Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are those who have attained unsurpassed, complete and perfect enlightenment.
无上正等正觉：就是佛菩萨。
I am also doing what I can to help people develop their wisdom so that they may understand how Guan Yin Boddhisattva saves humanity from its suffering.
我现在要开启你们每个人的智慧，让大家知道观世音菩萨是怎么济世救人的。
For example, if an island is hit by a flood, helicopters and rescue ships come to rescue the victims. But will they save only a few people, or all of the people? In the course of saving people, they may encounter problems: some of the old, the sick or the invalid among the victims may fall into the water while boarding the rescue ship, while others may suffer a heart attack. These pitiful people are likened to those who do not have the chance, due to the lack of suitable conditions, to hear the Buddha-dharma.
如果，一个小岛有水灾了，飞机来了，航空母舰来了，他们会不会只救几个人呢？还是要把所有的人都救上来？可是，在救所有人的时候会碰到许多问题，如有些老弱病残的人在跨上航空母舰时不小心掉进水里了，有的可能会诱发心脏病等等，这些都是属于很可怜的没有缘分的人，就像那些没有闻到佛法的人。
So if we truly want to save people, we must reach out to the public and adopt the Buddhist methods of listening, contemplation and practice. Think to yourself: are the monks helping sentient beings? Indeed, they are helping people to become spiritually awakened, and they do this in a manner that is honourable and open.
真正的救人是要面向大家，真正的救人是要通过佛法的闻思修。大家想一想那些大法师有没有在普度众生？他们在光明正大的度人。
What constitutes the Chinese character for propriety, “正” (Zheng)? According to Chinese tradition, it is an integration of Yin and Yang, as well as Wu Xing (or the Five Phases).
所以要记住什么是“正”？“正”就是阴阳五行和合而成的。
Let me say something more about this word, “propriety”. The topmost horizontal stroke represents the phase of metal, while the bottommost stroke represents the phase of water, the middle vertical stroke represents the phase of wood, the short vertical stroke on the left represents the phase of fire, and finally the short horizontal stroke on the right represents earth.
现在我给大家讲这个“正”字。上面一横为“金”，下面一横为“水”，中间一竖是“木”，左边一竖是“火”，右边一横是“土”。
发表于 2021-9-9 12:10:51
