你覺悟了嗎？
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我曾問過一位學佛多年的老先生：「哎，這位師兄，你是學佛的老前輩了。」
他說：「啊，不多不多，只有四十年。」
我問：「哇，太厲害了！師兄，什麼是佛啊？」
他像背書似地說：「自覺覺他，覺行圓滿。」
我說：「噢，那您幫過人嗎？」
他說：「沒有。」
我說：「哦，沒有啊。那您怎麼學佛啊？自覺覺他，您又覺悟了什麼？」
他說：「我還沒有證悟圓滿。」
我說：「哦，那什麼時候證悟呢？」
他說：「我師父說，來世、來世、來來世。」
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人身難得，如果他來世轉生再來，變不成人了怎麼辦？
「自覺」要「覺」到什麼程度才能去「覺他」呢？
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或許，這一刻聽聞佛法明白了道理，那麼這一刻也代表了覺悟。有人說：「我還沒徹底覺悟呢！」那你總知道「眾善奉行」吧？你總知道去幫人助人吧？總知道慈悲心最起碼是「好心」吧？懂得這些就夠了，這就是自覺。不止自己覺悟，還要幫助他人明白道理，這就是覺他。
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來聽我聊聊成佛的三要素：大慈大悲、自覺覺他、覺行圓滿。希望能帶給你一點啟發：原來，成佛不是神話，道路就是當下。
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＃週六網路共修 ＃共修引導 ＃什麼是佛
Are You Enlightened?
Once I asked an old gentleman who had spent years studying Buddhism, “Brother, you are a veteran of Buddhist studies.”
He replied “Ah, not much, only 40 years.”
I remarked, “Wow, that’s awesome!” So what is Buddha?”
He replied as if he just memorized from a book, “enlighten self and others with perfect enlightenment and conduct.”
I asked, “Have you helped anyone?”
He said, “No.”
I said, “No? Then how do you learn Buddhadharma? Enlighten self and others; have you gained enlightenment?
He replied, “I have not attained perfect enlightenment yet.”
I asked, “When will you attain perfect enlightenment?”
He answered, “According to my master, perhaps in my next life or the life thereafter, thereafter.”
As it is, it is not easy for us to be reincarnated as a human being. What if he is not a human being in his next life?
To what extent must we be enlightened before we can help others?
To me, I feel that once you understand a particular aspect of Buddhadharma, you are enlightened in that aspect. Some would defend themselves, “But I have not gained complete enlightenment! But we, as Buddhists, should always be kind and help others wherever possible. The same applies to compassion. As long as we understand compassion and kindness, that is already partial enlightenment. Not only should we strive for self- enlightenment, we should help others to incorporate compassion into their daily lives so that they will eventually be enlightened.
I welcome you to join me in my discussion this coming Saturday. I will share three important aspects of Buddhadharma: Great compassion, enlighten self and others with perfect enlightenment and conduct.
Hope that this can be an inspiration to you that Buddhahood is attainable and the means to it lies in what we do now.
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