..续本文上一页 away! I wouldn”t mind being a magnate of some kind!" Well, if you are that selfish, then don”t even bother learning the mantra. Seven lives pass in the blink of an eye anyway. What should those who learn the Shurangama Mantra be hoping for
You should hope for ultimate Buddhahood; hope to attain the Unsurpassed Proper and Equal Right Enlightenment. Don”t be so petty! Actually those who are really dedicated in reciting the Shurangama Mantra are transformation bodies of Buddhas. Not just any transformation bodies, but those atop the Buddha”s crown--transformation bodies of that transformation body! And so you see that the wonderful aspects of the Shurangama Mantra are difficult to express, difficult to conceptualize. Wherever someone is seriously reciting the Shurangama Mantra, a great white canopy will be there in the space above him. If your skill in reciting the mantra is high-level and far-reaching, then when you recite, the canopy will extend for thousands of miles, preventing any disasters or difficulties. If you only have a little skill, then the canopy will be right above your own head protecting you. If you have virtue in the Way, if you are a High Sanghan, then when you recite, the entire nation will be benefitted and no calamities will occur. Or if disasters are unavoidable, big ones will turn into little ones, and the little ones won”t even happen.
无论哪一个国家饥荒、瘟疫传染病，或者有打仗、贼难，所有一切的灾难。你若能写楞严神咒，放到城的四门上，或者有炮台、堡垒那个看岗的地方，使令这个国家所有的众生都迎接这个〈楞严咒〉，叩头顶礼恭敬，一心供养这个〈楞严咒〉，就像供养佛那么样恭敬。使令这个国家的人民，每个人身上都佩带一卷〈楞严咒〉，或者每个人把它放到自己所住的宅子里边。这样，这些灾难的事情都消灭了。如果有〈楞严咒〉在这个地方，天龙就都欢喜，也没有狂风暴雨这种灾害了，所有的五谷也都丰收，一般老百姓都很平安的。所以〈楞严咒〉这个功德是不可思议的，你想也想不到，思也思不到的，它妙的地方也在这个地方。
It doesn”t matter if it”s a nationwide famine, plague, war, or plunder, all those kinds of disasters will be alleviated. Suppose you were to write out the Shurangama spiritual mantra and place it at the main entrances to the city, or in its watchtowers or other lookout places; suppose you could inspire the nation”s inhabitants to show interest in the Shurangama Mantra, so that they bow to and revere it and single-mindedly make offerings to it as if they were offering to the Buddhas themselves; suppose you could get every single citizen to wear the mantra on their person or to keep it in their place of residence; well, if you could do that, all disasters would disappear. Whenever the Shurangama Mantra can be found in a place, the gods and dragons are delighted, and so that place will be free from devastating storms; the crops will produce in abundance; and the populace will be peaceful and happy. That is why I say that the merit and virtue of the Shurangama Mantra is inexpressible; it can”t be reckoned in the mind; it can”t be cognized in our thoughts. That”s the wonder of it!
本来破戒是不可补救的，但是你若能念〈楞严咒〉，还能恢复你戒根清净。但是能念，不是就念一念，一定要得到诵咒三昧。这个咒就是从你心里念出来的，这个咒又能回来到你心里。所谓咒心心咒，这个心和咒合成一个了，没有分别，你想要忘，也忘不了了，这叫不念而念，念而无念。你把一切妄想杂念都念没有了，就是一个诵持〈楞严咒〉的心，这叫打成一团，成一个了，团结起来了。你这思想念头团结起来了，没有第二念了，就像流水源源而来，前浪推后浪，浪浪不断，这样子水流风动演摩诃，水流的声音，和风动的声音，都是〈楞严咒〉的咒心。你能念到这个样子，那时候你就是破戒了，也还能得到戒根清净；你没有受戒，就得到受戒。本来你不向前进步，不研究佛法，一念〈楞严咒〉，念得时间久了，也自然生出一种精进心来；没有智慧的人，也会开智慧。如果你修行不得清净，开斋破戒，但是因为你不忘〈楞严咒〉，所以很快又恢复清净了。如果你在没持咒、没受戒以前，犯过禁戒，那么持咒之后，所有一切破斋犯戒，这一些个罪，不管是轻、是重，甚至于不通忏悔的四波罗夷罪、五逆、四弃八弃，你一念〈楞严咒〉，无论怎么样重的罪都消灭了，连一个头发那么多都没有了，所以〈楞严咒〉的力量是不可思议。
Basically broken precepts cannot be mended. But if you recite the Shurangama Mantra, you can return to purity. But when I say recite, I don”t mean you can just do it casually. You have to attain the mantra-recitation samadhi. The recitation of the mantra must flow forth from your mind and the mantra must flow back into your mind. That”s called "the mantra is the mind and the mind is the mantra." Your mind and the mantra become united. There isn”t any distinction. It reaches the point where you couldn”t forget it if you wanted to. Th…
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