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師父上人、各位善知識，阿彌陀佛：
很感謝法師慈悲讓我有機會上來這裡和大家分享我的心得。首先我先自我紹介一下，我叫丁慶仁，上人慈悲給我的法名是果仁。我在一九九一年皈依上人，地點在萬佛城。九五年我回臺灣在家裡自己的電子工廠學習，負責一些國外的業務。我現在就住在臺北新店，有時去法界臺北印經會參加法會。很慚愧我平時很少念佛，更不用說精進，所以這個心得報告，請大家忍耐幾分鐘，給我建議指導。
這次佛七當中我確有不少的收獲，有些法喜，只是不知道用什麼方式來形容。佛七頭三天我都是在享受著持誦名號的這種節拍，在這種安詳氣氛當中覺得身體很舒服，完全陶醉在這種享受的境界裡面；有的時候很舒服地常常跟牆上的佛像一直點頭，一直到第四天我才有所警惕。
因為我夢見上人很慈靄地和另外一位穿著紅色袈裟的老和尚在一起，但是我沒看清楚那位老和尚是誰。上人很慈悲地帶著微笑看著我，問我說：「你想來找我嗎？」上人笑了一笑就走了。我醒來之後，反省了一下，我想師父應該不會現在就要帶我去吧？更何況我平時也很少念佛。
師父一定是在暗示我，光是享受是不夠的，應該要更加專心勇猛精進才對，我想這才是師父的用意吧！這樣子的話才能回到西方的老家，於是我才稍微開始專心起來。也就在這個時候，我的妄想就像排山倒海似地來，一個接著一個。我的心情也就跟著起伏不定，趕走一個妄想，另外一個妄想又來了，於是我就想著上人的開示，想從裡面找尋一個破解它的方法，在我的印象當中師父好像說過「妄想是客，真心是主」這句話，我就想我應該對待那些妄想如同客人一樣地迎接它，然後再很輕鬆地把它送走。果然，我的情緒就平穩下來了，然後，就比較專心了。
這是我第一個和大家分享的經驗吧；第二個就是我在這次的佛七當中，發現減少了許多自我的意識，也比較不會去看他人的不好，反而覺得周遭的人蠻可愛的。我記得方丈恆律法師以前曾經講過一句話，說是在佛七當中千萬不要看別人不好的地方，不然會 become crazy，我現在沒有變 crazy。阿彌陀佛。謝謝。
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諸佛菩薩、師父上人、諸位法師、諸位善知識：阿彌陀佛！
我叫戰善勇，法名果勇。今天下午五點鐘我接到了一個紙條，讓我今晚向大家匯報唸佛心得。我看了這個通知以後，心裡很緊張。在這麼莊嚴的萬佛殿，在我匯報的過程中如果理念上有錯誤，希望大家能幫我指正，開發智慧。萬佛聖城是我多年渴望朝拜的道場，但因緣不具足，所以一直也沒來成。
雖然我沒能到萬佛城來，但我經常去分支道場華嚴精舍。最終還是在諸佛菩薩、師父上人的慈悲下吧，在華嚴精舍三位法師的鼓勵下，我在今年四月十八日拜萬寶懺的時候來到了聖城。
當我邁進這座莊嚴的萬佛寶殿的時候，見到了一尊尊的佛像，能和這麼多位的法師，這麼多位的善知識共同誦經唸佛，這種感恩的心情是不可言喻的。
我在萬佛城第一次參加了這次佛七大法會，在佛菩薩和師父上人的加持下，在法師們的領導下，大家都非常精進，我內心一度也有很清涼的感覺。
在佛七第五天，下午三點鐘左右的時候，我出去喝水，順便抬頭向天空望去，透過雲層見到了半圓形的彩虹在大殿的上空，我看了以後心裡很高興，我感到這是很吉祥了。
我再進到大殿繼續唸佛，在靜坐的時候佛號的聲音一直在我腦子裡頭不斷。我當時就用耳朵去聽聽，聽到聲音；我用鼻子再去試一試看，還是這個聲音；我用眼睛試試看，還是這個聲音。總而言之，這個聲音不管用什麼部位去感覺都一直持續很久。
今天在上午唸佛的時候，我有一個很強烈的感覺。就說什麼呢？就說是念佛、學佛要深入經藏，要開發智慧。這我在以前的時候，也曾經在夢中見過上人；上人以身向我講法。那時我在夢境裡頭，他老人家看見我以後一句話沒講，就把身子給彎下去了看他內部的身體。當時我看到什麼呢？他的肚子裡邊什麼都沒有，空空的。他的頭呢，就往那裡邊看。我醒了以後，我當時的感覺好像上人告訴我應該迴光返照。
待續
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Venerable Master, Good Advisors: Amitabha!
I'm grateful to the Dharma Masters for kindly giving me this opportunity to come up here and share my experience. First I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Ding Qinren. The Venerable Master gave me the Dharma name Guo Ren. I took refuge with the Master at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. In 1995 I returned to Taiwan to work in our family's electronics company. I took care of the international department. Currently I reside in Xindian, Taipei, and occasionally I attend ceremonies at the Dharma Realm Buddhist Books Distribution Association in Taipei. I am ashamed to admit that I do not recite the Buddha's name that often, much less could I be considered vigorous in my practice. Therefore, please bear with me as I share my experience for a few minutes and offer me your advice and suggestions.
I gained quite a lot from this year's recitation session. I experienced some Dharma joy which I don't know how to describe. During the first three days of the session I simply enjoyed the rhythm of the recitation. In this tranquil atmosphere, I felt physically very much at ease, and I indulged in this pleasurable state. Sometimes I found myself nodding repeatedly to the Buddha images on the walls. It was not until the fourth day that I became more alert.
The warning came when I dreamed of the Venerable Master, who appeared gentle and kind and was with another elder monk wearing a red sash. I couldn't tell who that other monk was. The Master, with a kind smile, asked me, "Do you want to come and find me?" Grinning, he walked off. After I woke up, I reflected and wondered, "The Master doesn't want to take me away now, does he?" It seemed unlikely, since I rarely recite the Buddha's name.
The Master must have been hinting that merely enjoying the recitation was insufficient and that I ought to increase my concentration and vigor. That must have been the Master's intent. That way, I could return to my homeland in the West. Therefore, I started to concentrate a little more. At the same time, my false thoughts started to pour in violently. One thought after another appeared capable of upturning mountains and oceans. My
mood was like a roller coaster. As soon as I chased one false thought away, another one would pop up.
I tried recalling the Venerable Master's instructional talks, searching for a resolution. I seemed to remember the Master having said, "False thoughts are guests; the true mind is the host." I reasoned that I ought to treat those false thoughts as guests, welcoming them, then casually sending them off. It worked! My emotions stabilized and I concentrated better.
That's the first experience I wanted to share. The second is that, in this seven-day recitation session, I find that I have diminished my sense of ego and haven't been as likely to be critical of others. -Rather, I feel that everyone around me seems likeable. I remember the Abbot, Dharma Master Heng Lyu, once saying, "At all costs, avoid looking at other people's faults during a recitation session; otherwise you will go crazy." Well, I have not gone crazy. Amitabha! Thank you.
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All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, Venerable Master, Dharma Masters, and Good Advisors: Amitabha!
My name is Zhan Shanyong; my Dharma name is Guo Yong. At five o'clock this afternoon, I received a note asking me to speak tonight about my experience in reciting the Buddha's name. As soon as I read the note, I became nervous at the prospect of speaking in this adorned Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas. If I say anything wrong, please correct me so that my wisdom will grow. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a Way-place I have long yearned to visit. However, I did not have the conditions to come until now.
Although I wasn't able to come to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas previously, I had often gone to one of its branches, Avatamsaka Hermitage. Finally, with the compassionate aid of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and the Venerable Master, and the encouragement of the three Dharma Masters at the Hermitage, I came to the City on April 18 this year to bow the Jeweled Repentance before Ten Thousand Buddhas.
When I first stepped inside this magnificent Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas and saw all the Buddha images, I felt an inexpressible sense of gratitude for the opportunity to chant Sutras and recite the Buddha's name along with so many Dharma Masters and good advisors.
This is my first seven-day Buddha recitation session at the City. Under the aid of the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Venerable Master and guided by the Dharma Masters, everyone has been extremely vigorous. I also have felt very cleansed and refreshed.
On the fifth day of the session, around 3 p.m., I went out to get a drink of water. I happened to look up and saw, through the clouds, a semi-circular rainbow above the Buddha Hall. The sight of it made me very happy. I felt it was very auspicious.
I reentered the Buddha Hall to continue reciting. During silent meditation, the sound of recitation resonated continuously in my mind. When I listened with my ears, I heard the sound. Later I tried using my nose to listen, and the sound was still there. Then I tried using my eyes, and there was still sound. In general, no matter what part of body I listened with, I could hear the sound continuously for a long time.
This morning as I was reciting the Buddha's name, I had a very strong insight, which was that in reciting the Buddha's name and studying Buddhism, it is necessary to deeply enter the Sutra treasury and to unfold our wisdom. I once had a dream of the Venerable Master, who was speaking the Dharma for me. In the dream, he looked at me, said nothing at all, and bent over and looked inside himself. What did I see? I saw that his stomach was totally empty. He was there looking inside his body. When I woke up, my feeling was that the Master was telling me to reflect within.
To be continued
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