Bodhisattva Takut Akan Sebab, Mahkluk Biasa Takut Akan Akibat

Seorang umat awam ditimpa malapetaka. Umat awam itu baru saja
kehilangan rumah (terbakar habis oleh api) dan Istrinya pun kemudian
sakit parah karena shock. Umat awam itu begitu terpukul sehingga
mulai ragu akan Buddha-Dharma.

Mengetahui ini, Master Yin Kuang (PureLand Patriarch) mengirim sebuah surat untuk menghibur dan membangkitkan kembali tekad dan semangatnya.

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Bodhisattva Takut Akan Sebab, Mahkluk Biasa Takut Akan Akibat

Sutra Teratai menyatakan: “Tak ada kedamaian di dunia Samsara. Ini seperti rumah yang sedang terbakar. Ini sungguh suatu hal yang menakutkan”

Matahari dan bulan tidak-lah selalu berada di atas. Pada saat-nya,Matahari pun akan terbenam dan Bulan pun akan tertutup oleh terang.
Bahkan gunung yang paling tinggi pada saatnya akan tertutup oleh
lautan, tertimbun oleh lumpur. Ini tidaklah berbeda dengan kondisi manusia.

Selama hidup sebagai umat awam, adalah wajar kita bekerja untuk
memenuhi kebutuhan hidup keluarga.

Tetapi dari sudut pandang kebutuhan hidup, satu mangkok sup dan sayur
segar sudahlah cukup. Mengapa harus mencari makanan khusus dari
lautan dan gunung?

Dari sudut pandang kebutuhan hidup, pakaian yang sederhana sudahlah
cukup, untuk apa harus mencari Sutra tebal dengan jahitan khusus?

Untuk masa depan anak, mereka bisa mendapatkan pendidikan yang layak,
untuk apa harus mengumpulkan kekayaan tanpa henti?

Anda harus menyadari bahwa semua fenomena dalam hidup ini adalah
seperti mimpi, ilusi, gelembung kecil, bayang-bayang, embun,
halilintar, bayangan bulan di atas air, bayangan bunga di atas
cermin. Semuanya tidak nyata dan sementara. Hanya Ke-Buddha-an yang tidak pernah berkurang.

Mereka yang tidak mengerti akan Buddha-Dharma tidak-lah bisa
disalahkan. Tetapi anda sebagai praktisi, mengapa tidak menggunakan pengalaman penderitaan untuk mengerti lebih dalam?

Tinggalkan semua ilusi dan penderitaan anda dan membaca Nama Buddha dengan pikiran tunggal.

Apakah ini bukan berarti mengubah kemalangan
kecil menjadi berkah yang luar biasa?

Sutra menyatakan: “Bodhisattva takut akan sebab, mahkluk biasa takut akan akibat”

Untuk menghindari penderitaan, Boddhisattva menghancurkan sekaligus semua sebab buruk (sebab dari penderitaan). Maka, karma buruk dihilangkan dan kebajikan menjadi sempurna.

Mahkluk hidup terus menerus menciptakan sebab buruk
tetapi berkeinginan untuk terbebas dari akibat buruk.

Mereka tidaklah berbeda seperti orang yang takut akan bayangan sendiri tetapi terus berlari dan berlindung di bawah cahaya matahari. Bagaimana mereka dapat terbebas dari bayangan mereka?

Saya harap anda merenungkan kata-kata saya dengan dalam. Maka anda akan sembuh dari penderitaan anda, membersihkan langit dari awan gelap, membuka tabir terang, menemukan kebahagiaan di dalam bencana.

諸佛已經覺悟諸法實相是無所有，無自性的，就是性空的。不生不滅的。業性也是如是。

寶首菩薩用種種非常好的譬喻來說明業性。

           譬如淨明鏡，隨其所對質，現像各不同，業性亦如是。
　      亦如田種子，各各不相知，自然能出生，業性亦如是。
　      又如巧幻師，在彼四衢道，示現眾色相，業性亦如是。
　      如機關木人，能出種種聲，彼無我非我，業性亦如是。
　      亦如眾鳥類，從穀而得出，音聲各不同，業性亦如是。
　      譬如胎藏中，諸根悉成就，體相無來處，業性亦如是。
　      又如在地獄，種種諸苦事，彼悉無所從，業性亦如是。
　      譬如轉輪王，成就勝七寶，來處不可得，業性亦如是。
　      又如諸世界，大火所燒然，此火無來處，業性亦如是。

因緣不同所產生的果報不同，雖然六道眾生從四大，五蘊和合而來的，但是因緣不同所產生的果報不同，都是按照他們自己所做的行業，但是業性的本體是無自性的，沒有好也沒有不好的。

例子：

我媽媽常起煩惱，是她自己所造的煩惱，孩子們已經長大了，但她對孩子們所執著，讓自己苦苦惱腦。原因就是認為孩子們是我的，有了分別，平常不愉快。雖然她願意我出家，但是有一段時間，還是心裡面的一部分難接受，透過了一年後再放心。我妹妹結婚已經四年，還沒有生孩子，她也很困腦，今年我妹妹才生孩子了。一年前第二妹妹跟新加坡人結婚，當然她跟著丈夫住在新加坡了，媽媽也傷心了，愛離苦別。上個月第二妹妹也生女兒了，父母倆到新加坡看望。媽媽受無限的快樂了。

這故事給我體會很多事情就是因緣所生法，有了色，受，想，行，識，因顛倒所以去分別等等，認為有我，有我的，所以受苦。今天受的苦，受的樂，都不是永遠的，於無常的現象，都會變化的。只有珍惜因緣，才會自在的生活。

最近我給他一封信，我寫蘋果的譬喻

蘋果樹是從一顆種子種過來的，因緣所生法，讓一個種子能夠發牙，慢慢變成蘋果樹。因緣到了，樹產生了很多蘋果，但是每一顆蘋果，都有它們自己的緣。每顆蘋果有不同的顏色，不同的味道，不同的形狀，也有不同的因緣。有的最好的蘋果送到國外出口，有的送到寺院供養三寶，有的送到百貨公司賣，有的只有在市場賣，也有大數的蘋果在地上沒人立他，也有的還在樹上被動物吃掉。

父母如蘋果樹，孩子們如蘋果。孩子們有自己的因緣果報，受自己的業，都不一樣的，有的到寺院出家，有的到國外工作或在國外結婚，有的當公司的老闆，等等。

所以作為父母不用煩惱，只要自自在在看到他們的成長，隨喜看到他們的愉快。最重要是對自己無所求，不要執作，活的更美好。這是我所體會的部分。

                                                                                                     能修(Sakya Sugata) 心得分享

Doctrine of Suffering - suffering is a necessity attribute of sentient existence (Effect of Suffering). The Buddha told us about eight sufferings;  Birth, Old Age, Sickness, Death, being apart from the loved ones, being together with the despised ones, not getting what one wants, and suffering because of five skanda.

I remembered when I was a child I asked my parent; When I was born? What was her feeling about the process when I was delivered into this world? My mom just told me it was on Sunday and at that time they were so worried for the process of my birth because her specialist doctor took a leave, but everything was under control when the undertaker doctor came. It brought the happiness to the big family as the first son and the first grandson was brought to this world.  After I learned Dharma, I now realize that it was my first suffering to be born in the samsara world.  In the view of Bodhisatva Path: it is my new duty to serve the world with wisdom and compassion to spread the Dharma in this life. I will take this opportunity and hope I could do my best to be a good monk.

As the eldest and the eldest grandson, I was so pempered, they all care about me, but sometimes I often cried to something that I don’t understand for example why my lovely grandpa died when I was a child? It felt a big lost of someone who has loved me so much and always by my side. And was protecting me when my father or mother was in anger when I made a mistake, the one who was always playing with me in his valuable time. And sometimes It upset me for not be able to get something that others have?  And after I learned Dharma, I realized that every condition is impermanent, and every thing has their own conditions,  nothing that we owned. We are in samsara and can’t escape from Dukkha.

Doctrine of Accumulation - accumulation of suffering is caused by passions (Cause of Suffering)

Passion or living in desires or Tanha, is the cause of suffering, In the fact, a lot of us searching for happiness, but we didn’t realize that we force our ability just to find a pleasure of life. In my observe like some people beside me whose working too hard and very easily to use their money like the water flow, because they didn’t know what exactly they looking for their own life and what the benefit that they can done for their life and others.  Some other people in the high modern living, ‘night life’ as their secondary needs in their life, seeking for pleasure and happiness, like go to bar or looking for some other pleasure as their habits . This is just make them in suffered and can’t attaint the real happiness, because became the slaves of Tanha (desire).  

 Some people in the poor condition, have imagination too, every day living with big hope for the future with their own dream, but it’s can’t change their condition, but some of them look so enjoy with their live hood, in my country a lot of poor people born more then 3 child because of biological needs of sex desires (kama tanha) make them in the worse condition and they don’t have enough education, even they didn’t have permanent home and live in the river side or under the bridge, and enjoy their desires. The big suffers can’t remove from they eyes, They have no choice to choose, there are no job with enough salaries for them, some of them become jobless and join the side of the darkness life. Prostitute, robber, children sex abuse and there is a lot of problem because of Desire. 

 Buddha Dharma tell us that all of the mundane happiness is not real, like a dream in the night, and when waking up the dream isn’t true; like a moon in the water, it’s just a reflection not real; when we are in the high way see the water over the road looks like the day after rain, it’s just illusion too because the reflection of sun shine we thought the road is wet. So I thought a lot of people living in their illusion and don’t know how to getting out from their own problem.  

 The Buddha him self was a Prince who living in the palace and have very fully service of the world pleasure, But actually He realize this ways not make him very happy, and started to find or looking for some thing highest Happiness. And start to seek the extreme ascetic ways to searching the liberation. But other ways all the extreme condition can’t make he realize the highest happiness, and can’t lead to cessation of suffering. Finally the find the answer after heard the song of the singer: “if the string of guitar setting so tight, somehow it’s will be break. But if the string of guitar setting too loose it’s can’t make sound”. So the first time he realized ‘the middle path’.

When I was under 15^th years old, I am a greedy boy with my big desire of eating delicious fast foods,  in super mall or the famous restaurant, eating fast food makes me fell comfort in every meal, but after finish all of its, I still feel unsatisfied, because I don’t know whenever I could get some of it anymore. Its make me in suffer because of my greed. Sometimes I didn’t eat the food that already reserved for me even my mom herself cooked for me.  I’m a fat boy in my age and felt embrace of my own body. Why I can’t control my own bodies? Why I can’t control my bad habits? And I start to diet and sport every day, because in teen age, the body shape is the most important thinks. And every year when I seeing my own picture there are always different face and body shape of my self.

When there is no compassion and thanks for every thing because of ignorance, someone didn’t know their bad attitude. After learn Buddhism there are deep and simple answers of these question, make me understand about Dukkha, Impermanent and five skandas, no-self, 五觀, the power of wisdom and compassion, we must have 懺悔and 慚愧.  Make me start to repentance of my fault. Then I realize this body isn’t mine, they won’t listen what I want, it’s because the rule of karmic law. Everything happened because our mind, we create our own karma. I got suffered with my fat body because my greedy, because my desire, and I become more thin because my hard working. As like the “Passion lead suffering”.    

Doctrine of Extinction - extinction of passion (Effect of Happiness)

Nirvana is a Sanskrit word which is originally translated as “perfect stillness”. It has many other meanings, such as liberation, eternal bliss, tranquil extinction,

There are four kinds of Nirvana: Nirvana of pure, clear self-nature; Nirvana with residue; Nirvana without residue; Nirvana of no dwelling of the flourishing of the Five Skandhas

                A lot assumption about Nirvana, no word could explain Nirvana. And some people thought Nirvana is the happiness mental condition.

The people whose use drugs said Nirvana attained that when they have use Heroin, and others. They could feel trans between two world. And for a while forget they own problem and life in Nirvana, but after that all, they reborn again in the Hell of Samsara. This is the wrong view of Nirvana that I ever heard.

                But for the real Nirvana, I still don’t understand, so I must working hard to cut off all my greed, anger, and ignorance, cut off Tanha to proof the condition of Nirvana. The most important thinks is  “live for right now ”, practice dharma in daily life, 學習”做人”.