慧昭法師 ：知足感恩

 佛七開示～知足感恩

慧昭法師 （佛光山）

各位蓮友、居士們，大家吉祥：

大家來到這裏念佛會常聽見一句話，就是要能夠知足感恩。一個能夠知足的人，必定是有感恩心的，因為感恩是建立在知足的基礎上，一個凡事不知足的人，絕對不可能有真正的感恩心。所以佛陀在《佛遺教經》說：「知足之人雖臥地上，猶為安樂，不知足者，雖處天堂亦不安隱」。

一個人為什麼會不知足？不知足是因為計較、比較而來的。以前有一對婆媳，兩人都是佛教徒，平時都以念佛為功課。這個媳婦那裏有念佛會、打佛七就去參加；而這婆婆為了不輸給媳婦，但是自己行動又不方便，無法像媳婦到處去參加念佛、打佛七，所以就在家裏設一個佛堂，每天都非常的認真念佛，甚至念到得了氣喘病。雖然兩人都非常認真念佛，但是很喜歡計較、比較，甚至天天吵架。婆婆時常埋怨媳婦不如她們以前做人家媳婦應有的婦德，而做媳婦的也怪婆婆太過於嘮叨，以致於天天都在吵架。做兒子的實在看不慣了，就跟母親說：媽媽！您不要常跟我太太吵架了！不過，兩個還是照樣吵；這時孫子也看不慣了，就跟祖母說：阿媽！你不要天天跟我媽媽吵架好嗎？婆婆也是不理會；鄰居也看不過去了，就說老菩薩啊！你們是佛教徒呢！要好好的念佛，不要跟媳婦計較、比較，要和睦一點！這個婆婆惱羞成怒地說：佛教徒就不可計較、比較，那我不要念佛了、也不往生了。你看為了計較、比較，佛都可以不要念了，也不往生了。

有一句話說「念佛無非念自心，心口不一總是閒，口念彌陀心散亂，喉嚨喊破也徒然。」這句話是說：念佛其實就在念自心，心口不一那念再多的佛也沒用，嘴巴雖然在念佛，但是心裏散亂，就算喉嚨喊破也沒有用，所以我們念佛要能夠心口合一。那為什麼說在念佛，心會散亂呢？就是因為在那裏計較、比較。只要跟人家計較、比較，心就會散亂。我們要知道人世間很多痛苦、煩腦，很多是因為計較、比較而來的，譬如說剛剛那個婆婆一直拿她以前做人家媳婦的情況來跟目前的媳婦比，因此常嫌這個媳婦那裏不好、那裏壞。各位菩薩，我們要知道時代不一樣了，是不能比的，以前是以前，現在是現在，以前有以前的因緣，現在有現在的因緣，尤其現在的人思想很現代，不可能像以前的思想。所以我們不能再比較、計較，不能在嫌人家了。我們要知道，如果媳婦三餐都有準備給我們吃，我們就要覺得很知足、很感恩了。目前這時代，這個世界，父母親被自己的子女拋棄，捨棄的，變成一個孤單的老人，連一餐都沒得吃的，也不在少數。所以如果我們還有得吃，尤其媳婦還會幫我俳煮飯，那就要很知足了，如果你不能知足，不感恩，當然你的痛苦煩腦就很多，雖然嘴巴在念佛----阿彌陀佛、阿彌陀佛……，但是心裏不知足、不感恩，整天都在計較、比較，這個就叫做心散亂，那念佛就算念到喉嚨破掉也沒有用。

有時常聽到有人抱怨著：我每天都在念阿彌陀佛、阿彌陀佛…，一千聲、一萬聲，但是家庭也沒有比較好，婆媳之間相處的也不好，因此怪佛陀沒有保佑。其實阿彌陀佛又不是開保險公司的，古德：行有不得，要反求之己，我們的路行不通，就要自我檢討，是不是自己做錯了，自己出了問題了。希望我們在這裏念佛，要念到心口合一，也就是說，我們念佛的心，要時常保有知足、感恩的心。感恩我們這輩子，來到這個人世間，有一口飯可以吃。尤其我們來這裏打佛七，我們的媳婦、我們的家人能夠成就我們，我們更要感恩，感恩一切因緣，各位這樣才是真的在念佛。

記得第一天有跟大家講過，什麼是念佛？念佛真正的意義在那裏？「念」字的上面一個今，底下一個心，佛是覺者，是一個覺悟的人，所以念佛的真義，就是今心（當下的心）都的在覺悟之中，覺悟什麼？覺悟世間的真理實相，世間的真理實相是什麼？就是一切法都是因緣所生，所謂諸法因緣生，諸法因緣滅，這個就是法。佛陀：「見緣起即見法，見法即見佛」。能如實了知這個法，就是真正見到佛。也才是真正在念佛。

以婆媳之間的事來說，這輩子我們能夠跟媳婦在一起，一切都是有因緣的，這種因緣法是不可思議的，如果人家對我們好，又能夠讓我們在這裏好好的念佛，對於這麼好的因緣，我們就要好好的感恩，感謝一切因緣，如果能夠這樣就能夠見緣起，能見因緣法，就能真正見法，能見法就能見佛，那就是真正念佛，所以說念佛就是今心都在覺悟之中，當下的心都在覺悟之中。嘴巴在念佛，心裏真正了知緣起法。

其實真正認識因緣法的人，對於一切因緣，都是很感恩的，不管好的因緣，不好的因緣，一切都很感恩。所以不管人家對我好、對我不好，以我們一個學佛、修行的人都要感恩。譬如從我學佛、出家到現在，真的很感謝一切因緣，不管是好緣、順緣、逆緣我都很感恩，給我好因緣的人，他成就我很多好因、好緣，而給我逆緣的人，我更要感謝他，為什麼呢？因為常常在障礙我、甚至打擊我的人，他成就了我的道業、增加了我的忍辱力、菩提悲心，因此不管人家給我們順緣、逆緣、好的、不好的因緣，我們都非常感謝！

各位菩薩！我們不彷想一想，雖然有人常常在打擊我們、障礙我們，打擊、障礙的當下雖然很痛苦，但是大家想想看，若不是他常常打擊我們、障礙我們，怎麼能成就我們的道業呢？所以曾有喇嘛說到：要感謝我們的敵人，要把敵人當成是我們的根本上師，他是來成就我們的。定和尚也曾說過：我們要將時常在打繫我們、障礙我們的人，把他當成是我們的大功德主。

的確，如果我們能夠真正見因緣法，見緣起法，我們凡事就能夠感恩，能夠感恩一切因緣，這樣才可說是真正在念佛。反之，如果不能如實見緣起法，只是每天在阿彌陀佛、阿彌陀佛、阿彌陀佛，那念幾千聲、幾萬聲也都沒用，就像口念彌陀心散亂，喊破喉嚨也徒然。因為心中的不滿、怨恨一直存在心中，不能學習阿彌陀佛的無量光、無量壽，以這種廣大無量的心胸去包容一切眾生，那念那麼多佛號又有什麼用呢？所以我們要知道這輩子，能夠有那麼多好的因緣，我們真的要能夠知足，知足就能常樂，這就如佛陀所說的：「知足之人雖臥地上，猶為安樂，不知足者，雖處天堂亦不安隱」。好！今天就開示到這裏，待會我們大家就以最虔誠的心續續念佛。

Everyone who comes here to recite Buddhism will often hear a sentence, which is to be content and grateful. A person who can be content must be grateful, because gratitude is based on contentment. A person who is not satisfied with everything can never be truly grateful. Therefore, the Buddha said in the "Buddha Heritage Sutra": "Though a contented person lies on the ground, he is still at ease, and a person who is not satisfied is uneasy even though he is in heaven."

Why is a person not satisfied? Insatiable is because of care and comparison. There used to be a pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, both of whom were Buddhists, and they used chanting as their homework. This daughter-in-law went to participate in the Buddhist chanting and the seventh Buddha ceremony. In order not to lose to the daughter-in-law, but her own actions were inconvenient, she could not go around to participate in the Buddha recitation and the seventh Buddha ceremony, so she set up a Buddhist hall at home. , I recite Buddhism very seriously every day, and even got asthmatic. Although both of them are serious about chanting Buddhism, they like to care about, compare, and even quarrel every day. Mother-in-laws often complain that their daughters-in-law are not as good as they should be when they are daughters-in-law, and the daughter-in-laws also blame the mother-in-law for being too nagging, so that they quarrel every day. Sons really can’t bear it, so they tell their mothers: Mom! Don't quarrel with my wife often! However, the two were still noisy; at this time, the grandson couldn't bear it, so he said to grandmother: Grandma! Don't you quarrel with my mother every day, okay? The mother-in-law also ignored it; the neighbors couldn't see it anymore, so they just said the old Bodhisattva! You are Buddhists! Recite the Buddha well, don't care about or compare with your wife, and be more harmonious! The mother-in-law said in anger and anger:
Buddhists can't care about or compare, then I don't want to recite the Buddha or die. You see, for the sake of caress and comparison, Buddhas can stop chanting or die.

Sometimes I hear people complaining: I am chanting Amitabha, Amitabha... every day, one thousand, ten thousand, but the family is not better, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good, so I blame the Buddha for not blessing. In fact, Amitabha did not open an insurance company. Gude: If we can't do it, we have to go the other way. If our path doesn't work, we must self-examine whether we have done something wrong or something wrong. I hope that when we recite Buddhism here, we must read that our minds and mouths are united. In other words, we must always have contentment and gratitude when we recite Buddhism. I am grateful that we have come to this world and have a bite of food to eat. Especially when we come here to play the seventh Buddha, our daughter-in-law and our family are able to achieve us. We must be grateful and thankful for all the causes and conditions, so that you are really chanting Buddha.

I remember I told you on the first day, what is Buddhism? What is the real meaning of chanting Buddha? The word "reading" has a present on the top and a mind on the bottom. The Buddha is an enlightened person and an enlightened person. Therefore, the true meaning of reciting the Buddha is that the present mind (the present mind) is in enlightenment. What is enlightenment? Realize the truth of the world, what is the truth of the world? That is, all dharmas are born from causes and conditions. The so-called dharmas arise from causes and dies, this is law. Buddha: "When you see dependent origin, you see Dhamma, and when you see Dhamma you see Buddha." To know this Fa truthfully means to really see the Buddha. It is also the real Buddha.

In fact, people who truly know the Fa of Karma are very grateful for all causes and conditions, no matter good ones or bad ones, they are very grateful for everything. So no matter whether people treat me well or not, we should be grateful for those who study Buddhism and practice. For example, since I studied Buddhism and became a monk, I am really grateful for all causes and conditions, whether it is good, good, or bad, I am very grateful. People who give me good karma, he has achieved many good causes and good destinies for me, and I want to thank the person who gave me bad luck. Why? Because he often hinders me and even hits me, he has achieved my dao karma, increased my endurance, and bodhicitta compassion. Therefore, regardless of whether people give us good fate, bad fate, good or bad fate, We are all very grateful!

Bodhisattvas! We don’t want to think about it. Although some people often hit us and hinder us, it is painful to hit and hinder us, but think about it, if it weren’t for him to hit us and hinder us, how could we achieve our deeds? ? Therefore, a lama once said: We must thank our enemies and regard them as our fundamental guru. He is here to make us. Buddhist monk Ding once said: We must treat those who are always beating us and obstructing us as our master of great merit.

Indeed, if we can truly see the Dharma of Cause and Condition, and see the Dharma of Dependent Origination, we can be grateful for everything, and be grateful for all causes and conditions, so that we can say that we are truly chanting Buddha. On the other hand, if you can’t see the Dependent Origination truthfully, you will only recite thousands or tens of thousands of sounds at Amitabha, Amitabha, and Amitabha every day. Because the dissatisfaction and resentment in my heart have always been in my heart, I can't learn from Amitabha's boundless light and boundless life. With such a vast and boundless heart to tolerate all sentient beings, what is the use of chanting so many Buddha names? So we need to know that there are so many good causes and conditions in this life. We really need to be content, and contentment can be happy. This is what the Buddha said: "Though the contented person lies on the ground, he is still happy and not satisfied. Those who live in heaven are still uneasy.” it is good! Today, we will end the teaching here, and we will continue to recite the Buddha with the most devout hearts later.