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「假惡醜之剋星」，它是又假又惡又醜的剋星。假就是不眞，人家做善，你做惡，在善裡做惡，專製造麻煩；醜就是想要出風頭，想要搞名搞利，這是很醜。人家一認出，就看不起你。這完全是因為不懂法，儘在皮毛上用功夫。有浩然正氣就沒有假惡醜；有假惡醜就沒有浩然正氣。
天地無此，不定以為天地；君子無此，不為正人君子；國王大臣無此，不配為國王大臣。
普通的正人君子，若沒有浩然正氣，即使得到名譽，也是欺世盜名，不是眞的；國家的領袖元首和作大官的，若沒有浩然正氣就會害人。因他沒有浩然正氣，儘為自己利益設想，所以就奪權，搞地位，搞名利。
「凡夫得此，轉為聖人，聖賢增此，可為佛菩薩」。凡夫有了浩然正氣，可轉凡成聖；聖賢若栽培灌概，增強浩然正氣，就可以成佛成菩薩。
你為甚麼還像羅剎鬼一天到晚嘀嘀咕咕、嚕嚕囌囌的呢？就因為你不懂得浩然正氣。「故此浩然正氣，即成佛之階梯，返本還原之基礎」。你想成佛嗎？就先要有浩然正氣。你想要到極樂世界嗎？你想認識本來面目嗎？若有浩然正氣，就有基礎。
偈曰：
浩然正氣育乾坤，
古今中外惟此真。
至大至剛養無害，
照天照地利群倫。
充滿六合瀰沙界，
包羅萬象遍利塵。
栽培灌溉菩提種，
勿忘勿助了無痕。
「浩然正氣育乾坤，古今中外惟此眞」：男女、陰陽皆是乾坤。浩然正氣可生育天地萬物，成佛、成祖、成聖人。古今中外若沒有浩然正氣，將來都不存在的。唯有這股浩然正氣才能永遠存在世界。人活在這個世界，若沒有這股正氣，還是快點死了好。你邪裡邪氣，只會危害世界，儘為自己謀利益，這是信什麼佛？信佛是利益人，不是利益自己，想我要得到甚麼好處？所以這浩然正氣才是眞的。
「至大至剛養無害，照天照地利群倫」：孟子曰「吾善養吾浩然之氣」。我善養我的浩然之氣。我現在對你們講話，都是用我的一股浩然正氣；要不是這股浩然正氣，我不會對你們這樣講話的。我是甚麼都不怕；天不怕、地不怕，鬼神妖魔鬼怪都不怕。為甚麼？就因為我有浩然正氣。就憑這股浩然正氣，我到美國來弘揚佛法。它是最大最剛，無以復加了，沒有比這更剛強，更自強不息了。可是你要好好養它，不要有一點私欲摻雜在裡頭。不要自私自利，儘為自己，吃一點虧也受不了，受一點苦也受不了，餓一點也受不了，渴一點也不行了，這樣你的浩然正氣就扁了。東北有一句話叫「扁茄子」了。有邪氣就是害它。你把它養好了，它能放光照天照地，又能利益一切眾生，一切同胞。
「充滿六合瀰沙界，包羅萬象遍剎塵」：它能充滿六合，瀰漫恆河沙數世界；它包羅萬象，遍一切處，只在你會不會用。
「栽培灌溉菩提種，勿忘勿助了無痕」：這浩然正氣就是佛性。你要栽培灌溉、修養它。不要忘了，也不要幫助長。不要像宋國的農夫，為幫助苗長得快一點，就把苗拔高一點，那也不行的。不要忘了它；也不要希望它長得太快。要了無痕，很自然的，沒有甚麼痕跡。你只要去除邪氣，去掉自私自利，去你那種顛倒的行為就夠了，所以說了無痕跡，不假甚麼造作的。
這是〈孟子〉上講的美大聖神。「充實之謂美」：甚麼充實了？精氣神；精氣神充實了就是美。「充實而有光輝之謂大」：精氣神充足了，又能發出光輝來，那就有點浩然正氣，這就是大。「大而化之之謂聖」：大了之後懂得變化，就有神通了；有神通妙用就是聖。「聖而不可知之之謂神」：到達聖境，是不可知道的境地，那就是神。這是美大聖神，是以浩然正氣為其基礎。
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And the destroyer of falsehood, evil, and ugliness. It is the arch enemy of what is false, evil, and ugly. False means not true. When others do good deeds, you do evil. Within what is good, you engage in evil and create trouble on purpose. Ugliness refers to trying to show off and striving for fame and gain. That's ugly. When people figure out what you are up to, they look down on you. You are like this because you don't understand the Dharma, and you only apply effort on a superficial level. If you have the tremendous energy of righteousness, then you will not be false, evil, and ugly. If you are false, evil, and ugly, then you lack the energy of righteousness.
Without it, Heaven and Earth would not be worthy of being Heaven and Earth. Without it, sages and worthies could not be called sages and worthies. Without it, righteous and superior men would not be righteous and superior men.
If ordinary, righteous people lack this tremendous righteous energy, then even if they become well-known, they are simply cheating the world with a phony name; they are not true.
Without it, kings and ministers would not be fit to be kings and ministers. If the leaders and high government officials of a nation lack tremendous, righteous energy, they will only bring harm to the people. If they lack such energy, they will only act in their own interests and grab power, position, fame and gain for themselves.
Upon attaining it, ordinary people become sages. By increasing it, sages and worthies can become Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. When ordinary people have the tremendous energy of righteousness, they can become sages. When sages and worthies cultivate and nourish their tremendous energy of righteousness, thereby bolstering it, they can become Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
Why are you like a rakshasha ghost, whining and grumbling all day long? It's just because you don't understand the tremendous energy of righteousness.
Therefore, this tremendous energy of righteousness is the stepping-stone to Buddhahood and the basis for returning to the source and going back to the origin. Do you want to become a Buddha? Then you must first have the tremendous energy of righteousness. Do you want to go to the Land of Ultimate Bliss? Do you want to recognize your original face? If you possess the tremendous energy of righteousness, then you have a foundation for doing those things.
A verse in praise says:
The tremendous energy of righteousness nurtures the
qian and kun.
In ancient and present times, in China and abroad, only this is true.
With utmost strength and greatness, it nourishes without harming.
Illumining heaven and earth, it benefits the multitudes.
Spreading throughout the six directions,
it fills worlds as many as grains of sand.
Encompassing the myriad phenomena,
it pervades lands as many as motes of dust.
Cultivate and water the seeds of Bodhi.
Don't be negligent and don't be impatient;
simply realize that which has no traces.
The tremendous energy of righteousness nurtures the
qian and kun. Male and female, yin and yang, are all manifestations of
qian and kun, or Heaven and Earth. The tremendous energy of righteousness can give birth to Heaven and Earth and the myriad creatures, and can help people to become Buddhas, Patriarchs, and sages.
In ancient and present times, in China and abroad, only this is true. From ancient times until the present, in China and abroad, when people lack the tremendous energy of righteousness, they will cease to exist. Only with this tremendous righteous energy can one remain in the world forever. If people are alive in this world and lack this righteous energy, they would be better off dead. If you are devious and petty, you will only be a menace to the world because you only seek to benefit yourself. How can you consider yourself a Buddhist? Buddhists benefit others; they don't think about gaining advantages for themselves. The only genuine thing is this tremendous energy of righteousness.
With utmost strength and greatness, it nourishes without harming. Mencius said, "I skillfully nourish my tremendous energy of righteousness." As I speak to you right now, I am using my tremendous energy of righteousness. If it were not for that energy, I would not speak to you in this way. I am afraid of nothing. I am not afraid of heaven, earth, ghosts, demons, or monsters. Why not? Because I have this tremendous righteous energy. It is this energy that has enabled me to come to America to propagate the Buddhadharma. It is of the utmost greatness and strength. Nothing excels it. There is nothing firmer or with more relentless driving force. However, you must nurture it well; don't let the least bit of selfish desire get mixed in it. Don't be selfish. Don't seek personal gain. Don't exclusively look out for yourself and be unable to take even a small loss or a little suffering, hunger, or thirst. Otherwise, your tremendous energy of righteousness will get flattened. In Manchuria we have a term, "flattened eggplant," to describe this.
Illumining heaven and earth, it benefits the multitudes. If you have deviant energy, you will harm it. If you nurture it well, it will emit light that illumines heaven and earth and benefits all fellow living beings.
Spreading throughout the six directions, it fills worlds as many as grains of sand in the River Ganges.
Encompassing the myriad phenomena, it pervades lands as many as motes of dust. It is only a matter of whether or not you know how to use it.
Cultivate and water the seeds of Bodhi. | Don't be negligent and don't be impatient; simply realize that which has no traces. This tremendous, righteous energy is the Buddha nature. You have to cultivate and water it to nurture and develop it. Don't forget about it, and don't try to "help" it grow faster. Don't be like the farmer of the country of Song, who pulled his shoots up a little bit, hoping to help them grow faster. That won't work. Don't forget about them, but don't wish for them to grow more quickly either. You have to realize what is without traces. Let things happen naturally, without any trace of effort. Simply do away with devious energy, selfishness, the wish for personal gain, and all your deluded behavior, and that will be enough. That is to realize what is without traces, which does not involve deliberate effort.
The Book of Mencius speaks of the qualities of excellence, greatness, divineness, and spirituality. "What is full and abundant is called excellent." What is full and abundant? One's essence, energy, and spirit. The abundance of essence, energy, and spirit is excellence. "What is full and abundant and has a brilliance is called great." When one's essence, energy, and spirit are full and one radiates light, then one has the tremendous energy of righteousness and is said to be great. "When the great is transformed, it is called divine." When one is great and understands how to bring about transformations, then one possesses spiritual powers. With the miraculous functioning of spiritual powers, one is a divine sage. "What is divine and beyond comprehension is called spiritual." Having reached the divine state of sagehood, which cannot be comprehended, one is called spiritual. These are the qualities of excellence, greatness, divineness, and spirituality, which have, as their foundation, the tremendous energy of righteousness.
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