善用其心---1061203《大方廣佛華嚴經》三品誦經法會 Making Good Use of Our Minds---Dharma Assembly of Chanting Three Chapters of “Avatamsaka Sutra” on December 3, 2017 @ 中華清淨學佛協會

老師送給同學的話：

「淸淨學佛協會舉辦華嚴三品誦經法會，慶祝協會前身—清淨教室四週年、協會週年生日。

這次蒙三寶加持，是由平時非擔任班長或行政主管的同學，主動出來擔任請法總代表(法會前置作業主導者)，看到平常害羞寡言的錦純，勇敢地站出來承擔，並帶領同學在繁忙生活之餘，悉心安排從壇城設置、現場座位、當日流程等細節。過程中，我聽聞得知他們遇到困難時，互相鼓勵合作、用上了課中學到的佛法知見思惟方式，進而作到了承擔、為他人著想，克服了內心障礙、長出了自信。我心中油然感動並隨喜他們，這就是我一直希望建立的「以事練心」的實修道場。

今天誦經之後的談話中，我提到了<淨行品>裡的一句關鍵字---「善用其心」，說明修行是信解行證的不斷累積之過程，而過程中，自己的心，絕對是我們觀與修的核心對象，因為我們平時一切行動語言都發之於心念，一念可以造就善，也可以趣向惡。是心念佛、是心成佛。這也是為何我常常提醒要「看好自己的心」。以佛的教授為準則，發對了心，所作所言的一切，自然才可能讓自己愈來愈自在安樂。

今天在這殊勝的日子，我謹以此供養三寶，並祈願我們及眾生都能與三寶善緣恆常不斷、心志堅定直至菩提。」---段貞夙老師

To Students from the Teacher:

Association of Pure Buddhist (APB) held a Dharma Assembly of chanting three chapters of “Avatamsaka Sutra” to celebrate the 4th anniversary of Pure Classroom, the APB’s predecessor, and its own anniversary.

Thanks for the blessing from the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, the student who is neither a class leader nor bears the administrative responsibility of APB proactively took on the role of the representative for requesting Dharma from the Teacher (the leader of preparation before the Dharma Assembly). Chin-Chun, who was usually shy and quiet stood out to take the responsibility bravely and led her classmates to arrange the details of the Assembly carefully apart from the busy life, i.e. setup of Mandala, seats, rundown, etc. During the preparation, I heard that those students who not also encouraged and cooperated with one another but also used the way of thinking with the Dharma which they learned in the courses, when they encountered difficulties. And then, they shouldered the responsibility, stood in others’ shoes, overcame their inner obstacles and built up confidence. In my heart, I am moved and rejoice in what they have done. This is the Bodhimanda which enables students to cultivate their minds through undergoing things is what I always want to build up.

In the talk after the Sutra chanting, I referred to a key sentence --“making good use of our minds” in the “Pure Conduct Chapter”, it means that practice is continuously accumulating process of “Faith, Understanding, Practice and Realization”. During the process, our minds are definitely the core objects where we can observe and then practice because what we do and say in our daily lives are from our minds. A thought not only can make goodness, but also can lead us to badness. What we should use to chant the Buddha’s name are our minds. And what lead us to become the Buddha (fully-enlightened being) are also our minds. That’s why I always told my students to “keep an eye on our minds”. Only when we lead our lives according to the teachings from the Buddha and make the right resolve can we make ourselves freer, calmer and happier through what we do and say.

Today, on this holy day, I sincerely offer what we do in the Dharma Assembly to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and make a wish that all sentient beings and us can have constant opportunities to learn from the Buddha and make a firm resolution until we are fully enlightened.” --- Teacher Susan Duan

*活動尾聲，這次的請法主導者同學分享過程裡收穫滿滿的心得。

*At the end of the event, the students acting as the representatives of requesting Dharma teaching shared her experience about receiving fruitful results in the process.