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Study | A special method of repentance ①——Repentance is a compulsory course for learning Buddhism

If you have a serious heart, you will repent in one thought;

Like fire burning mountains and lakes, all sins will be eliminated.

——《Mahayana Sutra of Contemplation of the Heart of the Original Born"




Repentance to sins is an important part of Buddhism and a compulsory course for every Buddhist practitioner.Because if you do not repent of your sins, the amount collected from time immemoriality that has been collected from time to time cannot be eliminated, and the sin cannot be eliminated, which will hinder the practice of Taoism.

 

Bodhisattva Nagarjuna said: "All pains are caused by previous evil causes."For example, our lack of food and clothing in this life, our short life, our constant suffering, and our frequent disasters, and our fall into the three evil realms in later life are all the gains of evil done in previous lives.After practicing Buddhism, although I was diligent in practicing, I was unable to understand and practice because of my deep sins.



Why practice the method of repentance

Our lives are like endless streams of water.In other words, we do not have life in this life.This water flows from the past to the present, and from the present to the future. It is because the karma we created in the past guided this water flow to flow in the three realms and six paths, causing various retributions.Since the water flow of our lives is affected by karma, there will be two situations in our lives.

 


The first situation - the role of good karma

In our hearts, the karma of kindness plays a role, that is, we have kept precepts and cultivated blessings in the past. Such kindness is manifested, and we feel that our physical body is particularly healthy and things are particularly satisfactory.In this case, it will be particularly smooth for us to practice Buddhism.

 


The second situation - the role of evil karma

Sometimes our lives are manifested by sin.In our past lives, we have committed the sin of killing, stealing, adultery and lying because of temporary confusion. When this sin is manifested, it will cause all kinds of illnesses in our physical body.Even if we took a lot of medicine, we didn't get better.This is a disease of the physical body and an obstacle to the physical body.

 

Our hearts will also make us feel dull and dull due to the interference of sin.When you practice Buddhism, you always feel that your mind cannot be raised.When this sin interferes with our lives, this sin begins to guide us towards obstacles and towards pain.At this time, we must practice repentance to break the obstacles of this sin, so that our body and mind can restore a smooth stage and continue to practice Buddhism.





The method of repentance is the basis for pre-Tao in Buddhism.No matter what kind of holy path you are practicing, chanting Buddha's name, meditation, or practicing various tantras, you must break through the obstacles through repentance before practicing the path.It's like saying that you're driving today, although you have a very solid car, before you get on the road, you have to use a bulldozer to clean up the stones on the road, these obstacles.Only after your car is on the road can you achieve your goals smoothly.The method of repentance is to move the stones on the road away before you set out on the road.It is just playing a role of breaking obstacles.

 

For those who study Buddhism, if they want to be reborn or to achieve success in their practice, they must strive to repent their sins in order to have hope of success.

 

《The Mahayana Sutra of the Original Heart of the Mahayana Sutra says: "The sins of life and death have no beginning and no end, the sea of troubles is deep and uneven, and the karma is extremely steep like Sumeru..., like a shadow that follows the body and never leaves the body, and obstructs the holy path at all times;The wonderful happiness fruit of humans and heavenly beings is close to each other, and the supreme Bodhi fruit is far away. You can cause trouble at home, and you can also break the pure precepts when you become a monk.If you can repent in accordance with the Dharma, all your worries will be eliminated, just like the fire of kalpa destroying the world, burning all the Sumeru and the sea.Repentance can burn the firewood of troubles, repentance can lead to the path of ascension, repentance can leave the prison of the three realms, repentance can bring bodhi flowers."(to be continued)



2024-02-05 18:03
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