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四、求道有什麼好處?

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道者路也,乃是要回天堂西方極樂的正路,卻不是凡塵俗世的人路,也不是顛入苦海的迷路,更不是墜入輪迴的末路。這條路在那裏呀?悟者近在目前,一步可以直超,迷者遠在十萬八千里,經千萬遍的輪迴,還是找不出...

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三、為何要求道?

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道為人之本性 ,為性命之根源 ,在人身中 ,就是人人所固有 ,怎麼又要求道呢? 就是說人類萬靈,莫不是得此性理妙道而生的,這便是有生之始 ,這個性道 ,即已賦在人類萬靈的身上了 。怎麼第一期青陽...

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一、木本水源:三寶心法

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恭喜大家,今天已經得聞天道了。這都是有緣份的,俗語說:「 有緣千里能相會, 無緣對面不相逢。」什麼叫做有緣和無緣呢? 有緣份的人,就是有善根、有道德,雖是遠在千里之外,也可以來求得大道。沒有緣份...

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9. Cultivating Dao Requires Cultivating Merit and Establishing Virtue

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The ancients spoke of three immortalities: "establishing virtue, establishing merit, and establis...

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11. Liao Fan's Four Teachings — A Guide to Establishing Virtue and Cultivating the Person

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Recently I read a vernacular translation of Liao Fan's Four Teachings and was deeply moved. That ...

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14. Recognizing Principle and Cultivating Truth — After Reading "The Psychical Research Special Collection"

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The study of psychical research was founded in the mid-nineteenth century at the universities of ...

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13. After Reading "Where Does Human Life Go?"

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The value of a book is not measured by the amount of money it costs, but rather by how much the k...

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12. Where Does Human Life Go?

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Where does human life go? One might answer that human life necessarily travels the road toward de...

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10. Filial Piety and Modernity

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Some people say that while filial piety may be promoted, in the modern age it should receive a ne...

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8. The Effort of Cultivating Dao After Receiving It

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In earlier times, cultivation required leaving home for the monastic life. But now, in the Final ...

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7. The Ten Great Vows

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Running east and rushing west to spread Dao, speaking earnestly and tenderly, pouring out the dep...

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6. Do Cause and Effect, the Cycle of Rebirth, Heaven, and Hell Truly Exist?

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The ways of the world are no longer as they were in antiquity. The human heart grows worse by the...

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5. The Four Difficulties of Attaining Dao

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(1) A Human Body Is Difficult to Obtain (1) A human body is difficult to obtain. Human beings are...

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4. What Benefits Does Seeking Dao Bring?

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Dao means "the road." It is the straight road for returning to Heaven, to the Western Paradise of...

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3. Why Must One Seek Dao?

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Dao is the original nature of a person, the root-source of our nature and life-destiny. It reside...

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1. Roots of the Tree, Source of the Waters: The Heart-Method of the Three Treasures

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Congratulations to all of you -- today you have received the Heavenly Dao. This is entirely a mat...

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2. The Meaning of Seeking Dao

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What does it mean to seek Dao? To seek is to pursue — to pursue and understand what this Dao trul...

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Entries 91–101

Patriarch Tianran's 101 Heartfelt Admon...

91 Strictly speaking, what merit does the immense toil and suffering expended by cultivators on t...

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天然師尊叮嚀心語 101則

91 嚴格說起來,修道人在修辦途中所費的千辛萬苦,算得了什麼功德?即使稍有功德,也須還業債、報祖恩、祈平安、備資糧,更要扣除日常過失的負帳。徒兒們!竟還敢自許自誇、以功德自矜嗎? 92 上次為師...

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Entries 81–90

Patriarch Tianran's 101 Heartfelt Admon...

81 The Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and sentient beings of the three realms and ten directions are all ...

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