六道輪迴

净空法师

六道輪迴，每一個人去的地方不一樣。什麼人決定你到什麼地方？給諸位說，沒有人­決定，這個時候不是天神給你決定，也不是閻羅王給你決定，是你自己的念頭。佛法裡頭­說­得好，最後你的一念是什麼？如果最後那個念頭是貪心，不管你想著是財產，或者是家親眷­屬，你最後這一念想這個是貪，貪心墮餓鬼道；如果最後這一念是瞋恨，有埋怨、怨­氣、心­裡不平，那就到地獄道；最後一念是糊塗、愚痴，雖然沒有什麼妄念，但迷迷糊糊的，多半­到畜生道；你最後這一念是阿彌陀佛，你到極樂世界去了；最後這一念是真主，­他到天園去­了，就最後一念。這一世壽命終了的時候，來生到哪裡去是最後一念，那個是關鍵。

DEALING with INSULT….Lord Buddha

DEALING with INSULT….Lord Buddha

The Buddha explained how to handle insult and maintain compassion.

One day Buddha was walking through a village. A very angry and rude young man came up and began insulting him. "You have no right teaching others," he shouted. "You are as stupid as everyone else. You are nothing but a fake."

Buddha was not upset by these insults. Instead he asked the young man "Tell me, if you buy a gift for someone, and that person does not take it, to whom does the gift belong?"

The man was surprised to be asked such a strange question and answered, "It would belong to me, because I bought the gift."

The Buddha smiled and said, "That is correct. And it is exactly the same with your anger. If you become angry with me and I do not get insulted, then the anger falls back on you. You are then the only one who becomes unhappy, not me. All you have done is hurt yourself."

"If you want to stop hurting yourself, you must get rid of your anger and become loving instead. When you hate others, you yourself become unhappy. But when you love others, everyone is happy."

The young man listened closely to these wise words of the Buddha. "You are right, o Enlightened One, "he said. "Please teach me the path of love. I wish to become your follower."

The Buddha answered kindly, "Of course. I teach anyone who truly wants to learn. Come with me."