Liao-Fan's Four Lessons

章鴻居士 Mah Yon Fong

Mayelana nalolu hlelo lokusebenza

Yize iLiao-Fan’s Four Lessons ingeyona iBuddhist sutra, kudingeka siyihloniphe futhi siyidumise njengeyodwa. Engxenyeni yokuqala yaleli khulu leminyaka, uGreat Master Yin-Guang, uMbhishobhi Omkhulu weshumi nantathu weSikole Somhlaba Ohlanzekile wanikela konke ukuphila kwakhe ekuphakamisweni kwaso futhi wengamela ukunyatheliswa kwezigidi zamakhophi aso. Akagcinanga nje ngokukhuthaza le ncwadi kodwa futhi wayifunda, wenza lokho eyayikufundisa futhi efundisa ngayo.

Ngekhulu leshumi nesithupha eChina, uMnu Liao-Fan Yuan wabhala izifundo ezine zikaLiao-Fan ngethemba lokuthi izofundisa indodana yakhe, uTian-Qi Yuan, ukuthi angaqonda kanjani ubuso beqiniso lesiphetho, asho okuhle kokubi, alungise amaphutha akhe futhi wenze okuhle. Futhi kunikeze ubufakazi obuphilayo bezinzuzo ngokwenza imisebenzi emihle nokuhlakulela ubuhle nokuthobeka. Elandisa amava akhe ekushintsheni ikusasa, uMnu Liao-Fan Yuan wayeyisibonelo sezimfundiso zakhe.

Isihloko sale ncwadi sithi Izifundo Ezine zikaLiao-Fan. "Liao" kusho ukuqonda nokuvuka. “Umlandeli” kusho ukuthi uma umuntu engeyena umuntu ohlakaniphile njengoBuddha, uBodhisattva noma u-Arhat, khona-ke umuntu ungumuntu ojwayelekile. Ngakho-ke, "uLiao-Fan" kusho ukuqonda ukuthi akwanele ukuba ngumuntu ojwayelekile, kufanele sivelele. Lapho kuvela imicabango engaqondakali, kudingeka siyisuse kancane kancane.

Kunezifundo ezine noma izahluko kule ncwadi. Isifundo sokuqala sikhombisa ukuthi ungayidala kanjani ikusasa. Isifundo sesibili sichaza izindlela zokwenza izinguquko. Eyesithathu yembula izindlela zokuhlakulela ubuhle. Futhi owesine udalula izinzuzo zobuhle bokuthobeka.