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【 Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels 皈依 】Do not casually deride Buddha’s images 遮止讥毁

【Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels】- Do not casually deride Buddha’s images

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47A 15’56” Vol 6 of Lamrim Commentary P219 L4 Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse

*the quality of images, despise others for using fine materials for images and the like or for making them large, discourage their makers from finishing them, and the like.*

Similarly, with regard to the Buddha’s image, you should not criticize it under any circumstances. If other people are constructing the statue,, we should act in the same way, no matter what circumstances you are under. Oftentimes, we have this scenario. Naturally it is the case where we should not be criticizing the badly made ones but this holds true also for the good ones. Not only do we often pass criticism on the badly made ones, we also criticize the statues which are well made. Why? Sometimes one is not actually criticizing the finished artwork f the Buddha’s image but that he is jealous of the person who made it! When others create a good Buddha statue, he would say, “What is the big deal about that!” You are jealous of the person. As a result, you have caused harm, caused harm to yourself. You must pay heed to situations such as these!

SOURCE 来源 :

47A 15’56” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P219 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P195

日常师父法语📡47A 15’56” 手抄稿第6册P219 L4

皈依 : 遮止讥毁

于他所造诸佛像等,若因善妙,若量广大,不应讥毁及遮止等。

那么同样地,对于佛像,在任何情况之下不要批评。还有别人如果造的话,我们一样的,反正不管任何理由。现在我们常常有一种情况,固然我们坏的不可以,好的往往我们是坏的嘛固然要批评,好的还要批评。为什么?他不是批评这个佛像,人与人之间的嫉妒!人家造了一个好的佛像,「这有什么了不起!」你嫉妒是嫉妒这个人,结果呢对不起,你伤害了,伤害了自己。像这种地方,要特别注意!