Wonderful Metaphors in the Pure Land School
淨土宗妙喻
Metaphor 44: If Our Minds Could be Captured by a Video Camera
If there were a video camera which could capture all of our thoughts and play them for the world to watch like a TV show, we would feel too ashamed to step outside.
What kind of people are we? This is the answer!
As Master Shandao puts it, “We are iniquitous ordinary beings subject to endless rebirth. Since time immemorial we have died and been reincarnated, with no hope of leaving the cycle of rebirth.”
44. 照相機喻
如果有一種照相機，是專門照人起心動念的話，那麼，我們就不敢出門； 如果我們的心是像電視，可以播放在外面、隨時讓人家看到的話，我們就會 無地自容。
我們是怎樣的人呢？就是這樣的一個人！
如同善導大師所講的：「現是罪惡生死凡夫，曠劫以來，常沒常流轉，無有 出離之緣。」
Namo Amituofo!
