Quotes

Verses On Cause And Effect 因果偈 Verses On Present Life 今生偈 Verses On Ordinary Beings 凡夫偈

因果偈
Verses [On] Cause [And] Effect

真信因果者,
必严守戒律。
不信因果者,
必常破戒律。

Those [who] truly believe [in karmic] cause [and] effect, will strictly guard [the] precepts. Those [who do] not believe [in karmic] cause [and] effect, will often break [the] precepts.

因果颠倒者,
自食恶因果。
不种解脱因,
唯得恶道果。

Those [with karmic] cause [and] effect inverted, [will] personally eat [their] evil causes’ fruits [i.e. effects]. Not planting liberation’s causes, only attaining evil paths’ effects.

今生偈
Verses [On] Present Life

前世已闻法,
今生易信佛。
信愿行未诚,
所以复此生。

[In the] past life, [having] already heard [the] Dharma, [in this] present life, easier [having] faith [in the] Buddha. [With] Faith, Aspiration [and] Practice yet [to be] sincere, therefore [reborn] again [with] this life.

今生已末法,
来世法更末。
不生西解脱,
生死复更多。

[This] present life, [is] already [in the] Dharma-Ending [Age, in the] future life, [with the] Dharma even more [towards the] end. [If] not born [in the] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss for] liberation, [with] births [and] deaths again, even more.

凡夫偈
Verses [On] Ordinary Beings

正法之凡夫,
自知之愚多,
视佛为无上,
皈依诸佛陀。

Ordinary beings of [the] Right Dharma [Age, have those with] personal knowing of [their] foolishness many, [who] see [the] Buddhas as unsurpassable, [and] take refuge [in] all Buddhas.

末法之凡夫,
自以为是多,
把佛人格化,
而自己神化。

Ordinary beings of [this] Dharma-Ending [Age, have those with] personal assuming [of themselves] as right many, [who] have [the] Buddhas humanised, while conceitfully having themselves deified.

Please be mindful of your speech, Amituofo!

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