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我喜歡讀宣公上人的開示錄，因為上人說法很有道理。聽上人教誨，讓我覺悟自己年紀大了，沒有幾年光陰，不能再拖時間不修行了。每天清晨起床，禮拜楞嚴咒，一句一大禮拜。我覺得不拜不行，不用功不行，否則智慧不能開。要開智慧，一定要用功修行。晚上打坐，開始時腿很痛。我說痛沒關係，學佛要苦一點。可是眼睛不好，有白內障，打坐時眼皮蓋不上，眼睛開著，看到光又不能打坐。我就到觀音菩薩前面說：「弟子眼睛不好，眼皮蓋不上，打坐時坐不住」。沒想到講完後，一坐下，就有光射過來，眼皮自然蓋上了，後來又射光來，我打開眼睛看看，知道是觀音菩薩感應，垂念加護﹗眼睛於是漸漸好起來，現在都好了。
我每天上午六點鐘起床，喝過開水後，拜佛，拜楞嚴咒半小時，打坐兩隻香，到上午十點鐘。本來我有風濕，自從大禮拜後，甚麼病都好了，真是不可思議﹗我人很笨，以前學經怎麼學都不會，現在心一靜，經典的意思都明白了。在萬佛城拜萬佛懺的時候，每一拜拜下去，下一尊佛號就會在心裡跳出來，我也不明白怎麼這麼奇妙。我們要把真心拿出來，就一定會有感應。我甚麼也不想，就想自己不好，要趕快修。
我們來金佛寺是回家，我們年老了，快念佛，金佛寺是自己的家。要用功，不用功總是在外面，用功努力拜進去、修進去，用真心學佛才有感應，我念觀音菩薩的感應說不完，下一次再說吧。
各位同修，上人所說的話句句都是真的﹗他教我們修行就是不要打妄想。以前我以為妄想還打得破嗎？每天認真修行，我覺得妄想是可以消除的。念頭積聚成的煩惱，就像戴在頭上的帽子，箍在腦子上的煩惱帽是可以脫掉的。我女兒的病，罹患乳癌末期，我也不煩惱，真的老老小小都會走的，早去也好。大家要好好的學佛，不要在外面流浪，這裡才是我們真正的家﹗
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I love to read the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua’s
Instructional Talks, because everything he said has great significance. After reading his instructions, I realized that life is short and that I should not waste my lifetime not cultivating. Every morning I get up early and bow to the Shurangama Mantra. I make a prostration to each line. I feel it is essential to bow. If I don’t work hard, my inherent wisdom will not come forth. If we wish to bring forth our inherent wisdom, then we must apply effort. I sit in meditation at night. In the beginning, folding my legs was so painful, but I told myself to bear the pain because one must endure a little suffering in studying Buddhism.
However, my eyes have cataracts. When I sat in meditation, my eyelids wouldn’t close. Since my eyes had to stay open, the light kept me from being able to contemplate. I went to Guanyin Bodhisattva and said, “This disciple has an eye problem. My eyelids cannot close and I have not been able to meditate.” Who would have guessed that after I said that, the minute I sat down, a light shone upon me and my eyelids naturally closed? Rays of light radiated upon me once again, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that they came from Guanyin Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva was bestowing his compassionate blessings! Gradually my eyes improved, and now they are completely well.
I get up at six o’clock every morning. After I drink some water, I start to bow to Amitabha Buddha. Then I bow for half an hour to the Shurangama Mantra. Following that, I sit in meditation for the duration of two incense sticks, until it is ten o’clock. I suffered from rheumatism and other diseases. After I practiced full prostrations with my entire body to the ground, all of those diseases went away. It is incredible! I was so ignorant, for I studied sutras without understanding them. Now when I read sutras with a calm mind, I understand them naturally. During the Ten Thousand Buddhas Repentance at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, every time I bowed down, the next Buddha’s name would pop up in my mind. I didn’t understand why this amazing thing happened. If we are sincere, we will certainly experience responses.
I don’t think of anything else, except that I am good for nothing and must cultivate quickly.
Coming to the temple is like coming home. We are old and must quickly recite the Buddha’s name. Gold Buddha Monastery is our genuine home. We must cultivate hard, or else we will end up being left out all the time. We must diligently bow and cultivate so as to penetrate the truth. When we study Buddhism with sincerity, we will have responses. I have so many responses from Guanyin Bodhisattva to talk about. Next time I will tell more.
Fellow cultivators! Everything the Venerable Master Hua said is absolutely true! He taught us that cultivation means not to have false thoughts. I used to wonder how false thoughts could be smashed. I realize now that if we honestly cultivate everyday, false thoughts will cease. The afflictions accumulated from our thoughts cover us like a hat. We can take off that hat of afflictions that weighs down upon our heads. My daughter’s last stage breast cancer didn’t bother me. Old or young, we will all go. It doesn’t matter if we depart earlier. All of us should apply more effort in studying Buddhism. We should not wander outside; our genuine home is right here!
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