..續本文上一頁 away! I wouldn”t mind being a magnate of some kind!" Well, if you are that selfish, then don”t even bother learning the mantra. Seven lives pass in the blink of an eye anyway. What should those who learn the Shurangama Mantra be hoping for
You should hope for ultimate Buddhahood; hope to attain the Unsurpassed Proper and Equal Right Enlightenment. Don”t be so petty! Actually those who are really dedicated in reciting the Shurangama Mantra are transformation bodies of Buddhas. Not just any transformation bodies, but those atop the Buddha”s crown--transformation bodies of that transformation body! And so you see that the wonderful aspects of the Shurangama Mantra are difficult to express, difficult to conceptualize. Wherever someone is seriously reciting the Shurangama Mantra, a great white canopy will be there in the space above him. If your skill in reciting the mantra is high-level and far-reaching, then when you recite, the canopy will extend for thousands of miles, preventing any disasters or difficulties. If you only have a little skill, then the canopy will be right above your own head protecting you. If you have virtue in the Way, if you are a High Sanghan, then when you recite, the entire nation will be benefitted and no calamities will occur. Or if disasters are unavoidable, big ones will turn into little ones, and the little ones won”t even happen.
無論哪一個國家饑荒、瘟疫傳染病，或者有打仗、賊難，所有一切的災難。你若能寫楞嚴神咒，放到城的四門上，或者有炮臺、堡壘那個看崗的地方，使令這個國家所有的衆生都迎接這個〈楞嚴咒〉，叩頭頂禮恭敬，一心供養這個〈楞嚴咒〉，就像供養佛那麼樣恭敬。使令這個國家的人民，每個人身上都佩帶一卷〈楞嚴咒〉，或者每個人把它放到自己所住的宅子裏邊。這樣，這些災難的事情都消滅了。如果有〈楞嚴咒〉在這個地方，天龍就都歡喜，也沒有狂風暴雨這種災害了，所有的五谷也都豐收，一般老百姓都很平安的。所以〈楞嚴咒〉這個功德是不可思議的，你想也想不到，思也思不到的，它妙的地方也在這個地方。
It doesn”t matter if it”s a nationwide famine, plague, war, or plunder, all those kinds of disasters will be alleviated. Suppose you were to write out the Shurangama spiritual mantra and place it at the main entrances to the city, or in its watchtowers or other lookout places; suppose you could inspire the nation”s inhabitants to show interest in the Shurangama Mantra, so that they bow to and revere it and single-mindedly make offerings to it as if they were offering to the Buddhas themselves; suppose you could get every single citizen to wear the mantra on their person or to keep it in their place of residence; well, if you could do that, all disasters would disappear. Whenever the Shurangama Mantra can be found in a place, the gods and dragons are delighted, and so that place will be free from devastating storms; the crops will produce in abundance; and the populace will be peaceful and happy. That is why I say that the merit and virtue of the Shurangama Mantra is inexpressible; it can”t be reckoned in the mind; it can”t be cognized in our thoughts. That”s the wonder of it!
本來破戒是不可補救的，但是你若能念〈楞嚴咒〉，還能恢複你戒根清淨。但是能念，不是就念一念，一定要得到誦咒叁昧。這個咒就是從你心裏念出來的，這個咒又能回來到你心裏。所謂咒心心咒，這個心和咒合成一個了，沒有分別，你想要忘，也忘不了了，這叫不念而念，念而無念。你把一切妄想雜念都念沒有了，就是一個誦持〈楞嚴咒〉的心，這叫打成一團，成一個了，團結起來了。你這思想念頭團結起來了，沒有第二念了，就像流水源源而來，前浪推後浪，浪浪不斷，這樣子水流風動演摩诃，水流的聲音，和風動的聲音，都是〈楞嚴咒〉的咒心。你能念到這個樣子，那時候你就是破戒了，也還能得到戒根清淨；你沒有受戒，就得到受戒。本來你不向前進步，不研究佛法，一念〈楞嚴咒〉，念得時間久了，也自然生出一種精進心來；沒有智慧的人，也會開智慧。如果你修行不得清淨，開齋破戒，但是因爲你不忘〈楞嚴咒〉，所以很快又恢複清淨了。如果你在沒持咒、沒受戒以前，犯過禁戒，那麼持咒之後，所有一切破齋犯戒，這一些個罪，不管是輕、是重，甚至于不通忏悔的四波羅夷罪、五逆、四棄八棄，你一念〈楞嚴咒〉，無論怎麼樣重的罪都消滅了，連一個頭發那麼多都沒有了，所以〈楞嚴咒〉的力量是不可思議。
Basically broken precepts cannot be mended. But if you recite the Shurangama Mantra, you can return to purity. But when I say recite, I don”t mean you can just do it casually. You have to attain the mantra-recitation samadhi. The recitation of the mantra must flow forth from your mind and the mantra must flow back into your mind. That”s called "the mantra is the mind and the mind is the mantra." Your mind and the mantra become united. There isn”t any distinction. It reaches the point where you couldn”t forget it if you wanted to. Th…
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