自覺覺他、自度度他

• sinweiy

  4 Mar 11, 14:24

  看�你在度他（它）�佛�，实是他（它）在度化您。

  以佛的�教为��，以普度快�为宗旨，以简�方便为妙用，以�生�佛为归宿的自度度他(它)简�法问世三年多�，诸多有缘者实践�明的的确确有其特殊的，�能言喻的，���议的普度�简��方便�快�特点和效能，事实胜于雄辩地�实了佛在一切如�心秘密全身�利�箧�陀罗尼�中的教言：若有�人，死堕地狱，�苦无间，�脱无期，有其�孙，称亡者�，诵上神咒，�至七�，烊铜热�，忽然�为，八功德池，莲生承足，�盖驻顶，地狱门破，���开，其莲如飞，至��界，一切�智，自然显�，�说无穷，�在补处。中有教授�闻解脱密法���闻教授就能解脱。自度度他（它）简�法自然而然把此二��会贯通，更具特殊神效，圆满具足，��闻���近�度�能高��了脱生死的大法。实践了佛陀�验应心，无愿�满的真实教诲。

  致此愿把我亲身�历过的二件事�其心得报告如下。供奉��。

  第一件事。2002年春å¤�之交的一天早晨，我日如既往地到公园锻炼身体，刚往回走了ä¸�远，å�‘现å°�è·¯æ—�的一个蚂èš�çª�周围拥挤著æˆ�å�ƒä¸Šä¸‡çš„å°�èš‚èš�，好象有什么大事似的，é�žå¸¸ç´§å¼ åœ°å¿™ä¸ªä¸�å�œï¼Œæˆ‘看了看天空，好象有点è¦�下雨的å¾�兆，心想è¦�是下了大雨它们å�¯èƒ½éƒ½è¦�丧命。正在这时çª�然ä¸�知从何处æ�¥äº†ä¸ª60多å²�的女人，指著那些蚂èš�说：“把它们都踩死å�§ï¼�”我怕她亲自去踩，便急忙说：“ä¸�能踩，它们也是生命啊ï¼�”她å�ˆè¯´äº†ä¸€å�¥ï¼š“大慈大悲，放生å�—？”我说：“对ï¼�”当时我心想，我è¦�是ä¸�好好的修æŒ�佛法，将æ�¥å •ä¸‰æ�¶é�“，也è¦�象它们一样å�—æ— é‡�大苦，释迦牟尼佛曾指著所è§�到的蚂èš�说，七佛出世它还在蚂èš�中生死轮回。

  如此之久，所å�—之苦难以?说。生命如悬ä¸�，死亡常éš�身。我决心解救这些蚂èš�永离苦海，给它们三归å�Žï¼Œç”¨“自度度他（它）简æ�·æ³•”中的咒语佛å�·è¶…度其速速往生佛净土，å�³ç”Ÿæˆ�佛。大约念诵了10多分钟并如法回å�‘。次日去那蚂èš�çª�处一看，蚂èš�约死了百分之六七å��，余者亦无踪影。而å�Žè¿žç»­åŽ»çœ‹äº†å‡ æ¬¡ï¼Œå†�没è§�此处有活蚂èš�，“一切如æ�¥å¿ƒç§˜å¯†å…¨èº«èˆ�利å®�箧å�°é™€ç½—å°¼ç»�云：若我ç�­å�Žï¼Œå››éƒ¨å¼Ÿå­�……至心å�‘愿，诵念神咒，文文å�¥å�¥ï¼Œæ”¾å¤§å…‰æ˜Žï¼Œç…§è§¦ä¸‰é€”，苦具皆辟，众生脱苦，佛ç§�芽è�Œï¼Œéš�æ„�往生，å��方净土。ä¾�ç»�的教导和已往实践ç»�验断定，这些蚂èš�往生佛净土无疑。

  第二件事。今年3月末，å�‘现我家养的一盆马蹄莲花å�¶å­�一个å�ˆä¸€ä¸ªçš„è�Žé»„，仔细查看æ¯�个å�¶å­�两é�¢éƒ½é•¿æ»¡äº†çº¢èœ˜è››è™«ï¼Œä¸�知如何是好，心想把花扔了和打农è�¯éƒ½æ˜¯æ�€ç”Ÿï¼Œç»§ç»­å…»ä¸‹åŽ»ï¼Œåˆ°èŠ±æž¯æ­»æ—¶ï¼Œå®ƒä»¬ä¹Ÿå¿…定è¦�饿死，于此进退两难之时，çª�然想起用“自度度他（它）简æ�·æ³•”超度蚂èš�的神奇效果，决心如法超度红蜘蛛，使它们三天内全部往生佛净土，到了第三天一看果然如佛所言：一切所愿，任æ„�满足。å†�次è¯�明佛之教言真实ä¸�虚。ç§�田为生者，以此除虫害，çœ�功å�ˆçœ�钱，且ä¸�å�—è�¯å®³ã€‚ä¸�æ�€ä¼—生命，广ç§�大ç¦�田，长养众善根，普度无é‡�众，自度在其中。

  由此使我å�ˆè�”想起去年春天超度蚂èš�之情景，天气出现è¦�下雨之相和那女者说è¦�踩死它们之言，都是对我的加æŒ�，有情无情都在制造æ�¡ä»¶ï¼Œæˆ�熟因缘，为我说法，顿促我生起救度蚂èš�的慈悲心，真诚心，紧迫心。加强我对“自度度他（它）简æ�·æ³•”深信心，勇猛心，精进心，广泛弘扬，度尽众生的广大心。我认为上述的å°�èš‚èš�和红蜘蛛，无论它们是三途众生，还是佛è�©è�¨ä¸ºåº¦åŒ–加æŒ�我所化现。他们都起到了佛è�©è�¨åº¦æˆ‘æ—©æˆ�ä½›é�“的作用，他们就是佛è�©è�¨ã€‚

  他们是我的动力机，给了我无尽的心力，心的力�是永远没有穷尽的；他们是我圆�佛�路上的加油站，使我�生�佛，度尽众生的勇猛心连续�断，没有�毫地间�和�懈；他们是我�进路上的指路明�，给我指明�进的方�，��进一步他们都一一的给我确认没有走错。他们是度尽众生的典范和榜样，毫�怜惜自己肉体之生命，那么多数�胜数的大��为了加�我�度化我�使我一浪胜过一浪地�进，永�退心，早�佛�。一个�一个，一次�一次地�身命度众生。�修们哪�看看佛��度化众生无我的大无�精神和行为，是何等的至高无上，真是�生忘死，以自身死，救众生活，以自身命，救众慧命。

  佛��为救度众生，难�能�，难行能行，为了众生善巧方便，�弃一切。�看看自己度众生的心有多大？为度众生�弃了什么？能真心实�地�弃毒害自己，�害众生的贪嗔痴三毒心�？能真心实�地�弃牵缠自己生死轮回，�缚圆�佛�的绳索之执著颠倒妄想�？一��都�能�让人，一点�利与人相争，与父�之间，夫妻之间，婆媳之间，兄弟�妹之间，家亲眷属之间，�事之间，�修之间，周围人之间一��，一点�利都�能�让，都�能利他，�目为仇。无�寿�云：从�微起，�大困剧。甚至大动干戈，怒气致死，如此执著颠倒，背�而驰，与佛愈远，必堕三途，生时学佛尚能如此，临终死难临头，能把得主，�失正念，心地清净�？往生��，�生�佛等等，一切一切全是梦幻泡影，唯堕入轮回是一真实。回头��回头�是了脱生死的彼岸。概而言之我的体会是：

  贪嗔痴三界也，清净心��也。佛法在世间，��在心间。

   

  2003年4月6日

• realization

  5 Mar 11, 09:54

  OK, I have to say I didn't understand all the Chinese in there.  Is there supposed to be a mantra for this?

• sinweiy

  5 Mar 11, 12:00

  ya, me too. no mantra in particular. i only gave info on the understanding of 自度度他 Help yourself help others. 自度度他 is non dual. and i was trying to address the following u quoted. :)

  " Regarding the paths of practice, there are two types: the difficult path and the easy path.  One starts the difficult path by invoking the bodhi-mind, and follows up by practicing the bodhisattva path life after life, sacrificing one's self to benefit sentient beings.  The traveler on this path relies heavily on the power of his vows to support his work of delivering others life after life. It is a very difficult approach.  If his vow-power is not strong enough, the practitioner will frequently withdraw from the path because of frustrations and setbacks.  But this path is faster than the easy path, as one will achieve the goal of becoming a Buddha much sooner.  The easy path is to rely on rebirth in one of the pure lands that has been created by a Buddha's vow-power, where practitioners can nourish their wisdom.  In other words, the practitioners are reborn in a buddha land as ordinary people, but will cultivate wisdom under the facilitating environment there.  After they reach the stage of non-retrogression or even the noble stages, they will enter the ordinary world to practice the bodhisattva path to deliver sentient beings.  So, this path is more stable, but winding and slow... People without self-confidence or strong aspiration should take the easy path...."
  - from "Orthodox Chinese Buddhism" written by Ch'an Master Sheng-yen
   
  
  For now, I lack strong aspiration and wisdom.  Hence, I do not consider starting out on the Bodhisattva path.

  regarding this, it's a good question.

  to first help yourself then help others is the job of bodhisattvas. to help others while even though u cannot liberate yourself is also the job of bodhisattvas. both examples are bodhisattvas. however, there's certain perspective we need to understand.

  as to help others even though u cannot liberate yourself might not be reliable. one assume that they had help others, but are they really been liberated is questionable. there are ten dharma realms, where do u think one had liberated others to?
  to "liberate" another being into the three lower realm is also consider "liberate"度. 度 mean to "help". u help other into which realm? so to liberate yourself mean u yourself have to know the path, know the direction and not lead others into the wrong path. u can be a person who has gone through the path yourself, so u know the way. if one never been to the road yourself, any how point the road and direction, then that's pretty dangerous.

  but for pureland school, there's a skillful way of doing so. and that's to rely on Amitabha to reborn in western pureland. here u can encourage others while even though u are not liberate yourself. other school u cannot say to help others while even though u cannot liberate yourself, but in pureland school, we can. so that's the difference perspective. u encourage others, u are a bodhisattva, even if u cannot reborn in PL urself.  there are quite many such "bodhisattvas". they are only called the name of "bodhisattva". but that's ok, as the more people u encourage and they really are reborn in PL, then one day when u are about to leave, they will also come back to help u.

  Da Ci 大慈Bodhisattva mentioned to encourage 2 person to PL, is better than oneself's practice. and to encourage over 10 person then ur merit and virtue will be very great. and to encourage 100-1000 person, then u are a Real bodhisattva. and if u can encourage 10000 over person, then u are the manifestation of Amitabha Himself.

   

  i think even if we do not consider starting out on the Bodhisattva path at the moment, but the thought/aspiration must be there that we wish to do it oneday. generate bodhicitta is required for purelanders. faith in itself is also a form of bodhicitta btw.

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• sinweiy

  5 Mar 11, 12:07

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• realization

  5 Mar 11, 12:15

  Originally posted by sinweiy:

  
  

  
  

  
  

  but for pureland school, there's a skillful way of doing so. and that's to rely on Amitabha to reborn in western pureland. here u can encourage others while even though u are not liberate yourself. other school u cannot say to help others while even though u cannot liberate yourself, but in pureland school, we can. so that's the difference perspective. u encourage others, u are a bodhisattva, even if u cannot reborn in PL urself.  there are quite many such "bodhisattvas". they are only called the name of "bodhisattva". but that's ok, as the more people u encourage and they really are reborn in PL, then one day when u are about to leave, they will also come back to help u.

  Da Ci 大慈Bodhisattva mentioned to encourage 2 person to PL, is better than oneself's practice. and to encourage over 10 person then ur merit and virtue will be very great. and to encourage 100-1000 person, then u are a Real bodhisattva. and if u can encourage 10000 over person, then u are the manifestation of Amitabha Himself.

  i think even if we do not consider starting out on the Bodhisattva path at the moment, but the thought/aspiration must be there that we wish to do it oneday. generate bodhicitta is required for purelanders. faith in itself is also a form of bodhicitta btw.

   

  Oh.... I did think you were referring more to 自度度他 concept rather than the remaining of the text.

  sinweiy: "here u can encourage others while even though u are not liberate yourself. other school u cannot say to help others while even though u cannot liberate yourself, but in pureland school, we can. so that's the difference perspective. u encourage others, u are a bodhisattva, even if u cannot reborn in PL urself."

  I didn't know there was this perspective with regards to pureland school.  It's good and expedient to be able to positively influence others in this way; without needing to be highly realized yourself.

  Yeah, thought and aspiration is there, don't worry.  If my neightbour asks me about Buddhism, I certainly won't tell him, "Come back and ask me only after I'm a bodhisattva!"  If I cannot directly explain, I can hand him a book or lead him to someone else who can.  If someone shares their problems in life with me and I think the timing is ripe to share the Four Noble Truths, I also will.  Most layman Buddhists are already doing that I think.

• realization

  5 Mar 11, 12:25

  Oh and another thing... If someone faces with a problem, we may have to help them solve their problem in a practical way first.  Otherwise, we couldn't convince others that Buddhism can liberate them.  I suppose that's what large volunteer organizations like Tzu Chi are doing, but we can also do it on a person-to-person level.