..續本文上一頁take the true as false, and the false as true. Look at these people: this one writes a book and people all read it. That one writes a book and they read it too. The real Sutras spoken by the Buddha himself are put up on the shelf, where no one ever reads them. From this, we can see that living beings” karmic obstacles are very heavy. If they hear deviant knowledge and deviant views, they will readily believe them. If you speak Dharma based on proper knowledge and proper views, they won”t believe it. Speak it again, and they still won”t believe it. Why

　　 Because they don”t have sufficient good roots and foundations. That”s why they have doubts about the proper Dharma. They are skeptical and unwilling to believe.

　　我們萬佛城這兒要立楞嚴的壇場，最好你們誰發心把這部《楞嚴經》，天天能讀它，或者一個鍾頭、兩個鍾頭。能把它像讀書那麼讀，能記得又能背得出，把這《楞嚴經》、《法華經》，甚至于《華嚴經》都能背誦出來，這是最好的。誰能把《楞嚴經》、《法華經》、《華嚴經》若都能背得出來，那世界上這還是正法存在的時候。所以我們這兒萬佛城這麼好的地方，大家要發大菩提心，做一些個事情。不是說我們和人比賽，我們要出乎其類、拔乎其萃，要做這些事情。

　　Here at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, we will be setting up the Shurangama Platform, so it would be ideal if some of you bring forth the resolve to read the Shurangama Sutra every day for one or two hours. You can study it daily just as if you were studying in school, and memorize it so that you can recite it by heart. If you can recite the Shurangama Sutra, the Dharma Flower Sutra, and even the Avatamsaka Sutra from memory, that would be the very best. If someone is able to recite the Shurangama Sutra, the Dharma Flower Sutra, and the Avatamsaka Sutra from memory, then it will mean that this is still a time when the proper Dharma exists in the world. Therefore, in such a wonderful place as the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, everyone should bring forth a great Bodhi resolve to do these things.It is not that we are competing with others. We should be outstanding, rise above the crowd, and do these things.

　　我在以前有這麼一個心願，想要把《法華經》能背得出來，再能把《楞嚴經》也背得出來。在香港有位果一，就是恒定，他《楞嚴經》能背得出來，《法華經》我教他讀，他最後大約沒有完全背得出來，這是很遺憾的事情。我們這麼好的地方，大家要發大心，把佛經和戒律、《楞嚴經》、《法華經》和《四分律》、《梵網經》都能背得出來，這是最好的，那我們這兒一定是正法久住了。

　　In the past, I had a wish: I wanted to be able to recite the Dharma Flower Sutra and the Shurangama Sutra from memory. In Hong Kong, there is a disciple named Guo Yi (Heng Ding) who can recite the Shurangama Sutra from memory. I taught him to study the Dharma Flower Sutra, but in the end he probably didn”t finish memorizing it, which is very regrettable. In such a fine place as we have here, everyone should bring forth a great resolve to study the Buddhist Sutras and precepts--the Shurangama Sutra, the Dharma Flower Sutra, the Vinaya in Four Divisions, and the Brahma Net Sutra--until he can recite it from memory. That would be the best, for then the proper Dharma would surely remain here for a long time.

《佛弟子應誦持《楞嚴經》Disciples of the Buddha Should Recite and Uphold the Shurangama Sutra》全文閱讀結束。