，疑心就跟上來，所以我們一定要保持著，我們清明一念心。而若是癡疑，有癡、有疑，就開始執著，而若一旦執著下去，就「迷執之境」，就是這樣就迷掉了，正確的道路偏離了，就往失誤的道路方向走，那就是在執著，你怎麼勸他都難以回頭。

所以「皆無常不淨」。迷執之境是在哪裡呢？就是在無常不淨、無明惑業。就是這樣開始造作了而不知，不知道這是無常，這是不乾淨的，很多無明的染垢，卻是不會去分了，所以無明惑業開始又再造作了。

在這當中，那就是諸法的裡面，「計常、樂、我、淨」──不常計常，不樂計樂，無我計我，不淨計淨；這種偏差，執著計為有「我」。「計」就是計算這些，都是「我」的，計算這個東西永遠是「常」，計算我若能夠得到這麼多，我就是很快「樂」。這一直就是以「我」為中心，以為世間很好的環境，都是「我」所得，這種「常、樂、我、淨」，不去想到人生到底是幾十年呢？不去想到人倫道德會合，那個社會祥和、家庭倫理的美德，那些全都沒有了，全都是計著，我所想要的，盡我所愛。看看多少國家人禍，人不和，分成了兩派，不是他國來侵略，是自己國家互相動亂。敘利亞，光是為了兩派不和，一衝動起來，受苦難在逃亡的難民，又是還有多少呢?那片大好的山河國家，多少古建築物，很有歷史性的完全破壞，那個破壞如廢墟一樣。

到底占來了一塊，已經是破碎掉的社會建築，人死傷那麼多，到底這樣占領那塊，又有什麼用呢？卻是人不明，不明白這個後果，只是一動起來就執持下去，這種癡迷不悟。這現代還有多少人，為了這種事情流離失所，多少國家居不安定，生活真的是苦不堪！

這總是就是在癡與疑當中，所以這就是「著」，我們眾生那種的計著，也就是「所著」。就是因為癡和迷，所以才有這樣的執著，執著於我非爭取到我順意不可。一動下去什麼時候他會順呢？就是無明不斷複製。所以「迷執之境」，這種心態一發動，迷執的境界就是這樣不可收拾，就一直下去，所以皆是無常不淨之法。

其實世間哪一項是「常」？沒有一項「常」，人間造作一切，破壞一切，讓這個大地的「成、住」，因為人類破壞，所以「壞」，就開始「空」了。人生的無常，其實是人類最大最大的，造作的罪源，本來這麼自然的法則，人人這樣在生活，平安、自在、快樂。卻是人為了一個「貪」字，這種將「樂」變為「苦」，這也是人類的心態。

人，在人間到底多久呢？這個「我」，有幾年呢？短短的幾十年時間，卻是以為「我」是永遠的。天下一統，歸「我」所有，豈有可能？

人生逃來，從上輩子逃來，這輩子還債；這輩子造業，又逃去來生。總而言之，幾十年後，也是要「走」了，但是，所造的這個業，是億萬「兆」。這是數字的「兆」，加上了生命有限，你到底造了多少業，造至上「兆」的程度。讓你有這麼多的產業，幾十「兆」、幾百「兆」，那個產業你都有，但是，最後一天，也是要「走」——離開世間。加上了你所造作那些造過的業，那就是跟著你的生命結束，跟你走；跟你走，叫做「逃」，逃避了這一生的生命，來生那就是要還債。（編按：臺語「走」與國語「兆」音同；「走」加「兆」為「逃」字。）

因為我們不知道，我們的來生是要去哪裡？我們沒辦法選擇，我們的依報地方沒辦法選擇。我們未來的父母是何人？我們沒辦法選擇，是在人類？或者是在牛、羊、馬、狗、貓、豬？不知道；這我們全都是沒辦法可選擇的。你造多少的業，你如何逃？你要逃到哪裡去？都離不開那個「業」。

所以，不常為常，不樂為樂，無我他說為我，不淨為清淨，像這樣，染著，就是在這個「染著欲樂」，都是在我們的想法，自已，自已想的，以為自己都對，所以都是在沉迷、顛倒之中，這就是人生，人生就是這樣。我們想想看，這樣的人生還有什麼利益呢？所以我們要好好去瞭解，人心與獸心；所有飛禽走獸之中，牠們的生態都是執著於，執於我們人的心理。

就像說飛禽，飛禽牠只是一項的習氣，就是憍，居高臨下，這個憍，在我們人的身上，憍慢，人人都有。

經文還有，「蚖蛇蝮蠍，蜈蚣蚰蜒」像這種，「守宮百足，鼬貍鼷鼠」。

蚖蛇蝮蠍
蜈蚣蚰蜒
守宮百足
鼬貍鼷鼠
《法華經譬喻品第三》

這蚖蛇是大型的蟲，「蚖蛇蝮蠍，蜈蚣蚰蜒」，這都是有毒的，是逆理的發脾氣，順理的發脾氣，或是得理不饒人的發脾氣，等等這個瞋。尤其「鼬貍鼷鼠」，牠也是鼠類，卻是強欺弱，牠也是鑽進土裡也是要吃老鼠。像這樣，我們的人類，同樣是人類，人類來殺害人類，這也是很矛盾。所以說，人類也是動物之一。

人類有文明，有教育，知道人倫道理，這才是真正的人類，人類受了教育，這個道理不畏放在心上，不能力行在我們的行為中，這樣與禽獸、與動物，有什麼差別呢？所以我們在這段經文，雖然在說的是飛禽走獸類，其實牠們的生活，牠們的生態，就是我們人類的心態。

所以上面說：「諸惡蟲輩，交橫馳走。屎尿臭處，不淨流溢，蜣蜋諸蟲，而集其上。」

諸惡蟲輩
交橫馳走
屎尿臭處
不淨流溢
蜣蜋諸蟲
而集其上
《法華經譬喻品第三》

很多種的蟲，包括四隻腳，同樣，包括空中飛的、地上爬的，全都這樣「交橫馳走」，但是，牠們的環境就是，都是在「屎尿臭處」，很不乾淨的地方，你們若看，不乾淨的地方，也都是這些蟲豸，都在那裡鑽來鑽去，真的是「不淨流溢」，就是很不乾淨的環境裡。尤其是這個，「蜣蜋諸蟲，而集其上」，這譬喻在這個愈是骯髒的地方，有這種類的蟲，那就是譬吟世間諸物，皆是敗壞，無常、不淨。世間的東西，都是很快就壞掉了，不論你是山珍海味，你把它拿來放著幾天不去處理，那些東西就會壞掉了。何況說我們人這個身體，我們人是這樣非常照顧，有朝一日，一口氣出去若不再進來，我們這個身體也是充滿了污穢，也是爛掉了、也是生蟲了。

同樣，所以很多，世間一切、一切的東西，都是不乾淨，都是敗壞的道理，這個「蜣蜋」，應該牠的另外的名稱，叫做「烏甲蟲」，其實與金龜類一樣。這種的蟲類，那就是所生活的生態，就是「以人畜糞便」，牠們都會在糞便的裡面，牠就這樣一丸一丸，去把十它咬出來，就這樣推它，推得讓它這樣圓圓，將這個糞便，牠就有這樣的功能，讓它變成了一粒一粒，一堆一堆這種的糞便，而牠們快要孵蛋，同樣在那裡生蛋，孵出來那個幼蟲，也是吃這些糞便，這就是牠們的生態。

這種的生態，苦不苦？對人類來說，真的是很苦。所以這種是「癡鈍使」，這就是譬喻「癡」，這種的「癡鈍使」那個業。所以，我們現在若是這樣，要再那麼癡迷不醒過來，未來可能我們也會去這個地方，也說不定。所以這「蜣蜋諸蟲」，很多種類都是這樣的生態。

蜣蜋諸蟲而集其上：
由癡使不了
於中計常樂我淨
而生染著
如蜣狼集其上也
則人於男女
生欲樂想

所以「由癡使不了，於中計常樂我淨，而生染著」。這是一種的譬喻，就像這些蟲一樣，在這個「常、樂、我、淨」，我們就是去「計」，去計著它。就像蜣蜋一樣，在骯髒之中這樣在那裡鑽，在骯髒之中在那裡生，這人類不就是這樣嗎？在這種的污穢裡面，這樣還在那裡啃，在那裡奪，實在是很苦，但是他以為樂，以為我這樣的造作，我永遠永遠……。

世間哪有那個永遠的呢？業造完了，全都造盡了，他的身體就是要離開了。這個身體一口氣不來，「我」這個身體，不就是也敗壞掉嗎？所以，不知道我們自己，原來是在不淨中在穿梭，在不淨的形態中在造作業力。一切的煩惱，比這種這個糞便更骯髒，但是人類就是，就是要在這種煩惱中，這樣在(磨)蹭，所以真的是很可憐，所以有的時候說「人類是可憐蟲」。

所以男女就是這種，「蜣蜋集於其上」，就是「人於男女，生欲樂想」。這就是人類，因為多少人因為男女色愛，造成了多少的，社會問題、家庭問題，很多，這全都是「迷著顛倒」。

此喻癡煩惱
人類見為不淨
而蜣蜋樂之
故為癡

這就是譬喻癡的煩惱。「人類見為不淨而蜣蜋樂之」。我們人看這個蟲怎麼這樣？這麼骯髒的東西，從那個地方去，咬來再來把它推成圓型，將小小顆的圓糞土，將它集成一堆，再去那裡生孩子，這個蟲在那裡孵，孵出來的蟲又在那裡吃。人看起來感覺這種蟲怎麼這麼癡，其實，我們人與這種蟲差多少呢？沒差多少。

就像天界，天界的眾生來看人道，也告訴我們，我們很不清淨。人家天人這樣莊嚴形象，所受那種的快樂，長壽、享福，看到我們人就要做得汗流浹背，我們人所吃的東西，是那麼不乾淨，我們人就要，人與人來互相爭鬥，這從天人來看人間，他們也笑我們不乾淨！人不知道，我們自己以為這樣，我是很了不起、以為這樣我是很有才華、以為我這樣……，很多，這樣的貢高憍慢、又是瞋、癡，這樣不斷在鬥爭，這實在也是我們很無知，天人來看我們是不乾淨，但是人就不知道，自已不知道。

猶天界眾生
觀人道之不淨
而人不自知
出世聖人
觀三界之不淨
而眾生不自知

「出世聖人觀三界之不淨」，三界眾生卻不自知，天人包括在內。出世的聖人，來看天人、人間、動物，看這些東西，聖人都將它列入了，這都是不清淨。天也有享受盡的時候，壽命長也有壽盡之時，還在那裡享樂，不懂得要好好接受佛法，所以福盡要再墮落。出世的聖人看三界的眾生，真的是不乾淨，卻是三界眾生都不知，所以說起來，一層比過一層至高無上。

真真正正無上正等正覺的，才是佛陀、才是諸佛、菩薩。諸佛、菩薩他能夠「明」，明瞭這個人生，天、人的生活境界。佛陀都知道了，因為他與宇宙會合無一不知，所以他完全清楚明瞭，明瞭這些眾生的癡，因為貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑，引起了很多業的複製，所以這種執迷不悟。

佛陀所以出現人間，用盡心思要來叫醒我們，用種種方法，譬喻、言教，用他的境界來看天、來看人、來看所有一切動物的生態，將它綜合起來，這種的性，這都叫做凡夫性。凡夫性都是離不開，這些動物的性，所以人物也是動物其中之一。

總而言之，我們若用心來看，我們看這些獸類、昆蟲，我們看牠但的境界，我們很憐憫牠們。但是天人看我們的境界，他們憐憫我們。佛陀看天人、看人間、看動物，就是佛、菩薩所憐憫的對象。所以我們應該要好好細思，很詳細慎思，不要粗心大意這樣放過了。人生共同創造一個人生的淨土，佛法的正道在我們的身心裡，所以人人時時要多用心。

Subject: Do Not Get Lost in Ignorance Unawares (勿癡迷而不自知)
Date:July.31. 2015

“We should understand that the attachments of ignorance and doubt lead us to deludedly cling to all conditions, which are impermanent and impure. In ignorance, we create deluded karma, and in the midst of all phenomena, we cling to permanence, joy, self and purity. We are contaminated with desirous thinking and sink slowly into confusion.”

We must recognize “the attachments of ignorance and doubt.” Once ignorant thoughts arise, doubts will follow. So, we must maintain clarity in our minds. If ignorance and doubts arise, once they are in our minds, we may become attached to them. If we continue to be attached to them, they “lead us to deludedly cling to conditions.” That is how people get lost; they deviate from the correct course and head in the wrong direction. That is due to their attachment. No matter how we try to convince them, it is hard to get them to turn back. “[Conditions are] all impermanent and impure.” What are the conditions we deludedly cling to? The impermanent and impure states in which we create deluded karma out of ignorance. We create karma without realizing it. We do not understand that these conditions are impermanent and impure. We have been contaminated by so much ignorance that we cannot draw this distinction.
Thus in ignorance, we continue to create deluded karma. In the midst of all phenomena, we “cling to permanence, joy, self and purity.” We cling to what is not permanent as permanent, we cling to what is not joyful as joyful, we cling to a non-existent self as self and we cling to what is impure as pure. With these deviations, we become attached to the existence of a “self”.
This means we count on these things as belonging to our “self”. We count on them being “permanent”. We count on obtaining many things to bring us “joy”. We center our world around this “self”. Whatever good conditions we find ourselves in, we see them as “what I have achieved.” With these views on “permanence, joy, self and purity,” we do not think about how long we will actually live. We do not think about being in accord with morality and virtue or the virtues of bringing harmony to society and maintaining proper family relationships. These are not on our minds at all. All we cling to are the ideas of getting what we want and doing what we want.
Look at how manmade disasters in many countries arise when discord divides people into factions. They have not been invaded by another country; they themselves created the unrest and turmoil. In Syria, disagreements between two factions led to a confrontation that has caused many people to flee their homes. How many people has this affected? That country of beautiful rivers and mountains, filled with ancient and historical architecture, has been completely destroyed, turned into ruins. In the end, they have taken possession of a broken society and shattered buildings. So many people have died because of this. What is the use of occupying that piece of land?
People do not understand the consequences. Once they start fighting, they keep going. They are deluded and cannot awaken. In modern times, so many people have been displaced because of such conflicts, and so many countries are in a state of unrest. Life is indeed unbearably painful. In this state of ignorance and doubt, people form “attachments”.
We sentient beings cling to things; they are what we are attached to. It is because of ignorance and confusion that we form these kinds of attachments.
We are so attached that we fight over things until we are satisfied with the results.But once we start, when will we be satisfied?Thus we continue to reproduce our ignorance, which “leads us to deludedly cling to conditions”.As soon as our minds give rise to attachments, we cling to our conditions and cannot bring our minds back; we just remain attached.All things are impermanent and impure.
Is anything in this world actually permanent?
Nothing is permanent.Humans can create all kinds of things and can also destroy all kinds of things.Our planet has gone from “formation, existence” to a state of “decay and disappearance” all because of humankind’s destructiveness.
[Not recognizing] the importance of life is actually the most common source of human transgressions.Originally, under the laws of nature, everyone lived a life that was peaceful, free and happy.But because of people’s greed, they turned “happiness” into “suffering”.This is also due to their mindsets.
How long can we actually live in this world?
How many years will this “I” exist?Only for a few decades.But we think that this “I” will last forever and that everything in this world belongs to “me”.How can that be?
People try to escape from life.They flee from the karmic debts of previous lives only to repay them in this life.They create karma in this life, then try to flee into their next life.
In summary, every few decades, we have to “leave,” but the karma we have created is calculated in the “trillions”.This number is so high, yet the length of our lives is limited.Just how much karma have we created?It must be measured in the trillions.
Even if we have wealth valued at tens of trillions or hundreds of trillions, on our last day we still have to leave this world.We leave with all the karma we have created.It follows us when our lives end.
When we leave, it is like we age “fleeing”.It may seem we are running away from this life.But we end up repaying our debts in the next life.This is because we do not know where we will be reborn in our next life.We have no choice in this.We cannot choose the place where our circumstantial retributions will lead us.We cannot chose who our parents will be.
We do not know if we will be a human or a cow, sheep, horse, dog, cat or pig.We do not know, and we absolutely are not able to choose.
After creating so much karma, no matter how we try to flee, or where we try to go we cannot leave our karma behind.We think that what is not permanent is permanent, we think that what is not joyful, is joyful, we think a non-existent self is the self and we think what is impure is pure.Thus “We are contaminated with desirous thinking.”All of this comes from our own thinking.
We thought this up, and we believe that we are right, so we are in a state of delusion and confusion.This is how we live.This is the way life is.
Think about it, what is the benefit of living a life like this?We must try to understand the minds of people and animals.All the birds and beasts have certain ways of living, which are attachments the same way we have attachments.
For example, birds have one main habitual tendency, which is arrogance, looking down at everyone.All humans have this potential for being arrogant.

Also, “These were snakes, vipers and scorpions, centipedes and house centipedes. There were geckoes and millipedes, weasels and rats.”

Snakes can be quite large creatures.“Snakes, vipers and scorpions, centipedes and house centipedes” are all poisonous creatures, [representing] losing our temper without reason, losing our temper with reason or losing our temper because we feel we are in the right;
These are different kinds of anger.There are also “weasels and rats”.They bully fellow rodents who are weaker, like by burrowing into the ground to eat mice.
This is like the way humans treat their fellow humans.Humans killing other humans also seems like a very contradictory thing.
Humans are also a kind of animal, so we must earnestly engage in spiritual practice.Humans have civilization and education so we can understand morals.This is what makes us human.
Once we have been educated, if we do not keep the principles in mind, and do not put them into practice, what is the difference between us and other animals?
So, though this sutra passage is talking about birds and beats, actually, the ways they live reflect the ways that we think.

So this passage states, “All sorts evil creatures were running back and forth in places that smelled of urine and feces, where filthy things flowed. Dung beetles and other insects were gathered on top”.

Different kinds of creatures, including those with four feet, those flying in the sky and those crawling on the ground, were all “running back and forth”. Some of them lived in “places that smelled of urine and feces”. These are very unclean places. If we take a look at filthy places, they are full of tiny insects burrowing in and out. Places “where filthy things flow” means the environment is very dirty.
In particular, “Dung beetles and other insects were gathered on top”. In this analogy, the dirtier a place is, the more of these kinds of creatures we see. This is an analogy for the things in this world, which are all decaying, impermanent and impure.
Things in this world decay very quickly. Even delicious delicacies, if we leave them out for a few days, will go bad. This is to say nothing of our bodies. We take such good care of ourselves, but one day, we will cease to breathe but one day, we will cease to breathe. This body is also full of impurities, so one day it will decompose and attract worms.
Likewise, everything in this world is impure and subject to decay. “Dung beetles” are a kind of black beetle. They are in the family of scarabs. The way dung beetles survive is by living off of “human and animals’ feces”. They burrow into feces, bite it off piece by piece and then roll those pieces into balls. They have this ability to turn feces into small balls, and then they stack these up in piles. They do this when they are about to lay eggs. They lay their eggs among them so that the larvae that hatch from the eggs can eat this supply of feces. That is how they live.
Is this kind of life one of suffering? For human beings, this would truly be suffering. So, this is the “chronic afflictions of ignorance. These creatures are an analogy for ignorance and the karma we create from the “chronic afflictions of ignorance”. If we are in such a state of deep ignorance right now and have not awakened, we may be born as dung beetles in the future. This is a possibility.
So, “dung beetles and other insects” means many insects have this way of life.

Dung beetles and other insects were gathered on top: due to the endless affliction of ignorance, people cling to permanence, joy, self and purity and thus give rise to defiled attachments. Like dung beetles gathered on top, when people have desirous thoughts. Towards men or women, they become extremely confused.

“Due to the endless affliction of ignorance, people cling to permanence, joy, self, purity and thus give rise to defiled attachments”. This is comparing us to these insects. Regarding “permanence, joy, self and purity, we cling to them and are attached, just like dung beetles. Dung beetles dig around in filthy places; they were born there. Aren’t humans the same? In the midst of such filth, we wallow and fight with each other. This way of living is indeed suffering, but humans see it as joyful. We think, “By doing things this way, I will forever be…”.
In this world, does anything last forever? After we have created all of our karma, we have to leave this body. When we cannot take another breath won’t this body that we think of as “I” decompose as well?
Thus, we do not recognize that we are tunneling back and forth amidst this impurity. In this impure state, we create karma. All of our afflictions are filthier than feces. As human beings, we wallow in these afflictions we wallow in these afflictions. This is a truly sad state, so it is sometimes said that humans are sad creatures. Men and women are like “dung beetles gathered on top. This is an [analogy for] “when people have desirous thoughts towards men or women”. This is what humans are like. So many people, to satisfy sexual desires, create many problems for their society and their families. They are “extremely confused”.

This is an analogy for the affliction of ignorance. “What people see as being impure and filthy is what the dung beetle takes joy in”.

We humans wonder why those dung beetles live in these filthy things, biting off pieces of feces and then rolling them into balls. They collect and pile up these balls of feces. They collect and pile up these balls of feces and then lay their eggs there. When their eggs hatch, the larvae that emerge will eat the feces there. When humans look at dung beetles, we may feel they are so ignorance. In fact, how different are we from them? Not very.
In the heaven realm, when heavenly beings observe the human realm, they also tell us that we are very impure. Heavenly beings have such dignified appearances. They enjoy happiness, long lifespans and blessings. They see us work until sweat drips from our backs. To them, the food we humans ear is unclean. We human also constantly fight with each other. From the perspective of heavenly beings, they laugh at how unclean we are.
However, we are not aware of this. We think our life is outstanding. We think we are very talented we think we are… We have much pride and arrogance and fight with each other out of anger and ignorance. Indeed, we are truly very unaware.

Heavenly beings see us as unclean, but we are not aware of this. “Noble beings who transcend the world contemplate the Three Realms as unclean. But sentient beings in Three Realms are not aware of this.

When noble beings who transcend the world look at heavenly beings, human and animals, they consider them all as unclean. The pleasures heavenly beings enjoy will end, as will their long lifespans.But they continue to indulge in pleasures instead of earnestly accepting the Buddha-Dharma. So when their blessings end, they will fall again.
Noble beings who transcend the world look at sentient beings of the Three Realms as truly being very unclean. But sentient beings in the Three Realms are unaware of this.
So in the end, each level is higher up than the last, until the highest level. Supreme, universal and perfect enlightenment is something only Buddha have. It is something only Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can “understand.”
They clearly understand the conditions of the lives of humans and heavenly beings. The Buddha understands everything because He is one with the universe, and there is nothing that He does not know.
So, He completely and clearly understands. He understands the ignorance of sentient beings. Greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt lead people to replicate more and more karma; they cling to their delusions and do not awaken. This is why the Buddha appeared in this world and did everything He could to awaken us.He used various methods, analogies, expressions. In His awakened state of mind, He contemplated the heaven and human realms and the ways various animals lived. Then He synthesized all of this. These are all expressions of our unenlightened nature.
Our unenlightened nature is no different from that of animals. Humans are also a king of animal.
In summary, if we mindfully observe the ways of life and environments of beasts and insects, we feel sympathy for them. But when heavenly beings look at our lives, they feel sympathy for us. When Buddhas and Bodhisattvas look at heavenly beings, humans and animals, we are all deserving of their sympathy. So, we should make an effort to contemplate this meticulously and in great detail.
We cannot be careless and lose this opportunity. Together we can create a pure land in this world and follow the Right path of the Dharma with our body and mind. so, we should always be mindful.

(Source: Da Ai TV – Wisdom at Dawn program – Explanation by Master Chen-Yen)