觀音菩薩與我們是兄弟
Guanyin Bodhisattva is Our Brother
我們每位衆生的心裏，都有一位觀世音菩薩。
There”s a Guanshiyin Bodhisattva inside the mind of every living being.
我們天天念觀世音菩薩，可是觀世音菩薩是什麼意思呢？「觀」是觀察世間所有的聲音。觀也是看，但不是向外看，而是看衆生的心，看哪一位衆生的心沒有妄想，空了，就得到開悟。所以說「十方同聚會，皆共學無爲。」十方的善男信女聚集在一起，共同修無爲法。念觀世音菩薩，也是一種無爲法，無爲而無不爲。這種無爲法，就是叫你不要打妄想。
Every day, we recite Guanshiyin Bodhisattva”s name. But what does "Guanshiyin Bodhisattva" mean
"Guan" means "to contemplate," to contemplate all the sounds in the world. To contemplate also means to look. But it doesn”t mean looking at things outside; it means looking into the minds of living beings. It”s looking to see which living being is free of random thoughts. Once those thoughts are gone and the mind is empty, then one can become enlightened. Therefore, a line of verse states: "People have gathered from the ten directions to study the unconditioned." All of the good men and good women who”ve come together in this assembly from the ten directions are cultivating "unconditioned dharmas." Reciting the name of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva is also an unconditioned dharma. Being unconditioned means "there is nothing done and yet there is nothing left undone." This unconditioned dharma is a method for helping us get rid of random thoughts.
你念「南無觀世音菩薩」，觀世音菩薩也念你，彼此互念。就好像你想你的親戚，你的親戚也想念你。我們和觀世音菩薩，從無量劫以來，就是法眷屬、法親戚。從什麼地方說起呢？從阿彌陀佛那兒論起。阿彌陀佛是西方極樂世界的教主，是觀音菩薩的師父；觀世音菩薩是幫助阿彌陀佛弘揚淨土法門的助手。
When you recite, "Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva," Guanshiyin Bodhisattva is also mindful of you; there is a mutual mindfulness. It is like when you are thinking about your family members and they are also thinking about you. From limitless eons in the past, we and Guanshiyin Bodhisattva have been relatives in Dharma. When did this time begin
What time am I talking about
I”m talking about a time that began with Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha is the Teaching Host in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. He is Guanshiyin Bodhisattva”s teacher, and Guanshiyin Bodhisattva helps Amitabha Buddha to propagate the Pure Land Dharma-door.
我們和觀世音菩薩就是法兄弟。觀音菩薩是我們這些還沒有生到極樂世界的衆生的哥哥，而衆生是弟弟。如此說來，我們是很近的親戚，所以我們想念親兄弟，親兄弟也想念我們。我們是觀音菩薩的弟弟，觀音菩薩是我們的哥哥。
We are the Dharma-brothers of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva is the elder brother of all living beings who have not yet been born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. We living beings are his younger siblings. If I explain it this way, then we become very close relatives. So we are mindful of our brother, and our brother also keeps us in mind. We are Guanyin Bodhisattva”s younger brothers, and Guanyin Bodhisattva is our elder brother.
有人說：「觀世音菩薩怎麼會是我們的哥哥？那我們不是太高攀了？」觀世音菩薩不僅僅拿我們當弟弟看待，也拿所有衆生當弟弟看待。不然的話，他爲什麼要尋聲救苦？爲什麼衆生有困難，他要幫助呢？因爲他看一切衆生，有如手足一樣，是他的骨肉。所以他才不怕一切艱難困苦，去救度娑婆世界的受苦衆生。所以各位不要忘了自己的法兄弟。我們念一聲「觀世音菩薩」，觀世音菩薩也念我們。
Someone is saying, "How can Guanshiyin Bodhisattva be my elder brother
Doesn”t that make me too exalted
" Not only does Guanyin Bodhisattva regard us as his younger brothers, he treats all living beings as his younger brothers. Otherwise, why would he listen to our sounds and come rescue us from our suffering
When we living beings get ourselves into trouble, why would Guanshiyin Bodhisattva want to help us out
It”s because he sees that all living beings are just the same as his own hands and feet, his own flesh and bones. For this reason, Guanyin Bodhisattva fears neither trouble nor difficulty, and comes to rescue all the living beings who are suffering here in this Saha World. Therefore, none of us should forget our Dharma-brother. When we mindfully recite "Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva" one time, Guanyin Bodhisattva is also mindful of us.
我們叫一聲「觀世音菩薩」，裏面包含的就是哥哥。觀世音菩薩就叫一聲我們這些未來的菩薩，未來佛小弟弟。你要是能這樣看觀世音菩薩，更應誠心，更應該親切地念自己的法兄弟，不要空過。我們念觀世音菩薩，不要低著頭念，要擡起頭來，表示一種勇猛精進的精神，不要現出萎靡不振的樣子。觀世音菩薩看你這麼有精神，便即刻對你說：「快拉著我的手！」然後和你一起走向極樂世界。
When we call…
《觀音菩薩與我們是兄弟 Guanyin Bodhisattva is Our Brother》全文未完，請進入下頁繼續閱讀…