[无量香光 · 显密文库 · 手机站]
fowap.goodweb.net.cn
{返回首页}


The Mirror Of Truth
 
{返回 The Gospel Of Buddha 文集}
{返回网页版}
点击:1699

THE MIRROR OF TRUTH

THE Blessed One proceeded to the village Nadika with a great company of brethren and there he stayed at the Brick Hall. And the venerable Ananda went to the Blessed One and mentioning to him the names of the brethren and sisters that had died, anxiously inquired about their fate after death, whether they had been reborn in animals or in hell, or as ghosts, or in any place of woe.

The Blessed One replied to Ananda and said: "Those who have died after the complete destruction of the three bonds of lust, of covetousness and of the egotistical cleaving to existence, need not fear the state after death. They will not be reborn in a state of suffering; their minds will not continue as a karma of evil deeds or sin, but are assured of final salvation.

"When they die, nothing will remain of them but their good thoughts, their righteous acts, and the bliss that proceeds from truth and righteousness. As rivers must at last reach the distant main, so their minds will be reborn in higher states of existence and continue to be pressing on to their ultimate goal which is the ocean of truth, the eternal peace of Nirvana. Men are anxious about death and their fate after death; but consider, it is not at all strange, Ananda, that a human being should die. However, that thou shouldst inquire about them, and having heard the truth still be anxious about the dead, this is wearisome to the Blessed One. I will, therefore, teach thee the mirror of truth and let the faithful disciple repeat it:

"'Hell is destroyed for me, and rebirth as an animal, or a ghost, or in any place of woe. I am converted; I am no longer liable to be reborn in a state of suffering, and am assured of final salvation.'

"What, then, Ananda, is this mirror of truth? It is the consciousness that the elect disciple is in this world possessed of faith in the Buddha, believing the Blessed One to be the Holy One, the Fully-enlightened One, wise, upright, happy, world-knowing, supreme, the Bridler of men's wayward hearts, the Teacher of gods and men, the blessed Buddha. It is further the consciousness that the disciple is possessed of faith in the truth believing the truth to have been proclaimed by the Blessed One, for the benefit of the world, passing not away, welcoming all, leading to salvation, to which through truth the wise will attain, each one by his own efforts.

"And, finally, it is the consciousness that the disciple is possessed of faith in the order, believing in the efficacy of a union among those men and women who are anxious to walk in the noble eightfold path; believing this church of the Buddha, of the righteous, the upright, the just, the law abiding, to be worthy of honor, of hospitality, of gifts, and of reverence; to be the supreme sowing-ground of merit for the world; to be possessed of the virtues beloved by the good, virtues unbroken, intact, unspotted, unblemished, virtues which make men truly free, virtues which are praised by the wise, are untarnished by the desire of selfish aims, either now or in a future life, or by the belief in the efficacy of outward acts, and are conducive to high and holy thought. This is the mirror of truth which teaches the straightest way to enlightenment which is the common goal of all living creatures. He who possesses the mirror of truth is free from fear; he will find comfort in the tribulations of life, and his life will be a blessing to all his fellow-creatures."


{返回 The Gospel Of Buddha 文集}
{返回网页版}
{返回首页}

上一篇:The Courtesan Ambapali
下一篇:The Visit To Pataliputta
 The Lesson Given To Rahula
 The Schism
 Yasodhara, The Former Wife
 In The Realm Of Yamaraja
 In Search Of A Thief
 The Lost Son
 All Existence Is Spiritual
 The Kings Gift
 The Widows Mite, And The Three Merc..
 The Buddhas Farewell
全文 标题
 
【佛教文章随机阅读】
 打造人间佛教的文教空间(释传道)[栏目:人间佛教]
 家人曾打死两条蛇,瘫痪是果报吗?[栏目:因果轮回·净空法师问答]
 论僧肇的大乘中观般若学思想(李振纲)[栏目:中观宗文集]
 愿力/行愿[栏目:海云继梦法师文集·福慧滋长]
 佛化奠祭手册 一、冥阳两利的庄严佛事[栏目:法鼓山智慧随身书·生活实用]
 怎样做到恒顺众生,随喜功德?[栏目:学佛学经·净空法师问答]
 听说泰国的宪法规定:若国王等不信佛,则无资格继承王位的权利?[栏目:玛欣德尊者答疑]
 香是什么?是中国人心中的一个情结。[栏目:传统香道]
 略说佛教因果[栏目:仁俊法师]
 什么是斗遘两头?[栏目:在家居士律仪五百答]


{返回首页}

△TOP

- 手机版 -
[无量香光·显密文库·佛教文集]
教育、非赢利、公益性的佛教文化传播
白玛若拙佛教文化传播工作室制作
www.goodweb.net.cn Copyrights reserved
(2003-2015)
站长信箱:yjp990@163.com