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宣公上人一九九三年四月四日開示於長堤聖寺
「一切有為法，如夢幻泡影，如露亦如電，應作如是觀。」今有眾等護法來山請僧說法，上堂。法無定法，說無定說，法尚應捨，何況非法？
又說：「若見諸相非相，即見如來。」所謂「諸相非相」者，諸相即是一切相；非相者，不是實有其相，而是虛妄不實的。你能明白這一切相，都是虛妄不實的，你能明白這一切相都是假相，財、色、名、食、睡，這都是或中幻化無常的東西，令人迷醉不能解脫；也就是因為著住到這個假相上了。因為你著住到假相上，就把真的忘了，既然忘了真的，就不自在了。你若能把這個假相看破了，眞相即現前了，眞理也明白了，眞正智慧也有了。你能如此，方能對佛法有大利益，得大利益，得大安樂，能以前無古人，後無來者。所以各位護法居士等，你只要把無明破了，煩惱斷了，這時候，實相般若的智慧自能現前。所謂無明，這無明就是糊塗了，就是不明白了，你因為不明白，就做一些個顛倒事；顛倒事，就醉生夢死，在這兒輪迴六道裡，永遠不能出離。
所以各位護法居士，好自為之，勇猛向前精進，乃至成佛，花開見佛，悟無生忍，所謂「願生西方淨土中，上品蓮華為父母；華開見佛悟無生，不退菩薩為伴侶」。
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Venerable Master Hua's Talk on April 4, 1993 at Long Beach Sagely Monastery
"All conditioned dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows, like dew and like lightning. You should contemplate them thus." Today some Dharma Protectors have requested the monk to ascend the Dharma seat to speak the Dharma. The Dharma is not fixed, and there is no fixed way to expound it. Even the Dharma should be renounced; how much the more that which is not Dharma?
It is also said, "If one sees all appearances as non-appearances, one sees the Thus Come One." Non-appearances means they are false, not real. You should understand that all appearances are illusory and false. Wealth, sex, fame, food and sleep are illusory, impermanent things that intoxicate people so they cannot be liberated. This is all because they attach to false appearances and forget about the real. Once they forget the real, they are not free and at ease. If you can see through false appearances, the true appearance will manifest. You will then understand the truth and have genuine wisdom. If you can be like this, then you will greatly benefit Buddhism and gain great benefit and joy yourself. And you should be a pioneer who has no peer among those who come before and after you. Therefore, Dharma-protecting laypeople, all you have to do is break through ignorance and cut off afflictions, and the Prajna-wisdom of the True Appearance will come forth of itself. Ignorance means being muddled and unaware, and doing upside-down things. Leading a befuddled life, you transmigrate in the six paths, never able to escape.
Dharma-protecting laypeople, do your best and courageously advance towards Buddhahood. When the flower opens, you will see the Buddha and realize the patience of non-birth. The saying goes, "I vow to be born in the western Pure Land, with the nine grades of lotus as parents; when the flower opens, I shall see the Buddha and become enlightened to non-birth, and irreversible Bodhisattvas shall be my companions."
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