The eleventh Lecture on the Eleventh Lecture on the Shurangama Sutra

《Lecture 11 of Tong Meng Shi Guan

Written by Sui Zhiyan

Zen Master Beihua talks

OK, now everyone is upright, hold their hands together and respectfully, develop a repentance, a desire to be longed, and a desire to encounter, and make great vows to enter the behavior of listening to the sutras and Dharma that we are going to start today.I have some cold today, but the sound is not very loud. Everyone should concentrate and listen carefully.OK, let's put our hands together to commemorate:

Namo’s teacher Shakyamuni Buddha! (Three grades )

The supreme and profound subtle method

Hundreds of thousands of disasters are hard to encounter

I've seen, heard, and received

Wish to understand the true meaning of Tathagata

No matter what good deeds do or what good deeds, we must eliminate the three mistakes of the Dharma instrument and the six mistakes of listening to the Dharma. We must use this standard to demand ourselves. OK, adjust our body, speech and mind in this way, and let us enter our lecture tonight.What we are going to talk about today is the eighth story of the tenth chapter of the awareness of the demon. From the first chapter, we talked about the seventh chapter of the good roots in the previous chapter, we have already finished it all.What I want to talk about today is what are the demonic things in the process of meditation. So, we will tell us what are the good roots and what are the manifestations of today. Today we mainly know what are the demonic things.The word "Demon" is very familiar with the word "Demon". So what is "Demon"? What is "Demon"? Today we will carefully distinguish it. Let's look at the scriptures, Sanskrit Moluo.Qin Yan killed someone.Take advantage of the merits of the practitioners.Kill the wisdom of the traveler.Therefore, it is called a demon.Those who work are like Buddhas with merits and wisdom.It is a matter to save sentient beings and enter Nirvana.Demons often destroy the good roots of sentient beings.Let life and death be transferred.If you can feel at ease and have a right path.Therefore, only when the Tao is high can one know that the demon is strong.You still need to be good at understanding demonic things.Let’s take a look at this demon, according to ancient India, the Buddha used the Sanskrit sound to preach the scriptures when he was preaching. The Sanskrit sound was called the Moluo. Qin said that the killer was called the Qin master in the past dynasties of the Qin Dynasty. It could take away the merit wealth of the practitioner. The merit wealth is internal wealth, which is the inner merit and qualities that the practitioner possesses. It is called the merit wealth. It is widely said that there are seven holy wealth, etc., which refers to the merit wealth, which is what we usually call good roots and blessings.It can kill the wisdom life of the practitioner, which means destroying the wisdom life of a person. We compare the growth of wisdom to the growth of a life. Then killing the wisdom life of the practitioner, which makes people lose their wisdom and fall into ignorance. Therefore, it is called a demon. Therefore, this demon is evil, not good, it will damage our merits and take away our wisdom, so it is a demon.Then the word "demon" has been explained. What is the thing? What does the devil mean? For example, the Buddha uses the power of merit and wisdom to save sentient beings who have escaped from sin and suffering and obtain the fruit of Nirvana. He takes this as a matter, but the devil often turns around, destroying the good roots of sentient beings and allowing them to flow into the sea of suffering in life and death as its matter. This is the so-called devil's thing. From this we can see that devil's thing is an evil thing, and it is done by the devil. It is all about destroying the good roots of people and causing them to flow into life and death. This is the meaning of the devil's thing.Well, if you can be at ease with the right path, you still need to be good at cognizing demonic things. If you want to be able to calm your mind on the right path and not get lost, you must be good at cognizing all kinds of demonic things. It is very necessary to be aware of demonic things.Therefore, only when the Tao is high can one know that the demon is strong.The deeper the practice of Taoism, the higher the Tao, the more he will truly know what the devil is. So a person who does not practice Taoism unknowingly is in the realm of demons and does not know it. So he is called Taoism and knows that the demon is strong. Here, for example, if a person is in the house, he will look very clean and there is no dust. When a beam of sunlight shines in, the whole room is covered with dust. At this time, he saw it.So when you see so much dust, it already exists, and because you can't see clearly, you think there is no.The same principle is that if a person does not practice deeply, he does not know that his whole behavior is in the realm of demons. He must wait until his wisdom awakens and the light brought by the good roots shines in, and he will see the dust all over the room. If everyone can understand this, they will understand this sentence. Therefore, only when the Tao is high can the demons be abundant. It can be seen that the realm of demons is not easy to be aware of. It is necessary to practice the Tao deeply in order to be easy to distinguish. Therefore, if you want to continue to practice with peace of mind, you must be able to recognize the demons well. This is the meaning of our lecture today.

Okay, here there are four kinds of magic things, read the original text, but there are four kinds.One worries demon, two yins enter the realm, three dead demons.Four ghosts, gods and demons.There are four kinds of demons, the so-called devil of trouble, the demon of yin entering the realm, the devil of death, and the demon of ghosts, gods and demons. This word is not difficult to understand.Yin enters the realm of the demon, Yin is the Yin of the five yin, Entry is the Entry of the twelve yin, and Realm is the Realm of the eighteen realms, which respectively represent our physical and mental state.From the perspective of fundamental affliction, the devil refers to greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt. The many troubles that are derived from this are all attributed to the devil of affliction.The third one is about the dead demon, and the dead demon is about death.Okay, let’s look at the original text below. Three are common things in the world.And it is born from people's own heart.You must remove it from your own mind.Now we will not distinguish between ghosts, gods and demons.These three refer to the previous three, which are common things that people in the world have. They are all born from their own hearts. Troubles are also born from their hearts. The demons entering the realm of Yin are also born from their hearts. The demons of death are also born from their hearts. Today, we will not make a distinction one by one.

As for the fourth ghost, god and demon appearance below, let’s distinguish it, which everyone doesn’t know much about.OK, ghosts, gods and demons, this matter must be known.Let’s talk about it briefly now.Below are three types of ghosts, gods and demons: one is the essence, the second is the pile of ghosts, and the third is the demon army.Let’s take a look at the original text one by one. There are three types of ghosts, gods and demons.One is charming.The beasts change into various shapes and colors at the twelve hours.Or it is the form of a young girl.Even the fear of one's body is not the same.Annoyed and confused.These spirits are tempting to make people feel uncomfortable.Everyone comes at the right time.Goodness must be distinguished.Okay, let’s first explain the meaning one by one, and then understand it as a whole. Here we talk about a devil, god and demon, called Jingmei Twelve Times Beasts. Why does this Jingmei match these twelve hours? Here we talk about the twelve hours. Everyone knows it a little about the twelve hours. Many fellow practitioners also know it. In the middle of the night, it is probably between 11 o'clock in the evening and 10 o'clock in the morning. This is called Zi hour, two o'clock to three o'clock is called Chou hour, three o'clock to five o'clock is called Yin hour, and so on, there are a total of twelve branches.Then the ones paired from the twelve zodiac signs in the Zi time are rats, rats of rats, oxes of rats, and tigers of ninth time, and so on. For the specific correspondence, you can find relevant information, I will explain them one by one today.Understanding this relationship helps us to practice Zen, that is, the so-called essence changes according to different times. According to our past traditions and the wisdom of the ancients, we will know that this time is closely related to the active period of animals, between the universe and the living beings, and its life state.The various situations of the twelve-time beasts mentioned below are obvious: if this time is the time for this type of sentient beings, then it will be particularly active at this time. Often at this time, the relevant time beast spirits will take advantage of this time to disturb the practitioners, so this time is matched with the types of sentient beings. As a practitioner, you also need to understand this point.How does it come about? Let’s take a look at the changes in various shapes, or the shapes of young girls and old people.Even the fear of one's body is not the same.Annoyed and confused.It does not necessarily change into various shapes and colors. Sometimes it will turn into a girl or an elderly person, or even it will turn into a terrifying body shape. Not necessarily, it will disturb people who are confused and practice. Then, these essences and charms, if they want to disturb pedestrians in this way, they all come just at the corresponding time. The so-called each comes at its right time. We must distinguish carefully. Good things must be recognized if they come at the time of Yin.If the person comes at the hour of Mao, he will definitely be rabbits and deer.If the person comes at Chen time, he will definitely be dragons and turtles.If the person comes at the beginning of time, he must be a snake, python, etc.If you come at noon, you will definitely be horses, donkeys, camels, etc.If the person comes in the future, he will definitely be sheep, etc.If the person who came in the time of Shen must be ape, etc.If you come at the hour of You, you will definitely be Jiwu and other.If the person comes at the Xu hour, it must be a dog, wolf, etc.If the person comes at the hour of Hai must be a pig, etc.Those who come at midnight must be rats, etc.When the ugly comes, the person who comes must be a cow, etc.If a practitioner sees it, he often uses it at this time.That is, you know the beast essence.If he says his name is scolded, he should be refuted.Here we will talk about it one by one. One thing we want to remind you here is that, for example, when it comes at Si time, what time is the time for Si time? Here, 7:00 to 9:00 is Chen time, and 7:00 to 9:00 in the morning is the time for dragons, turtles, and 9:00 to 11:00 is the time for snakes. In this hour, animals such as snakes and pythons are particularly active, and the relevant spirits will take advantage of this time to disturb pedestrians. We know that snakes and pythons are all the same. Anyway, animals of this type are the same. For example, when you talk about Xu time later, Xu is a dog among the twelve zodiac signs, so dogs, such as jackals and wolves, all belong to dogs. The habits of these animals are similar. In the universe and nature, their habits are the same. They are active at these pairs. Okay, let’s talk about them one by one. You can slowly find relevant information to study them.So does this situation exist or not? Of course, it does appear as different situations in conjunction with this time.I remember that I was a lay Buddhist at that time. I wanted to practice when I saw Buddhist scriptures, and then I followed the mantras and visualizations mentioned in it. At that time, this situation would occur every time it was noon. This situation would occur at certain specific hours of the day. For example, when I was meditating, I felt that someone was holding it. At this time, the scene was particularly obvious, such as seeing various shapes, snakes, and wolfs, which talked about the scene in my heart.For example, when you wake up while sleeping, you are sleeping in a daze while meditating, and suddenly you feel that someone is pulling your feet, or touching your body, etc.Sometimes I can still see things among the inner demons. Later, I saw this book "Children Mengzhiguan" and carefully compared it and found that it was indeed true.This is because in the great universe and nature, at this time, this energy is a kind of active energy, so the universes are connected with each other. If a person sitting in meditation calms his mind and calms his mind, he will be aware of these things and become more sensitive to the existence of these things. As a meditation practitioner, he must be good at identifying these things, which will be of great help to ourselves, because these are all demonic things.When I encountered this situation, I remembered what Master Zhizhe said in "Tong Meng Shi Jing". At that time, I blamed it according to the method mentioned here. It was indeed effective.In fact, the various demonic realms encountered at that time also have something to do with your failure to keep the precepts and practice. Because I had just read a Buddhist book and had no good knowledge to guide me, I started practicing randomly. Because I did not keep the precepts to practice and did not give me some advice, there was a situation where I was eager to achieve my own decisions, and then I fell into such a state and didn’t know how to recognize it. Therefore, it is normal to often encounter a demonic realm.Here I said that if you know this relationship, just say its name directly. For example, at this time, this person always sees this kind of cow. When everyone knows it is ugly, you can recognize it well and blame him directly. Then this state will soon wither and disappear. Often because of external disturbances, this is normal. The reason why the outside world can disturb the inner world is because we have these things in our hearts, that is, as humans, people in humanity, their hearts are different. When our spiritual realm enters the realm of the animal realm, sometimes we enter the realm of the hungry ghost realm. Then when we enter the realm of the animal realm, it is easy to communicate with the animal realm. When we enter the realm of the hungry ghost realm, it is very easy to communicate with the hungry ghost realm. From the inside, there are still shadows of the six realms, because the so-called six realms of reincarnation are all the seeds of the six realms that flow when the mind meets the fate, so there are still six realms in the human realm, and there are also sages of the sages, arhats, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, etc., which is not surprising.You see, someone is so greedy and cunning. His heart is the heart of a hungry ghost. When his blessings as a human being are withered, he will be reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts. Where does his karma come from when he is reborn in the realm of hungry ghosts? That is, he has never repented or corrected the heart of hungry ghosts when he is in the realm of humanity.Therefore, although some people are not good at karma, such as being ugly and looking similar to animals, their minds are now beginning to practice and repent, and they are constantly accumulating this kind of blessings of human and heavenly beings. When their reward body becomes destroyed, karma will lead them to be reborn in the good paths of human and heavenly beings, so this is the truth.Although some people are human, they are actually no different from animals; some people have very clumsy appearances, but their inner preciousness is no longer in this bad state. But life, depravity, good and bad all depends on what kind of mind they are at this time and determine the future. Therefore, as a practitioner, we must first cultivate the human path. If you cannot even practice the human path well, how can you further seek the path of liberation? What are the standards of human path? It is the Five Precepts. Do you follow the Five Precepts in your daily life? At this time, you must deeply understand the various appearances of the Five Precepts and measure yourself. Only in this way can you say that I am practicing and cultivating a perfect personality. Only by using this as a foundation can you practice cessation and contemplation and be liberated.At this stage of practice, samadhi, is also to enable us to better uphold the five precepts and cultivate the human path. If you cannot practice the human path, you will fall into the three evil paths in the next life, which is very easy. It is impossible to be reborn in the Pure Land and the good paths in the good paths, so we must practice in this life.Nowadays, many people who practice Pure Land think that I can be reborn with my karma. Can you be reborn with the karma of animals you bring? I will definitely not.The so-called rebirth with karma is that although I am not like the Buddha, for example, I have only attained the first fruit Arhat and the second fruit Arhat, or I have not eliminated this, even if I have not yet attained the fruit, I have been able to be reborn in the Pure Land because of my good roots, but my karma has not been completely eliminated. This is the so-called rebirth with karma.Rebirth with karma is definitely not to say that my entire state is still in the realm of animals. If I dedicate my animal realm to rebirth in the West and the Pure Land, he will be reborn. There is absolutely nothing like this. Therefore, people who think like this do not know the cause and effect and deceive themselves.You should be afraid of life and death and seek rebirth in the Pure Land. Instead of talking about it, it is easy to be reborn in the Pure Land without practicing and karma. This is simply a distorted and wrong view. Are you not afraid of falling into the three evil realms? If you want not to fall into the three evil realms, you must follow the Three Refuges, Five Precepts, and Ten Virtues, so how important is practice.But there are levels of practice. If you can’t even practice humanity like you, how can you practice the path of liberation? It’s even more impossible.Just like a real person, if he doesn't love himself in his real life and doesn't want to increase it, how can he think of a better future life? If he doesn't even have a better heart in the future, how can he think of a better future life and get the holy fruit? Right? If he doesn't even have a better heart in the samsara to get the holy fruit, how can he have the great compassion of the Bodhisattva to achieve Buddhahood? It's such a relationship, so if we can practice today, we really have to be honest and honest. All dharmas are not contrary to each other. It is a difference in sequence. It does not mean that I regard bad as virtuous, nor does it mean that we understand all kinds of subtle methods as ordinary.For example, some people say, "Oh, you said that there is a demonic realm when you are meditating today, so I'd better not sit in meditation, because there is a demonic realm when you are meditation."He simply thought that this concept is completely wrong. You usually are in the demon realm. You know that there is a demon realm because you are meditating. You know that there is a demon realm and get rid of it because you know that there is a demon realm to deal with it. In this way, you will be liberated. Therefore, the more you have a demon realm, the more you have to sit in meditation, how can people who truly meditate in the Dharma encounter the demon realm? How can they not be liberated in the demon realm? Have you never heard of Shakyamuni Buddha becoming a madman or a psychopath? No, right? So people who think like this are evil views. They do not know the order of practicing Taoism. They take good as evil and respect as compassion. Therefore, many of us who practice Buddhism today simply understand things. Then, as time passes, their practice stays at this realm, never grows, and they are always evil views attached to the mind.Therefore, we must carefully observe the differences and carefully distinguish the good and evil causal relationship. This is the case. It is not in vain that we should make such a hard work on meditation. Otherwise, what is the meaning of this method? I hope that we can listen to this method, practice it seriously, recite the Buddha's name honestly, recite the mantra honestly, recite the mantra honestly, recite the mantra honestly, and study the mantra honestly, learn to be a human being, all of which are inseparable from the Buddhist principles we are talking about.

OK, let’s insert it here. I mentioned this before. I will talk about the essence and charm. I will look at the second type below. It is called "Duan Ji Ghost". This is a relatively common one. The two are "Duan Ji Ghost".It is also called a walker with all kinds of annoyances.Or it may be like a worm and a scorpion.The drilling thorns may hit the armpits of the stable man.Or hold it in someone's mind.Or the voice is loud.And the shapes and appearances of all animals are different.Come and annoy the pedestrians.It is necessary to be aware of the words that close your mind and scold you.I know you now, you are the smell of food and fire in Yanfuti.Stealing the Laji branch.Evil views and joy break the precepts.I will never fear you when I keep the precepts.If a monk is a monk, he should recite the precepts.If you are a layperson, you should recite the Three Refuges and Five Precepts.The ghost crawled away.If you do this, you will be in trouble.And the other methods of eliminating.And it is widely said in the Zen Sutra.OK, after reading this, I will talk about the second type, "Catching ghosts".OK, this kind of digging ghost is more special. It has something to do with keeping precepts and breaking precepts. Let's take a look. This digging ghost is actually the kind of yaksha ghost. Generally speaking, it comes at night, and sometimes it is not stable. What does this kind of ghost come to disturb the person who is sitting in meditation? Whenever a practitioner is sitting in meditation, it comes. When it comes, it will cause various images to disturb it. Sometimes it looks like a worm or scorpion, biting a person's head and face, as if it is very thorny. You feel your face is like a needle pricking, one by one.Sometimes it will depend on the human body, as if it is pressing on the human body, pressing on it and then getting up again, pressing on it and getting up again. Although there is no pain, it is unbearable.Sometimes it will be like how it will be? It's like taking something and hitting it under the armpits, or drilling into the eyes, ears, and nose.Sometimes it seems like I am holding you, as if something is holding you, but when I go to catch it, I can’t see anything. When you go to drive it, it leaves, but when I leave, I come again.Sometimes it will make all kinds of strange sounds, chirping, noisy and messy, and sometimes it will make all kinds of beasts shapes, which will change. This will destroy the practitioner's meditation. It can be said that the form is different.The appearance of this kind of ghost is often like a pipa, with a very terrifying face. If someone encounters such a ghost to disturb him, he will immediately try to deal with it. This ghost is very special. How did the ghost come from? It turns out that this is the case. In the past, one of the seven Buddhas called Kunashe Buddha. When Kunashe Buddha was in the Dharma-Ending World, there was a monk in this Buddha who liked to disturb the monks, and then other monks drove it away. At that time, he made an evil wish to disturb the people who practiced meditation.Okay, because of such a cause, you see, today's era has been so long, but there are many such ghosts. The so-called generation of peers can also be disturbed. They all belong to the kind of ghost with ancestors. The ancestor is the ancestor of the ancestor, and they are of the same type.You see, it made this evil wish at that time to disturb the people who meditate. Therefore, whenever you have the same wish and the same karma are reborn in the ghost realm, it belongs to this type of ghost. If you know its origin and scold its ancestor, it will leave shyly after hearing it and see its true face. So Master Zhizhe said, if you know this, you should close your eyes and scold it with all your heart and make a statement. I will scold it now.You are the smell of food in Yanfuti.Stealing the Laji branch.Evil views and joy break the precepts.I will never fear you when I keep the precepts.Ah, this is breaking the precepts, breaking the precepts. What does it mean? The so-called stolen wax is the stolen monks. We know that a monk will live in summer, and one year in summer, and another summer will become one year in summer. The so-called stolen wax.In fact, tela is not a monk who is in accordance with the Dharma. The so-called mingling among the monks is that he is unwilling to abide by the rules that monks should follow, and only wants to mingle in it for fame, fortune and prosperity, so he gets this name, called tela, which belongs to this type of ghost.In addition, the following is called hunting. La is hunting. In this month, animals are hunted to sacrifice to their ancestors, so it is called La. The hunting means hunting. The auspicious branch below is the name of ghosts. This auspicious branch is caused by breaking the precepts. The previous ghosts are all of the same type, and they are all called Duiji. Their ancestors were mentioned at that time when the Buddha was in the Dharma-Ending Age. They liked to disturb sentient beings. The monks drove it away and then made evil wishes to disturb these people who were meditating. Then these people born from the feelings of the fellow karma can be said to have taken this as their ancestors and often disturbed pedestrians.The so-called eating fire, smelly fragrance, and stealing the auspicious branches are all those who break the precepts. Those who disturb the practitioners of meditation are because they are practitioners who break the precepts. Therefore, when they hear the precepts, they will still feel ashamed. Therefore, when you recite the precepts, you can cure them. What's more, those who keep the precepts are protected by the gods of precepts. If they break the precepts, how can the gods of precepts tolerate it? Therefore, at this time, reciting the precepts and keeping the precepts to make the devil leave quickly.If a practitioner is a monk, he should recite the precepts such as Brahma Net Sutra, the four-part, and the five-part precepts. If a white person is a layperson, he should recite the Three Refuges and Five Precepts. You see, among our five precepts, there are five precepts, five-part, twenty-five precepts, and a total of twenty-five precepts. These evil ghosts are the most afraid of the precepts because of breaking the precepts. If you can recite the precepts, then these ghosts will crawl away and climb to the ground to escape. Therefore, when the ghosts and gods hear the precepts, their limbs run side by side, and they fall to the ground. The key is here.Then there are other ways to eliminate the situation of disturbing the practitioners. This is described in the Zen Paramita Sutra. If you are interested in understanding it in depth, you can look for these sutras and learn more about them in normal times.There is such a cause and effect, such as these essences, and such ghosts, the so-called picking ghosts to disturb the practitioners. This is also a relationship of cause and condition in the past life. Knowing it can cure it, which is said.

OK, let’s take a look at the third one, the devil’s anger, the three are devil’s anger.It is the demon that turns into three five dust realms to break the good intentions.Anything that violates emotions can make the five dusts scary.Second, the love affairs are cute and lovely.Three things are not violated and not done well.Then the five dusts are equal to those who are chaotic.Therefore, the magic name killer.It is also known as Hua Arrow.Also known as Five Arrows.The five emotions of shooting people are caused by.Various realms are created in name and form.Confusing people.Here we talk about demons and annoyance, here we talk about three types, which three types? One is the so-called unfaithful thing. Unfaithful thing means unhappy things, that is, the manifestation of adversity, the terrifying five dust realms, the five dust realms such as color, dust, smell, taste and touch make people feel frightened.The second thing is to do things that are in accordance with love, such as all kinds of cute shapes and lovely five things that make people greedy. The third thing is to be neither against nor follow the situation. The equal five dusts are what we usually say. It seems that this thing is nothing special, but it constantly disturbs your practice. It is not necessarily that you say that it is worth doing well. It is not necessarily that you say that it is very scary. But it is very busy every day and cannot be related to the practice. This can also be called a right and wrong against non-fight against non-fight against non-fight, and the equal five dusts are chaotic. Therefore, this kind of demon is called a killer, also called a flower arrow, or a five arrow, which shoots people's five emotions, so it is called a five arrow.You see, there is a demonic realm of greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt in a person's heart. This demonic realm just triggers this kind of heart, so it is called shooting the five arrows of a person. It uses various realms in name and form to disturb the pedestrians. How can it be disturbed? It all comes through this five dust realm in combination with the greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance and doubt in a person's heart.The so-called name and form have been explained before. Name is the world of the mind, and color is the world of matter. Both the body and mind, the material world and the spiritual world will disturb pedestrians.

Let’s talk about it in detail below, for example, those who are in a favorable situation.Or be a parent and brother.The images of all Buddhas are correct and the lovely state of men and women.It's heart-wrenching.These demons will change into these images, such as some people who sit in meditation, sleep or hallucinations, see their parents and brothers, or the images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. All kinds of cute situations of men and women make people feel greedy. This is about a favorable situation.What will he do if he looks at the situation that violates the situation? He acts as the situation that violates the situation.Or it is the shape of a tiger, wolf, lion, Rakshasa.All kinds of terrifying images.Come and terrify the pedestrians.This time is different. Tiger, jackal, lion, Rakshasa, etc. are terrifying and frightening, and are terrifying.What about doing things that are not against one’s own good situation? It’s a normal thing.The turbulent hearts cause people to lose their meditation.Therefore, it is called Demon.What happens normally is not strange, it happens in daily life, and it is also various demonic realms that disturb people's hearts and make him lose his meditation.For example, when you don’t meditate, nothing happens, everything happens when you meditate, and you try hard to call you, and if you try hard to do something, this is a normal thing.You see, when you are sitting in meditation, some people come over and tell you, "How about it?" Let's go out to play basketball."After a while, something comes again, which always disturbs your mind and prevents you from reaching meditation. These are all called demons.Also, you may make various likes and dislikes.Make all kinds of fragrant and smelly air.Do all kinds of likes and dislikes.To achieve all kinds of states of suffering and happiness.It is a demonic thing to touch the human body.There are many appearances.I won't say it now.Various kinds of magical disturbances, such as sounds. Some people often hear them. The sound is very beautiful. Some say that this sound is heard in their ears all day long, or it may be made of various smelly smells.In terms of taste, or in various states of suffering and happiness, it is all a devil, very, very many.OK, let me say it.If it is made of all kinds of five dusts.To be upset by others, it will cause you to lose good deeds.All the troubles arise are demon soldiers.To sum up, it is to summarize it. It is to disturb people by various five dust realms such as color, sound, smell, taste, and touch, and make people lose good deeds and cause all kinds of troubles. These are all demon soldiers.To destroy equal Buddhism.It causes greed, sorrow, anger, and sleep and other obstacles. Therefore, it is called the Demon Army. It will cause people to lose the right path of Buddhism, be unequal, lose the normal mind and equal mind, which can easily cause greed, sorrow, anger, and sleep and other obstacles. The five hindrances of meditation belong to this category as mentioned above, which means that the interference of external demons causes this inner trouble, which is a demonic matter.

Good, as the verse of the sutra says, desire is your first army, sorrow is the second, hunger is the third army, thirst is the fourth, sleep is the fifth army, fear is the sixth, doubt regret is the seventh army, anger is the eighth, profit is the ninth, and arrogance is the ninth, and arrogance is the tenth.Such troops will be suppressed by the monks. I will use my Zen and intelligence to destroy these troops, and have achieved Buddhahood and saved all people., Okay, here we talk about the ten major demonic things. The earliest thing that comes is greed, which makes people greedy. For example, some people change the demons and tell them what will happen in their homes. They have a prophetic function, and they are attached to love and greed for them. They have desires for this, so this kind of demonic realm is always unavailable from him, and others, etc. The earliest one is that greed makes people greedy, because greed has gains and losses, and when measured, he feels sad, so sadness is the second, every day, the heart is hungry, the third army, the third army, very hungry and thirsty, etc., making people feel this way of life, this is also the interference of the demon.Cuteness is the fourth, Cuteness refers to the inner state. Just like a thirsty person, he needs to drink water, so he is bound by this thirst. This is the fourth demon army.The desire in front is Ru Chu Army. What is it showing? First of all, it makes people feel destined to be contaminated by their hearts. It is certain that such a demon is something that he really wants to do, and his heart is greedy.Let’s talk about the following and all the worlds of demons are spread all over the world, and it depends on whether you can surpass it.When a person is entangled by love, he thinks about these things every day. Can he practice meditation? For example, when men and women in the world are deeply attached to the object they like, will they think about practicing and meditating? He is restless and restless, right? So cuteness is the fourth.Look again, sleep is the fifth army, and you are sleepy every day and want to sleep.This sleep has been explained in Tong Mengzhiguan. Sleeping means drowsy and confused, sleep means sleeping, and it is all drowsy. Immersed in drowsy every day, which is also the Demon Army, so it is the Fifth Army.The fear is the sixth. I am worried every day, and I am restless. I am always afraid of something. Some people stand up and close the windows and doors. When I walk down the stairs and look back, I think I am not closed. I always feel that I have not done anything well. I will be frightened if I move a little bit. I am also entangled by the demon army.The seventh question is to regret, doubt God and ghost, and regret every day.Anger is the eighth. He is a person who is impatient and feels angry at any time. He is not happy when he sees anyone. He always feels that others owe him. He is angry and angry. Anger is superficial. Anger means anger and anger, which is serious, so anger is the eighth.Profit and support must be ninth. What is profit and support? Being greedy for fame and profit.What is false reputation? It is to pursue this false reputation, which is what we usually call vanity and small advantage. You see, many of us are greedy for small advantage and vanity, and they are troubled by such demon soldiers.OK, the tenth arrogance of the people is self-reliance, and they have very high self-reliance. They don’t even have a human state when practicing. He also feels that he is a person who practices the Bodhisattva path.A slow man is extremely arrogant towards others. The virtues of others and the concerns of others for us are really incomparable to us. However, he is so despised that he doesn't care about what others say, and he has no compassion for others at all. The so-called arrogant is called arrogance, and such a person is also trapped in the army of demons.In this way, all the troops were suppressed by the monks. In a narrow sense, monks were like monks who kept the precepts and ordained them. In a broad sense, all those who wanted to practice and gain liberation were those who wanted to become monks, so they were suppressed by monks.I will use my Zen intelligence to defeat your army.What power should be used to break it? With the power of the wisdom of meditation, we must practice meditation and contemplation frequently, we must treat it to stop troubles, and we must develop wisdom to see through these ignorances. Therefore, the power of Zen wisdom can break your armies.After achieving Buddhahood, you can save all people.To save oneself, you can save them by using the power of wisdom and Taoism, and make great wishes. This is what the scriptures say is the same as what Master Zhizhe said before about the five entanglement realms disturbing the pedestrians and demons disturbing the pedestrians. It is in line with the same meaning, okay, this is the third, demon disturbing.It talks about the three realms of demonic disturbances, one cute realm, one terrifying realm, and one ordinary realm.Okay, here we talk about the devil. We have roughly finished talking about three types of ghosts, gods and demons: one is the essence, the two are the picking of ghosts, and the three are the annoyance of demons.

The four types of troubled demons, yin-entry demons, death demons, and the ghosts, gods and demons mentioned earlier are combined into demonic things. Since you are aware of the demons, you should treat them, let’s talk about how to deal with them.OK, let’s look at the original text. Once the practitioner is aware of the demonic things, he should stop them.But there are two ways.One is to practice and stop it.All the demons who see all the external realms.You know that you are not worried or afraid.Neither take or give up.If you make a false plan to distinguish between calm and quiet mind, then you will be destroyed.The two are practiced and observed.If you see all kinds of demonic realms mentioned above.If you use stop or not, you should look at it.The visible heart does not see the place.What is he upset about?When observing this way, we will die and thank you.If you don’t go, just be careful.Don't be afraid and careless of your life.Mindfulness remains unmoved.Knowing that the devil's realm is like the Buddha's realm.Like the devil's realm like the Buddha's realm like.As if it is, it is as unchanged.This is how you understand it.Then there is nothing left in the demon world.There is nothing to take in the Buddha realm.Buddhism should come to the present.The demon realm will naturally be eliminated.OK, let’s read here first, what are you talking about here? Since you are aware of the demonic things, how can you eliminate them? There are two types, nothing more than meditation and contemplation.First of all, when you encounter all external demon realms, you must know that these realms are either born from the mind or arise from cause and condition. For example, the subsequent troubles are piled up and the ghosts, and such things will happen if there is such a cause and effect. They are all false and unreal.The truth of falsehood and untrueness is that the six senses are born from the six dusts faced by the six senses, which are originally false and untrue, and all the demonic things mentioned above do not fall out of this category. Therefore, we know that falsehood and do not worry, do not take or give up, and make a false plan to distinguish the mind and calm the mind, and do not need to think too much. As long as the mind is destroyed, it will naturally be returned to the paradise of nirvana. If the mind can be calm and calm, this state will naturally be destroyed. This is the so-called practice.Looking at its illusion is the so-called false view.The three views of the rooftop, false views, meso-view, and empty views.This practice of cessation is false view. Knowing that it is false, so the mind can achieve cessation. The true cessation of the body is similar to this, and they all belong to the category of cessation.When practicing meditation and refraining from the two, how can we practice meditation? If we see the various demonic realms mentioned above and cannot be eliminated by practicing cessation, we should turn back to the visible mind.In the past, we are aware of the falseness of things we see and stop the inner heart. Now, we can see all kinds of such states in reverse. So what is the mind that can see? Let’s look back at this mind of dependent origination. Well, this mind has no place to see the place, and the so-called place to see the mind cannot be found. So what is disturbing the external environment? Therefore, when observing this way, we should die.If you can master this, you can eliminate all demonic realms by using the method of meditation, contemplation and practice.If the power of meditation and observation is not strong and cannot be eliminated, what should I do if I delay going? I should be corrected, but I should be corrected.Don't be afraid of thinking.Sacrifice your life.Mindfulness remains unmoved.What is correct mind? Don’t think that you have finished speaking. Now that you have finished speaking, you should be mindful of the Three Jewels.I am here to practice Taoism today. It is normal for me to encounter these things. The reason why I cannot completely break it now is because my power of meditation and observation is not enough. Therefore, I should correct my mind and mind, and adjust my mind. I am currently practicing. I do not have fear. I also think of my vow at that time. I should spare my life and keep my mind moving. No matter how you disturb me, I cannot stop my mind practicing Taoism. At this time, I should further observe and know that the demon world is like the Buddha world.Like the devil's realm like the Buddha's realm like.As if it is, it is as unchanged.This is how you understand it.Then there is nothing left in the demon world.There is nothing to take in the Buddha realm.Buddhism should come to the present.The demon realm will naturally be eliminated.Visualize this way in this firm mind.What does it mean to know that the demon world is like the Buddha world? It means that the so-called demon world and the Buddha world are only manifested by the mind. You now think this is a demon world, but it is actually the Buddha world. You now say that this is the Buddha world. In fact, the nature of the demon world is no different from it. The so-called demon world is like the Buddha world, and it is all like this. It is all manifested by the heart of this part of the Tathagata.Then its nature is one, not two, so it is one, not two, so it is like one, and one is like one, and one is like two, and one is like one is like one, and one is like one is like one, and one is like one is like one, and one is like one is like one, then the demon world will naturally not go. It is necessary to say that there is nothing to be asked for. The so-called Buddha world does not seek the Buddha world nor abandon the Buddha world, and there is no attraction or abandonment. If you can enter such meditation, then the Dharma will appear first, and the so-called Dharma will appear first, which means realizing the essence of the mind, and then the demon realm will naturally be eliminated, because this demon realm comes from the discrimination and choice of the mind. This is the realm of wisdom and superior viewing. Practitioners should experience and think carefully.

OK, let’s go, if you see the Demon Realm again, I will not thank you.No need to worry.If you see the death and thank you, don’t be happy.What is that?I have never seen anyone sitting in meditation and seeing a demon turn into a tiger and a wolf to eat people.I have never seen a demon turn into a man and a woman to become a couple.When it transforms.No fools.I feel frightened and greedy.Because of the confusion of mind, I became crazy and crazy.It causes its own troubles.All of them are suffering from unintelligence.It is not done by the demon.What is the following? How to understand and treat the feeling of worry and joy among practitioners? If you don’t go to this realm of demons for a long time, you don’t have to worry, and don’t be afraid to worry.If you see this state disappear, you should not be happy. The so-called joy and sorrow are not moving. Why is this happening? We should think this way. In fact, these demon realms are all illusions of the mind. It is impossible to say that there are really demons turning into actual tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves to eat people. The so-called eating people is also illusions in your mind, just like dreaming. Ah, someone comes to eat you, but when you wake up in the morning, you don’t have anything? When you are meditating, you see tigers and wolves coming to eat you, but there is not really tigers and wolves coming to eat you, tearing off your body, right? You are still meditating in the room, and no tigers and wolves can run in.It is not that the real demon turns into a man and a woman to be a husband and wife with you. For example, doing this kind of lustful things between men and women is all an illusion in the heart. There is no real thing. If you are locked in the house, who can walk in? So the foolish people don’t know that it is real, so they feel frightened, or they feel greedy. Because of this kind of crazy mind, they go crazy about losing meditation, so they are said to cause this kind of disadvantage, which is called causing it.All of them are the disadvantages that pedestrians feel without wisdom, and it is not true that the devil does this.Is there any? No.So we see many people who are possessed of demons. They regard these things as real. We see them from the side. Did they see them? He said that the jackals are coming. Are there any jackals? No.He said that I saw this beautiful woman following me, is there any? That was what he saw himself. This was a kind of illusion. He didn't know it was an illusion. Because ignorance was disturbed by it, he was attached to the demon and refused to let go. Here it is said that it is not done by the demon and does not do by the demon.Let’s look at another situation, look at the original text, if the demon realm is annoying to the pedestrians.Or it may not go for years.But be honest and mindful, firm and careless.Don't be worried and afraid.You should recite the Mahayana sutras and other sutras to cure magical mantras.Recite it silently.Remember the Three Jewels.If you come out of meditation, you should recite mantras.Prevent self-repentance and shame, and recite the Poloti Mucha.Evil will not be destroyed and righteous will be destroyed for a long time.There are so many evil things that cannot be said.You must know the good.OK, Master Zhizhe said later, "I am very compassionate, that is, if this state does not go away for a long time, what should I do at this time? You should be firm in mind and remember your vows in the past, and do not care about your life, and do not be afraid or be worried. You should diligently recite and practice the sutras such as the Mahayana prescriptions and cure mantras and chant mantras. Here we talk about the great function of the Buddha mantras, because the Buddha mantras are flowed out of the minds of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, so reciting this mantras and communicating with Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and have great blessing power, so chanting mantras is very important.For example, in Zen, there are some practices that are really difficult to drive away the demon realm. Generally speaking, the ancestors will teach him to recite mantras and recite them silently.Remember the Three Jewels.If you are obsessed with the Three Jewels in your heart, if you experience meditation, you should recite the mantra to prevent yourself when you meditate.Repent and feel ashamed at all times, and recite the Porati Mucha is to recite the precepts.These behaviors are all curing, chanting mantras, reciting the Three Jewels, chanting mantras to protect themselves, arousing a repentance, reciting precepts in a sense of shame, etc. These are all practicing one's own mind, protecting the mind with mantras, conserving the mind with precepts, repent and making vows, and removing one's disgust. These are all practices.Only practice can cure it. If a person can truly practice, then all demonic realms should be destroyed by themselves. So here we talk about the reason why evil does not do justice. If evil does not do justice, evil does not do justice. If one person goes right, evil will naturally disappear. So you say all day long that I am in a demon realm, and you don’t practice or work hard to practice diligently. What’s the use? You look for people everywhere to chant mantras to exorcise you. What’s the use of not practicing by yourself? That’s all temporary and has no benefits.Many people are worse than chanting Buddha's name for you than chanting Buddha's name yourself. Many people come to exorcise demons for you than to practice righteously. This is the reason.Such demonic things are inexhaustible, but in other words, they are all treated by practice and should be well identified.

OK, look at the following sentences, so I am the first intention of a person.You must get close to good teachers.For such a difficult thing.It is the one who can enter the heart of the people and make the move.The mind is crazy.Whether it is joy or sorrow, it causes trouble and causes death.Or you may obtain the wisdom of all evil meditation in the season.Dharani of supernatural powers.When preaching and educating people, they all believe in it, and then they will be bad people will be born in the world.and destroy the Dharma.Such differences must be explained in one way or another.Now let me show you the key points.To make the practitioner sit in meditation.Do not suffer from all realms in absurd way.If you want to eliminate evil and return to the right, you should observe the true nature of all dharmas.Be good at practicing meditation and contemplation without any evil.Therefore, the explanation of the theory is said.Eliminate the true nature of all dharmas.Everything else is a devil.As stated in the verse, if you distinguish and remember, it is a demonic net. If you don’t move or distinguish, it is a Dharma seal.OK, at this point, Master Zhizhe finished this.Let’s take a look. Master Zhizhe said that, because there are many demonic things, those who are aware of the original intention must get close to good teachers. Here we talk about the importance of getting close to good teachers, because there are such difficult things, because there are all kinds of things, because people are easily greedy for them and suffer from various demonic realms, so they must get close to good teachers.Those who practice the original aspiration should not be self-righteous. They must practice according to their masters, honestly follow the teachings of good teachers, and practice close to good teachers. Do not be self-righteous or stubborn. You should know that there are all kinds of difficult things in practice.OK, let’s talk about the specific situation of the demon entering the mind and spirit, because it is the demon entering the heart of the man, which can make the practitioner’s mind crazy. You should know that the demon is united with your mind, which will lead to your mind crazy, joy or sorrow, and some people will die because of this.There is really, when I first returned to Fuzhou, someone came to me and persuaded me to miss him. However, because of the deep karma in the past and the guidance of the evil master, he finally became crazy and jumped into the river to commit suicide. This was something that had just happened not long ago. This kind of demonic realm really hurts people when it captures people's hearts.Or the evil meditation, wisdom, supernatural powers, Dharani may be obtained in the season.It seems that he has achieved practice. The meditation he has obtained is evil meditation, wisdom is evil wisdom, the so-called supernatural powers are evil magical powers, and the mantras recited by his mouth are evil mantras. They are all because of attachment to the demonic realm and demons entering the heart. At this time, he can preach the Dharma and educate the demons, and everyone is convinced and manifested all kinds of supernatural things. The truth he said seems to be full of temptation, full of temptation, making people happy. Many people follow him to practice the Dharma, and he will also preach the Dharma and teach sentient beings, but in fact he practices the magic path.Everyone believed in him and listened to his Dharma transformation, but in the end they corrupted the good deeds of others in the world, destroyed the Dharma, and cut off people's wisdom, so that people could no longer gain the benefits of the world, because what they talked about was worldly Dharma, that is, destroying the Buddha's Dharma, and causing the cause and condition to break the Dharma.Such differences must be explained in one sentence, too many of which belong to the realm of demons.Well, if you really summarize the various demonic realms, the so-called brief description of the key points is to allow pedestrians to not suffer from various realms while meditating. These are all demonic things that must be aware of, and do not be attached to them.In other words, if you want to eliminate these evils and return to the right, what is the only and ultimate way to eliminate evils and return to the right? You should observe the reality of all dharmas.It means to practice meditation and contemplation hard, so-called good practice meditation and contemplation without any evil.Stop, stop and eliminate the delusions in your mind.Observe, observe the true nature of all dharmas.Practice the practice of cessation and contemplation, and practice the practice of cessation and contemplation are all for realizing the true nature of all dharmas. Therefore, if a person takes the path of cessation and contemplation without evil, the so-called good practice of cessation and contemplation without evil, is this principle. No matter what kind of demonic things you do, it is impossible to achieve.Therefore, the explanation says that except for the reality of all dharmas, everything is a demonic thing, so from this point of view, everything is called a demonic thing.As the verse says, if you distinguish and remember, it is a demonic net. If you don’t move or distinguish, it is a Dharma seal.Here comes the Dharma Seal. The various greed, anger, and disturbances mentioned above are all caused by discriminating imagination. This is good and that is bad. This should be done and that should not be done. This is good and that is not good and the mind is uncertain, and the mind is uncertain, and as the karma floats, and encounters various demonic realms and obsessed with it. This so-called discriminating memory, and this ignorant consciousness is caused by the demonic net.The so-called evil view jungle, then if you have the mind that is not moving or not discriminates, it is the Dharma seal.Then, by practicing meditation and contemplation, you can realize this unmoving and undiscriminatory mind. It is like an unmoving mind and will not be bound by external environments. This is the Dharma Seal. The so-called Dharma Seal is just like what we say. The seal means sealing, and this is the only Dharma Seal.Therefore, all kinds of demonic realms must be broken by practicing meditation and contemplation, and the Dharma seal of observing the true nature of all dharmas. All kinds of demonic realms are ultimately caused by human ignorance and delusions. If ignorance and delusions can be eliminated, they can break out of the demonic net.If we can realize the real seal of the mind of non-movement and non-discrimination, then this is the greatest Dharma seal and the most fundamental countermeasure. Therefore, Master Zhizhe finally persuaded meditation and contemplation, and encouraged meditation and contemplation to cause and cause and condition. Everyone must have a deep understanding of this. Our entire life and life are in the realm of demons without knowing it. Therefore, Master Zhizhe preached to break it, so he is also extremely kind to us.We must think carefully, study carefully, study hard, and practice well. Master Zhizhe also teaches us diligently because of all kinds of lost paths. Therefore, we teach us to be close to good teachers, and we should not make a fool of ourselves and practice stubbornly.

OK, that’s all for today. Let’s dedicate it below.The so-called dedication means that we should gather all the good deeds and good deeds we have done today together to dedicate them. Not only that, we should gather all the good deeds and good deeds we have created in the three lives in all dedication. Not only this, but we should gather all the unobstructed merits created by ourselves, including all sentient beings, and even all the unobstructed merits created by Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Where should we dedicate them? Dedicate them to sentient beings who are full of the void, so that they can break through ignorance and enlightenment, attain the supreme enlightenment, achieve supreme Buddhahood, and ultimately liberate all the sufferings of life and death. This is the great bodhi vow made, the so-called dedication to sentient beings who are born into Buddhahood, and the so-called dedication to Bodhi.Dedicate with this intention and make a broad dedication.Even our bodies, the bodies that are received by the three lives, and the things that we receive from our bodies, everything we come into contact with is used to do Buddhist rituals and dedicate merits.If you have a clear visualization, then recite the dedication text:

I wish to use this practice to maximize the merits and to admire all Buddhas’ pure lands. We vow to share this path with sentient beings to achieve Buddhahood.

In order to obtain the wonderful wisdom of Manjushri, I wish to indulge in all sentient beings and quickly go to the wonderful Buddha lands.

May I always be born in front of all Buddhas, and meet good teachers at all times, and encounter Buddhist teachings in every life, and stay away from monks everywhere.

With this merit I have done, I wish to make the Three Jewels of sentient beings, and pray to the master forever and to be with him in the sea of suffering in the samsara of reincarnation.

May my blessings grow day by day, may my karma gradually become lighter, may I be able to give alms for the Tao, keep precepts and practice concentration and wisdom.

May I have no arrogance and arrogance in my actions, be compassionate and joyful, believing in, and be able to attain yoga practices, and dedicate to the Buddhahood of the sentient beings!

OK, Maitreya Buddha, that’s all here today.