..續本文上一頁said Guanyin Bodhisattva sees living beings as his brothers and sisters. How could this principle be unreasonable
You don”t believe simply because you don”t have this kind of wisdom and knowledge. Or it may be that you don”t have enough experience. That”s why you”re so ignorant and skeptical.
佛爲什麼要度衆生？因爲他看「一切男子是我父，一切女人是我母。」他的父母在六道輪回中受苦，所以無論如何他也要度衆生，希望他的父母離苦得樂。
Why does the Buddha want to rescue living beings
Because he can see that, "All men have been my father, and all women have been my mother." His fathers and mothers are suffering in the six destinies of rebirth, so he wants to rescue living beings at all costs, and help his parents escape suffering and attain bliss.
我們天天念觀世音菩薩，拜觀世音菩薩；可是觀世音菩薩現身在你面前，你又不認識，所以我們衆生是很苦惱的。什麼是觀世音菩薩現身在你的面前，你也不認識呢？就是那個當面關，也就是你的考驗。你念觀世音菩薩，要學觀世音菩薩的樣子。觀世音菩薩是大慈、大悲、大願、大力，我們念觀世音菩薩，也要學他的大慈、大悲、大願、大力。無論誰對我們不好，我們都應該不動心。
Every day we recite the name of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva and bow to Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, but when Guanshiyin Bodhisattva appears in person before us, we don”t recognize him. That”s why I say we living beings are extremely pitiable. What do I mean that if Guanshiyin Bodhisattva appeared in person before us, we wouldn”t recognize him
It”s our big test. When we recite Guanshiyin Bodhi-sattva”s name, we should learn to be like him. Guanshiyin Bodhi-sattva possesses great kindness, great compassion, great vows, and great strength. When we recite his name, we should also learn to have his great kindness, great compassion, great vows, and great strength. No matter who mistreats us, our minds must remain calm.
誰罵我們，我們要忍；誰打我們，我們也要忍；甚至誰把我們殺了，我們也要忍，並且要認賬。爲什麼要認賬？假如我往昔沒有罵過人，他也不會來罵我；我往昔沒有打過人，人也不會打我。爲什麼有人罵我、打我、殺我？因爲我往昔在愚癡的時候，也罵過人、打過人、殺過人，所以今生遇到這種境界，要把往昔所欠的債務還清了。以前不明白的時候，就好像扛債不還；現在明白了，就應該老老實實地承認這筆債務。我們能承認這筆債，就能見到觀世音菩薩，就和觀世音菩薩有真正法眷屬的關系。
No matter who curses at us, we should endure it. No matter who hits us, we should bear it. Even if someone were to kill us, we should also bear it patiently, and recognize it as our rightful due. Why should we see it as our due
Because if we hadn”t scolded others in the past, others wouldn”t curse at us now. If we hadn”t hit someone in the past, he certainly wouldn”t come to beat us now. Why would someone want to curse at us, hit us, or kill us
Because in the past, when we were stupid and ignorant, we cursed at him, beat him, or killed him. So in this present life, the same situation has happened to us, and we should repay the debts that we accrued in the past. In the past, out of ignorance, we didn”t make good our debts. Now that we understand, we should honestly acknowledge the unpaid debts. Once our debts are paid, we can see Guanshiyin Bodhisattva, and we can truly count as one of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva”s Dharma-relatives.
所以，我們念觀世音菩薩，不要一見到人，就看別人的不對。你盡找別人麻煩，是自己苦未了，苦根未斷盡。所以各位要認識境界，徹法底源。學佛法必須要會運用佛法，要是不會運用佛法，無論你修到什麼時候，佛法仍是佛法，你還是你自己。如果你會運用，那就和佛法打成一片，而不能分開。
When we are reciting Guanyin Bodhisattva”s name, we shouldn”t criticize other people as soon as we meet them. If we”re always looking at the faults of others, it proves that our own suffering hasn”t come to an end. We haven”t pulled up the roots of suffering. So all of us must clearly recognize the situations that occur. We must thoroughly understand the Dharma. People who study the Buddhadharma have to be able to use the Buddhadharma. If we cannot use it, then no matter how long we cultivate, the Buddhadharma merely remains Buddhadharma, and we are simply us. But if we know how to use it, then we can become one with it; we become inpisibly united with the Buddhadharma.
忍，是最要緊的，就是叫你忍你所不願意忍的事情。譬如我不願意挨罵，可是有人罵我，我都歡喜。我不願意挨打，可是有人打我，我更歡喜。我不願意被人殺，生命是很寶貴的，可是有人要殺我，這是了脫我一生的業障，是我真正的善知識。所以各位啊！學佛法要倒過來學，修道也要倒過來修。怎麼倒過來呢？就是你不願意的事，也要願意。你所不願意的事，你不該讓給旁人。
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