【 The Meditation Session - Preparation 修持轨理-加行】Doing tasks at home is completely different from doing tasks here. 家里做的跟这里做的完全不一样
【The Meditation Session - Preparation】- Doing tasks at home is completely different from doing tasks here.
For example, this simple Dharma center here! In order to establish it, begin from the very basic requirement: although giving teachings is important, listening to it is even more important! Without an audience, why bother to talk about it. So, by listening with wholeheartedness is to “supplicate.” Then, upon hearing, what is the characteristic of Dharma? In order for the Dharma to be gradually promulgated, upon hearing, if you do not abide by it, wouldn’t that be a farce? The purpose of the teaching is not this, thus, you need to apply accordingly.
Therefore, here we often remind everyone: whatever we do here for the monastic abode is to accumulate merits for ourselves. So, we shouldn’t say, “well, I am already doing this at home, and when I come here I still have to do the same.” Otherwise, you are wrong! Doing it at home is completely different from doing it here. The tasks you do at home are household activities – they increase the worldly contamination. Whereas [serving the monastics] here enables the Buddha Dharma to remain in the world – reflect on it to see does it makes sense? May [I] ask, if there is no Dharma center, would Buddha Dharma remain in the world? Of course [not]! Therefore, on one hand, by so doing you are supplicating Buddha to remain in the world. On the other hand, you can rejoice: ah, I have invited Buddha to come, wonderful!
SOURCE 来源 :
23B 13’05” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P242 L1
English Lamrim Vol 1 P98
日常师父法语📡23B 13’05” 手抄稿第3册P242 L1
修持轨理-加行 : 家里做的跟这里做的完全不一样
譬如说，我们现在这个简单的这个道场吧！要想使那个道场成就起来的话，从最基本的开始，讲固然重要，听更重要欸！没有人听，讲它干什么，所以我至心地去听，就是“请”。然后呢听完了以后，它法的特质是干什么？要想把那个法慢慢地弘传开来，听完了以后，如果说你不照着去做，那不是戏论吗？法的目的不是这个，所以你凡是能够这样相应去做的。
所以我们在这个地方，常常跟大家说的，说我们在这里常住做任何一件事情，都是为自己积累福德。大家不要说：喔唷，我在家里做这个事情，跑到这里还做这个事情。那你错了，家里做的跟这里做的完全不一样。家里做的这些事情，成就家业，增长世间的染污，在这地方做了以后啊，使得佛法住世。想想看对不对？请问没有这个道场，没有这个，佛法能住世吗？那当然！所以一方面你这样去做是请住世，一方面你还可以随喜：啊，我请佛来了，好！