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明證法師給初學者的修學建議09-11-10

初學者如何修行

    一、初學者首在建立對佛法的信心：

佛法中有十一個善法，是心所法之一。晉《華嚴經·六》曰：“信為道元功德母，增長一切諸善法，除滅一切諸疑惑，示現開發無上道”。《菩薩本業經·下》曰：“若一切眾生，初入三寶海，以信為本；住在佛家，以戒為本”。唯識論六曰：“雲何為信？於實德能，深忍樂欲，心淨為性，對治不信，樂善為業”。《大智度論·一》曰：“佛法大海，信為能入，智為能度。（中略）複以經中說信為手，如人有手，入寶山中，自在能取，若無手，不能有所取。有信人亦如是，入佛法無漏、根、力、覺道、禪定寶山中，自在所取。”

菩薩修學佛法共有五十二個次第，前十個都是建立信心的，叫“十信位”，信位滿足，方能進入初住位。所以修習對於三寶的信心，是修學一切佛法的基礎，這個基礎不牢靠，以後的修學會受影響，甚至會出問題。

此十位應修十種心，此十種心在信位，能助成信行，全稱十信心。略稱十心：

一、信心，一心決定，樂欲成就。

彰顯自己，不必否定他人

作者:~劉墉~

傍晚，我站在台北辦公大樓的門前，看見一輛公共汽車駛過，有個黑人正從後排的車窗向外張望，我突然興起一種感傷，想起多年前在紐約公車上見到的一幕：

一個黑人媽媽帶著不過四、五歲的小女兒上車，不用票的孩子自己跑到前排坐下，黑人媽媽叮鈴噹啷地丟下硬幣。但是，才往車裡走，就被司機喊住：『喂！不要走，妳少給了一毛錢！』

黑人媽媽走回收費機， 低頭數了半天，喃喃地說：『沒有錯啊！』『是嗎？』司機重新瞄了一眼，揮揮手：『喔，沒有少，妳可以走了！』

令人驚心的事出現了，當黑人媽媽紅著臉，走向自己的小女兒時,突然狠狠出手，抽了小女孩一記耳光。小女孩征住了，摀住火辣辣的臉頰望著母親，露出惶恐無知的眼神，終於哇地一聲哭了出來，『滾！滾到最後一排，忘了妳是黑人嗎？』媽媽厲聲地喊：『黑人只配坐後面！』全車都安靜了，每個人，尤其是白人，都覺得那一記耳光，是火辣辣地打在自己的臉上。

佛門攝影佳作欣賞

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!zZrgcruAGRT7gvlgm5Kglg--/article?mid=67929

電影版〈逆緣〉--念佛生西1

電影版〈逆緣〉--念佛生西2

電影版〈逆緣〉--念佛生西3

釋迦牟尼佛教化的一生

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzyIuVaApic

The life of Buddha depicted on 30 copper tooling frames displayed in the Dhammacakka Hall of Lower Perak Buddhist Association (PBHP), Teluk Intan, Malaysia

Music: Metta Chant by Imee Ooi 慈经 ： 黄慧音

做什麼善事可以讓一個人一輩子最少救1700條命？

以目前英國人每星期有2000人改吃素的情況來看，到了2047年，全英國可能都是素食主義者。

根據一項調查顯示，英國現在有百分之六的人口吃全素，有四成的民眾則是每星期至少挑一天不吃肉。

消費者分析機構的人員表示：「有些人聽到2047年全英國人都吃素可能會嚇一跳，但其實這代表我們進入一個新時代，英國人終於開始瞭解並尊重環境~尊重生命。」

英國是歐洲國家中素食人口第二高的國家，僅次於德國。

-----補充驚人資料（英國）------ 

異熟果報提前現前。

前些天，一位老同修給我講了民間流傳的故事：修橋補路雙瞎眼。細細回味，受益頗多。

故事說的是，北宋年間包拯為相時發生在民間的一樁逸事。有一個村莊住著一個十來歲、腿患殘疾、父母雙亡的孩子，生活十分困苦，甚至靠鄉鄰施捨或乞討活命。這個村子的前面有一條河，往來村民和路人需涉水而過，特別是上了年紀的老人十分不便。

每當河床漲水時更是無法通行。但年復一年，誰也沒想改變它。人們能夠看到的就是這個孩子天天撿石頭，堆在河邊。人問其故，孩曰，要修一座石橋，為鄉鄰行走方便。

眾人不以為然，認為孩子在說瘋話，大多哈哈一樂了之。可是日積月累，年復一年，石頭堆成了小山。鄉鄰開始改變認識，並為這個孩子的精神所感動，投入到了撿石、採石、修橋的行動中。

鄉鄰請來了工匠，開始建造石橋。這個殘疾孩子全身心投入其中。橋尚未建成，這孩子卻在一次鑿石頭中崩瞎了雙眼。人們痛惜、怨恨，怪老天不公。這麼可憐的一個孩子，一心為大家，卻招來這樣的報應。可是這個孩子毫無怨言，每天摸索著在修橋的現場上幹著力所能及的活。在大家齊心合力下橋終於修成了。眾人歡呼喜慶之餘，無不將憐惜、讚嘆的目光聚向那個孤苦伶仃的原本就一條腿殘疾，現在又瞎了雙眼的孩子。孩子雖然甚麼也看不到，但臉上露出了平生以來最歡樂的笑容。

一場不期而至的大雨似乎要為這座石橋洗去浮塵，壯壯行色。可是一聲震耳欲聾的巨雷過後，眾人發現孩子已被巨雷擊中，倒地身亡了。眾人驚呆了，隨後壓抑不住的情感噴瀉而出，嘆息孩子命苦，指責蒼天不公…

恰巧民間稱之為青天大老爺的包拯包相爺公幹至此。百姓紛紛攔住官轎為孩子鳴不平討公道。質問相爺：好人為何不得好報？今後好人何以做得？食人間煙火的包相爺被村民情緒所帶動，揮毫疾書，寫下了「寧行惡，勿行善｣六個字後拂袖而去。

MEDICINE BUDDHA
Healer of Outer and Inner Sickness

An excerpt from
A Short Teaching on the Medicine Buddha
by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Medicine Buddha is a fully enlightened being. To understand who he is, what his nature is, what his function is, and so on, we first need to understand what an enlightened being is. Generally, 'being' means any being who experiences feelings – pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral. Thus we are beings, and animals are beings; but houses and plants are not beings because they do not experience any feelings. There are two types of being: sentient beings and enlightened beings. A sentient being, or living being, is a being whose mind is afflicted by the darkness of ignorance. An enlightened being is a being who is completely free from the darkness of ignorance.

Just as sentient beings have many different aspects, so do enlightened beings. Enlightened beings emanate countless different forms for the benefit of living beings. Sometimes they appear as Deities, sometimes as humans, sometimes as non-humans. Sometimes they appear as Buddhist Teachers, sometimes non-Buddhist Teachers, sometimes as crazy people or evil people, and sometimes even as inanimate objects. Emanations of enlightened beings pervade the whole world, but because our mind is covered by ignorance we do not recognize them. We cannot say who or what is an emanation of a Buddha.

THE POWER OF THE MEDICINE BUDDHA

By Lama Zopa Rinpoche

The yoga method of the Medicine Buddha was taught by Guru Padmasambhava in the collection of teachings called Jewel Treasure. It was taught to enable those who practiced it to diagnose and treat their patients perfectly, particularly in times when the five degenerations were flourishing.

Because the pure wisdom of the omniscient mind, the dharmakaya, is bound by infinite compassion for living beings, it manifested in various aspects to eliminate different obstacles of living beings. Such deities as the seven Medicine Buddhas manifested in order to pacify the obstacles to the achievement of even temporary happiness, and especially the ultimate happiness of full enlightenment.

The seven Medicine Buddhas are not only very powerful in healing disease, but in purification, for both the living and the dead. The Medicine Buddha practice can purify even those who have already died and liberate them from suffering. It is also powerful in bringing success, both temporary and ultimate.

The reason they also bring success is that in the past when they were bodhisattvas practicing the path to enlightenment, they promised and made extensive prayers to actualize all the prayers of living beings of the degenerate time, when the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha are in decline. They generated a very strong intention to become enlightened for this reason; this was their motivation for meditating on and actualizing the path. This is why it is important to pray every day to Medicine Buddha, not only for the healing of disease, but also for the success of our Dharma practice and other activities.

As the Buddha’s holy speech is irrevocable, we can trust the power of the Medicine Buddhas to quickly grant blessings to sentient beings in these degenerate times. If we pray to the Medicine Buddhas we will quickly be able to accomplish everything that we wish. Merely hearing the name of the Medicine Buddha or the Medicine Buddha mantra closes the door to rebirth in the lower realms. We should not have any doubt in regard to these benefits.

梵文相傳是梵天所傳下來的文字,梵文的字形有一定的軌則,而且是形音合一的文字,也可以說是諸佛菩薩護法龍天通用的文字,所以用梵文書寫咒語,本來就有不可思議的加持感應力。也比較容易感召護持佛法的天龍八部護法菩薩護持! 

漢文書寫也是可以,但是更需要持咒加持過,才有很多護法擁護。至於佛號也是一樣的。

釋大寬 合十