懺悔才免業來攻Repent For Your Sins Before Karma Strikes!
過去吾總以為，父母恩是最大的。一直到吾學佛時，才嘆自己，原來這麼的「膚淺」。于是，發奮圖強地努力鑽研佛學與玄學，但願不負根本傳承上師、佛菩薩及諸天神眾的救渡、傳法與加持之大恩。但在每日的修行中，會有力不從心，及未能進境之憾。吾明白，這是一種修行的「障礙」，吾很自然地求救於佛菩薩，然後就耐心地守著，相信守得雲開見月明。
學佛人爲何還會六道輪迴
修行人求助於佛菩薩，是因為佛菩薩乃覺行圓滿的聖者，也唯有覺行圓滿的聖者才能有深厚及無盡的功德，化我們眼前的阻力為助力，讓行者早日修至成就。學佛修行的人，所求絕對不是為了自己，反而是為了上求佛果，才有真正的能力，下化眾生啊！這也是學佛修行的人，最初及最終的出發心。因此，請別一時的衝動，又或者動不動就說，妳你要出家，妳你要學佛，如果妳你沒有以上所示的出發心，最終還是會「回家」，最終還是會退失菩提心，或道心的。這是犯戒的，六道輪迴依然等著妳你。
不懺悔出不了苦輪
父母恩不是不大，大聖佛陀是敬重，及提倡孝道的。正因如此，佛陀才講授《地藏王菩薩本願經》，及《佛說父母恩重難報經》。我們的父母雖生育我們，但他們並無法教我們永斷生死輪迴之苦，甚至我們生理與心理的苦惱，他們也無法引領我們出苦啊！可是佛陀的教義卻能使我們出苦輪。父母恩如海，佛恩與師恩，就如宇宙。
暫且不談修行，我們的妻、財、子、祿，富貴窮通、生理與心理，或多或少都跟我們累世所造的惡業有關，這一切應趁早懺悔才免業來攻。
西方三聖，從左到右： 南無大勢至菩薩，南無阿彌陀佛，南無觀世音菩薩 Holy Trinity of Western Paradise, from Left to Right: Namo Mahāsthāmaprāpta, Namo Amitābha, Namo Avalokiteśvara
In the past, I had the misconception that the love and kindness bestowed to us by our own parents are the greatest of all, until I started learning the Dharma. I sighed to myself for being so superficial. Therefore, I did my utmost best to achieve mastery in the Dharma and Chinese Metaphysics, in the hope that I will not let down my Guru Master, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for their salvation, Dharma transmittance as well as empowerment. However, in the course of my daily spiritual cultivation, there are days when the mind is strong but the body is feeble and I am unable to get into the right condition. I know that this is an obstacle in the path of spiritual cultivation, and I naturally pray to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for help. I would wait patiently and believe that the dark clouds would soon be gone.
Reason why Dharma learners are still trapped in reincarnation
Spiritual cultivators pray to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for help because They are sages who have perfected the enlightenment practice, and only They have such deep and unlimited store of merits to transform the obstacles in front of us into a boost of strength, helping the spiritual cultivator to achieve enlightenment speedily. Those who learn and practice the Dharma never pray solely for their own benefits, instead they wish for attainment of Buddhahood so as to have the prowess to deliver all sentient beings from their sufferings. This goal is the first, and only, intention and motivation for all spiritual cultivators. Therefore, please do not act in a moment of rash, or without serious consideration, and pronounce that you want to enter monkhood, that you want to learn the Dharma. If you do not uphold the goal of achieving Enlightenment and deliver all sentient beings, you will end up “going home”, giving up on your Bodhicitta and losing your motivation. This is a serious violation of the precept, and the six realms of existence await you.
With no repentance, sufferings will never end.
It is not that the debt of love and kindness from our parents is insignificant. The Great Buddha deeply respects it, and promotes filial piety in His Teachings, among them the famous “Sutra Of The Fundamental Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva” as well as the “The Buddha Speaks the Sutra about the Deep Kindness of Parents and the Difficulty in Repaying it”. Even though our parents gave birth to and raised us, they are unable to teach us the way to liberate from the never-ending sufferings in the cycles of birth and death, and the afflictions from our physiological and emotional sufferings. Our parents are unable to lead us out of our sufferings. But the teachings of the Buddha show us a clear path out of this sufferings. The kindness bestowed to us by our parents may be as deep as the ocean, but the kindess bestowed by the Buddha and Guru Master is as vast as the Universe.
Let’s leave spiritual cultivation aside for the time being. Our fortunes in marriage, wealth, descendants, career, financial state, physiological and emotional state are more or less tied to our negative karma accumulated over past lives. We ought to repent for these sins as fast as we can before karma strikes!
