無明夢幻1 Ignorance And Illusion

無明夢幻

南禪朋友好！

有大德問到，一切是無明、夢幻的佛法問題。

我的回答是：

        根據《阿含經》佛陀只說到無明，（也就是不明白）

 

現在講無明大夢，大夢兩個字會把修行的指標弄扭曲，

 

佛法是結構嚴謹的一套理論跟修行，

 

任何要加進去的字眼，都必須把頭跟尾說清楚，因為那關係到

修行能不能成功！

嚴格講是神聖的一件事情。

哪是誰讓自己在做夢？

 

從大夢中醒來，

如何證果位從來沒有看見被交代清楚過，

        然後不懂無明的人又在無明前面加了「無始」，變成無始

無明，又把無明推得很遠讓大家修行變成都是沒有希望的！

這些在佛法而言，已是誤解佛法的惡法。

 

這是學佛者，必定要清楚的點。

 

我個人的修行經驗是「無明」在善根裡面就可以修煉，為什

麼！

因為善根是要歷經考驗的，

我們總不能說我們就是好人吧！哈(哈)

 

在面對很多是非、善惡，的題目時善根的衝突點就會上來。

 

一個有智慧的人如何不被自己的無明（情緒）、慾望牽著走而

邁向光明面，這裡面的衝突、轉折、處理就是在衝破無明了！'

半寄

 

Ignorance And Illusion

Greetings, friends of NanZen!

A disciple asked of “All is ignorance and illusion” in Buddhism.

I replied that according to the Agama Sutra, the Buddha discussed merely ignorance, i.e. lack of knowledge. It is later generations that mention ‘the big dream of ignorance’,

The term "big dream" will distort the criteria of spiritual practice.

 

Buddhism is a religious philosophy equipped with well-structured theories and approaches to spiritual practice.

Every word to be added needs to be fully explained about its origins and effects. It relates to the success of Buddhist Practice. 

Strictly speaking, how does such a sacred thing have anything to do with dreaming?

 

The view ‘waking up from a big dream’ never mentions or explains clearly how to be enlightened.

What’s more, some people who are not clear of ignorance add "beginningless" to ignorance, and make up the term “beginningless ignorance”. 

This term causes ignorance to be more distant and Buddhist Practice to become frustrating!

Buddhists must identify such evil views that has misinterpreted Buddhism.

 

 

I find in my own practice that "ignorance" can be overcome in the process of cultivating virtuous roots. Why?

Because virtuous roots must survive the test of conflicts.

We can’t claim ourselves virtuous people merely because we have made some donations! (Ha ha)

When confronting many issues of right/wrong, good /evil, the conflict of virtuous roots will appear.

When a wise man is not led by his own ignorance (i.e. emotions) and desires, and then moves forward to a bright and virtuous world, he has actually overcome ignorance by surviving conflicts, modifying himself and solving problems!

                                                       

 Master Ban Ji

Translated by Grace Jui-hsin Tsai