观音菩萨与我们是兄弟
Guanyin Bodhisattva is Our Brother
我们每位众生的心里，都有一位观世音菩萨。
There”s a Guanshiyin Bodhisattva inside the mind of every living being.
我们天天念观世音菩萨，可是观世音菩萨是什么意思呢？「观」是观察世间所有的声音。观也是看，但不是向外看，而是看众生的心，看哪一位众生的心没有妄想，空了，就得到开悟。所以说「十方同聚会，皆共学无为。」十方的善男信女聚集在一起，共同修无为法。念观世音菩萨，也是一种无为法，无为而无不为。这种无为法，就是叫你不要打妄想。
Every day, we recite Guanshiyin Bodhisattva”s name. But what does "Guanshiyin Bodhisattva" mean
"Guan" means "to contemplate," to contemplate all the sounds in the world. To contemplate also means to look. But it doesn”t mean looking at things outside; it means looking into the minds of living beings. It”s looking to see which living being is free of random thoughts. Once those thoughts are gone and the mind is empty, then one can become enlightened. Therefore, a line of verse states: "People have gathered from the ten directions to study the unconditioned." All of the good men and good women who”ve come together in this assembly from the ten directions are cultivating "unconditioned dharmas." Reciting the name of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva is also an unconditioned dharma. Being unconditioned means "there is nothing done and yet there is nothing left undone." This unconditioned dharma is a method for helping us get rid of random thoughts.
你念「南无观世音菩萨」，观世音菩萨也念你，彼此互念。就好像你想你的亲戚，你的亲戚也想念你。我们和观世音菩萨，从无量劫以来，就是法眷属、法亲戚。从什么地方说起呢？从阿弥陀佛那儿论起。阿弥陀佛是西方极乐世界的教主，是观音菩萨的师父；观世音菩萨是帮助阿弥陀佛弘扬净土法门的助手。
When you recite, "Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva," Guanshiyin Bodhisattva is also mindful of you; there is a mutual mindfulness. It is like when you are thinking about your family members and they are also thinking about you. From limitless eons in the past, we and Guanshiyin Bodhisattva have been relatives in Dharma. When did this time begin
What time am I talking about
I”m talking about a time that began with Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha is the Teaching Host in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. He is Guanshiyin Bodhisattva”s teacher, and Guanshiyin Bodhisattva helps Amitabha Buddha to propagate the Pure Land Dharma-door.
我们和观世音菩萨就是法兄弟。观音菩萨是我们这些还没有生到极乐世界的众生的哥哥，而众生是弟弟。如此说来，我们是很近的亲戚，所以我们想念亲兄弟，亲兄弟也想念我们。我们是观音菩萨的弟弟，观音菩萨是我们的哥哥。
We are the Dharma-brothers of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva is the elder brother of all living beings who have not yet been born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. We living beings are his younger siblings. If I explain it this way, then we become very close relatives. So we are mindful of our brother, and our brother also keeps us in mind. We are Guanyin Bodhisattva”s younger brothers, and Guanyin Bodhisattva is our elder brother.
有人说：「观世音菩萨怎么会是我们的哥哥？那我们不是太高攀了？」观世音菩萨不仅仅拿我们当弟弟看待，也拿所有众生当弟弟看待。不然的话，他为什么要寻声救苦？为什么众生有困难，他要帮助呢？因为他看一切众生，有如手足一样，是他的骨肉。所以他才不怕一切艰难困苦，去救度娑婆世界的受苦众生。所以各位不要忘了自己的法兄弟。我们念一声「观世音菩萨」，观世音菩萨也念我们。
Someone is saying, "How can Guanshiyin Bodhisattva be my elder brother
Doesn”t that make me too exalted
" Not only does Guanyin Bodhisattva regard us as his younger brothers, he treats all living beings as his younger brothers. Otherwise, why would he listen to our sounds and come rescue us from our suffering
When we living beings get ourselves into trouble, why would Guanshiyin Bodhisattva want to help us out
It”s because he sees that all living beings are just the same as his own hands and feet, his own flesh and bones. For this reason, Guanyin Bodhisattva fears neither trouble nor difficulty, and comes to rescue all the living beings who are suffering here in this Saha World. Therefore, none of us should forget our Dharma-brother. When we mindfully recite "Namo Guanshiyin Bodhisattva" one time, Guanyin Bodhisattva is also mindful of us.
我们叫一声「观世音菩萨」，里面包含的就是哥哥。观世音菩萨就叫一声我们这些未来的菩萨，未来佛小弟弟。你要是能这样看观世音菩萨，更应诚心，更应该亲切地念自己的法兄弟，不要空过。我们念观世音菩萨，不要低着头念，要抬起头来，表示一种勇猛精进的精神，不要现出萎靡不振的样子。观世音菩萨看你这么有精神，便即刻对你说：「快拉着我的手！」然后和你一起走向极乐世界。
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