Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching asking “What does life look like?”
慧淨法師之「人生之實相」
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Master Yìnguang said:
“I, Guang, am but an ordinary mediocre monk, knowing only how to practice with the same devotion as ordinary men and women, who exclusively recite Namo
Amitabha Buddha. Recognizing my own shallow capacity and inferior abilities, I devote myself exclusively to the Pure Land path.
Now that I am old, apart from exclusively reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha, there is no other method suitable for me to learn. As the time of death draws near, I fear that the more I learn, the more my mind-consciousness will lose its purity and simplicity, and this may result in my failing to recite.
If I fail to attain rebirth in the Pure Land, I will wander through saṃsāra for innumerable kalpas. Wouldn’t that be truly lamentable!”
Master Hongyi said:
“During the twenty years after I left home (to become a monk), I fell lower day by day. Although my body is not that of an animal, my mind is not much different from that of an animal.”
“Since becoming a monk, my evil thoughts have increased day by day, and my good thoughts have decreased day by day. Up until now, one could say that I am utterly, thoroughly, completely a person immersed in creating evil.”
印光大師說：光一介庸僧，但只知學愚夫愚婦之專念佛名。自諒陋劣，專以淨 土為事。
今老矣，除持名外，無一法應學。以死期將至，恐所學愈多，心識愈難淳淨， 或致與佛感應不交；則一不往生，永劫流轉，豈不大可哀哉！
弘一大師說：出家以後二十年之中，一天比一天墮落，身體雖然不是禽獸，而 心則與禽獸差不多。
我自從出家以後，惡念一天比一天增加，善念一天比一天退失，一直到現在， 可以說是醇乎其醇的一個埋頭造惡的人。
Namo Amituofo!
