《永恒的甘露》--《妙法莲华经—普门品》讲记（二十二） 传喜法师宣讲

　　看经、学佛最主要的是要会在生活中起用。我们要生活,要到社会上去谋职,如果不称心,你烦恼不烦恼? 有很多厂家生存不下去了,里面的有些人但凡还有一点点权利,就要以权谋私,国有资产就这样流失到这些人的腰包里去了,这就跟罗刹鬼国一样,吃工人的血汗养肥自己。那些退休工人连工资也拿不到,有些工作了三四十年的,快退休了,厂却倒闭了,给他几千元钱就算完事了。

　　外面的世界浊,众生的心里也浊,就会飘进罗刹鬼国,因为我们有贪,求那些不好的东西。如果你求好的,求真正的解脱,求入诸佛菩萨的愿海,不仅不会飘堕罗刹鬼国,而且还能往生西方极乐世界。所以, 一人学佛全家得益；单位里有一个人学佛, 一群人都得益。我们要用智慧来指导我们的人生,不是说不能求, 而是要如理如法地用正确的方法去求, 方向错了, 就会感召种种的灾难。水、火、风这三灾是从哪里来的?是我们的眼睛东看西看, 我们的耳朵东听西听，我们的心东求西求而感召来的。

　　我师父上悟下道大和尚教我们:出家人眼睛不要东看西看, 耳朵不要东听西听, 心里也不要东想西想, 这三个“门”把它关起来才好修行；修行人要善护其眼, 善护其耳, 善护其心。只要我们反闻闻自性, 因为自性里有观世音菩萨, 你一心称名, 就能得到菩萨大悲愿力的加被, 所以佛说“以是因缘, 名观世音”。

Eternal （Lecture on the Guan Yin Bodhisattva Universal Door）（22）

By Master Chuanxi

The main purpose of studying Dharma is to put it into use in our daily life. In order to make a living, we have to find jobs. If the jobs are not satisfying, then won’t we be annoyed? Lots of factories go bankrupt as a result of corruption of people in different positions with some power. State-owned assets are taken by them. This phenomenon turns factories into the Rakshashas’ country. Those greedy people feed themselves with the workers’ sweat and blood. The retired workers even can not get their pensions. Some of them have worked for over thirty or forty years. However, when they retire, the factories are at the edge of bankruptcy, so they are dismissed with only several thousand Yuan.

If our mind is as turbid as the external world, we will drift into the ’Rakshasas’ country. Due to our greed, we pursue something bad. If you pursue something good, for instance, you pursue real liberation, praying to enter into the sea of all Buddha and Bodhisattavas’ vows, instead of being cast into Rasksasas’ country, you will be reborn into the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss and Joy. Therefore, if youfollow the teachings of the Buddha，the whole of your family will benefit as well. This is also true for a company. We need to guide our life with wisdom. We are not saying that we cannot pursue worldly fortunes, but that we should pursue it in the right way. If wrong direction is taken, we will suffer from all sorts of disasters that we invite. Where do floods, fires, and storms come from? They are invited in by the greed of our eyes, ears and minds.

My master, the Venerable Master Wu Dao, taught us that monks should not indulge their eyes, ears, and mind. Closing these three ‘doors’ is the first step to the practice of Dharma. A practitioner should take good care of his eyes, ears, and mind. As long as we contemplate inwardly upon our self-nature, within which there is Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva, we will be blessed and protected by the power of His compassion and mercy if we pray to Him sincerely. That is why Buddha says, this is how Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva got his name.

爱出者爱返，福往者福来。随喜转载，功德无量。