你真正念的是佛还是习惯？

摘要：烦恼的来源是他念佛的习惯性从来没改变过，而不是真正念佛带来的。

修法往往会带来更多的烦恼，其主要原因是在心理上没有接受一个正见，而是习惯的认可，旧的习惯只是掩盖了。久而久之，旧习惯一定会反扑，这时就很容易抱怨我怎么用不上法、这法只是道理等等；会习惯地认为烦恼是因为修法带来的，而没有认知到只是自己的习惯性把烦恼附加到修法的结果上了。

比如一个人腿疼，念阿弥陀佛、阿弥陀佛、阿弥陀佛……后来烦恼来了，抱怨说我都念这么多了，怎么我的腿还没好呢？——他念的是他的腿而不是阿弥陀佛。真正念阿弥陀佛，是让自己的心回到本净上，了解“痛”是不可得的、无有实质的，心不再对抗这个“痛”了，腿也会受心念的影响而慢慢休息、康复的。

其实，烦恼的来源是他念佛的习惯性从来没改变过，而不是真正念佛带来的。

Are You Mindful of the Buddha or the Habits While Chanting Buddha?

You get no benefit from Dharma practice, but more worries instead. The main reason is that you haven’t come to accept the right view, but recognize it habitually. The old habit is covered temporarily by Dharma practice. And sooner or later it will bounce back. Then you are very likely to complain that Dharma is no more than useless dogma, and even hold that worries come from Dharma practice, failing to realize that it is because you impose your worries habitually upon Dharma practice.

For example, a man is suffering from leg aching and he chants “Amitabha, Amitabha, Amitabha……” He will complain that after I have chanted so many times, why is my leg aching still there? Actually, what he is mindful of while chanting is his leg, but not Amitabha. Amitabha chanting will let your heart return to its inherent purity, and then you will understand that ‘aching’ is neither obtainable nor substantial, and your mind will not oppose the ‘aching’ any more, and at last your aching leg will rest itself and get recovered.

Actually, worries come from the retaining of the old habits in Buddha-chanting, but not from Buddha-chanting itself.