【 Cultivating Ethical Behaviour 业果】 King Suradatta killed Supuspacandra (part 2) 勇授大王杀华月严-2
【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】- King Suradatta killed Supuspacandra (part 2)
【Nonetheless, confession is not senseless.】
Even though this is the case, but his confession was not wasted!
【For if you do not confess sins, you will experience sufferings that are greater and of longer duration than if you had confessed them. 】
There was still force in his confession. However, much force derived from the confession will have countered that much force [from the previous karma]. So why is it that the force from the previous karma cannot be completely countered? That is because the person he killed was a Mahayana Bodhisattva. If you harm a person [in the Mahayana], it is like this. If you harm the teaching, it is the same. Therefore, we should pay attention to this! The degree of difficulty would be the same if one has to confess the sin from slandering the teaching. The degree of difficulty to confess this kind of sin would be the same!
What is the characteristic of the Mahayana? It relates to all [beings in the] Dharma Realm. A living being who has developed the spirit of enlightenment, a great Bodhisattva, relates to all [beings in the] Dharma Realm. No matter how you confess, you just cannot relate in the same manner. Being an arhat, no matter what you do...hence in many instances, the sutra will say, "Even if all the living beings in the universe of the three billion world system attained fruits [in the Hinayana], sorry, it is not as great as you, having rejoiced and so on toward the Mahayana sutra." In the chapter on "Merits from Rejoice" in the Lotus Sutra, this was explained.
SOURCE 来源 :
65A 07’33” Vol 9 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P7 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P257
日常师父法语📡65A 07’33” 手抄稿第9册P7 L7
业果 : 勇授大王杀华月严-2
【虽则如是，然其悔罪非为唐捐。】
虽然这样哦，但他的忏悔还是没有白费哦！
【若不悔除，须受极重恒常大苦，尤过彼故。】
他忏悔的力量还是有的，他有多少忏悔的力量就抵销掉多少。那么为什么这个地方抵销不掉呢？因为他所杀的那个对象，他是一个大乘的菩萨。所以如果说你伤的对象是人，这样；如果你伤的对象是法，也是一样。所以注意喔！这个谤大乘经典的这个罪过的难忏也是一样，难忏悔也是一样喔！因为这个大乘的法相是什么？跟法界相应的。发了心的这个众生—大菩萨跟法界相应的；你怎么忏悔，你就是没有办法跟这个东西相应。这个罗汉，那个怎么个弄法，所以处处地方，经上面说，哎呀，三千大千世界所有的众生证了果了，对不起！你不如那个对大乘经典，乃至于随喜的功德等等，《法华经》上面〈随喜功德品〉有这件事情。