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我的學佛因緣
HOW I CAME TO STUDY BUDDHISM
陸大任居士
Upasaka James Lu

仁德 採訪 Interviewed by Ren De

陸大任居士生長在台灣官宦之家,他曾就讀於天主教小學,平生境遇雖然不錯,卻在旁人身上見到人生種種痛苦。八七年聽到宣公上人開示,初次接觸到佛法。後來因為讀到《金剛經》中的偈頌:「一切有為法,如夢幻泡影,如露亦如電,應作如是觀。」從此堅定他信佛、學佛的志願。九○年皈依宣公上人,在師父教導下他研究《華嚴經》,發覺佛法深妙,寶藏無盡。因此他告誡自己,要珍惜光陰好好學習,同時更應躬行實踐,放下各種執著,改變習氣,否則聽如未聽,不能於佛法中得到實際利益。 陸居士個性方正,為人豪爽,常常仗義執言,又好推己及人,九○年開始吃素,也是為了把功德迴向給朋友。學佛後,體悟到因緣各有不同,不能刻意勉強他人接受佛法。他在生活中時時懺悔,希望能改變習氣,照著師父的教誨去做,推行忍的功夫。目前擔任三藩市灣區佛學研究班的會長,雖然工作忙碌,但在他內心,已將師父為弘揚佛法翻譯經典的工作,視為第一要務。他希望能有更多人參與,團結合作,如此正法必能在西方發揚光大,使眾生離苦得樂。


James Lu was born and raised in a politically-oriented family in Taiwan. He attended a Catholic primary school. Although his own life was quite comfortable, he saw those around him undergoing the various sufferings of life. In 1987 he heard Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's instructional talk, thus encountering Buddhism for the first time. After reading in the Vajra Sutra that "All conditioned Dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles and shadows, like dew and like lightning; we should contemplate them thus," he desired to believe in and study Buddhism even more. In 1990 he took refuge with Venerable Master Hua. Under the Master's guidance, he investigated the Avatamsaka Sutra, and found the profound and wonderful Buddhadharma to be an inexhaustible treasury. Then he told himself that he must make a good use of his life to study Buddhadharma. Moreover, he should really practice it by putting down all attachments and changing his bad habits; otherwise, he would not be any different than before, and he would not benefit from Buddhism. In character, Upasaka Lu is upright and generous, honest and straightforward. He likes to benefit others. In 1990 he became a vegetarian with the purpose of transferring that merit and virtue to a friend. From studying Buddhadharma, he realizes that each person has different causes and conditions and he cannot force people to accept Buddhism. In daily life, he is always trying to repent and reform his bad habits, follow the Venerable Master's instructions, and cultivate patience. James Lu is the president of the San Francisco Bay Area Buddhist Study Association. Despite his busy career, his first priority is to help the Master propagate the Dharma by translating the Sutras. He hopes more people will join them, and everyone will work together to make the Proper Dharma flourish in the West, and help living beings leave suffering and attain bliss!

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