寂静法师：信心的力量
Master Jijing: The power of faith
我们学习佛法，第一个最重要的是什么？就是信心。不是在于我们知道多少，懂得多少。知道多，懂得多，未必能起作用。能让佛法这种力量在我们心中起作用的，在我们生命中起作用的，在我们身体上起作用的，在我们事业上起作用的，就是信心。
When we study Buddhism, what do you think is the most important factor
It is faith. It doesn”t lies in how much we know or understand. Even if you know a lot and understand much, it may not work. What can make the power of Buddhism function in our heart, in our life, in our body, and in our career, is faith.
经典里面也说到：佛法大海，信为能入，智为能度。也就说佛法就好像汪洋大海一样无边无际，那么怎么样才能进入呢？就是信心。没有信心就不能进入佛法。那么怎么样才能得度呢？通过信心进入不断学习，不断体会、修证，让智慧增长，心里明了，我们的烦恼就没有了，我们的灾难就没有了，我们知道人该怎么活了，知道怎样才是快乐的人生了，知道怎样远离苦难的人生了，我们就得度了。
There is description in the classic works, such as ”In the sea of Buddhism, faith enables you to enter, while wisdom enables you to travel through safely”. That is to say, Buddhism is like the boundless sea. However, how can we enter
By faith. If you don”t have the faith, you can”t enter the door of Buddhism. So, how can we travel through
With faith, you enter, and you keep on studying, experiencing, and correcting. You let the wisdom grow, and when your mind is clear, your worries disappear, your disasters disappear, you know how to live a happy life, and you know how to keep away from sufferings of life, therefore, you are saved
经典又告诉我们：信为道源功德母，长养一切诸善根。我们为什么修道？源于信。产生功德的根源是什么？也是信。没有这个信也就无法进入修道；没有这个信也就没法长养我们的功德，也没法长养我们其他的善根。善根分为什么？第一个就是信根，也就是信心，也就是信念，也就是信仰，没有这个信后面的四根它生不出来。有了信根就会生出精进根，有了精进根就生出念根，有念根生出定根，有定根生出慧根。因为慧根，我们得度。
There is also description in the classic works ”Faith is the mother virtue of teaching, which grows and raises all the good roots”. Why do we practise a teaching
It lies in faith. What is the root of virtue
It is also faith. Without faith, you can”t enter teaching; without faith, there is no bed that can grow and raise our virtue, and let alone other good roots. What are the good roots classified into
The very first is the root of faith, i.e. courage, i.e. trust, and i.e. belief, without which, the other four roots can”t grow. With faith, there will be the root of progress; with the root of progress, there grows the root of mind; with the root of mind, there grows the root of persistence; with the root of persistence, there grows the root of wisdom. Because of the root of wisdom, we can be saved.
我接触师父的法，最大的体会就是我的信心增长了，也体会到师父给我们讲的一切就是要生起信心。我们现在的念佛是本愿念佛，依靠佛的本愿产生力量，接引我们的冤亲债主、接引我们的老祖宗回归极乐。信是什么？信就是一个开关。各位都有手机，如果把手机关了，请问中国移动、中国电信、中国联通在哪里？永远收不到。当我们不生信心，我们就把心关了，就接收不到佛菩萨的慈悲，接收不到佛菩萨的功德，所以这个信至关重要。佛法为什么能起作用？为什么能改变命运？为什么能治愈我们的疾病？最重要的就是信。心一开就接受到佛的慈悲，心一关就接受不到佛的慈悲。有个别学佛的，学了几十年也不知道佛在哪里，为什么不知道佛在哪里呢？因为他没有把开关打开，也就是说没有在内心真正产生信仰。是不是这样啊？
When I got the teaching from my respected master, I experienced strongly that my faith grew, and I also experienced why all that we need to grow was faith. That we call Buddha now depends on our own will, and based on the power at Buddha”s own will, our karmic creditors and our ancestors can return to the pure land. What is faith
Faith is like a switch. Every one of you knows mobile phone, and if you turn off the phone, where can you find China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom
You can never receive the signal. When we don”t have the faith, we turn off our heart, so we can”t receive the signal of mercy from Buddha and bodhisattvas, and we can”t receive the merit from Buddha and bodhisattvas, therefore, faith is the key. Why can Buddhism work
Why can the fate be changed
Why can our diseases be cured
What really counts is faith. As long as you open your heart, you can receive the mercy from Buddha, and vice versa. Some Buddhists don”t know where Buddha is even if they learn many years. Why
Because, he didn”t turn on the switch, that is to say, he didn”t have the real faith in his heart. Isn”t it
我的心，原来也信一点，但是那个开关开得不够，就好像门没有完全打开一样，说关他又没有关，说开他又没有完…
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