中華清淨學佛協會

老師前一天親自為我們備辦法會供花，示範了「做」、「行」

The day before the Dharma Assembly, the Teacher, Susan Duan, prepared the offering flowers of the Dharma Assembly for us in person, demonstrating "doing" and "action".

法會前，因為疫情，半年未見的同學們愉快地敘舊。司儀開場，大家認真地聆聽

Before the Dharma Assembly, the classmates who hadn't seen one another in half a year due to the epidemic caught up on things happily. The emcee delivered the opening remarks, everyone listened carefully.

本次法會我們依照往例，一同在老師的帶領之下，恭誦《大方廣佛華嚴經》的淨行品、梵行品、普賢行願品。老師特地在誦經前，開闡了華嚴經的殊勝以及老師自身與華嚴經的因緣，令我們發起珍重心與欣樂心，親近了毗盧遮那佛、文殊菩薩、普賢菩薩共演的華嚴境界。

In the Dharma Assembly, as usual, we respectfully chanted the “Avatamsaka Sutra”: “Pure Conduct Chapter, Brahma Conduct Chapter and Discourse on Samantabhadra's Beneficence Aspirations Chapter”. Before chanting the Sutra, the Teacher especially explained the majesty of the Avatamsaka Sutra and the relationship between the Avatamsaka Sutra and herself, inspiring us to raise the mentality of cherishing and rejoicing and getting close to the Avatamsaka realm which the Vairocana Buddha, Manjushri and Samantabhadra acted together.

誦經完成後，我們都帶著求知若渴的心，期待聽到老師開示。老師教導了我們「行」的重要：「行，是我們在這實體世界，將我們的意志、欲望、意圖顯化為實體具象的重要過程。」同時也指導我們如何在即使沒有熟記經文偈句之下，也能將淨行品的思惟理路運用在生活裡，以幫助我們的心，隨時都能種下正向的種子、減少惡性循環的情緒。

After chanting the Sutra, we were all eager for knowledge, looking forward to hearing the Teacher's instructions. The Teacher taught us the importance of "action": "Action is an important process for us in this physical world to manifest our will, desires and intentions into physical manifestations." At the same time, the Teacher also instructed us how to apply the thoughts of the Sutra “Pure Conduct Chapter” in our lives even without memorizing the scriptures, so as to help our hearts plant positive seeds at any time and reduce the emotion in vicious circle.

最後，有大德提問，新冠疫情一兩年來似乎並未止息，我們到底該以怎樣的心態去面對？或這是宇宙要我們學會甚麼呢？老師智慧地在十五分鐘裡指導了我們，在生活上不要為了口腹之欲去殺害其他生命，否則被殺害的怨念在虛空中所累積的能量便成為一股反撲勢力，以瘟疫的形式出現，其實宇宙諸佛菩薩一直護持我們，教導我們真正學會尊重生命、愛護彼此。此外，老師也提到這是每一個地球人都可以藉此機會讓自我內在提升轉化的時刻，與其費盡心力追逐外在名利，更該在身命存活的基本需求之外，多看重內在心靈課題，去學習、改進，因為肉身時日有限、終將幻滅，但靈識裡烙下的一切品質，都是能繼續被帶到下一個時空，成為之後的資糧。

In the end, a question was raised that the COVID-19 epidemic seems not to stop in one or two years, what kind of mindset should we have to face the phenomenon? Or what does the universe hope us to learn from this? The Teacher wisely instructed us in fifteen minutes--- not to kill other lives for satisfying appetite; otherwise, the energy of the murdered grievances accumulated in the void would become a counterattack force and appear in the form of a plague. In fact, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the universe have always protected us and teach us to truly learn to respect lives and love one another. In addition, the Teacher also mentioned that this is the moment that every person on earth can take this opportunity to improve and transform their inner selves. Instead of making an all-out effort to chase external fame and fortune, we should pay more attention to the inner spiritual issues to learn and improve, in addition to the basic needs of life and survival, because the lifespan of the physical body is limited and will eventually be disillusioned, on the contrary, all the qualities branded in the spirit can be taken to the next space and time continually and will become the resources of cultivating for later.

聽聞完老師的開示，眾人都感到歡喜無比，才恍然大悟原來可以這樣運用淨行品經文裡的內容到生活裡以幫助自己，也獲得了不同的角度與心態來看待與面對目前疫情下的生活。參加的大眾都由衷感恩宇宙諸佛菩薩及老師，讓我們今天有這場殊勝的法會與豐富的心靈充電時光。法會尾聲，老師、協會理事長、與會所有大眾，一起為協會週年慶生祝福，祈願三寶住世、佛法弘揚、眾生皆能得到究竟安樂。

After listening to the Teacher’s instruction, everyone felt extremely happy and suddenly realized that how we could apply the contents of the Sutra “Pure Conduct Chapter” to our daily life to help ourselves and also learned how to face the current epidemic situation with different perspective and mindset. All of the attendants were sincerely grateful to the Universe, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and the Teacher for giving us this extraordinary Dharma Assembly and a prosperous recharge time for spirit today. At the end of the Dharma Assembly, the Teacher, the chairman of the Association together with all attendants celebrated the anniversary of the Association, praying that the Buddhas, Dharma and Sangha live in the world, the Dharma expand widely, and all sentient beings have ultimate happiness.