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【證嚴上人開示】
東方世界眾生
與佛因緣深厚
法傳東土緣殊勝
利根領悟深妙法
也就是要跟大家分享,我們前段文就是佛的毫光,照東方萬八千,這萬八千的世界就很多了,意思就是很長,直的,很長的下來,橫的,是很廣,佛眉間的毫光,能夠照耀這麼寬、這麼廣,這麼的深、這麼透徹,這是表達佛陀乃是宇宙大覺者,他的覺悟性很大。
但是這個光芒,所照耀的是向於東方,常常說日出是從東方升起,光明一出也是最接近,所以我們若在人間的眾生,最接近佛陀的光芒智慧,因為人人心中,也是有這面無限量的光。
所以我們過去常常說,心鏡、心鏡,人人都有一片清淨無染的心鏡,看看我們這一面心鏡,若能夠擦淨,自然那個光和佛的心光相映,那個(法華)會中,人人已經心鏡已經擦亮了,將無明、黑暗的污垢,全都清除掉了,面面心鏡都已經發亮了。
佛陀毫光一出來,就像太陽的光,無論多少的鏡子,只要向著太陽,那個鏡子會反射會亮,那個光也是無量,那個光也能照射得很遠,只要這面鏡子跟太陽相映,它就能夠照得很遠。
記得曾有過一群登山者,在登山當中發生了山難,直升機在空中,在山區一直找,到底求救的人在哪裡?這當中,登山者有帶著鏡子,所以,他就用身邊,小小的一面鏡子,照著太陽的光,向飛機,直升機的方向,這樣照過去,直升機看到那個閃閃的光,找到這個光去救人,曾有過這樣的新聞。
還有鏡面一層層疊,經過了再磨等等,這鏡子能放大,放大的鏡子它能看鏡子下面微細的東西,經過處理以後的鏡子,較粗的就是放大鏡,更微細的叫做顯微鏡。
有一回我去台北,去看研究室裡面,有設備很多高科技的東西,在那當中他們在做細菌研究,就讓我探頭看看,透過那個顯微鏡這樣看,看了之後,我就說:「細菌可以有這樣的圖樣,分布得那麼美。」
「對啊!人體細胞裡面,有各種不同圖樣的細菌分布。」
我就說:「這像一個世界一樣。」
對,在我們的身上,小乾坤裡面,有多少不同的微細菌,這都是有它的世界,一個細胞,有一個它的世界在。
所以說起來,我們人人若能將我們的心光,擦乾淨,我們這面鏡子,若能和佛的心會合起來,我們就能夠,看透徹了很多的世界,何況佛陀眉間所放出的毫光,我們若能心真正的靜,用靜寂清澄,很靜、很清、很明,來會合佛眉間的毫光,就像這個小鏡子,和太陽會合起來一樣。
所以我們東方,就是人間世界的眾生,與佛的因緣很深厚,佛是為人間來成佛的,佛是為人間所修行,現相、修行,以身作則讓我們看,他也有一對的父母,他出生的時候,也是有小孩童的時代,同樣這樣的長大,同樣看人間的世界,有生老病死這樣的感覺,體會到人生的矛盾,人生的無常,人生的苦難,所以起了這念心,他修行去了。
這是人間的過程,佛陀是示相,顯示這個修行過程的形象,給我們看,這叫做身教。
我們若能體會,佛陀本來是無生無滅,哪還有生?與一直開始看到人間相,起動念、去修行、成佛,然後四十多年的說法,八十歲入滅,這段的人生,無不都是在教育我們,用他的這個形態來教育眾生,和眾生是這麼接近。
我們人人和佛的生活都很接近,所以既然這麼接近佛,佛可以成佛,我們也是一樣可以成佛,這個生活方式就是這麼接近,其實我們的本性和佛更加接近,只是我們就是有脫離了,一念的無明,污染叢生,就像病菌,一點點的病菌,它不斷複製複製,複製到變成了病菌在人的體內,讓種種病發生。
同樣的道理,我們的心也是這樣,就是一念的無明,不斷複製,複製得我們的心無明黑暗,所以製造了很多的煩惱,就像病菌製造很多的毒,同樣的意思。
所以說起來,佛陀來人間,無非就是要現相告訴我們,我們有跟他這麼接近,不管是生活中的接近,還有心靈的接近,來到法華會的時候,這個光,人人的這個心寂靜下來,坐下來這個當中,應該是佛心眾生心會合起來,這是多麼有緣。
東方世界眾生
與佛因緣深厚
法傳東土緣殊勝
利根領悟深妙法
所以,東方世界眾生,與佛因緣實在是很深很厚,佛陀的慈悲就是為人間來,所以在這當中,就是要傳法的時候,佛陀要將他這個本懷,將他的佛心所保護住這個法,現在完全都要釋放出去,這就是法傳,也就是傳法,所以有緣的眾生,那就是很殊勝了。
所以「利根領悟深妙法」,同在這個道場裡面,若是利根的人,他的體悟更接近,更體會愈深愈妙的法,所以同那個道場裡面,也還有根機不同的人,所以佛陀在這當中現神變相,放眉間毫光,所以下面就說:
於此世界
盡見彼土六趣眾生
又見彼土現在諸佛
及聞諸佛所說經法
並見彼諸
比丘、比丘尼
優婆塞、優婆夷
諸修行得道者
復見諸菩薩摩訶薩
種種因緣 種種信解
種種相貌 行菩薩道
復見諸佛般涅槃者
復見諸佛般涅槃後
以佛舍利起七寶塔
《法華經序品第一》
這段文唸起來比較長了一點,卻是一種連貫,在佛陀的毫相光裡面,我們大家所看到的境界,從東方萬八千世界,非常的周遍,這當中,不管是在阿鼻地獄的形象,或者是阿迦尼吒天的形象,直的,很透徹,橫的,很普遍,這個光,在這個會中的大眾全都看得到。
因為照到這個光,剛才說過,像心鏡和太陽會合,再遠的地方也會閃光,所以說我們這個,人人的心鏡愈明就會愈亮。
有的時候,古人若是家裡暗暗的,沒有電燈的時候,古時候的人也很有智慧,用一面鏡子,也是照著太陽,用這面鏡子反射進去,同樣暗的地方也會變成亮的,這就是自古以來,就是有這麼微妙的法。
世間的物質,你若懂得用,可以用得很開很闊很長,我們都是用得到,這就是我們的佛性,也是世間種種物理的本性在,所以不管是物,常常說「三理四相」,一切都有他無限量的道理,所以這是佛陀在這當中現光,讓我們盡見彼土。
甚至可以看到六趣,六趣的眾生,有天、有修羅、有地獄、有餓鬼、有畜生和人間界,這六趣的眾生,都是流轉生死。
生死流轉
即於此世界
盡見彼土六趣眾生
這字「趣」,是歸趣的意思,趣向的意思,這就是六趣,我們在我們這個世界的眾生,都不離開這個六趣,因為是凡夫,凡夫他所造的業,就是很多的「有漏業」,就是煩惱業,「有漏」就是煩惱,有漏業分為有三項:

歸趣之義
以六道眾生
所造有漏之業
共分為三
這三項:
第一
造惡業者
趣修羅、地獄
餓鬼、畜生四惡趣
六趣有三善道、三惡道,三善道就是天、人、修羅,算是善道,修羅是有天福,沒有天德,雖然他很愛發脾氣,一直內心的煩惱很多,不過他有布施,布施中有煩惱,這叫做修羅,他也被列入在苦樂參半中,所以屬於三善道。
再來地獄、餓鬼、畜生,那叫做三惡道,那就苦不堪了,所以這叫做六趣,我們若是造有漏業,就是在六趣裡面。
第二
造五戒十善業者
趣人道及欲界諸天
第三
造不動業
如修有漏諸禪定者
趣色界、
無色界諸天
這還是有漏,那怕你修行修到色界無色界,還尚未圓滿,這還是在三界的裡面,佛陀要我們能脫離三界,所以這個天道,雖然是享樂多壽命長,不過,還不是我們學佛所要求的境界。
盡見彼土六趣眾生
此諸趣眾生
造何種因趣何種果
由生趣死
由死趣生
輪迴不息
這都不是我們修行的目的了,不過我們能夠得人身聽聞佛法,我們能看到這些境界,因為佛法,我們的心,若和佛的法會合在一起,這些道理我們都知道,我們好像在心境透徹,這樣就像我們看到了,盡見,除了這個人世界的境界之外,還有諸天的境界,還有諸惡趣的境界,我們都很透徹了解,我們若是透徹了解,我們就知道方向要怎樣去修行。
各位菩薩,學佛,就是要學得,我們要怎麼樣能了徹,在這個三界之內,在這個六趣當中,種種的生態,我們若能夠了解,不管是天、人、地獄、餓鬼、畜生,或者是在我們的人間界,所看得到的物質,看看地球,萬物都有成、住、壞、空,在我們的身體,有生、老、病、死,在我們的心,就有生、住、異、滅。
所以說起來,這種成、住、壞、空,生、老、病、死,或者是生、住、異、滅等等,各位沒有一樣微細的東西,不是大道理,所以三理四項,只要有相的東西,就有它的大道理在,最微細的細菌,我們眼睛看不到,顯微鏡看得出來,那個裡面的道理也是很大,所以說希望人人,把我們這個最微細的智慧,要深徹了解。
若能如此,就能夠了徹六趣眾生的道理,希望人人要時時多用心。
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Explanations by Master Cheng-Yan
Subject: The Mirror of the Mind Illuminates Three Realms (心鏡光明徹三界)
Date: July. 01, 2013

Sentient beings in the eastern worlds have strong causes and connections with the Buddha. The conditions for spreading the Dharma to eastern lands are extraordinary. [Those with] sharp capabilities can realize the profound and wondrous Dharma.

I share this to remind us that the previous passage describes how the light of the Buddha illuminated 18,000 worlds in the east. This is a very large number of worlds. This means that the light was far-reaching. Vertically, it reached far below; horizontally, it stretched far and wide. The light between the Buddha’s eyebrows can illuminate so broadly, so widely, so deeply and so thoroughly. This signifies that the Buddha is the Great Enlightened One of the Universe, that His enlightened nature is great. But, this radiance was directed toward the east. We often note that the sun rises in the east, so the light first appears in the east. As sentient beings in the human realm, we are also the closet to the Buddha’s radiant wisdom. This is because everyone’s mind also has this facet of limitless light. I have often mentioned the mirror of the mind; we all have a clear and undefiled mirror in our minds. See, if we can clean this mirror of the mind, then naturally its light will converge with the light of the Buddha’s mind. At the Lotus Assembly, everyone had already polished the mirror of their minds; their ignorance and dark defilements had already been completely eliminated. Each mirror of the mind was already shining. When the Buddha’s light shone, it was like the light of the sun. No matter how many mirrors there are, as long as they all face the sun, each mirror will reflect the brightness. That light is also infinite and far-reaching. As long as a mirror faces the sun, it can illuminate things far away. I remember there was once a group of climbers who ran into difficulties in the mountains. A helicopter in the air kept searching in this mountainous zone, not knowing exactly where those to be rescued were. One climber had brought a mirror, so, he used that small mirror he had with him to reflect the light of the sun in the direction of the helicopter. The helicopter saw that flashing light. Following the light, it went to rescue the people. This was a story in the news.
Mirrors can also be stacked on top of one another, and after some processing and so on, can make a lens that can be used to magnify. A magnifying lens can clearly show tiny things beneath it. After some processing, the lenses that are cruder are used as magnifying glasses, and those that are finer are called microscopes.
One time I went to Taipei and visited a research lab equipped with many high-tech instruments. They were doing research on bacteria.They let me look through the microscope.After I looked, I said, “Bacteria can have such patterns that are spread out so beautifully.”“That’s right, in the cells of the human body, there are bacteria with all kinds of patterns.”I said, “It seems like they have their own worlds.”Indeed, each of our bodies are microcosms, with innumerable different microorganisms; each has its own world.Each cell lives in its world.So, we can say that if we can each polish the mirror in our minds till clean and unite our light with that of the Buddha, then we ourselves will see through many worlds.
Moreover, this is the light radiating from between the Buddha’s eyebrows.If our minds can truly be tranquil and clear, then with this purity and clarity, we can reflect the light of the Buddha like a small mirror reflecting the sun.
So, we in the east are the sentient beings of the hunman realm who have strong karmic connections with the Buddha.The Buddha attained enlightenment and engaged in spiritual practice for the human realm.He manifested and practiced, leading by example for us all to see.
Like us, He also had parents.After He was born, He also experienced a childhood.Just like us, He grew older.Just like us, He faced birth, aging, illness and death in this world.He experienced life’s challenges, its impermanence and its suffering.So, He made a vow to engage in spiritual practice.
This was His process in this world.He manifested this appearance to demonstrate how the process of spiritual practice takes form, so that we could witness it.This is called teaching by example.
If we understand that the Buddha was originally non-arising and non-ceasing, then how was He born?After He saw the state of the human realm, He vowed to practice and attain Buddhahood.
Then He expounded the Dharma for over 40 years.He entered Parinirvana when He was 80.
This period of His physical existence was all for the sake of teaching us.He used His appearance to show us sentient beings that He was similar to us.The way we live is similar to the way He lived.
So since we live much like He did, and the Buddha attained enlightenment, then we too can also attain Buddhahood.Our way of living is very similar, but our intrinsic nature is even more similar; it is just that we have departed from it.
One ignorant thought defiles us and multiplies, just like bacteria.A tiny bacterium multiplies endlessly, until it causes all kinds of diseases in the body.Our minds follow the same principle: that is, one ignorant thought multiplies endlessly.It multiplies until our minds are in darkness and lack clarity, creating many afflictions.This is like how bacteria create many toxins.Therefore, the Buddha came to the human realm to manifest and show us how similar we are to Him.He showed us the similarity of our ways of living and the similarity of our spirits.
At the time of the Lotus Dharma-assembly, this light calmed and quieted everyone’s minds.
As they sat, the Buddha’s and sentient beings’ minds converged.These karmic conditions were so strong.

Sentient beings in the eastern worlds had strong causes and connections with the Buddha.
The conditions for spreading the Dharma to eastern lands extraordinary.
[Those with] sharp capabilities can realize the deep and wondrous Dharma.


So, “sentient beings in the eastern worlds have deep causes and connections with the Buddha”. The Buddha came to this realm our of compassion. In this process, it was now time to spread the Dharma according to His original intent. He would now completely reveal the Dharma that He had guarded. This is the Dharma- expression which is the passion on of the Dharma. So, sentient beings with these karmic connections were very extraordinary. “[Those with] sharp capabilities can realize the profound and wondrous Dharma”. Even in the same spiritual training ground, those with sharp capabilities had realizations that brought them closer, so they experienced a deeper and more wondrous Dharma. So in that same spiritual training ground, there were people of different capabilities. The Buddha then showed His spiritual powers and radiated light from between His eyebrows. So next it says,  

“In these worlds, one could see all sentient beings of the Six Destinies. One could also see all the present Buddhas in those lands and hear all the sutras and Dharma that those Buddhas were expounding. One could also see the bhiksus, bhiksunis, upasakas, upasikas, all who practiced and attained the Way. Moreover, one could see all Bodhisattva- Mahasttvas who, though various causes and conditions, various types of faith and understanding, and their various appearances, were practicing the Bodhisattva-path. One could also see the Parinirvana of all Buddhas and, after the Parinirvana of the Buddhas, the building of seven-jewel stupas to hold the Buddha's sariras.”

This passage is a bit longer to read but it is all connected. The light radiated by the Buddha encompassed the worlds that we could see, starting with the 18,000 of the east. It was very pervasive. As it spread, whether [showing] the form of Avici Hell or the form of Akanishtha Heaven, it spread thoroughly and extensively, vertically and horizontally.With this light, all in the assembly could see everything. As I mentioned earlier, when a mirror reflects the sun, even the farthest places will be illuminated.
So this means the clearer the mirror of our minds, the brighter it will shine. In times of antiquity, when it was dark indoors because there was no electricity, people exercised their wisdom [to find a solution]. They face a mirror toward the sun and used it to reflect light into dark places to make them bright. Since ancient times, we were already familiar with such an intricate principle. If we know how to use the materials of this world, they can be used easily, broadly, for a long time. This is our Buddha-nature; it is also the nature of all things in the world. Even with physical objects, I often speak of the “three sciences and four states of existence”. Everything has its limitless principles. So when the Buddha radiated light at this point, He let us see all sentient beings in those lands.
We could even see those in the Six Destinies. Sentient beings in the Six Destinies are born in the heaven,asura, hell, hungry ghost, animal and human realms. These sentient beings transmigrate through cyclic existence.

Beings transmigrate through cyclic existence. From this world one could see all the sentient beings in the Six Destinies.

The word “destiny” has the meaning of a direction, an inclination. These are the Six Destinies. We sentient beings of this world cannot leave these Six Destinies because we are unenlightened beings. The karma created by unenlightened beings is a lot of “flawed karma”. This is karma of afflictions. Flawed karma is divided into three types.

Destiny means direction.
Sentient beings of the Six Realm create flawed karma, which can be divided into three types.
Of these three,
the first is that of those who create negative karma. They are destined to go to the four evil destinies of asuras, hell hungry ghosts and animals.


Of the Six Destinies, three are positive, they are the heaven, the human and asura destinies.
These are considered positive. Asuras have heavenly blessing but not virtues. Though they easily lose their tempers and have many afflictions in their hearts, they do practice giving. But they are afflicted in their giving. These are asuras, whose existence is considered to be a mix of suffering and joy, and thus belong to the three positive destinies.
Now, hell, hungry ghosts and animals are called the three evil destines. These realms are filled with endless suffering.So, these are the Six Destinies. If we create flawed karma, then we stay in the Six Destinies.

The second type is those who create karma of the Five Precepts and Ten Good Deeds, who are destined for the human path and heavens of the desire realm.

The third type is those who create unmoving karma, such as those who practice flawed meditation. They are destined for all heavens in the form and formless realms.


They all still have flaws. Even if they reach the form and formless realms, their practice is still not perfect nor complete. They still remain in the Three Realms.The Buddha wants us to transcend these realms. Though the heaven realm provides much pleasure and long life, it is still not the state we seek when we strive to learn the Buddha’s Way.

Now, one could see all sentient beings in the six Destinies there, and one could see how the seeds they create destine them for certain fruits. From birth, one is destined to die, from death, one is destined to be reborn, this cycle of transmigration never ceases.

This is not what we aim for in spiritual practice, but we were born human and can hear the Dharma. We are able to see these worlds because of the Buddha-Dharma, if our minds can encounter the Buddha’s Dharma, then we can know all these principles. It is as if our mental states are clear; in this way, we can see everything. Besides this world of humans, there are the world of all the heavens and the evil destinies. We thoroughly understand all of them. If we thoroughly understand them, then we know in which direction to practice. Fellow Bodhisattvas, to learn the Buddha’s Way, we must learn how to thoroughly understand the different environments of the Three Realms and the Six Destinies. If we can understand the heaven, human, hell, hungry ghost, and animal paths, and all the tangible things that we see in the human world, we will understand that on Earth everything forms, exists, decays, and disappears. We see our bodies go through birth, aging, illness, and death, and that our thoughts arise, abide, change, and cease. In other worlds, this formation, existence, decay and disappearance, of birth, aging, illness and death, or arising, abiding, changing and ceasing, etc., are great principles that apply even to the subtlest things.
Such are the three sciences and four state of existence. As long as a thing has form, then it contains a great principle. The tiniest bacterium cannot be seen by our eyes. But through a microscope, we can see that it also contains a great principle. So, I hope that everyone can deeply and thoroughly comprehend this subtle wisdom. if so, we can thoroughly understand the principles of the Six Destinies. I hope that everyone will always be mindful.

(Source: Da Ai TV - Wisdom at Dawn program – Explanation by Master Chen-Yen)
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