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南無薩怛他蘇伽多耶阿羅訶帝三藐三菩陀寫。（三稱）
兩袖清風誰是我
今天我給你們講這個真理，修道什麼都可以不要了。什麼都不要，什麼都放下，這是很好的。可是，還有的人財也放不下，色也放不下，名也放不下；財就是利呀！這名利放不下，結果修行得很好，一見到這三種東西就垮了，就倒下去了，前功盡廢了。啊！有的就死在財上，有的就死在色上，有的就死在名上。你不要財了，不要色了，卻要名，處處都把自己這個招牌掛得大大的，恐怕人不知道自己叫什麼名字。你們各位要在這個地方注意－凡是出家人貪財的，也靠不住的；貪色的，也靠不住的；貪名的，也靠不住的。這是你們要有擇法限，認識這三種。
三輪體空你是誰
還有，我對你們說，你不要在佛教裡造罪業。怎麼會在佛教裡造罪業呢？好像你看哪一個比丘呀、和尚，很用功修行的，天天念佛，或者天天在那兒誦經，或者天天在那兒持咒，一天到晚都修行，你見來見去的，常見就日久生情，就生了愛心了；生了愛心，就要供養這個法師了，這一供養，一結緣，怎樣了啊？這冤孽就種下了。說我供養出家人，這是種善根啊！怎麼還冤孽種子種下來呢？因為你以愛心來供養，你愛這個人，你要討好他，來供養他，結果他本來很修行的，被你一打他這個妄想，怎樣？他就不修行啦！因為人心彼此都有電的，方才果真沒說嗎？就像有陰電、陽電似的。這陰電、陽電，你看不見的，但是在無形中它一接上，那個燈就亮起來，燈亮起來是什麼呢？就那個妄想就出來了，就告訴你，這女孩子生得不錯，很漂亮的；那個和尚長得也很美的，很可愛的。噢！這一個念頭一生出來，怎樣啊？就往一起湊了，這一湊，這和尚就倒下去了。或者你單獨要請他住茅蓬去，給他造個小廟，他一個人在那兒一住，一定就完了，這就送命了！送命了！去要命去了！所以我頭先我不是說那不是一種愛，是一種害，互相傷害的。
說是這男女這麼樣子不對，為什麼還那麼多人都要結婚，一長得有點知覺了，女的就要找男的對象，男的也要追求一個女的對象。現在大學裡頭讀大學的學生，沒有一個對象啊，人家一般同學就都認為你是一個怪物，這風氣就這麼壞。你若不吃避孕藥的，這也是怪物。唉！所以講到這個地方這真是不可說不可說啦！說不下去了。
世風日下道德喪
現在世界就是這樣子，就是被這個財色把人迷得也不知東南西北了，也不知道天高地厚了，父母也都不顧了，就是一意孤行，你們信不信這個。那麼說找對象是不對嗎？要有正當的手續。「男子三十而娶，女子二十而嫁。」這是古來聖人定的禮法，不可以早早就有對象，早早有對象這都會受傷了，就好像那小苗沒長成，你就叫它來收成，收割，拿回來打糧，都是成稗子的。所以「男女居室，人之大倫；」這是人倫的一個開始。「君子之道，肇端乎夫婦。」夫婦間總要「父母之命，媒妁之言」，不可以自己就去瞎碰，碰完了，一結婚了就吵架，就離婚，離婚完了，啊！又找第二個，又找第三個，好像這種的情形啊！就接接連連不斷。
所以「君子之道，肇端乎夫婦」舉案齊眉，相敬如賓。你生出的孩子也一定是好孩子；如果你夫婦天天打架，生出孩子一定是問題兒童，甚至於有了小孩子就離婚了，令這個小孩子或者沒有父親，或者沒有母親，都變成問題兒童了。這「去人倫，無父子」，把這倫常都乖舛了，道德淪亡了，這是一個世風日下，走下坡了。
有的人說呀！今天令我聽得大失所望，什麼原因呢？我是來聽佛法，怎講這些不乾淨的事情？這是真正的佛法，你要把人倫盡好了，然後才可以成佛。沒有一個不忠、不孝、不仁、不義的人，可以成佛的。所以你們各位「君子務本，本立而道生。孝悌也者，其為人之本歟！」所以現在的人還都不知覺，還是在那兒向外馳求。沒有人真正想要修行的，連出家的和尚都盡打淫欲的妄想，你說這個是 terrible！
不上供不該吃飯
你們今天下來問我上去和你們一起吃飯，我說我沒有資格吃你們這兒的飯，因為我沒有上供呀！他們幾個來上供，這是勉強的，根本他們也不想來上供，到吃飯的時候，就搶著來吃。是不是這樣子？不是呀？那是我冤枉你們了。偽山老人一日不作一日不食。我一天沒上供，一天不吃飯，這是很平常的事。你們照樣的辦-不上供的人，都應該不吃飯的。
所以今天我一看女界在那上供，你們都和我在那兒坐著，眼光光地望著我，我不知道望著我會不會飽呢？當出家人的，連供都不上，你們幹什麼的？今天為什麼不來上供，是因為我耽誤了你們了，是不是？因為我在這兒，上供的時候，你們眼光光望著我，這也等於上供了嗎？唉！這真是的，我莫名其糊塗。Okay！
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Na Mwo Sa Dan Two Su Chye Dwo Ye E La He Di San Myau San Pu Two Sye. (3x)
Poor and Unburdened, Who Am I?
Today I'm telling you this true principle, which is that in cultivating the Tao, one can relinquish everything. If you do not want anything, and you put everything down, this is very good. However, there are still some people who can neither put down wealth, nor sex, nor fame. Wealth is just profit! They cannot let go of fame and profit, so their cultivation is going fine, but then as soon as they see these three things, they collapse. They fall over. All their previous effort is wasted. Ah! Some die over wealth, some die over sex, and some die over fame. If you no longer want wealth and no longer want sex, then you want fame! Everywhere you hang out this really big sign, afraid that people will not know your name. All of you should pay attention to this point. Any left-home person who is greedy for wealth is not reliable. One who is greedy for sex is also unreliable. One who is greedy for fame is also unreliable. This means that you must have the Dharma-selecting Eye to recognize these three types of people.
The Three Wheels Emptied, Who Are You?
Also, I say to you, do not create offense karma within Buddhism. How would you create offense karma within Buddhism? For instance, you see a Bhikshu, a monk who is cultivating really hard, reciting the Buddha's name day after day, or maybe he's reciting the Sutras everyday, or upholding mantras everyday. He's cultivating from morning to night, and you're always watching him, so that over time your feelings grow, and you become fond of him. Once that happens, you will want to make offerings to this Dharma Master. But as soon as you make offerings and create affinities, what happens? This spiteful retribution is sowed. You say, "I make offerings to left-home people in order to plant good roots! How is it that the seeds of spiteful retribution have been sowed instead?" It's because you are making offerings out of affection. You are fond of this person, and you want to please him so you make offerings to him. Consequently, although he was cultivating very hard, as soon as you have this false thought about him, what happens? He doesn't cultivate anymore! Because there is electricity which runs between people. Didn't Gwo Jen just mention this? It is just like negative electricity and positive electricity. You cannot see this negative and positive electricity, but once they are invisibly connected, the lamp will light up. What does the lighting up of the lamp represent? The emergence of that false thought, which tells you that this girl is quite good-looking, very pretty, and that monk is also very handsome and attractive. Ah, as soon as this thought arises, what happens? They start to draw near each other. When they come together, this monk is ruined. Perhaps you want to invite him to live alone in a hut, and you build a small temple for him. If he lives there by himself, it will certainly be all over for him. This is just sending him to his death! This is asking for his life! That's why I first said that this is not a kind of love, but rather a kind of harm. It is mutually harmful.
I say that it's wrong for men and women to be like this, but why are there are still so many people who want to get married? As soon as they grow to the point that they have a little bit of awareness, girls want to find boyfriends, and boys want to pursue girlfriends. In the colleges now, if a college student doesn't have a boyfriend or girlfriend, all the other students think that person is a freak. The trend is that bad. If you don't use contraceptives, you're also considered a freak. At this point, it really becomes ineffable and inexpressible! I cannot bear to continue talking about it.
The Morality of the World Is Declining Everyday
This is just how it is in the world now. Money and sex have confused people to the point that they can no longer tell east, west, south and north. Nor do they know the loftiness of the heavens and the greatness of the earth. They no longer care about their parents, and are self-opinionated. Do you believe this? You ask, "Is it wrong to find a mate?" You have to follow the proper procedures. "Men marry at thirty, and maidens at twenty." These are the rules of propriety fixed by the sages of old. You cannot find a mate too early. If you have a mate when you're still very young, it will be harmful to you. It's just like harvesting and cutting the young sprouts before they have a chance to grow and ripen. When you take them back to thresh, they are ruined and unusable. Thus, "When a man and his wife dwell together, this is the greatest of moral obligations." This is the beginning of moral duty, "The way of a gentleman begins with the relationship of husband and wife." In seeking a spouse, one must respect one's parents' arrangements and the matchmaker's words. One cannot blindly search for a mate, and just get married, then have an argument and get divorced. And after the divorce, one looks for a second mate, and then a third one. This kind of situation continues on and on, without cease.
"The way of a gentleman begins with the relationship of husband and wife." If you are mutually kind and respectful, treating one another like guests, then your offspring will also surely be good children. If you and your spouse quarrel everyday, then your children will surely be problem kids. If you get divorced even after you have children, so that these children become fatherless or motherless, they will all turn into problem kids."As morality declines, there is no longer a father and son relationship." The human relationships are all out of course, and morality is lost. The morality of the world is declining everyday, going downhill.
Some people say, "Today I have been greatly disappointed in coming to listen. For what reason? I came to hear the Buddhadharma. Why are we talking about these filthy matters?" This is the true Buddhadharma, you must fulfill your moral obligations as people, and only then can you become a Buddha. There is no person who is dishonest, unfilial, inhumane, and unrighteous, and yet can become a Buddha. So, all of you, "A gentleman tends to the root, once the root is established, the Tao arises. Are not filiality and brotherhood the root of humanity?" People nowadays are still not aware, and are still there seeking externally. Nobody really wants to cultivate, even monks who have left home still keep having false thoughts of lust. Wouldn't you say this is terrible!
If You Do Not Do the Meal Offering, You Should Not Eat
Today you asked me to go upstairs to eat together with all of you, and I said I didn't have the right to eat your food here, because I didn't take part in the Meal Offering Ceremony! The few people who did take part in the Meal Offering did so reluctantly, but actually they don't want to do it either. Then when it's time to eat, they fight to come eat. Isn't that how it is? No? Well, then I have falsely accused you. If the Old Man of Mount Wei didn't work for a day, then he wouldn't eat that day. If I do not do the Meal Offering one day, then I will not eat that day. This is something very ordinary. You all should follow this, and those who do not perform the Meal Offering should not eat.
So today I saw that the women were performing the Meal Offering, and you all were sitting there with me, staring at me. I do not know if you can get full by staring at me. As left-home people, if you do not even perform the Meal Offering, just what are you all up to? Why didn't you come do the Meal Offering today? Is it because I held you up? Because I was here, when it was time to do the Meal Offering, you all just stared at me, and thought that was equivalent to performing the Meal Offering, right? Ah! This is really too much- I cannot tell you how confused you are. Okay!
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