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title: "寂靜法師：信心的力量 Master Jijing: The power of faith"
description: "我們學習佛法，第一個最重要的是什麼？就是信心。不是在于我們知道多少，懂得多少。知道多，懂得多，未必能起作用。能讓佛法這種力量在我們心中起作用的，在我們生命中起作用的，在我們身體上起作用的，在我們事業上起作用的，就是信心。"
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寂靜法師：信心的力量

Master Jijing: The power of faith

我們學習佛法，第一個最重要的是什麼？就是信心。不是在于我們知道多少，懂得多少。知道多，懂得多，未必能起作用。能讓佛法這種力量在我們心中起作用的，在我們生命中起作用的，在我們身體上起作用的，在我們事業上起作用的，就是信心。

When we study Buddhism, what do you think is the most important factor? It is faith. It doesn't lies in how much we know or understand. Even if you know a lot and understand much, it may not work. What can make the power of Buddhism function in our heart, in our life, in our body, and in our career, is faith.

經典里面也說到：佛法大海，信為能入，智為能度。也就說佛法就好像汪洋大海一樣無邊無際，那麼怎麼樣才能進入呢？就是信心。沒有信心就不能進入佛法。那麼怎麼樣才能得度呢？通過信心進入不斷學習，不斷體會、修證，讓智慧增長，心里明了，我們的煩惱就沒有了，我們的災難就沒有了，我們知道人該怎麼活了，知道怎樣才是快樂的人生了，知道怎樣遠離苦難的人生了，我們就得度了。

There is description in the classic works, such as 'In the sea of Buddhism, faith enables you to enter, while wisdom enables you to travel through safely'. That is to say, Buddhism is like the boundless sea. However, how can we enter? By faith. If you don't have the faith, you can't enter the door of Buddhism. So, how can we travel through? With faith, you enter, and you keep on studying, experiencing, and correcting. You let the wisdom grow, and when your mind is clear, your worries disappear, your disasters disappear, you know how to live a happy life, and you know how to keep away from sufferings of life, therefore, you are saved

經典又告訴我們：信為道源功德母，長養一切諸善根。我們為什麼修道？源于信。產生功德的根源是什麼？也是信。沒有這個信也就無法進入修道；沒有這個信也就沒法長養我們的功德，也沒法長養我們其他的善根。善根分為什麼？第一個就是信根，也就是信心，也就是信念，也就是信仰，沒有這個信後面的四根它生不出來。有了信根就會生出精進根，有了精進根就生出念根，有念根生出定根，有定根生出慧根。因為慧根，我們得度。

There is also description in the classic works 'Faith is the mother virtue of teaching, which grows and raises all the good roots'. Why do we practise a teaching? It lies in faith. What is the root of virtue? It is also faith. Without faith, you can't enter teaching; without faith, there is no bed that can grow and raise our virtue, and let alone other good roots. What are the good roots classified into? The very first is the root of faith, i.e. courage, i.e. trust, and i.e. belief, without which, the other four roots can't grow. With faith, there will be the root of progress; with the root of progress, there grows the root of mind; with the root of mind, there grows the root of persistence; with the root of persistence, there grows the root of wisdom. Because of the root of wisdom, we can be saved.

我接觸師父的法，最大的體會就是我的信心增長了，也體會到師父給我們講的一切就是要生起信心。我們現在的念佛是本願念佛，依靠佛的本願產生力量，接引我們的冤親債主、接引我們的老祖宗回歸極樂。信是什麼？信就是一個開關。各位都有手機，如果把手機關了，請問中國移動、中國電信、中國聯通在哪里？永遠收不到。當我們不生信心，我們就把心關了，就接收不到佛菩薩的慈悲，接收不到佛菩薩的功德，所以這個信至關重要。佛法為什麼能起作用？為什麼能改變命運？為什麼能治愈我們的疾病？最重要的就是信。心一開就接受到佛的慈悲，心一關就接受不到佛的慈悲。有個別學佛的，學了幾十年也不知道佛在哪里，為什麼不知道佛在哪里呢？因為他沒有把開關打開，也就是說沒有在內心真正產生信仰。是不是這樣啊？

When I got the teaching from my respected master, I experienced strongly that my faith grew, and I also experienced why all that we need to grow was faith. That we call Buddha now depends on our own will, and based on the power at Buddha's own will, our karmic creditors and our ancestors can return to the pure land. What is faith? Faith is like a switch. Every one of you knows mobile phone, and if you turn off the phone, where can you find China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom? You can never receive the signal. When we don't have the faith, we turn off our heart, so we can't receive the signal of mercy from Buddha and bodhisattvas, and we can't receive the merit from Buddha and bodhisattvas, therefore, faith is the key. Why can Buddhism work? Why can the fate be changed? Why can our diseases be cured? What really counts is faith. As long as you open your heart, you can receive the mercy from Buddha, and vice versa. Some Buddhists don't know where Buddha is even if they learn many years. Why? Because, he didn't turn on the switch, that is to say, he didn't have the real faith in his heart. Isn't it?

我的心，原來也信一點，但是那個開關開得不夠，就好像門沒有完全打開一樣，說關他又沒有關，說開他又沒有完全敞開，所以透進我房間的陽光不是沒有，而是很少。但接觸師父的法以後，心開了，信增加了，所以佛光就照耀了，智慧就增長了，福報就增長了，法喜充滿了。我想我們在座好多同修有共同的體會，參加了這個佛七以後，我們會發現我們和以前不同在哪里，就是信心的變化。因為信心的變化，我們在心理和生理方面有很大的改善，心情輕松了、開闊了，身體好多疾病也沒有了。而且最重要的，有好多老菩薩說：對往生有信心，有把握了。過去我們聽到一些方法，怎麼樣往生？很多老菩薩，越修越沒有信心往生，越修越擔心未來，有沒有啊？所以我非常感恩上仁下煥師父把這個法帶到我們這邊來，更感恩我們的海山老和尚和方丈覺行大和尚慈悲的胸懷，寬廣的胸懷，利益眾生的胸懷，把仁煥師父請到我們這里來，讓我們這一帶的眾生有福了。

For my own case, I had a little faith in Buddhism originally, but the switch was not fully turned on, it was like a half open door, not fully closed, while not fully open as well, so the sunshine that sprayed in my room was little, very little. But when I got my master's teaching, my heart opened, and my faith increased, therefore, I had enough light from Buddha; my wisdom increased, my blessings increased, and I am filled with bliss from Dharma. I believe many fellow practitioners around here have some common experience, and after we participated in this 7 Day Convention of Buddhism, we will find out the change from the past, which is the change of faith. Because of the change of faith, we improve greatly psychologically and physically---- we are more relaxed, our heart is more open, and many diseases in our body disappear. Most importantly, many old practitioners said they have faith in rebirth in the pure land, and they are secured. We have ever heard of some methods on how to be reborn into the pure land. Many old practitioners have less and less faith in it, and they are worried about their future more and more, right? So I appreciated respected Master RENHUAN for his bring this method to us, and many thanks to our Old Monk HAISHAN and Abbot Old Monk JUEXING for their merciful mind, broad mind, and a mind of how to benefit the beings. For their kindness, respected Master REN HUAN was invited to this temple, and the beings around have the bliss.

你們參加這個佛七得到好處沒有啊？(大眾：有！)要不要請仁煥師父再來？(大眾大聲回答：要！)大家有這樣的呼聲，我們慈悲、智慧、胸懷寬廣的覺行大和尚早就為大家著想了，已經提前為大家祈請仁煥師父在今年再來我們這里。(大眾熱烈鼓掌)大家同意了，表現在掌聲上，在呼聲上，更重要的是我們要表現在信心上，表現在念佛上，要念出成果來，念出歡喜來，我想這樣師父才歡喜到我們這里來，對不對啊？我們還要去改變自己，把缺點改了，把罪業懺悔了，把一些不好的習氣、行為改了，影響到我們的家庭，影響到我們的團體，影響到我們的社會，用這種方法來報答仁煥師父不遠千里來我們這里傳法。

Have you benefited from this 7 Day Convention of Buddhism? (Audience: Yes!) Do you want to invite Master RENHUA to come again? (Audience answered loudly: Yes!) For your strong wish, our merciful, wise, and broadminded Old Monk JUEXING has considered about this earlier for you, and he has invited Master RENHUAN to come here again for us this year. (The audience applauded loudly) You agreed with your applause, voice, but most importantly your faith to chant Amitabha. I think if you can get good result in chanting Amitabha with happiness, master will be happy to come here, right? So we need to change ourselves, to get rid of our shortcomings, to repent for our sins. When we get rid of our bad habit, behavior, we can influence our family, our community, and our society, which is the best way to repay Master RENHUAN to teach us regardless of the long distance.

下次來啊，我們在方方面面都要有所改善。我想下一次如果來的話，大家先報告：我回去是如何影響家庭的。影響家庭不是回去就叫你家里人念佛，也不是回去就按著你的家人磕頭，那樣會起反作用。影響家庭是師父給我們開示的守本分，把自己做好。然後家人一看，唉，他怎麼念了幾天佛就變了呢？那個佛一定很好，我要準備信了。對不對啊？我們自己沒有做好，就想叫別人做，那是不行的。

Next time when he comes, we should have progress in many aspects. I suppose next time when he comes, we make reports first on how we influence our family. To influence the family doesn't mean that you ask the family members to chant Amitabha as soon as you get back home, nor you ask your family members to bow, which can only cause negative influence. To influence the family in master's teaching means to play our own role, behave ourselves well. When our family members notice our change, they will wonder why he changes after learning Buddhism for a few days. He would think Buddhism must be very good, and he would plan to have a try. Isn't it? If we don't do well, how can we ask others to practise? That doesn't work if so.

記得我在行腳的路中，走到湖北枝江市，有一個女公務員，帶著她老公(律師)，帶著他的兒子(高一學生)，來加入到我的行腳當中。這個律師的老婆跟我說：「他老公最愛就是打麻將。」他跟著我走了一天，然後聽我講了一點，回去以後有個老闆請他打麻將，他說：「我不打麻將了。」那個老闆就說：「喲，跟菩薩走一天就變了！」我並沒有叫他不打麻將，是他自己不打麻將的，我們要用行為來影響他，不是光用嘴巴來教別人。所以我們回去了要把學到的喜悅帶給家人，要每天有笑臉，要歡歡喜喜的，讚歎別人，夸獎家人，這樣家里人才知道我們學佛有變化，才知道我們不是迷信。所以啊，不要以為我們學佛學得很久就學得好，有時候學得越久越迷信，學得越久越糊涂，學了那麼久結果沒有得到利益，所以我們這次在佛會上得到各種各樣的利益，真的要心懷感恩。

I remember during the course of my march, when I got to Zhijiang city in Hubei province, a lady joined my march with her husband and son. This lady told me that his husband loved playing mahjong very much. He walked with me for a whole day, and listened to some of my speeches. When he returned home, a boss invited him to play mahjong, and he said "I don't play mahjong again". The boss said" My goodness, you changed after walking with the bodhisattva only for a whole day!" In fact, I didn't ask him not to play mahjong, and it is he who was unwilling to play mahjong again. We should use our behavior to influence him, not teach with our mouth. Therefore, when we return home, we should bring happiness to the family members with smiles every day, admire and praise others pleasantly, then our family members will know that we change after learning Buddhism, and they will know that Buddhism is not superstition. So the level of learning Buddhism has nothing to do with time. Sometimes, the longer time, the more superstition, and more confusion, for you haven't got anything good although you have learnt for a long time. So we really feel grateful for this convention since we have benefited a lot so far.

我再給大家講一個故事。在成都有一個公司叫華西生態集團，那個老闆娘已經有一個小男孩了，她希望再生一個女孩，我說你就跟觀音菩薩求啊，真的就求了個女孩。可是，在孩子出生以前，臨產的時候，她住進了醫院，醫生一做B超，告訴她，孩子的心臟缺一塊。這個媽媽就非常害怕，我知道了就給她打電話說：「你不要相信醫生的，現在就相信我。」為什麼相信我呢？因為我還是個和尚嘛——不看僧面看佛面。我叫她相信佛，可是佛又不會對她講話，所以我沒辦法就叫她相信我，所以要理解啊。

Tell you another story. There is a company in Chengdu, and the boss had already had a son, but she still wanted to have a daughter, so I told her to seek help from Avalokitesvara, and she really conceived a girl. However, before the baby was born, she went to the hospital, and after careful check with b-ultrasound, the doctor told her, that there was a missing piece in the baby's heart. This mom was very frightened, and I called and tell her not to trust the doctor, but me now. Why me? For I am a monk---even not for my sake, but for the Buddha's sake. I told her to trust the Buddha, but since Buddha didn't speak to her, so it was difficult to make her believe me, so you should understand.

我就跟她講很多例子，包括我身上的例子，我身上就有一個苦難，或者叫一個病，本來活得好好的，大家說去檢查一下，我就去檢查，一檢查，指標就有問題，一看到有問題就害怕，一害怕就痛起來了，本來那個地方好好的，一點感覺都沒有。後來痛了我十幾年啊，這就是信心的力量，是壞信心的力量。我還給她講了一些道理，然後說：「第一不要相信檢查結果；第二，趕快念觀世音菩薩，求菩薩保佑，讓孩子趕快好起來。」我就拼命鼓舞她的信心，讓她堅決不要相信檢查結果，堅決依靠觀世音菩薩。我跟她說：「比如現在有一群壞人，來到你們家門口，敲門了，你要不要開啊？(大眾：不開。)你們太有智慧了，但是往往好多人就開門了，開了還說一句話：「請進。」所以壞人就進來了。我跟她說：「你堅決不承認檢查結果就是不開門，聽懂沒有？」光不開門不行啊，因為壞人在外面可以用工具把門撬開，那你躲在屋里怎麼辦啊？這個事情我們仁煥師父開示過——打110。這邊不開門，那邊打110，兩個方法就解決了。好好念觀音菩薩就是打110。

I told her many cases, including the case in myself. I had a trouble, or disease. I lived well, but people asked me to have a check, then I went to have a check. I had a problem in the index after the check. I felt frightened at the problem, and felt painful. In fact, it was originally alright there and I didn't feel anything different. After the check, the pain lasted more than ten years, and this is the power of faith, for me, the power of negative faith. I also told her some truth, and said: "firstly, don't trust the result of the test; secondly, call the name of Avalokitesvara, pray for blessings to make the baby alright soon " So I just gave her courage, tell her not trust the result and trust Avalokitesvara firmly. I told her " It is like there is a gang of bad people at your door, knocking at your door, can you open the door or not?"(Audience: No.) You are so wise, but usually many people would open the door, and said "Come in, please" Thus, the bad people entered. I told her" That you don't confess the result means you don't open the door, understand?" But if you don't open the door and do nothing, that would be not enough, for the bad guys can prise the door open with tools, so what should you do staying indoors? For this, our Master RENHUAN have ever told us--- call 110. You don't open the door and call 110, and it solves the problem. So here, calling Avalokitesvara is calling 110.

我最後又給她講：「你知道孩子的那塊心臟干什麼去了？」她說不知道啊。我說：「你孩子的心臟跑去念佛了，念完佛它就回來。」後來孩子好像第二天還是第三天就出生了。出生後，醫生一檢查，心臟沒問題。出院的時候再檢查，心臟有點雜音，我繼續給她說：「堅決不開門，還打110。」

Finally, I told her: "Do you know where the piece of heart went?" She said no idea. I told her: "That missing piece went to call Amitabha, when it finished, it would come back." Later, the baby was born after 2 or 3 days. After her birth, the doctor gave her a check, and the result indicated there was nothing wrong with the heart. When there was another check after her leaving the hospital, the result indicated there was some noise in the heart, and I told her again: "Never open the door and call 110"

我們生病的有災難的要記住哦，不開門：不要相信災難。相信災難，災難就來，要相信佛。這個媽媽繼續這樣坐，堅決不相信，還打110：念觀音菩薩。滿月的時候再去檢查，你們說結果好不好啊？好得很，完全沒有問題，到現在可能已經一歲了吧，沒有問題。前兩天，媽媽還來了。所以講這個故事就給大家講：信心是有力量的。相信不好的，不好的就來；相信好的，好的就來。為什麼我們念佛可以治病，因為我們相信佛，對不對啊？好，今天時間也到了，謝謝大家！希望大家充滿信心，信願念佛。阿彌陀佛！

When we are ill or have disasters, please remember, never open the door: don't trust disaster. If you trust it, there is disaster, so you should have faith in Buddha. This mom continued her work, never believed the bad result, and stuck to call 110---call Avalokitesvara. After the first full month of the baby's birth, they went for a check, what do you guess? The result was perfect---no problem at all. The baby is around one year old now. Only 2 days ago, the mom came. So that I told the story is to tell you that faith is powerful. If you have faith in negativeness, there is negativeness; if you have faith in positiveness, there is the positiveness. Why can we cure our disease by chanting Amitabha? Because we have faith in Amitabha, right? OK, time is up. Thank you very much! I hope you have full faith and will in chanting the name of Buddha. Amitabha!