为什么我们人生,会产生那么多烦恼,生命那么多的不圆满,就是因为我们的生命从来没有打开过智慧,没有看到这个生命,这个世界的真相,我们没有做一些真正的对生命有意义的事情。为什么每天吃饭我们都要念“当愿众生,禅悦为食,法喜充满”,为什么每天吃饭要提醒这个,难道吃饭不对吗,吃饭到底对不对?为什么佛教里提醒我们“当愿众生,禅悦为食”?我们平时觉得很正常的事情,其实在真理面前都不是正常的,那叫什么呢,叫妄想,颠倒妄想。我们天天在做颠倒妄想的事,我们却不知道,那么颠倒妄想的生命,能有什么好的结果呢。所谓的修行就是要开智慧,看到真相,要把颠倒妄想,无量劫来的生命习气要把它改变,要拨乱反正,改变我们错误的。哪一天我们真的突破了那些狭隘,我们虽然生命坐在这边,但是这时候,你的佛性彰显了。
So much imperfection in life, why?
Why is our life full of so much annoyance and imperfection? That is because we have never open the door of wisdom, we have never seen our lives and the truth of this world. In other words, we have not done anything that is really meaningful to our lives. Why do we chant ‘for all living creatures, we take Joy of Chan as food, feeling full of happiness of Buddha-dharma’ before every meal? Why do we need to be reminded about this? Is there anything wrong for us to eat? Is eating actually a good thing or bad? Why does Buddhism keep reminding us ‘for all living creatures, we take Joy of Chan as food’? Anything that we feel pretty normal is actually abnormal when facing the truth. So, how should we call these abnormal thoughts? They are called delusion. We do all kinds of vagarious things and have all kinds of delusive ideas in mind, however, we don’t even realize this way of life could never bring about a good result. The so-called self-cultivation is basically to inspire our wisdom, let us see the truth and help us change the habits of thinking whimsically through kalpas of time. It helps us to correct our mind and establish a force of good. If we could break through the parochialism in our hearts one day, even though you and I are sitting normally in the Saha world, our Buddha-nature is already shadowing around.
爱出者爱返,福往者福来。随喜转载,功德无量。