Buddha is a Doctor, Dharma is Wondrous Medicine
最近常常说「法譬如水」，时时洗涤心灵的垢秽，我们要洗这念心还是要用法，我们要时时将佛陀的教法用在我们的心，用心地去身体力行。
夫欲礼忏，必须先敬三宝。所以然者，三宝即是一切众生良友福田。
这样这念心就顾得好，这样我们的行为动作就不会有差错，就不会受到无明烦恼的污染。所以我们要以虔诚的心、清净的身心，要虔诚敬重三宝。
三宝指为佛教徒，尊敬供养之佛宝、法宝、僧宝。
三宝就是佛法僧，为什么会称为宝呢？因为世间希有难得，所以称为「宝」。看，大觉者「佛」在世间多么稀有！有智慧的人可以在人、事、环境中，看到变迁，看到无常。所以他懂得要去追究无常中什么是永恒的真理，
所以出家去了，去探讨乃至于开悟。这个过程是层层叠叠的辛苦，但他不畏辛苦，所以我们世间才有这位大觉者，我们称为佛。过了二千多年，到现在还没有第二个人，你看这是多么的难得。
法就是从这位大觉者，他的心灵、本性、智慧，观察天地万物的真理，所以将我们人生中很多的迷惑，他一一位我们解破，突破如何去认清永恒，要认清永恒的真理，我们就要按部就班，这都是法。所以法非常难得，没有法就无法治疗众生的心病。就像病人一样要有药，药能够真的对症才是宝，才是法宝。
就像是骨髓相配，看某一个人他不知有什么理由有基因突变，或是他的体内有白血病，自己体内无法造血时，需要有另外一个人和他相合的，可以取得他的骨髓来用在他的身上。只是想要找到骨髓相符合的，在几十万人中要配得上都不容易。想想要在几十万人当中，竟然找到一个相符合的，是多么不容易的事情！配上了骨髓之后，移植过来，使他的生命能够再生。因为移植之后，他的体内就能够自己再造血，是多难得的事情！这也是一个法。
我们的佛法能够真的对应到我们的根器，让我们可以应病受药，实在不容易，也因为这样，所以称为「宝」。
当然还需要看护的慈母，如果孩子生病的时候，绝对不能离开母亲。因为母亲会照顾他，慈母就如同病人的看护者。慈母的心多难得啊！慈母的爱多难逢啊！所以僧就像是看护者，要有慈母心发挥那分爱，不容易啊。
佛如良医，法如妙药，僧如看护者。对世间病患而言，良医、妙药、看护皆不可少。
我们学佛、出家，你看天下人类到处都是，真的发心出家的有多少人？出家又不是只为了自己，对自己要能够自爱，还要追随佛陀的芳踪，要去体会永恒的道理。除此之外，我们还要追随菩萨的足迹，因为菩萨是佛所称赞的。
要成佛不能缺乏菩萨的精神，若是欠缺菩萨的精神，我们就会堕于小根、小智、小乘、独善其身，这样绝对不能成佛。要成佛一定要自觉、觉他。觉他就是利人，利人就是大乘。如果只是自觉，那只有罗汉的根基。还要觉他，走入人群中，完成诸佛菩萨的心念，就是拯救众生，这样才能觉行圆满，这样才是真的学佛者。
僧很不容易，要出家就已经很不容易，更何况出家还能跟随佛菩萨的芳踪，身体力行，自救救人，这更加不简单。因为有这么多不简单、难得，所以僧也称为宝。所以称为三宝，佛宝、法宝、僧宝。
三宝即一切众生良友福田
既然这些是世间难得的，我们就要用最敬重的心来接近，甚至要自爱。前面我们说过了，「佛」就像是「大医王」，「妙法」就如同「药」，「僧」就是看「护病人的良母」。再来，僧也可以当做是好朋友、良友。我们人如果和好的朋友在一起，我们能从好朋友学到很多好的法。人生要生活有种种的方法，不只是学佛要有方法。其实人人在人间要生活得很快乐，生活得做一个很成功的人，这必定要有良友、好的朋友，来教我们、带领我们。
其实诸佛菩萨的净土就在娑婆世界，他们没有中断，时时都和我们在一起。所以佛陀时时都是倒驾慈航来到人群当中，所以如果有好的人来引导我们，我们要以佛心来看他，他就是我们的现前活佛。
如果我们心中有迷惑的时候，若是有好的朋友说句话来分析破解，我们就要把这些当作是佛语。好的法可以破解心中的迷惑，让我们没有无明烦恼，这就是佛法。
所以三宝也能当作是看病的医师，也可以当作治病的良药，也有人可以陪伴我们走，走过坎坷的人生。所以又称为「福田」。三宝也是我们众生的福田，我们要三田合一才能称为福田。哪三项？第一项是要有「敬田」；第二项是要有「恩田」；第三项是要有「悲田」。
凡敬侍佛、僧、父母、悲苦者，即可得福德、功德，犹如农夫耕田能有收获，故以田为喻称三者为「福田」。
「敬」就是尊敬，我们内心有了尊重，心才能尊法。我们若没有起敬重的心，内心就不会尊重；内心有了尊重，就可以「发心于内，实行为身」，我们就能身体力行，走在人生的轨道中，不会有错误，此身向今生度。
因为有了这个身体，可以得闻佛法，我们就能够在这一生，累积很多的佛法种子在这一生，也能用在未来。所以我们对佛法僧一定要起尊重敬爱的心，所以这叫做「敬田」。对三宝要起恭敬的心，表示内心的尊重，才能将法放入心中。这是种子，把种子放在心田，这是智慧的种子，因为佛法僧三宝在我们的内心，我们就已经有智慧的种子了。
再来是「恩田」，父母就是我们的「恩田」。我们要懂得孝顺父母，父母恩重难报。看佛陀就是成佛了，看到那一堆白骨，他不只是感恩此生的父母，他还感恩过去无量生的父母。因为他看到那堆白骨，心生感恩，就地恭敬礼拜。在《父母恩重难报经》当中也说过，我们要如何报父母恩？实在是难以报答，我们无论如何回报都报不尽。
有一段文这么说：「父母年老了，走路不方便，做孩子的就是要背他们。」若是父母一起要怎么办呢？ 「左肩担父，右肩担母。」就算肩头磨破了，流血见骨了，用这种艰苦的行为来对待父母，这样是不是已经可以报尽父母恩呢？还不够。
佛为大福田最胜福田，而父母为三界内之最胜福田。——《大方便佛报恩经》
我们在罗东，有一对环保志工母子，很可爱，一个儿子六十多岁，母亲八十余岁，母子相依为命，儿子很孝顺母亲，家境只是小康，儿子眼睛有白内障，外面的境界看不清楚。但是他总是可以让他的母亲每天都很欢喜，经常带他母亲去做环保，每天早上都是用三轮车接送去做环保。让妈妈坐在三轮车上，他用推的出门去做环保。
有的人就说：「阿嬷！你每天都这样跟着孩子搭乘三轮车出来，难道不辛苦吗？又去做环保，不会累吗？」阿嬷说：「不会啊！我儿子跟我这样说，这台车是台湾的宾士。如果我坐在宾士车里面，没有人会看我。但是我坐在三轮车的上面，大家都看得到我。」「我儿子又跟我说，那个垃圾桶就是摸彩箱，有时候在垃圾桶里面也可以捡到收音机。他把收音机捡回来洗一洗、修一修，我也可以听歌听得很欢喜。」
看，这叫做「恩田」。这位先生六十多岁，陪着母亲相依为命，比媳妇在身边更逍遥、更自在，这叫做报恩，所以父母就是我们的恩田。
「悲田」就是在苦难众生中，我们不忍众生苦，我们为众生去付出。看慈济人那一天不是在众生中去付出，去弥补众生所亏欠的、所需要的。这就是「悲田」。「悲田」在慈济人都做得到，每个人都很用心在投入社会，在苦难中付出。但是恩田有没有做到？这个我们大家都要认真地思考。
那「敬田」我们有做到吗？表面上大家都有，是不是佛、法、僧三宝都放在心中？若是「敬佛、敬法、敬僧」都有做到，又能够孝顺父母，又能够用爱去付出，这样三田合一就是「一大福田」。
各位，我们要把心照顾得好，在心田中种下好的种子、耕耘得好。所以时时还是一样要多用心啊！
I have often said that Dharma is like water and we need to constantly wash away mental defilements. To purify our minds, we need to use Dharma. Let us constantly apply Buddha's teachings to our minds and mindfully put them into practice.
Those who wish to repent must first respect the Three Treasures. Therefore, the Three Treasures are the good friends and Fields of Blessings of sentient beings.
That is how we take care of our minds and ensure that our behavior and actions are not misguided and will not be defiled by ignorance and afflictions. So with reverence, pure body and mind, we sincerely respect the Three Treasures.
The Three Treasures are Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
The Three Treasures are Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Why are they called Treasures? Because they are rare and precious. Thus they are treasures. An Enlightened One, a Buddha, is very rare. A person with such wisdom can observe as conditions change in and things, and recognize impermanence. So He sought to discover eternal Truth within such impermanence.
He renounced the lay life to search for and attain enlightenment. The process was very grueling but He was not afraid of hardship. Thus, this Enlightened One came into being. We call Him the Buddha. It has been over 2000 years, and there has not been another one. See how exceptional He was.
Dharma came from this Enlightened One. With His intrinsic nature, His wisdom, He perceived the Truth of the world and was able to elucidate one by one the many delusions in life. He showed us the way to eternal Truth. To recognize eternal Truth, we need to practice as the Buddha taught. This is Dharma. So Dharma is very precious.
Without Dharma, diseases of the mind cannot be cured, just as patients must have medicine. Such medicine can truly cure our illnesses. That is true treasures, true Dharma treasures.
It is like matching bone marrow, the patient has a disease, which may be due to leukemia or an inexplicable gene mutation, so the patient's body cannot properly produce blood cells. Such a patient needs matching marrow to be transplanted from another person. The rate of a match is less than one in 100,000. Just think about how difficult it is to find a match. After the match is found and the bone marrow is transplanted, the patient gets another chance at life because his body can now generate blood cells normally. That is extraordinary! This is similar to Dharma.
For us to be matched with Buddha's Dharma and to be able to accept it as our medicine is not easy at all. That is why Dharma is called a treasure.
When we are ill, we also need a caring mother. When a child id sick, he cannot be without his mother. The mother will care for him. The mother is like a patient's caretaker. Maternal love is so exceptional and so precious! So the Sangha is like a caretaker with maternal love. To display such love is indeed difficult!
Buddha is a kind doctor, Dharma is wondrous Medicine, Sangha are caretakers. A patient in this world cannot lack a kind doctor, medicine or caretakers.
We followed Buddha into a monastic life. There are many people like us. But how many take up the monastic vow with true resolve? We really renounce the lay life for ourselves, as an act of self-respect. Aside from following the Buddha's path and understanding the eternal Truth in impermanence, we must also follow in Bodhisattvas' footsteps. Buddhas praise the ways of Bodhisattvas.
To attain Buddhahood, we cannot lack the Bodhisattva-spirit. Without the Bodhisattva-spirit, we will remain limited in our capacity and wisdom. Then, like practitioners of the Small Vehicle seeking only self-enlightenment, we can never attain Buddhahood. To do so, we need to awaken ourselves and awaken others. To awaken others is to benefit them. That is the path of the Great Vehicle.
If we only focus on our own enlightenment, we can only be an Arhat or a Pratyekabuddha. We must also work to awaken others and accomplish this mission among the people. The mission of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is to save sentient beings. Thus, we can attain perfect enlightened practice. That is a true Buddhist practitioner.
Being in Sangha is not easy. Renouncing the lay life is already difficult, let alone following the path of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and actively saving ourselves as well as others. That is even more difficult. With so many difficulties, it is precious. Thus, Sangha is also referred to as a treasure. So, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are called the Three Treasures.
The Three Treasures are our Fields of Blessing.
Since they are so precious and rare in this world, let us approach them with utmost respect. This also requires self-respect.
Earlier we mentioned that the Buddha is a Great Healer King, wondrous Dharma is like medicine, and Sangha is like a mother caring for a sick child. They can also be good and beneficial friends. If we spend time with good friends, we can learn a lot of good Dharma from them. We use various methods in our daily living. To learn Buddhism, it requires certain methods. In order to lead a happy life, a life of success in this world, we must have good friends, good friends who teach and guide us.
Actually, the Pure Land of Buddha and Bodhisattvas is in the Saha world. They never leave us, but are always with us. The Buddhas always navigate the Ship of Compassion to this world. If positive individuals come to guide us, and we regard them with a Buddha-mind, they are manifestations of living Buddhas.
When we are lost and confused, if we have good friends whose speech clears up our confusion, we should treat their words as the Buddha's words. Good Dharma helps resolve our confusions so we can be free of afflictions and ignorance. This is Buddha-dharma.
The Three Treasures can be doctor who treat us, medicine that cure us, and people who accompany us through life's difficulties. They are also called “Fields of Blessing”. The Three Treasures are our Fields of Blessing. We need all three fields of them to be called the Fields of Blessing. The three are: the Fields of Reverence, the Fields of Gratitude and the Fields of Compassion.
Those who are compassionate for the suffering and are respectful toward Buddha, Sangha and parents will attain blessings and virtues. They are like farmers who cultivate the fields, and thus reap the harvests. The three are know as Fields of Blessings.
Reverence is about respect. Only with respect in our minds, can we be respectful to the Dharma. If we do not have respect, there is no reverence in our minds. With reverence in our minds, we will be motivated from within, then we can physically put the practice into action. In doing so, we can walk the path of life without going astray and achieve liberation in this lifetime.
Because we have this body, we can hear Buddha-dharma. In this lifetime, we can accumulate many seeds of Dharma and use them in the future. So we must respect and revere Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. This is called the Fields of Reverence. We must revere the Three Treasures to show the depths of our respect, then, Dharma can enter our minds. These are seeds. When they are sown in the field of the mind, they are seeds of wisdom. With Buddha, Dharma and Sangha in our minds, we already have the seeds of wisdom.
Next is the Fields of Gratitude. Parents are our Fields of Gratitude. We should strive to be filial to parents. Their grace is tremendous and difficult repay. Even after the Buddha attained enlightenment, when He saw a pile of white bones, He not only honored His parents in this lifetime, but His parents in countless past lives. When He saw that pile of bones, He felt a deep gratitude and bowed to it reverence. The Sutra of Profound Gratitude toward Parents depicts how we can repay our parents' kindness. It is truly difficult to repay them. No matter how we try, it is not enough.
A passage from that Sutra spoke of how, when parents are too old to walk on their own, children should carry them on their back. But how can we carry both parents? Father on the left shoulder, mother on the right; even if the skin on our shoulder is torn, even if we are bleeding and our bone is exposed, we still work hard to treat them well. Is this enough to repay them? No, not enough.
Buddha is the most supreme of all Fields of Blessing. Within the Three Realms, Parents are the unsurpassed Fields of Blessings. - Sutra of Most Skillful Ways to Repay Buddha.
In Luo-Dong, Taiwan, there is a mother-son pair of recycling volunteers. They are very adorable. The son is already in his 60s, the mother is in her 80s. They live together and rely on each other. The son is very filial to his mother. They only have a modest income. The son has cataracts, so he cannot see clearly. But he still makes his mother happy by taking her to do recycling every day. Every morning, he lets his mother sit on the tricycle while he pushes it. Where are they going? Out to sort recycling.
Some would ask her, “Grandma, you come to work every day on a tricycle with your son. Isn't it tiring? And you sort recycling, too. Doesn't it wear you out?” The grandma said, “Not at all. Our tricycle is a Taiwanese Mercedes Benz. My son says if I sat in a real Mercedes, no one would pay me any attention. But when I on this tricycle, everyone can see me. My son also said that the trash can is a raffle box. He says sometimes he even finds a radio in the trash can; he found a radio, cleaned and fixed it. I really enjoy listening to that radio.”
See, this is the Fields of Gratitude. This man is his 60s and he still keeps his mother company. He feels freer this way than with a wife. This is Repayment of Grace. So parents represent the Fields of Gratitude.
Fields of Compassion is found among the suffering. We cannot bear to see others suffer so we devote ourselves to helping them. Look at Tzu Chi volunteers. Aren't they constantly assisting the suffering? They seek to provide what others lack and need. This is the Fields of compassion.
Tzu Chi volunteers all cultivate this field. They devotedly contribute to society and give to the suffering. But we need to reflect on whether we have done enough to cultivate this field.
Have we cultivated the Field of Reverence? On the surface, it appears we have. Do we keep the Three Treasures in our minds and respect Buddha, Dharma and Sangha? If we do so, are filial to parents, and give to others with love, these three fields unite to become the Great Field of Blessings.
Everyone, take good care of the mind so we can plant good seeds in the field of the mind and cultivate it well. So please always be mindful.
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