Busa Trulku 蘇南給稱仁波切於2月14日薘師長壽佛修法前開示
Busa Trulku pre-ceremony teaching at Taiwan Dorji Lingpa Buddhist Center in Feb 14 2014
Today is a special day as it is Chinese lantern festival and all family getting together. It is also valentines day. We are doing Long Life Buddha ceremony, butter lamp light up ceremony and Mahakala ceremony on this special day.
The reason we need to conduct long life ceremony as we want to increase our life. We don’t know how long is our life but we need to try at least making sure in our limited life, we can live peacefully and healthy. This is why we need to practice long life Buddha sutra and to chant the mantra often. By doing this we can reduce our life challenge and obstacles. Long Life Buddha is actually the same as Amitaba inside. They only look differently from outside.
In our limited life, we need to know life is very precious and we are much better than most other sentient being. At least we can learn Buddhism and dharma and try to treat those suffering source and factors. Gradually we take out the 5 poison and our mind is in peace not suffering. At this time we need to extend our life so we can continuous Buddhism practice and help others people to reduce their suffering and share our experience to them.
Our life is combined by 100 deities and if we harm or hurt others or ourself, we are actually hurting those deities. We need to respect each other because each of us naturally inside is all Buddha.
Now we are still healthy and young so we need to learn the Buddhism Philosophy and level of practices. Gradually when we are older and our mind is more quite and concentrate and easily to reach nature Buddha mind.
We need to know the karma and we are who we are by accumulating life what we have done in the past. It is true for sure.
Also today we offer butter lamp is to light up our mind brightness and we also dedicate to all sentient being and help them to see better from the darkness.
For the protector Mahakala practice, we need to see him like our close best friend. He can help us to solve short-term and urgent issues. Of course Guru Buddha and Dakini can help us but if our practice level not there, it is very difficult to be able to reach them.
I hope you all have a great day.
今天是很重要的日子，是元宵節也是情人節，而我們能在這重要的一天來一起修長壽佛法，供燈及多傑林巴傳承護法，在好的時間日子修法，會促使修法的力量更強，而對我們的幫助也更多。
長壽佛修法是來增加我們的壽命並減少在有限生命裏的障疑。我們生來時，壽命已固定，但我們自己無法知道自己的壽命有多長，所以時時持念長壽佛咒，可以減少對我們生命的障疑。台灣人與阿彌陀佛的緣份很深，所以提到阿彌陀佛的法，大家很能理解接受。這也是代表我們在前世也學習過此法，所以今世我們能在台灣修此法。
雖然長壽佛與阿彌陀佛外表不一樣，實質內在長壽佛也是阿彌陀佛。
我們必須了解、身為人身已是非常難得的，比起很多有情眾，我們至少能透過學習佛法來找出自己生命生活痛苦的因，並透過佛法的修行來對治並去除苦的因。當我們去除五毒的因，自己心淸淨了，不再受苦了，那我們得増加自己的壽命健康，並多做利益他人的事，把自己心平靜的方法與他人分享並協助他們也能達成。
佛教弟子的我們 ，必須相信因果，今日的我們，是自己累世的我所造，確定無誤。
但如何使自己壽命增加呢？1是修長壽佛法，2是自己的行為。我們不能殺生也不能傷害有情眾。一次殺生，會造成自己被殺害500次。
毎個人身的形成有100文武百尊，所以任何傷害別人或自己，也是傷害了文武百尊。而我們對所有的人至少要做到尊重，因為每人心的本質都是佛。忿怒尊位置在頭蓋頂中央，寂靜尊則在心的位置。
在有限的生命，我們漸漸老了，得保握能學法的時間與機會，若到老了，眼看不清，耳聽不清，身體有了病痛而無法親近佛法時，那時想學又學不了。至少現在我們學會並了解修行的次第及方式，當我們老了時，我們的心更清淨更能專心佛法修行，一定更能加速我們達到證佛的境界。
點燈是點亮自己的心，而不被層層的污濁無明遮住自己的心，而我們也發心照亮一切有情眾，讓他們在黑暗中看到光明。
而修護法Mahakala是祈請傳承護法能保護我們並協助我們解決短暫急迫的困難。上師本尊空行母有如國王一樣，不是隨時能見得到的，而自己的修行層次未到，就更難見到。我們祈請護法，希望能成為他的朋友，我們有難時，他能協助我們。有些護法的層級已是佛及菩薩界了。
祝大家吉祥如意。現在開始修法。
