為眾生祈福---1060903 《地藏菩薩本願經》誦經法會 “Pray for all Sentient Beings”---Dharma Assembly of Chanting “Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva” on September 3, 2017 @ 中華清淨學佛協會

感謝老師於106年9月3日帶領眾人及親友一同恭誦《地藏菩薩本願經》。老師教導我們將誦經的利益功德迴向給無量世界的所有眾生，願所有眾生在痛苦、煩惱、業力中，皆有因緣與諸佛菩薩結緣，踏上離苦得樂、明白實相、恢復清淨本性的菩提道。
也迴向給在場大眾及大眾們累世的父母寃親，皆得現世安樂、業障盡除、早聞佛法、証得究竟解脫。

Thank our Teacher, Susan Duan, for leading all the members of the Association and the relatives to chant the “Sutra of the Original Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva” together on September 3, 2017. The Teacher taught us to dedicate all the merits of chanting the Sutra to all beings of innumerable worlds, wishing all the beings who are in the painfulness, vexations and karma can have causes and conditions to connect with the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and step on the path of enlightenment making themselves free from sufferings and gain happiness, realize the truth and restore the nature of pureness.

Also, by dedicating the merits to the people on the spot and their parents and karmic creditors for countless lifetimes, we wished that they can gain the temporal happiness, eliminate all the obstruction of karma, learn the Dharma earlier and attain the ultimate liberation.

誦經之後，老師應大眾請求解疑，例如：「誦經丶持聖號等哪種功德利益比較大？」、「是否畜生道就永遠無法脫離而一直當畜生？」問題各式各樣。老師皆善巧應機回答。

After the Sutra chanting, as the request of the public, the Teacher answered our questions, like “Among chanting the Sutra, chanting the holy names of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and…, whose merits is the biggest?”, ”Whether the realm of beasts can never leave and will be beasts forever?”…There were a wide variety of questions, and the Teacher answered all of them with wisdom and skillfulness.

其中，老師更是教導我們，不論誦經、禮拜、念佛號，都只是前行，真正是要把做上述在蒲墊上學習得到的領悟變化，帶到蒲墊下、生活中，去利益善待身邊的人們及世界，這才是真正的利益，如果以此來看，做任何形式的佛事學習，其功德都一樣，真正重點是在行者的心。

Among them, the Teacher taught us that regardless of chanting the Sutra, worshiping the Buddha or chanting the holy names of the Buddha, all of them are just the preliminary practice. Only when you bring the following realizing and changing on the meditation cushion into your life and be kind to the people around you and the world, these are real merits. Seeing with this, whatever forms of Buddhist service we do, the merits are the same, what’s really important is the heart of us.

經過當天下午的誦經法會後，眾人又再次如同充電滿滿，身心安樂地回到各自生活中，實踐真正的實修。

After the Dharma Assembly of chanting the Sutra in the afternoon, everyone was recharged with full energy and went back to his/her life with calmness and delight of both the body and the mind to do the real practicing.