Disciple Xu Ming in Poland sent me an email, asking me to write, from the Dharma point of view, on the current violence and unrest in America.

My reply is as follows:
All worldly problems are rooted in grasping to self-centered ideas and emotions.
And their ultimate solution lies in each sentient being’s realization of this causal connection and working on diminishing such grasping through Dharma practices.

However, when the situation is already chaotic, no reasoning or arguments can help immediately to settle problems.
My view is that, as Buddhists, we stay away from involvement in engagements so as to reduce the chaotic conditions.
In addition, based on the awareness that all are in oneness, we pray to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for blessing to keep everyone safe, and we do repentance practices for all to reduce the public karma’s accumulated bad consequences.

I have prayed for the best.

May all suffering end soon and happiness grow steadily!

Yutang

 

June 5, 2020
El Cerrito, California

 

波蘭弟子虛明來電郵，請我，從佛法觀點，就目前在美國的暴亂及騷動說幾句。

我回應於下：
所有世間的問題都根源於執著自私的想法及情感。
而其究竟解決在於各個有情認清此因緣，而經由修行佛法來消弭此種執著。

然而，當情況已經混亂，沒有說理及論述能夠馬上幫助解決問題。
我以為，做為佛弟子，我們不要介入紛爭，以減少混亂的因緣。
再來，基於一切一體的了悟，我們向佛、菩薩祈請加被大家平安，並且為大家修懺以減少共業累積的惡果。

 

已遵囑代禱結果圓滿。

願眾苦早消及安樂增長！
鈺堂

 

二○二○年六月五日
養和齋　　　於加州