2025年2月24日：【关心的事】What We Truly Care About
⧉ 有人问我：“师父，最近我很烦，该怎么办呢？”
我答：“要先看看自己真正关心的是什么。因为每个人所关心的事情不同，所导致的结果也就各异。”
对念佛人而言，最值得关心的，无非是“能否往生净土”这件事。
能往生净土，一切都好；
不能往生净土，则一切都不算好。
若能怀抱这样的信仰，岂不是自在无碍？
为什么这么说呢？
退一步，海阔天空；
忍一时，风平浪静。
无论遇到什么事，对念佛人来说，自然都是小事，因为内心只有“念佛往生净土”这一桩大事。由此便能自然安乐，身心得到舒适。
可若是不真正关心“能否往生”，反倒把精力都放在“争权夺利、世俗成就、人我是非、名闻利养”等种种复杂、负面、充满负能量的事情上，又怎能不烦恼？又怎会快乐？甚至容易因小失大。
为什么呢？因为如果忽视了“南无阿弥陀佛”这无上的功德，就算拥有了世间所有的一切，又还有什么真正的意义呢？
所关心的事情不同，所寄托的目标也不同，得来的结果自然也就各不相同。
愿能有更多众生多一点关心“念佛往生净土”的安乐事。
南無阿彌陀佛
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English Translation:【What We Truly Care About】
Someone asked me, “Master, I’ve been feeling really troubled lately. What should I do?”
I answered, “First, look at what you truly care about. Because people care about different things, they end up with different outcomes.”
For those who practice reciting the Buddha’s name(Nianfo), the most crucial concern is simply whether or not one can be reborn in the Pure Land.
If one can be reborn in the Pure Land, everything is good.
If one cannot be reborn there, then nothing is truly good.
Having this kind of faith surely leads to a sense of freedom and ease.
Why do I say this?
Take a step back, and the sea and sky are boundless;
Endure for a moment, and the winds and waves become calm.
No matter what situation arises, for those who recite the Buddha’s name, everything becomes a minor issue—because in their hearts there is only one major concern: reciting the Buddha’s name to be reborn in the Pure Land. In this way, one naturally finds peace and comfort in both body and mind.
However, if one does not truly care about whether or not we can be reborn and instead pours energy into things like scrambling for power, seeking worldly achievements, gossiping about others, craving fame and profit, and other complicated, negative, and draining pursuits, how can one avoid being troubled? How could one be genuinely happy? In fact, it becomes easy to lose sight of what truly matters.
Why? Because if you neglect the supreme virtue of “Namo Amitabha Buddha,” then even if you possess everything in this world, what real meaning does it hold?
When people focus on different things, they place their aspirations in different places, and naturally, they arrive at different results.
May more sentient beings learn to care more about the joyful matter of reciting the Buddha’s name for rebirth in the Pure Land.
Namo Amitabha Buddha
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