Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teaching asking “What does life look like?” 慧淨法師之「人生之實相」
The Lotus Sutra says:
“The Three Realms are without peace; they are like a burning house, filled with all kinds of suffering and terror.”
The Correct Mindfulness of the True Dharma Sutra says:
“Throughout beginningless cycles of birth and death, the net of karma covers the world.
From heaven one is born into hell;
from hell one is born into heaven.”
The Nirvaṇa Sutra says:
“Even if one attains a Brahma-body, or is born in the Heaven of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought, at the end of that life one can still fall back into the three evil destinies.”
The Ksitigarbha Sutra says:
“When heavenly beings have exhausted their heavenly blessings, the five signs of decay appear, and some may even fall into evil paths.”
The Ksitigarbha Sutra also says:
“ For the beings of Jambudvipa—every movement and every thought creates karma. How much more so for those who indulge in killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, false speech, and commit countless offenses.”
The Pure Deliverance Bodhisattva Sutra says:
“In one day, a single person has eight hundred and forty million thoughts.
In every single thought karma is created, that can inevitably lead to the three evil realms.”
The Sorrowful Flower Sutra says:
“These beings were abandoned by the thousand Buddhas of this eon, because their afflictions were exceedingly heavy, and they devote themselves to evil deeds.
Such beings are not accepted in the Buddha-lands.
They have cut off their wholesome roots, are separated from good spiritual friends, and are constantly filled with anger.
These beings completely fill the Saha world.
Because of their grave karma, they are rejected by the Buddha-lands of the ten directions.”
The Great Assembly Sun Treasury Sutra says:
“Shakyamuni Buddha’s original vows declared:
‘If there are beings who commit the five gravest offenses,
slander the Vaipulya (Mahayana) sutras, revile the sages, or violate the parajika rules— they cannot be accepted in the pure Buddha-lands.
All such beings can be born in my land, and I will teach and transform them.’
Because of this vow, even evil beings can gather in his land.”
(to be continued tomorrow)
《法華經》說：三界無安，猶如火宅，眾苦充滿，甚可怖畏。
《正法念處經》言：無始生死中，業網覆世界。從天生地獄，從地獄生天。 《涅槃經》說：雖復得受梵天之身，乃至非想非非想天，命終還墮三惡道中。 《地藏經》說：天人受天福盡，有五衰相現，或有墮於惡道之者。
《地藏經》說：南閻浮提眾生，舉止動念，無不是業，無不是罪。 何況恣情殺害、竊盜、邪淫、妄語，百千罪狀。
《淨度菩薩經》說：一人一日中，八億四千念，念念中所做，皆是三塗業。 《悲華經》說：是一千四佛所放捨者，所謂眾生厚重煩惱，專行惡業。 如是眾生，諸佛世界，所不容受。
如是眾生，斷諸善根，離善知識，常懷瞋恚，皆悉充滿娑婆世界；悉是他方諸 佛世界之所擯棄，以重業故。
《大集日藏經》說：釋迦牟尼佛，本所誓願：若有眾生，造作五逆、謗方等經、毀 呰聖人、犯波羅夷，如是之人，清淨佛剎，所不容者，皆生我國，我當教化。 以是因緣，諸惡眾生，悉集其國。
Namo Amituofo!
