【Listening 听闻 】View those who are non-virtuous as Buddha 把恶人看成佛？
【LISTENING】 – View those who are non-virtuous as Buddha
Not only will the instructor be viewed as Buddha, but you will also view those who are non-virtuous as Buddha. Why? Why would you view the non-virtuous as Buddha? This is really simple. Without non-virtuous people, you cannot achieve Buddhahood. Your achievement relies on those who are non-virtuous! So Buddha exhorted very clearly, “I achieved Buddhahood by relying on two people. The first one is my teacher. He is Buddha – teaching me the fundamental concepts.” Just by teaching you the concepts, would this work? No, you have to apply accordingly! The second one was Devadatta. Why did Buddha have to rely on Devadatta? Devadatta represented the worst, the most evil person in the world. There is no one worse than him. “Without Devadatta, I could not achieve my Buddhahood!” Since he helps you achieve Buddhahood, of course you should respect him like a Buddha. Very straightforward! This concept is easy to preach! So, needless to say, now that this person is Buddha, how could you not respect him? Even Devadatta can be respected like the Buddha. Now that this concept is revealed to you, but instead you pay him no respect, does this sound right?
So what is most important for us – it is not about being unable to achieve it! Often, we begin to practice by prostrating for half a day; it’s no wonder Venerable Hang-shan said, “It is useless if you prostrate until your head bleeds.” And, with regards to chanting Buddha’s name, “It is useless if you shout Buddha’s name until your throat hurts” – [that is], you don’t have the proper recognition and method.
SOURCE 来源 :
10A 23’10” Vol 2 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P49 LL3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P57
日常师父法语📡10A 23’10” 手抄稿第2册P49LL3
听闻 : 把恶人看成佛？
不但讲法的人看成佛，恶人你也把他看成佛，为什么？恶人为什么把他看成佛？这个很简单，没有恶人，你就没办法成佛，你的成佛靠他啊！所以佛陀说得清清楚楚，我之所以成佛，靠两个人，第一个，我的老师，他是佛，告诉我这个道理。单单告诉你道理行不行？没有用，你还得去做！第二个，靠提婆达多，他为什么靠提婆达多？这提婆达多是个代表，世界最恶、最罪大恶极，没有比这个更坏的。"没有这个提婆达多，我成不了佛！"他现在使你成佛，当然你要敬之如佛。这个很简单嘛，这个道理说起来那么简单哪！那何况他现在是佛，你能不敬他是佛吗？提婆达多都把他敬之成佛，现在告诉你道理，你反而不恭敬他了，有这个道理吗？
所以我们真正重要的，不是做不到啊！我们往往去修行，头磕了半天，怪不得憨山大师说："你头颅磕破也徒然"，然后呢你念佛，"喉咙喊破也徒然"。