寂靜法師：信心的力量
Master Jijing: The power of faith
我們學習佛法，第一個最重要的是什麼？就是信心。不是在于我們知道多少，懂得多少。知道多，懂得多，未必能起作用。能讓佛法這種力量在我們心中起作用的，在我們生命中起作用的，在我們身體上起作用的，在我們事業上起作用的，就是信心。
When we study Buddhism, what do you think is the most important factor
It is faith. It doesn”t lies in how much we know or understand. Even if you know a lot and understand much, it may not work. What can make the power of Buddhism function in our heart, in our life, in our body, and in our career, is faith.
經典裏面也說到：佛法大海，信爲能入，智爲能度。也就說佛法就好像汪洋大海一樣無邊無際，那麼怎麼樣才能進入呢？就是信心。沒有信心就不能進入佛法。那麼怎麼樣才能得度呢？通過信心進入不斷學習，不斷體會、修證，讓智慧增長，心裏明了，我們的煩惱就沒有了，我們的災難就沒有了，我們知道人該怎麼活了，知道怎樣才是快樂的人生了，知道怎樣遠離苦難的人生了，我們就得度了。
There is description in the classic works, such as ”In the sea of Buddhism, faith enables you to enter, while wisdom enables you to travel through safely”. That is to say, Buddhism is like the boundless sea. However, how can we enter
By faith. If you don”t have the faith, you can”t enter the door of Buddhism. So, how can we travel through
With faith, you enter, and you keep on studying, experiencing, and correcting. You let the wisdom grow, and when your mind is clear, your worries disappear, your disasters disappear, you know how to live a happy life, and you know how to keep away from sufferings of life, therefore, you are saved
經典又告訴我們：信爲道源功德母，長養一切諸善根。我們爲什麼修道？源于信。産生功德的根源是什麼？也是信。沒有這個信也就無法進入修道；沒有這個信也就沒法長養我們的功德，也沒法長養我們其他的善根。善根分爲什麼？第一個就是信根，也就是信心，也就是信念，也就是信仰，沒有這個信後面的四根它生不出來。有了信根就會生出精進根，有了精進根就生出念根，有念根生出定根，有定根生出慧根。因爲慧根，我們得度。
There is also description in the classic works ”Faith is the mother virtue of teaching, which grows and raises all the good roots”. Why do we practise a teaching
It lies in faith. What is the root of virtue
It is also faith. Without faith, you can”t enter teaching; without faith, there is no bed that can grow and raise our virtue, and let alone other good roots. What are the good roots classified into
The very first is the root of faith, i.e. courage, i.e. trust, and i.e. belief, without which, the other four roots can”t grow. With faith, there will be the root of progress; with the root of progress, there grows the root of mind; with the root of mind, there grows the root of persistence; with the root of persistence, there grows the root of wisdom. Because of the root of wisdom, we can be saved.
我接觸師父的法，最大的體會就是我的信心增長了，也體會到師父給我們講的一切就是要生起信心。我們現在的念佛是本願念佛，依靠佛的本願産生力量，接引我們的冤親債主、接引我們的老祖宗回歸極樂。信是什麼？信就是一個開關。各位都有手機，如果把手機關了，請問中國移動、中國電信、中國聯通在哪裏？永遠收不到。當我們不生信心，我們就把心關了，就接收不到佛菩薩的慈悲，接收不到佛菩薩的功德，所以這個信至關重要。佛法爲什麼能起作用？爲什麼能改變命運？爲什麼能治愈我們的疾病？最重要的就是信。心一開就接受到佛的慈悲，心一關就接受不到佛的慈悲。有個別學佛的，學了幾十年也不知道佛在哪裏，爲什麼不知道佛在哪裏呢？因爲他沒有把開關打開，也就是說沒有在內心真正産生信仰。是不是這樣啊？
When I got the teaching from my respected master, I experienced strongly that my faith grew, and I also experienced why all that we need to grow was faith. That we call Buddha now depends on our own will, and based on the power at Buddha”s own will, our karmic creditors and our ancestors can return to the pure land. What is faith
Faith is like a switch. Every one of you knows mobile phone, and if you turn off the phone, where can you find China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom
You can never receive the signal. When we don”t have the faith, we turn off our heart, so we can”t receive the signal of mercy from Buddha and bodhisattvas, and we can”t receive the merit from Buddha and bodhisattvas, therefore, faith is the key. Why can Buddhism work
Why can the fate be changed
Why can our diseases be cured
What really counts is faith. As long as you open your heart, you can receive the mercy from Buddha, and vice versa. Some Buddhists don”t know where Buddha is even if they learn many years. Why
Because, he didn”t turn on the switch, that is to say, he didn”t have the real faith in his heart. Isn”t it
我的心，原來也信一點，但是那個開關開得不夠，就好像門沒有完全打開一樣，說關他又沒有關，說開他又沒有完…
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