地藏緣熟 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體 陳上師示寂後，我只依循他作的火供儀軌修法，直到十二年後，他在夢中教示，我才作了〈觀音火供的儀軌〉。不久又因信眾提請以及感應瑞兆而作了〈文殊火供儀軌〉。這是因為火供乃救渡事業，不是私心妄為可以見效的，而是必需有佛、菩薩的加被，才能真正濟眾。 近十餘年來屢有弟子及信眾提請地藏火供，但我一直未著手造軌，因為我深知必待有感應瑞兆，方可從事。此次六、七月間之亞洲弘法之旅期間，有數次在修「頗瓦法」行超渡幽冥之時，皆蒙地藏菩薩示現。在台灣南投之竹山行綠度母火供時，又恰有弟子將一地藏聖像安於佛桌上；在古晉又有佛友贈與九華山之「百歲碗」；在廣州又有河北之信眾供九華山之佛茶；在昆明蓮華精舍又值藏式之地藏金像，並有弟子供其唐卡。瑞兆接踵而來，可見造軌之緣熟矣！ 因此，將於近期內從事之，並以此短文誌諸因緣，將來附於儀軌之後，以示大眾敬謹從事法務之因由，並望將來之修行者皆能體此深心，靜待緣熟，而免輕浮之造作。
Maturity of Causal Conditions for Bodhisattva Earth Treasure's Fire Puja Yutang Lin After Guru Chen entered Nirvana in 1987 I performed fire pujas using only rituals composed by him. Only until 12 years later, after he appeared in a dream and gave instructions, had I composed accordingly a fire puja ritual for making offerings to Guan Yin. Shortly thereafter, due to petition from a faithful Buddhist and immediately subsequent auspicious omens, I composed another one for making offerings to Manjusri. This is because fire pujas are salvation activities and they cannot be effective when done out of personal intentions without qualifications; only with blessings from Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can fire pujas be truly beneficial to beings seeking help. Over a period of more than a decade in the past there were frequent requests from disciples and Buddhists for fire pujas to Bodhisattva Earth Treasure. And yet I had not started to compose such a ritual because I fully understood that it would be meaningful to undertake such an endeavor only after auspicious omens had appeared. During the Asia trip I took in June and July of this year Bodhisattva Earth Treasure graced us with his holy presence during several Powa services performed at various places. At the fire puja to Green Tara performed in Chu Shan, Nan Tou, Taiwan, it so happened that a disciple set a statue of Bodhisattva Earth Treasure on the altar table. In Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia a Buddhist offered me a Hundred-years-of-age bowl that was a souvenir from Jiu Hua Mountain, the holy land of Bodhisattva Earth Treasure in China. In Guang Zhou, China a faithful Buddhist came from He Bei and offered me Fo Cha (Buddha Tea) of Jiu Hua Mountain. In Kun Ming, Yun Nan, China we encountered a Tibetan style statue of Bodhisattva Earth Treasure at the Lian Hua Jing She (Lotus House, Building of a Buddhist Society), and there a disciple offered me a Thangka of such a holy image. Auspicious omens kept arriving one after another; thus we saw that the causal conditions for composing such a ritual had become matured. Hence, I will soon compose it. And I wrote this short article to record the causal conditions for its making. Later I will attach this article to the end of the ritual to help the public understand why we are so careful in performing Dharma activities. And I hope that Dharma practitioners in the future will comprehend such profound sincerity and learn to wait patiently for maturity of causal conditions, and thus be spared of frivolous and hasty attempts.
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