天地靈文楞嚴咒

　　The Shurangama Mantra--

　　The Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth

　　我現在給你們講〈楞嚴咒〉，這〈楞嚴咒〉百千萬劫也沒有人講一次，也不容易講一次。這麼一個法會是很稀有的，難遭難遇的。在我給各位講時，我知道沒有人聽得懂。就是有人自以爲懂得，也不是真懂。有人自以爲懂了，所以不注意，那也等于不懂。在佛教裏頭，〈楞嚴咒〉是最重要的一部咒，是咒中的王，也是咒裏邊最長的一個咒，這個咒關系整個佛教的興衰。〈楞嚴咒〉是支持天地沒有毀滅的靈文，〈楞嚴咒〉是支持世界不到末日的靈文。所以我常說，世界上若有一人會念〈楞嚴咒〉，這世界就不會毀滅，佛法也不會毀滅的。等到世上沒有人會念〈楞嚴咒〉時，這世界就快毀滅了，因爲正法不存在了。

　　Now I am explaining the Shurangama Mantra for you and it is extremely difficult to encounter such a rare Dharma assembly as this. Billions of eons pass and no one explains the Shurangama Mantra even once. Nor is it easy to explain even once. When I am explaining, I know full well that no one understands what”s being said. Even if there are those who think they do, they don”t really understand. Some think they already understand and so they don”t pay attention, but that”s also failing to understood.

　　Among the Buddha”s teachings, the Shurangama Mantra is considered to be the king of mantras because it is the longest and most important. The flourish or demise of Buddhism rests entirely with the Shurangama Mantra. It is the efficacious phrases of the Shurangama Mantra that keep heaven and earth from being destroyed. It is the efficacious phrases of the Shurangama Mantra that keep the world from coming to an end. That is why I often tell you that as long as a single person can recite the Shurangama Mantra, the world cannot be destroyed, nor can Buddhism. But when there is no longer anyone who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, then very quickly the world will be destroyed, because the Proper Dharma no longer abides.

　　現在便有一些天魔外道說，《楞嚴經》和〈楞嚴咒〉都是假的，這是天魔外道派出魔子魔孫來造出這些謠言，令人不相信《楞嚴經》和〈楞嚴咒〉。《楞嚴經》和〈楞嚴咒〉，這是正法最要緊的一部經和一部咒，《楞嚴經》就是爲〈楞嚴咒〉而說的，這《楞嚴經》就是解釋〈楞嚴咒〉的一部經。《楞嚴經》和〈楞嚴咒〉的重要性是沒有法子能說得完的，盡未來際也說不完它的這種功德和妙用，所以是不可思議。說來說去，歸納起來，《楞嚴經》就是贊歎〈楞嚴咒〉的。如果有一個人能在世界上念〈楞嚴咒〉，這妖魔鬼怪都不敢公然出現于世，因爲他們所怕的就是〈楞嚴咒〉。如果一個人也不會背〈楞嚴咒〉了，這時候妖魔鬼怪就都出現于世。他們在世界上爲非作歹，一般人也不認識他們了。現在因爲有人會念〈楞嚴咒〉，妖魔鬼怪就不敢公然出現于世。所以若想世界不滅，就趕快念〈楞嚴咒〉、讀《楞嚴經》，這就是正法住世。

　　Now there are even heavenly demons and externalists who claim that the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra are false. These heaven demons and externalists send their demon sons and grandsons to stir up rumors that cause people to not believe in the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra. This sutra and mantra are critically important to the preservation of the Proper Dharma. The Shurangama Sutra was spoken for the sake of the Shurangama Mantra. There”s no way to ever finish expressing the importance of the Shurangama Sutra and the Shurangama Mantra; to the ends of all time their merits, virtues, and wonderful functions could never be told--so absolutely inconceivable and ineffable are they! When all is said and done, the Shurangama Sutra is an ode to the Shurangama Mantra. As long as there is even one person who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, the demons, ghosts, and strange entities don”t dare show themselves in this world. They fear the mantra. But when not even one person can recite the Shurangama Mantra by heart, then those weird entities, those demons and ghosts will come out of hiding. Depraved and up to no good, they will not be recognized by most people. At this point in time, since there are still those who can recite the mantra from memory, those malevolent beings haven”t made their appearance yet. And so, if you want to keep the world from being destroyed, quickly learn the Shurangama Mantra and read the Shurangama Sutra to keep the Proper Dharma in the world.

　　今天開始講〈楞嚴咒〉，〈楞嚴咒〉的「楞嚴」兩個字，就翻譯成「究竟堅固」。

　　Today the explanation of the Shurangama Mantra is beginning. The word "Shurangama" translates as "Ultimately firm and strong."

　　這〈楞嚴咒〉的名字叫「摩诃薩怛多般怛啰陀羅尼」，又叫「佛頂光明摩诃薩怛多般怛啰無上神咒」。佛頂就是佛的頂上化佛，所以這〈楞嚴咒〉是微妙不可思議的。〈楞嚴咒〉裏邊所說的，都是降伏天魔、製諸外道的，從一開始到終了，每一句都是諸佛的心地法門，每一句有每一句的用途，每一個字有每一個字的奧妙，都具足不可思議的力量。即使只念一字、一…

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