【Cultivating Ethical Behaviour】-one lamp can burn thousand year of darkness

For instance, we see the wasted land in the back, aren't there a lot of dried grass? They would set a fire.  As soon as the fire is lit, in just a few minutes, "Ga!"  The wind is strong too. All are burned, just like that.  

What does this explain?  This explains that for the sins that we've accumulated, as long as you remedy it properly, it will be cleared very fast!  Therefore, the sutra has this example.  There are those who are afraid, they say that the sins from the beginningless times are so weighty.  What should we do?  The Buddha will tell you, "Eh, let me tell you, if the house has been dark for one thousand years, as soon as you light one lamp, will it take you one thousand years of lighting the lamp to slowly, slowly dispel the darkness?   No.  When will it become bright?  As soon as you light the lamp, it will be bright.  Isn't that right?  Right!  Even though it might have been dark for one thousand years, not only one thousand years, perhaps as long as ten thousand years, but as soon as you light the lamp, it will be immediately bright.  And then if you have accumulated the grass, the wood, say you have been accumulating for a thousand years, when you burn it, will it require a thousand years?  You  would not need it.  But it won't be as fast as lighting a lamp.  However, as long as what you have accumulated has truly withered, as soon as you set the fire, in just a few minutes, "Gua!"  All will be burned.  This is the power of our confession.  Pay attention to this!  It is just too worthwhile, too worthwhile [to make the effort]!   

SOURCE 来源 :

63A 23’27” Vol 8 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P231 LL3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P253

日常师父法语📡63A 23’27”手抄稿第8册P231 LL3

业果 : 一灯能灭千年暗

譬如我们现在看见那个后面荒地，那不是长的荒草很多吗？他们点一把火，一把火一点，要不了几分钟，“嘎！”那个风又大，一下统统烧得光光的。

那么说明了什么？说明了就是我们积那个罪，你只要如法地去正对治，很快！所以经上面它有一个比喻：有人害怕，说我这个无始以来的罪过这么重，怎么办哪？佛就告诉你：欸，我告诉你，假定是这个房子里边，黑暗一千年了，然后呢你点一盏灯的话，是不是点了要一千年，慢慢、慢慢把它赶走啊？不是。什么时候亮？你一点就亮，对不对？对呀！尽管黑了一千年了，不要说一千年，一万年再长，你一盏灯一点，马上就亮。还有呢，你积那个草、那个木头，积在那里积一千年了，你要去烧，要不要烧一千年哪？也不要，那倒没有什么灯那么快，但是只要这个积的真正枯掉了，你一把火点上去，没几分钟“刮！”统统烧光。那这个就是我们忏悔的力量，注意哦！太值得了，太值得了！