..续本文上一页ictions, and ignorance. When you graduate and receive your diploma, you are liberated.

　　Only when you are liberated can you be master of yourself. If you are not your own master, then others are your master; the thieves come and plunder all the treasures in your home. Those “ others ” include ignorance, false thoughts, afflictions, heavenly demons, unbelievers, ghosts, goblins, and so forth. If you don”t guard your house, it will be invaded and taken over by others. Therefore, you must be attentive and careful; you must be master of yourself. But first of all, you must see through it all and truly understand.

　　愿消三障诸烦恼，

　　愿得智慧真明了，

　　普愿罪障悉消除，

　　世世常行菩萨道。

　　I vow to dispel the three hindrances and

　　all afflictions.

　　I vow to attain wisdom and true

　　understanding.

　　I vow to eradicate each and every

　　hindrance caused by offenses,

　　And always walk the Bodhisattva Path,

　　in life after life.

　　就是自在、做得主。

　　That is to be your own master.

　　若更深解释，自不在就是佛性不现前，而魔王坐殿，被六贼侵犯，想回来也回不来，一天到晚打犯五戒的妄想，虽没有真正去做去，但却时时去打犯戒的妄想，这不是愚痴是什么？这是自不在，而被贼侵犯。自在才能做得主，自不在就做不得主，和流就随境界转，和而不流就不被境界转。所以修行没有旁的，只在自己身心性命上用功夫，什么事都要明白，那就不会做糊涂事，而能知行合一。

　　To explain it at a deeper level, not being master of yourself means that the Buddha-nature is not manifest; instead, the demon king sits in the “ hall ” (of your mind), and the six thieves have taken over. Even if you want to return, you cannot. From morning to night, you fantasize about break¬ing the five precepts. Although you don”t actually do it, you think about breaking precepts all the time. If that”s not being stupid, what is it

　　 That”s a case of not being the master yourself, because the thieves have taken over. Only when you are the master can you be in control. If you are not the master, you are not in control, and you follow along and get confused by states of mind. If you don”t follow along, you won”t be confused by mental states. Cultivation is nothing more than applying effort in our own bodies and minds, in our natures and lives, until we understand everything. Then we won”t do such muddled things. What we know and what we do will be in total agreement.

　　一九八二年九月十六日开示

　　A talk given on September 16, 1982

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