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希求未遂謂失靈,法界運轉豈可量?
私心計度太離譜,因果不符難醒悟!

或向佛祈願,不遂便謂無效。法界無限繁雜,因果錯綜難明。私人之希求,往往因果不稱,豈有可能扭轉乾坤以牽就之?一般難以醒悟自身福報與業果所限,卻遽而責怪佛力不彰。以斗量海,已屬難能;更何況以有限心思而量度無限之佛乎!


                     二○○一年四月十七日
                     養和齋    於加州


Measuring Buddha Yutang Lin

Wishful prayers not answered become reasons for disbelief.
How could operations of the limitless oneness be measured?
Guessing and gauging by personal standards are too far-off.
Difficult to see that past deeds could not yield desired fruits.

Comment:

Some prayed to Buddha for realization of personal wishes. When such prayers are not answered, they would claim that Buddha's blessings are not effective. The Dharmadhatu is infinitely complex; therefore, the causal connections are very difficult to understand. Personal wishful requests are often not in accordance with causal conditions. How could the order of the whole universe be bent to suit a person's preferences? Some people that failed to recognize the limitation of their own karmic deeds and fruits would readily blame Buddha for being ineffectual. To measure oceans by liters already amounts to an impossible job, not to mention measuring boundless Buddha by finite views and concepts.


Written in Chinese on April 17, 2001
Translated on April 18, 2001
El Cerrito, California


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