 師父上人、各位法師、諸位善知識，阿彌陀佛！
我是果蘭，來自臺灣，很慚愧往昔造了無量的罪業，以致今生在國小時便被冤親債主找上了。接著的十幾年生活坎坷，總有股無形的力量支配著我，讓我痛不欲生。我三十歲那年，有位老修行叫我去求善知識教導，好好修行。在一次令我精神幾乎崩潰的事件後，我哭倒在觀音菩薩像前，請求指點明師，才知道了上人。
我得到第一本《上人開示錄》時，不眠不休地看；看完後我請了所有能請到的上人講經說法的書籍及錄音帶，用心聽、讀。有記者問上人如何度西方難調難伏的青年，上人說他就憑楞嚴咒、大悲咒、觀世音菩薩。我想，上人尚且如此，何況我一個凡夫？從此我禮拜觀世音菩薩，虔誠誦大悲咒、楞嚴咒，印《楞嚴經》、楞嚴咒，用心研讀《楞嚴經》，行住坐臥持戒攝心，時時楞嚴咒不離心。從此我好像有了一把金剛王寶劍，削金如泥，一切困難迎刃而解，自心時常升起無限的慚愧、懺悔、感恩心。
每當我起對待心時，總會想起上人常說的「無明火，老虎神，前生的罪孽根」、「不要當洗衣板，老是替人洗衣服。」當認帳心一起，所有問題迎刃而解。我尤其喜歡《楞嚴經》 第七章，其中解釋楞嚴咒很清楚，提到楞嚴咒能銷無始重業，猶如熱湯溶雪，諸佛菩薩憑著楞嚴咒到十方諸國度眾生。上人講解楞嚴咒時，也提到無論是原子彈、氫氣彈，一碰到楞嚴咒都化解了。在世界上瀰漫著一片殺氣的時候，希望大家能多多誦持楞嚴咒，用大慈悲心、虔誠心來化解世界的災劫於無形。
從小我不能吃魚吃肉，一吃就不舒服，所以我一直想往素食方面發展。皈依上人那年我開了素食超市，家裡不贊成，幸好有蓮友支援，我憑著對佛法的一片信心才敢開店。因此每早上班我就放楞嚴咒錄音帶到晚上十一、二點下班，一天都在楞嚴咒裡度過。每當我趕三點半（支票兌現）時，我用心誦持楞嚴咒，禮佛拜懺，一次次困難迎刃而解。這樣在楞嚴咒聲裡，我把所有債務四年中還清了，還開了一間小素食工廠，生產素食罐頭、紅毛苔、紫菜醬等等，四年後行銷臺灣全省。每當我想做新產品時，一個個念頭就升了起來，一樣樣新產品也就出來了，而且廣受大眾喜愛。
我很感謝佛菩薩、護法善神的加被，讓我從困境中走了出來。對於往昔無知造下的罪業，我用最虔誠的心禮佛拜懺。「德大冤孽消」，我謹記上人的教誨盡力行善，日日攝心持咒，總算消解了冤業。「因地不真，果遭紆曲」，從此我時時警惕自己，所行所做再不要錯因果了。
我很感恩能夠遇到大善知識---修行路上的一盞明燈。
謝謝大家。阿彌陀佛。
上人語録
什麼是智？就是不自私。什慶是妄想？就是自私。自私一起，妄想便來。 |
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Venerable Master, Dharma Masters, good advisors, Amitabha!
My name is Guolan, and I come from Taiwan. I am remorseful for having created measureless offenses in the past, which led to my being pursued by my creditors in this lifetime during elementary school. For more than ten years afterwards, my life was difficult and I was always under the control of an invisible force. I suffered so much that I no longer wished to live. When I was thirty, an old cultivator told me to seek the guidance of a wise teacher and practice diligently. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, I started weeping in front of the portrait of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva as I prayed for the guidance of a wise teacher. That's how I came to know about the Venerable Master.
When I received my first copy of the Venerable Master s Instructional Talks, I read the entire book without pausing to rest. Afterwards, I acquired all the books and tapes of the Venerable Master's Sutra lectures and Dharma talks that I could possibly find, and I carefully read and listened to them. A reporter once asked the Venerable Master how he managed to convert young Westerners, who were so difficult to teach. The Venerable Master said he relied upon the Shurangama Mantra, the Great Compassion Mantra, and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. I reasoned that if even the Venerable Master did this, how much the more should I, an ordinary person? Since then I have worshipped Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, devoutly chanted the Great Compassion Mantra and the Shurangama Mantra, printed the Shurangama Mantra and the Shurangama Sutra, and diligently studied the Shurangama Sutra. Whether I am walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, I use the precepts to collect my thoughts, and the Shurangama Mantra never leaves my mind. I feel that I have a vajra sword that cuts through metal as if it were mud. I have been able to meet all challenges head on and resolve them. I constantly feel limitless shame and repentance, as well as gratitude.
Every time I develop a belligerent attitude, I always recall the Venerable Master's frequent remonstrance: "The fire of ignorance and the tiger-like spirit / Come from evil roots planted in past lives." "Do not wash others' dirty laundry." When I develop a tolerant attitude arises, I can resolve all the problems I encounter. I especially like the seventh section of the Shurangama Sutra, which explains the Shurangama Mantra very clearly. It mentions how the Shurangama Mantra can dispel the heavy karma that has no origin, just as hot water melts snow. All Bodhisattvas have relied upon the Shurangama Mantra to liberate all living beings in the worlds of the ten directions. When the Venerable Master explained the Shurangama Mantra, he said that even atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs will disintegrate upon encountering the Shurangama Mantra. In this world seething with the energy of killing, I hope that everyone will chant the Shurangama Mantra and use great compassionate and sincerity to dispel the calamities in the world.
Since I was a child, 1 was unable to ingest fish or meat. I felt uncomfortable eating them, so I always wanted to enter the vegetarian food business. The year I took refuge with the Venerable Master, I opened a vegetarian supermarket, which met with strong disapproval from my family. Luckily, some Buddhist friends offered their assistance. I was able to open one store by the strength of my devout faith in the Buddhadharma. Therefore, every morning when I went to work I would play the cassette of the Shurangama Mantra all the way until eleven or twelve at night when I got off work. I spent the whole day listening to the Shurangama Mantra. Every time when I face the 3:30 rush (for check clearing), I would sincerely chant the Shurangama Mantra, pay respects to the Buddha, and repent, and every difficulty that arose would be resolved. It was in this fashion with the help of the Shurangama Mantra that I was able to pay back all my debts in four years. I even opened a small vegetarian factory that produced assorted vegetarian canned foods, red-furred lichen, and seaweed paste. Four years later, my products were sold all over Taiwan. Every time I want to create a new product, the ideas just keep coming, and new products emerge and are very well received by the public.
I am very grateful for the blessings from the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and the good spirits who protect the Dharma, for they helped me to overcome my difficulties. As for the offenses I committed in the past out of ignorance, I will sincerely pay respects to the Buddha and repent. "When virtue is great, grievous offenses will melt away." Through constantly remembering the teachings of the Venerable Master, doing my best to practice charity, and sincerely reciting the Mantra every day, I could say I have finally dissolved my offense karma. Since then, I constantly remind myself that, "When one is not true at the time of planting causes, one will reap distorted results." I remind myself constantly not to make any more mistakes in cause and effect
I am very grateful to have met a teacher of such great wisdom, who has provided a bright lamp to guide me along the path of cultivation. Thank you all. Amitabha.
Venerable Master's Dharma Words
What is wisdom? It is a manifestation of selflessness. What is idle thinking? It is an indication of selfishness. Once selfishness takes hold, idle thoughts arise. |
