..续本文上一页, hoping the Bodhisattva will be compassionate and cause the world to be peaceful. The possibility of such a response depends on our sincerity. One person”s strength is not enough; the entire assembly”s strength is required. It is said, “The unity of purpose is like a strong fortress.” With united strength and wisdom, let us pray for world peace together.

　　现在的人默默中都有个感觉，都知这世界不和平，岌岌可危。所以现在所有的道场都说祈祷世界和平。最初是由佛教讲堂、金山圣寺提倡，以后跟着香港、台湾都学会了，这就证明世界就快面临大灾厄，所以要祈祷和平。可是真正祈祷世界和平的道场是万佛圣城，为什么？因为我们做什么法会，并没有希望大护法供养多少钱，每年都是无声无息地做，到时就做。不管有没有斋主，都照样举行，当成自己的本份事，而不存丝毫之企图。我们只希望得到佛光加被，将全世界的毒气消除；观音菩萨用甘露水来灌顶，令众生灾消痛除，罪灭福生；地藏菩萨愿力广大，希望他使众生离苦得乐，把灾难厄劫化为乌有。念观音菩萨、地藏菩萨是给世界消毒，不用杀虫水，而是用甘露和法水来消世界的毒气，消一分，世界就多得一分平安，全世界的毒气都消了，则众生受福，人类幸甚矣！

　　Nowadays, people all have the feeling that the world is not at peace, and is in fact in imminent peril. Therefore, all the temples are praying for world peace now. It was the Buddhist Lecture Hall and Gold Mountain Monastery that started it, and then the temples in Hong Kong and Taiwan followed suit. This confirms that the world is on the brink of disaster, and we must pray for peace. The Bodhimanda that is truly praying for world peace is the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. That”s because whenever we hold any Dharma event, we don”t hope that a great Dharma-protector will come and give us a large donation. Every year when the time comes, we just organize the Dharma event without making a lot of commotion. We conduct the affair as usual, whether or not there is a sponsor, because we see it as our obligation and don”t expect any reward for doing it. Our only hope is that the Buddha”s light will aid us and purge the world of poisonous energy. We hope Guanyin Bodhisattva will anoint our crowns with sweet dew, dispel the disasters and illnesses of living beings, and cancel their sins and increase their blessings. We also hope Earth Treasury Bodhisattva, with the great strength of his vows, will enable living beings to leave suffering and attain bliss, and eradicate all calamity and peril. Reciting the names of Guanyin Bodhisattva and Earth Treasury Bodhisattva is a way to disinfect the world without the use of pesticides or chemical sprays. Rather, sweet dew and Dharma-water are used to dispel the poisonous energy in the world. For each bit that is dispelled, the world obtains a bit of peace. When all the poisonous energy has been purged from the world, living beings will be blessed and mankind will be lucky indeed!

　　一九八二年地藏七九月四日开示于

　　万佛圣城

　　A talk given on September 4, 1982

　　during an Earth Treasury Recitation Session

　　at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

《求菩萨为全球消毒 Asking the Bodhisattva to Disinfect the Planet》全文阅读结束。