一切的病痛都是起於我們唯心所造,本來根本沒有我,又何來這個「我」在生病?如果病一來馬上就以最堅決的態度回拒它,絕對不讓自己有一個「生病」的意念產生,那麼這個病就會馬上跑掉。
可是你們都太軟弱了,時常感到:「唉呀!我好像這裡痛,那裡不舒服。」如果時常持這種念頭,就會像一扇門,本來只露出一點點門縫,可是因為你們不斷地起生病的想法,這個門縫自然就會被你們不好的思想力量所推開,大門一開,病就會很快地侵入你們的身體。如果每一秒鐘都能保持內在意識的清醒,不要讓某些不好的東西進來,就不會有什麼東西入侵。
得病就像是先在外面挖一個洞,本來我們身體的外面都有一層「氣」罩住,可以保護我們不受外界不好的力量所侵入。病況發生時,就如同我們外層的護罩被戳穿了一個洞,病就直接由此洞進入我們的身體,所以才會生病;如果我們外面的「氣體」很完整,病根本就無從入侵。修行的人本身就很健康,所以沒病,不修行的人很容易被外界所激動,所以等於自己先開了一個門,請病入內。所以,如果我們的心裡保持鎮靜,自然會化解這種災難的氣氛,就好像發光可以破除黑暗一樣,這樣就可以改變我們的「定業」。
有些人很相信算命的預言,說某日某月或某年會發生什麼病,或遭到什麼意外或災禍,這時候心裡就會先起各種害怕的念頭,心中一有恐懼害怕的思想,等於立刻在體外開一個小門,各種不好的東西自然就會進來。
修行的人精神純正,心意集中,外層的氣罩像金剛一般,是不會被病源刺穿的。不過就算真有一點病也沒有關係,千萬不要讓它困擾我們,知道有病就應該更加努力修行,用我們的力量趕它走。這個身體是我們的家,我們是主人,主人沒有邀請它,它怎麼可以自己闖進來呢?如果你能這樣堅決地趕它走,病是不會留下來的,即使是一點小感冒入侵,敏感的人也會馬上感覺到,但是不敏感或不修行的人,就不會知道。
要覺知病源的入侵,必須保持意識的絕對清醒,讓身體處於高度的警覺狀態,如果一感到有病入侵,應該馬上坐下來念五佛號,並且堅決地告訴自己,我不要病,病又不是真理,任何強迫性的東西我都不要,只要真理,這樣病就會跑掉。修行愈久,念力愈強的人,甚至一兩秒內就可以根除病源。一般不修行的人,因為沒有這份念力,所以才不相信自己有治病的能力。事實上,我們的身體本身就有自然的抵抗力,自己會治病,有很多醫生可能會告訴病人,這些藥給你,不過主要還得靠你自己救自己。因為我們是偉大的眾生,沒有一件事情我們不能做,可是這也是隨你自己相信多少,才能做多少,也就是說,這種潛在的無限力量,會因個人使用程度不同而有差別。
我們修行觀音法門的人比其他人具有更多的力量,就是利用這個力量趕走病。如果你們病了,這是因為你們自己要生病,很可能精神不想要而身體卻要。所以我們應該教育我們的身、口、意,有時候身體某些地方很喜歡生病,所以應該像教育小孩子一樣,慢慢地一再教導它正確的觀念,如果它還是聽不懂,那就給它一點藥吃,然後告訴它「好了,現在安全了!」讓這個身體把病真正放下來,這樣病就會好。
但是眾生剛好相反,他們多方面照顧自己的身體,卻忽略精神的修持。所以師父教你們身、口、意三方面都必須修持清淨,因為如果只是意淨而身卻不淨,就會造成精神雖然完善,可是身體卻仍是有漏的軀體,有漏就有病。所以我們要以意念教導這個肉身,告訴它,事實上沒有一個會生病的「我」,以便使身體能真正放下一切,放下一個在「生病」的念頭,這樣就不會生病。
生病其實並非是有什麼業障,真正的業障是指我們「無明」的地方,因為無明,所以有一個黑暗不純淨的靈魂,如果靈魂清洗乾淨了,那時候佛也沒有,魔也跑掉,更不會有病。本來我們是沒有病的,所以心經上說:「是諸法空相,不生不滅,不垢不淨,不增不減,是故空中無色,無受想行識,無眼耳鼻舌身意,無色聲香味觸法…」,如果什麼都沒有,又怎麼可能會有病?
因為我們執著這個身體,所以才會有很多麻煩,應該要多打坐、多做觀音,就什麼事都不會有。
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All illnesses stem from our minds. Originally the so-called "I" didn't exist. Therefore, the concept of "I am ill" didn't exist. When an illness first begins, if we have a firm attitude about rejecting it, don't allow the concept of "I am ill" to come into being, then the illness will run away immediately.
However, you're all too weak. You often feel, "Oh! I have a pain here. I have discomfort there." Frequently, having these thoughts is like pushing a door open. The door is open only a little bit in the beginning; however, since you keep thinking about "becoming ill," the slightly opened door will be pushed wide open by the power of your negative thinking. As soon as the door is wide open, the illness will quickly invade your body. If you always have a clear consciousness at every moment, and don't allow any bad things to come in, then nothing can invade you.
Getting sick is like digging a hole on our outside layer first. Originally, there's a layer of protective energy covering our bodies. It guards us against the invasive negative power outside. When we get sick, it's just like having a hole poked in the layer of protective energy, so that the illness can directly enter our bodies, through the hole. That's how we get sick. If the layer of protective energy remains intact, the illness can't get in. Spiritual practitioners are generally healthy, so they don't get sick; whereas, non-practitioners are easily disturbed by outside influences, and that is equivalent to opening the door first, and inviting illnesses to come in. Therefore, if we keep calm, a disastrous atmosphere can be resolved naturally. Our "fixed karma" can be changed in this way, just like a light can dispel darkness.
Some people believe in fortune teller's predictions; like on such-and-such a date they will get such-and-such illness, or have such-and-such an accident or disaster. Then they'll have fearful thoughts in their minds. As soon as they have fearful thoughts, it's like opening a small door in their bodies, and then all kinds of bad things can come in naturally.
If a practitioner has a pure spirit and concentrated mind, the protective layer of energy around his body is like a diamond shield, and it can't be penetrated by any illness. Even if we really have some illness, we shouldn't let it perplex us. When we know that we're ill, we should practice even more diligently, and use our power to drive it away. This body is our house, and we are the owners. Without the invitation of the owner, how can anyone come in? If you can drive it away with a firm attitude, no illness will stay. Even if it's the invasion of a small cold, a sensitive person can feel it at a very early stage. However, those who don't practice and aren't sensitive, won't be aware of such things.
If we want to sense the invasion of illnesses, we must keep an absolutely clear consciousness, and let our bodies stay in a highly alert state. Once we feel the invasion of an illness, we should immediately meditate, recite the Holy Names, and firmly tell ourselves, "I don't want the illness. Illness isn't the Truth. I don't want anything that's forced upon me. I only want the Truth." Then the illness will run away. Those who have practiced a long time, and have strong minds, can eliminate an illness in one or two seconds. Those who don't practice don't have this will power, and therefore they don't believe that they have healing power.
In fact, our bodies naturally have resistance to illness, and can heal themselves. Many doctors tell their patients, "These medicines are for you. But you should mainly rely on yourself to cure the illness." It's because we're great beings, and there's nothing we can't do. However, the amount that you can do depends on how much you believe it. In other words, this latent and limitless power can appear differently, because of the extent that each person applies it.
We Quan Yin practitioners are more powerful than others are. This involves the power that we use to drive illnesses away. If you get ill, it's because you want to be ill. Your mind may not want it, but your body does. Therefore, we should educate our actions, speech and thoughts. If certain parts of our bodies like to be ill, we should gradually teach them with the correct concepts, like we teach children. If they don't understand, we can give them some medicine and tell them, "Okay, you're safe now." When we let our bodies truly give up the illness, they'll recover.
However, people normally do the opposite. They try to look after their bodies in every way, but ignore their spiritual practice. That's why I teach you to keep your actions, speech and thoughts, clean. If your thoughts are clean but your body isn't, you'll be in the situation that your mind is perfect, but your body is still vulnerable and can get ill. Therefore, we should use our minds to teach our bodies. We should teach them that there actually isn't a so-called 'I' who can get ill, to let them truly give up everything, and give up the idea of "getting ill," and then they won't get ill.
Illness is actually not karma. The real karma is our ignorance. Because of ignorance, we have dark and impure souls. If our souls are purified, there will neither be God nor Maya, not to mention illness. Originally, we didn't have illness. Therefore, in the Heart Sutra, it's stated, "All dharmas amount to emptiness." They neither arise nor cease, are neither tainted nor pure, and neither increase nor decrease. Hence in emptiness, there are no forms, no feelings, no perceptions, no mental formations, and there is no consciousness; there are no eyes, no ears, no nose, no tongue, no body, no mind; there is no vision, no hearing, no sense of smell, no sense of taste, no sense of touch. If there is nothing, how can we get ill?
Because we cling to our bodies, we have so much trouble. We should do more Quan Yin and meditate more, and then we won't have any trouble.
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