One of the secrets of changing fate: he made up his mind to correct mistakes

改变命运秘密之一：他下决心改错

Where does good fortune come from? By stopping evil and doing good. To do good and accumulate virtue is the fundamental way to change fate.

------Zhuge Changqing

The four precepts of Liaofan, also known as "Life and Self-reliance", are the family precepts made by Mr. Yuan Liaofan of the Ming Dynasty of China, combining his own experience and lifelong learning and cultivation, in order to educate his descendants, to teach his son Yuan Tianqi, to know the truth of fate, to distinguish between good and evil, to improve the method of reform, and to do good and accumulate virtue and modesty.

He verified the accuracy of the fate in the early stage, and then further understood the origin of the fate, knowing that people can control their own future and transform their own destiny. In the second half of his life, he also verified the accuracy of people's ability to "set their own destiny" and seek more blessings for themselves. However, it is negative and unhelpful just to know and secure life; However, the "study of destiny", which is constantly striving to reform fate, is positive and beneficial. Mr. Liao Fan used his own experience of transforming his fate to "speak for himself"; Reading it can open people's minds, increase their confidence and courage, and they are eager to follow Mr. Fan's example to transform their own destiny; It is really a good book that is beneficial to the people of the world and transfers the social atmosphere.

Zhuge Changqing: What is the fate of life? In the final analysis, it is to stop evil and do good, abstain from killing and release life, and do good and accumulate virtue. This is the fundamental way to change fate. In this respect, the "Four Instructions of Liao Fan", "The Three Generations of Cause and Effect", and "The Supreme Emperor's Induction" have all made good explanations. In the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Fan personally verified

Mr. Li Fan is also a writer. The Four Commandments of Liao Fan is a good ancient literary work. Because ordinary people are accustomed to the style of writing and find it difficult to read ancient Chinese, translating the original text into vernacular is a relatively complete and wholesome reading, which is worth reading.

Although this book is not a Buddhist sutra, it should be respected as a Buddhist sutra. In the early years of the Republic of China, the master of Jingzong Yingguang strongly advocated this book in his life. His Honghua Society printed and sent more than one million copies of this book. From this, we can see that Yin Zu attached great importance to this book. Not only that, but also continue to advocate and teach us to study, practice and speak.

According to the Buddha Education Foundation's Refined Interpretation of the Four Sutras:

The "four precepts" are almost universally known as the treasure of transforming fate. Most people who are blessed can read this book carefully after obtaining it, and then set their ambitions and practice hard to make diseases invisible, eliminate the threat of poverty, eliminate the troubles of life, and achieve the state of sanctification.

As the motto of self-cultivation, everyone can become a saint and a virtuous person; It is indeed the best way to save oneself and save others by using it as a guideline to eliminate disasters and karma.

The interpretation of the four precepts is refined, the content is clear and popular, and the main idea of the original book "the four precepts" is not lost. Readers may have different opinions due to different degrees and different ideas. However, it contains the principle of "cultivating one's moral integrity and self-restraint, settling down and living", and the principle of "transforming others into saints, transcending life and death", which is clearly to be learned.

Therefore, anyone with foresight will not miss the opportunity to read this book. Anyone who has wisdom, ambition and ambition, and wants to understand the truth of the universe and life, and serve the society and benefit the people, after reading this book, will be able to introduce and spread it to others. And these gains are the reason why this book can be spread through the ages.

Chapter I The Study of Life

Liao Fan's four verses in vernacular (organized by the Liao Fan Society for the Promotion of Dharma)

This book is a family instruction written by Mr. Yuan Liaofan of the Ming Dynasty in China. It teaches his son Yuan Tianqi, the truth of fate, the standard of distinguishing between good and evil, the method of reforming, and the effects of doing good, accumulating virtue and humility; And he said it from his own experience of transforming fate; Reading it can open people's minds, increase their confidence and courage, and they are eager to follow Mr. Fan's example to transform their own destiny; It is really a good book that is beneficial to the people of the world and transfers the social atmosphere.

The so-called "destiny" is that I want to create my destiny, not let it bind me. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the science of establishing life and explain the principles of establishing life. Mr. Yuan Liaofan told his son what he had experienced, what he had seen and all the tests of his transformation destiny; Yuan Tianqi should not be bound by fate, and should strive to do good, "don't be small for good"; We must also work hard to cut off evil, "don't do it with small evil"; In this way, you can certainly change your destiny. The so-called "breaking the evil and repairing the good" and "eliminating the disaster and eliminating the good" are the principles of transforming your destiny.

[Thousands of people have different lives! Life is different. Yuan Liaofan of the Ming Dynasty had an ordinary life. When he met Mr. Kong, his life was counted. His short life was never successful. His previous career was not light. He was mediocre for 20 years. His life was counted. Zen Master Yungu came to tell him that only ordinary people can turn their lives! Only can they turn their lives.]

My father passed away when I was a child. My mother asked me to give up my studies, not to take an examination of merit and fame, and to study medicine instead. She also said that studying medicine can earn money to support life, and can also help others. And you can become a famous doctor with excellent medical skills, which is your father's previous wish.

Later, I met an old man in Ciyun Temple. He was very handsome, with a long beard, and looked like a fairy. I saluted him respectfully. The old man said to me, "You are a man in the officialdom. You can take the exam and enter the school next year. Why don't you read?"?

I told him why my mother told me to give up reading to study medicine. And ask the old man's name, who he is and where he lives; The old man replied to me, "My name is Kong, and I am from Yunnan. I have his true biography of the number of Huangji that Mr. Shao Kangjie was proficient in in in the Song Dynasty.". According to the doomed number, I should pass this number to you.

So I took the old man to my house and told my mother about the situation. Mother wants me to treat him well. He also said: Since this gentleman is proficient in the theory of fate, please ask him to calculate for you, and try to see whether it works.

As a result, Mr. Kong's calculations, although very small, are very effective. After hearing what Mr. Kong said, I started to read and discussed with my cousin Shen Shen. My cousin said, "My good friend, Mr. Yu Haigu, opened a restaurant at Shen Youfu's house to accept students.". I will send you to his place for boarding and study, which is very convenient. So I took Mr. Yu Haigu as my teacher. Mr. Kong once calculated my destiny for me; He said: When you don't get an official title to be a child, you should be 14th in the county exam, 71st in the government exam, and ninth in the school entrance exam.

Next year, as expected, the positions of the three examinations are exactly the same as those calculated by Mr. Kong. Mr. Kong also calculated the good and bad luck for me. He said, "What is the number of candidates in that year? In that year, Lin Sheng should be supplemented. In that year, he should be a tribute student. After the tribute student pays, in one year, he should be elected as a county head of Sichuan Province. After three and a half years as the county head, he should resign and return to his hometown.". At the age of fifty-three, you should die on August 14. Unfortunately, you have no son.

I recorded these words one by one and kept them in mind. From then on, whenever there is an exam, the ranking of the exam will not exceed the ranking determined by Mr. Kong in advance. Only the rice that I should receive as a Linsheng can pay tribute when I get 91 stones and five buckets. When I ate 71 stone meters there, Master Xuetai Tu (Xuetai: equivalent to the current director of education) approved me and made up the tribute. I privately suspected that what Mr. Kong had calculated was a little ineffective.

Later, it was rejected by another acting Master Yang of Xuetai, and I was not allowed to make up the tribute. Until the year of Ding Mao, Master Yin Qiuming saw that my 'alternative test paper' in the examination room did not succeed. He regretted for me, and sighed: The five strategies made in this paper were just like the memorial to the emperor. How can a scholar with college questions like this be buried in his old age?

So he told the county magistrate to go to his place on business for me and allow me to make up for the tribute. After all these twists and turns, I ate more rice for a period of time. The 71 stones I ate even before just made up for it. The total amount was 91 stones and five buckets. Because of these setbacks, I am more convinced that a person's rise and fall in fame and fame are doomed. However, there are certain times when luck is late or early, so we don't want to pursue everything.

When I was elected "Gongsheng", I was required to study at the National University in Beijing. So I lived in the capital for a year. All day long, I sit still, don't speak, and don't turn my mind. I don't read any words. In my late years, I went back to the National University in Nanjing to study. Before entering the National University, I went to Qixia Mountain to meet with Zen Master Yungu, who is a respected monk.

I sat face to face with Zen master in a meditation room for three days and nights without even closing my eyes. Zen Master Yungu asked me, "No one can become a saint because of his delusions."; But you sat in silence for three days, and I never saw you have a delusion. What's the reason?

I said: My life is determined by Mr. Kong. When to live, when to die, when to be proud, when to be frustrated, there is a certain number. There is no way to change it. It is useless to think about what benefits you can get; So if you don't want to be honest, there will be no delusions in your heart. Zen master Yungu smiled: I thought you were a great hero. There I know that you were just a mediocre ordinary man.

I didn't understand after listening, so I asked him what he said? Zen master Yungu said: "An ordinary person cannot say that he has no consciousness of nonsense;"; Since there is such an insatiable delusion, it will be bound by the number of yin and yang qi; How can we say there is no number since we are bound by the number of yin and yang qi? Although there must be numbers, only ordinary people are bound by numbers. If you are a very good person, you will not be able to count him.

Because a very good man is doomed to suffer even though he is doomed to suffer; But he has done a great deal of good deeds. The power of this great good deed can make him become happy, poor and short lived, rich and long lived.

And the number of extremely evil people can't hold him back. Because the extremely evil person, although he was destined to enjoy happiness, if he did a great evil, the power of this great evil can turn happiness into disaster, and wealth and longevity into poverty and short life.

Zhuge Changqing: The number of good and evil in life directly affects people's fate.

Your life has been decided by Mr. Kong for twenty years. Instead of turning the number by a penny, you have been arrested by the number. A person will be detained by a number of people. It is a common man. So, you are not a common man. What is it?

I asked Zen Master Yungu: According to you, can you escape this number? Zen master said: I make my own life, and I seek my own happiness; If I make evil, I will naturally make good; I will be blessed if I practice good deeds. What has been said in various poems and books in the past is really true and clear. Our Buddhist scriptures say that if one asks for wealth, he will get wealth, if he asks for children, he will get children, if he asks for longevity, he will get longevity.

Zhuge Changqing: Zen Master Yungu said very well that life and destiny are created by himself.

As long as he does good deeds, life can't hold him back. Because lying is the great precept of Buddhism, why would Buddha and Bodhisattva lie and deceive others?

After I heard it, I still didn't understand, and asked further; Mencius once said, "Whatever you ask for, you can get." This is what you can do in my heart.

If it's not in my heart, how can I get it? For example, moral benevolence and justice are all in my heart. I am determined to be a person with moral benevolence and justice. Naturally, I will become a person with moral benevolence and justice. This is what I can do my best to seek. If you are rich and famous, it is not in my heart, it is outside of me. I can only get it if others will give it to me. If others refuse to give it to me, I can't get it. How can I get it? Zen Master Yungu said: Mencius's words are good, but you are wrong.

You can't see that Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, said that all kinds of Fukuda are decided in everyone's heart. Happiness is not happy, and there is no field of happiness to find outside the heart, so it is all in your heart to plant blessings and misfortunes. As long as you seek happiness from your heart, you can't feel it!

Zhuge Changqing: Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, said that the good fate of life depends on your heart.

If you can seek from your heart, it is not only the moral benevolence in your heart, but also the fame and wealth outside your body, so it is called both inside and outside. In other words, in order to plant a land of happiness, we must get something if we seek benevolence and justice, happiness and wealth.

If a person has fame and wealth in his life, he will get it even if he doesn't ask for it; If you don't have fame and wealth in your life, you can't get it even if you have exhausted your methods.

Therefore, if a person can't review and reflect on himself, he just blindly pursues fame, fortune and longevity outside; But if you can't get it, you are still resigned to your fate. This is in line with Mencius' two words, "Seek the right way and get the right life".

You should know that even if you get it, it is still in your life, and it is not the effect you seek. So you can only ask for what you can get, and you don't need to ask for what you can't get.

If you must ask, you will not only lose the fame and wealth outside your body, but also lose all the moral benevolence and righteousness in your heart because of excessive unreasonable demands, excessive greed, and unscrupulous means for seeking. Isn't that a loss of both inside and outside? Therefore, it is useless to seek blindly.

[To seek wealth and honor, to seek children, to seek longevity, and to seek longevity, there is nothing that cannot be achieved. As long as you do something well and seek from your heart, your heart is a blessing field, and don't ask for it; your heart is a blessing field, and don't ask for it.]

Zen Master Yungu then asked me, "What is your life's fate, Mr. Kong?"?

I will count Mr. Kong as me, and tell him in detail how he did in the exam in a certain year. Zen Master Yungu said: Think for yourself, should you get an official title? Should I have a son? I reflected on what I had done in the past, and thought for a long time before I said: I should not get an official title in the exam, nor should I have a son. Because most of the people who have fame have good luck.

My face is thin, so my happiness is also thin. They can't accumulate merit and virtue and good deeds to establish the foundation of good fortune. And I can't bear to bear the trivial and heavy things. Others have something wrong, and they can't tolerate it. Because I am impatient and have a narrow stomach. Sometimes I also have pride and arrogance, and I can outdo others with my ability and intelligence. Do what you want in your heart, and talk nonsense. All kinds of actions like this are a sign of poor luck. How can you get an official title!

It is good to like clean; But don't overdo it. If you overdo it, you will become cranky. So the less clean the place is, the more things will come out. On the contrary, very clean water can't keep fish.

I like cleaning too much, and then I become inhuman. This is the first reason why I have no son.

Between heaven and earth, everything can grow only by the gentle sunshine and gentle rain. I often get angry and angry. How can I have a son without any sense of harmony? This is the second reason why I have no son.

Benevolence is the basis of life. If you are cruel, there is no mercy; Like fruit, how can fruit trees grow without nuts? Therefore, tolerance is the root that will not breed; I only know that I cherish my honor and will not sacrifice myself to fulfill others and accumulate some merits. This is the third reason why I have no son.

Too much talk is easy to hurt my anger. I talk too much and hurt my anger. So I am very ill. Where will there be a son? This is the fourth reason why I have no son.

People can only live by three kinds of energy and spirit; I love drinking, which is easy to dissipate spirit; A person with insufficient energy will not live long even if he has a son. This is the fifth reason why I have no son.

A person should not sleep during the day and should not sleep at night; I often like to sit all night long and refuse to sleep. I don't know how to maintain my vitality. This is the sixth reason why I have no son. There are many other mistakes, which can't be said! Zen Master Yungu said, "It's not just that you don't deserve fame. I'm afraid there are many things you don't deserve."!

When you know whether you are blessed or not, it is all made by your heart. The wise man knows that it is all his own doing; Those who are confused will be pushed to fate.

For example, the one who can have a fortune in the world must be the one who enjoys the fortune; Those who can own the 100 gold industry must be those who enjoy the 100 gold fortune; Those who should starve to death must be those who should be punished by starvation. For example, if a good man accumulates virtue, God will add more blessings to him. When a wicked man commits iniquity, heaven will increase the evil he deserves. God just added more to his original texture and didn't mean anything else.

In the next paragraph, Zen Master Yungu used the common people's opinions to persuade Mr. Fan to work hard to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.

Just like giving birth to a son, it is also to see how the seeds are planted. The seeds are very thick, and the fruit is also thick. If you plant thinly, you will knot thinly. For example, if a person has accumulated a hundred generations of merit and virtue, there must be a hundred generations of descendants to keep his happiness. After ten generations of merit and virtue, there must be ten generations of descendants to keep his blessing. After three or two generations of merit and virtue, there must be three or two generations of descendants to keep his happiness. As for those who have only enjoyed the blessings of one generation and will be extinct in the next generation; That's because his merit is extremely low. I'm afraid his guilt has accumulated a lot! Now that you know your shortcomings, you should try your best to clean up all the advantages and disadvantages that you have never been able to gain fame and honor and have no son. We must be virtuous, kind to others, inclusive of everything for others, and cherish our own spirit.

Zhuge Changqing: Be kind to others, be merciful and happy to give up, and lay a good foundation for destiny.

All the previous things, such as yesterday, have died; Everything in the future, such as today, has just been born; If you can do this, you will regenerate a moral life. We still have a certain number of flesh and blood; And the life of righteousness and morality, is there any reason that can move heaven? The first chapter of the Book of Songs says: The disasters that heaven sent to you may be avoided; If you do something wrong, you will have to be punished, and you can't live happily in the world.

The Book of Songs also says that people should always think about what they have done, which is in line with the law of heaven. There will be many blessings without asking. Therefore, it is all up to you to seek disaster and happiness.

[The Book of Songs says: "Heaven does evil, but it can still be violated, and it can't be lived, and it can't be lived."

Mr. Kong reckons that you are not worthy of fame and fame. Although you are doomed, you can still change. As long as you expand your inherent moral nature, try to do more good deeds and accumulate more evil virtues. This is the blessing you have created, and others can't take it. Is it possible that you can't enjoy it?

The Book of Changes also has plans for some kind-hearted and moral people to go to the auspicious side and avoid dangerous people, things and places.

If the fate cannot be changed, where can good fortune and bad luck be avoided? In the first chapter of the Book of Changes, it is said that a family that often does good will have redundant blessings to pass on to its descendants; Can you really believe this truth?

I believe what Zen Master Yungu said, and I thank him and accept his advice; At the same time, I will tell you all the mistakes and sins I have done in the past, no matter how big or small, before the Buddha; He also wrote a text, praying for fame, and vowing to do 3000 good deeds to repay my great kindness. After hearing my vow to do 3000 good deeds, Zen Master Yungu showed me the merit and demerit grid. Tell me to do according to the method set by the Merit and demerit grid. All I do, whether good or evil, should be recorded on the Merit and demerit grid every day. The good things should be recorded under the Merit grid, and the evil things should be recorded under the Merit grid.

However, if you do something bad, you should subtract the work you have already recorded according to the size of the bad. He also taught me to recite the Zhunti Mantra, which strengthened the power of the Buddha. I hope that what I ask for will have an effect. Zen master Yungu also said to me that an expert who painted Shun Fu once said that if a person could not draw Shun Fu, he would be laughed at by ghosts and gods.

There is a secret way to pass down the glyph, but it just doesn't move its mind. When you draw a note, you should not only have the wrong idea, but also put it down together. Clean your heart clean without any distractions, because if you have any thoughts, your heart will not be clean. When it comes to the idea of not moving, use a pen to point on the paper, which is called Chaos Foundation. Because a complete line of characters is drawn from this point, this is the foundation of the character.

From this point on to drawing a complete talisman, if there is no other idea, then this talisman is very effective. Not only should the drawing note be free of distractions, but any prayer to heaven, or change of fate, should never go to work without delusions, so as to move heaven. Mencius said that there is no difference between short life and long life. Does it sound strange at first? Because short life is the opposite of long life, and it is completely different. How to say it is the same? Do you know the difference between short life and long life when there is no delusion at all, just like when the baby is in the fetal cell?

When I was born, I gradually gained knowledge and a sense of separation; At this time, all kinds of good deeds and evil deeds created in the previous life will be rewarded, and there will be a difference between short life and long life.

Therefore, fate is made by oneself. If we subdivide the word "life" into two words, then the rich and the poor should look at each other equally. The rich should not rely on wealth and power to do things casually, and the poor should not abandon themselves to do bad things. Although poor, they should still be a good man who keeps his own; Only in this way can we change the poor life into the rich life. The original life of wealth has changed into more wealth, or more wealth for a long time. Poor people are no different from those who are good. The underdeveloped people should not be reckless and ridiculous because they are not successful; Developed people should not take advantage of their power to bully others. The more proud they are, the more they want to do good and eliminate evil.

Only in this way can we change the originally poor life into a developed life, and the originally developed life will become more developed. There is no difference between short life and long life; Soon after he died, he did evil things while he was still alive. You should know that since you have a short life, you should be a good person even more. I hope that you will not have a short life in the next life. This life may also extend your life!

People who live a long life should not think that they have a life, so they should try their best to commit evil, commit adultery and commit adultery. You should know that it is not easy to live a long life. You should be a good man to keep his long life. Only by understanding this truth can we turn the originally short life into a long life. The originally long life will be longer and healthier. In this world, only life and death have the most important relationship, so short life and long life are the most important things. Since the most important short life is the same as long life, then everything else is prosperous, rich and developed; Adversity, poverty and underdevelopment can be included.

Mencius only talked about short life and long life, but not about rich and poor, developed and underdeveloped.

Then Zen Master Yungu told me that Mencius said, "Cultivate yourself and wait for it", which means that you should cultivate your virtue all the time, and don't do any mistakes or sins. As for whether life can be changed, it is a matter of accumulating virtue and praying for heaven.

If it's not in my heart, how can I get it? For example, moral benevolence and justice are all in my heart. I am determined to be a person with moral benevolence and justice. Naturally, I will become a person with moral benevolence and justice. This is what I can do my best to seek. If you are rich and famous, it is not in my heart, it is outside of me. I can only get it if others will give it to me. If others refuse to give it to me, I can't get it. How can I get it? Zen Master Yungu said: Mencius's words are good, but you are wrong.

You can't see that Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, said that all kinds of Fukuda are decided in everyone's heart. Happiness is not happy, and there is no field of happiness to find outside the heart, so it is all in your heart to plant blessings and misfortunes. As long as you seek happiness from your heart, you can't feel it!

Zhuge Changqing: Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor, said that the good fate of life depends on your heart.

If you can seek from your heart, it is not only the moral benevolence in your heart, but also the fame and wealth outside your body, so it is called both inside and outside. In other words, in order to plant a land of happiness, we must get something if we seek benevolence and justice, happiness and wealth.

If a person has fame and wealth in his life, he will get it even if he doesn't ask for it; If you don't have fame and wealth in your life, you can't get it even if you have exhausted your methods.

Therefore, if a person can't review and reflect on himself, he just blindly pursues fame, fortune and longevity outside; But if you can't get it, you are still resigned to your fate. This is in line with Mencius' two words, "Seek the right way and get the right life".

You should know that even if you get it, it is still in your life, and it is not the effect you seek. So you can only ask for what you can get, and you don't need to ask for what you can't get.

If you must ask, you will not only lose the fame and wealth outside your body, but also lose all the moral benevolence and righteousness in your heart because of excessive unreasonable demands, excessive greed, and unscrupulous means for seeking. Isn't that a loss of both inside and outside? Therefore, it is useless to seek blindly.

[To seek wealth and honor, to seek children, to seek longevity, and to seek longevity, there is nothing that cannot be achieved. As long as you do something well and seek from your heart, your heart is a blessing field, and don't ask for it; your heart is a blessing field, and don't ask for it.]

Zen Master Yungu then asked me, "What is your life's fate, Mr. Kong?"?

I will count Mr. Kong as me, and tell him in detail how he did in the exam in a certain year. Zen Master Yungu said: Think for yourself, should you get an official title? Should I have a son? I reflected on what I had done in the past, and thought for a long time before I said: I should not get an official title in the exam, nor should I have a son. Because most of the people who have fame have good luck.

My face is thin, so my happiness is also thin. They can't accumulate merit and virtue and good deeds to establish the foundation of good fortune. And I can't bear to bear the trivial and heavy things. Others have something wrong, and they can't tolerate it. Because I am impatient and have a narrow stomach. Sometimes I also have pride and arrogance, and I can outdo others with my ability and intelligence. Do what you want in your heart, and talk nonsense. All kinds of actions like this are a sign of poor luck. How can you get an official title!

It is good to like clean; But don't overdo it. If you overdo it, you will become cranky. So the less clean the place is, the more things will come out. On the contrary, very clean water can't keep fish.

I like cleaning too much, and then I become inhuman. This is the first reason why I have no son.

Between heaven and earth, everything can grow only by the gentle sunshine and gentle rain. I often get angry and angry. How can I have a son without any sense of harmony? This is the second reason why I have no son.

Benevolence is the basis of life. If you are cruel, there is no mercy; Like fruit, how can fruit trees grow without nuts? Therefore, tolerance is the root that will not breed; I only know that I cherish my honor and will not sacrifice myself to fulfill others and accumulate some merits. This is the third reason why I have no son.

Too much talk is easy to hurt my anger. I talk too much and hurt my anger. So I am very ill. Where will there be a son? This is the fourth reason why I have no son.

People can only live by three kinds of energy and spirit; I love drinking, which is easy to dissipate spirit; A person with insufficient energy will not live long even if he has a son. This is the fifth reason why I have no son.

A person should not sleep during the day and should not sleep at night; I often like to sit all night long and refuse to sleep. I don't know how to maintain my vitality. This is the sixth reason why I have no son. There are many other mistakes, which can't be said! Zen Master Yungu said, "It's not just that you don't deserve fame. I'm afraid there are many things you don't deserve."!

When you know whether you are blessed or not, it is all made by your heart. The wise man knows that it is all his own doing; Those who are confused will be pushed to fate.

For example, the one who can have a fortune in the world must be the one who enjoys the fortune; Those who can own the 100 gold industry must be those who enjoy the 100 gold fortune; Those who should starve to death must be those who should be punished by starvation. For example, if a good man accumulates virtue, God will add more blessings to him. When a wicked man commits iniquity, heaven will increase the evil he deserves. God just added more to his original texture and didn't mean anything else.

In the next paragraph, Zen Master Yungu used the common people's opinions to persuade Mr. Fan to work hard to accumulate virtue and do good deeds.

Just like giving birth to a son, it is also to see how the seeds are planted. The seeds are very thick, and the fruit is also thick. If you plant thinly, you will knot thinly. For example, if a person has accumulated a hundred generations of merit and virtue, there must be a hundred generations of descendants to keep his happiness. After ten generations of merit and virtue, there must be ten generations of descendants to keep his blessing. After three or two generations of merit and virtue, there must be three or two generations of descendants to keep his happiness. As for those who have only enjoyed the blessings of one generation and will be extinct in the next generation; That's because his merit is extremely low. I'm afraid his guilt has accumulated a lot! Now that you know your shortcomings, you should try your best to clean up all the advantages and disadvantages that you have never been able to gain fame and honor and have no son. We must be virtuous, kind to others, inclusive of everything for others, and cherish our own spirit.

Zhuge Changqing: Be kind to others, be merciful and happy to give up, and lay a good foundation for destiny.

All the previous things, such as yesterday, have died; Everything in the future, such as today, has just been born; If you can do this, you will regenerate a moral life. We still have a certain number of flesh and blood; And the life of righteousness and morality, is there any reason that can move heaven? The first chapter of the Book of Songs says: The disasters that heaven sent to you may be avoided; If you do something wrong, you will have to be punished, and you can't live happily in the world.

The Book of Songs also says that people should always think about what they have done, which is in line with the law of heaven. There will be many blessings without asking. Therefore, it is all up to you to seek disaster and happiness.

[The Book of Songs says: "Heaven does evil, but it can still be violated, and it can't be lived, and it can't be lived."

Mr. Kong reckons that you are not worthy of fame and fame. Although you are doomed, you can still change. As long as you expand your inherent moral nature, try to do more good deeds and accumulate more evil virtues. This is the blessing you have created, and others can't take it. Is it possible that you can't enjoy it?

The Book of Changes also has plans for some kind-hearted and moral people to go to the auspicious side and avoid dangerous people, things and places.

If the fate cannot be changed, where can good fortune and bad luck be avoided? In the first chapter of the Book of Changes, it is said that a family that often does good will have redundant blessings to pass on to its descendants; Can you really believe this truth?

I believe what Zen Master Yungu said, and I thank him and accept his advice; At the same time, I will tell you all the mistakes and sins I have done in the past, no matter how big or small, before the Buddha; He also wrote a text, praying for fame, and vowing to do 3000 good deeds to repay my great kindness. After hearing my vow to do 3000 good deeds, Zen Master Yungu showed me the merit and demerit grid. Tell me to do according to the method set by the Merit and demerit grid. All I do, whether good or evil, should be recorded on the Merit and demerit grid every day. The good things should be recorded under the Merit grid, and the evil things should be recorded under the Merit grid.

However, if you do something bad, you should subtract the work you have already recorded according to the size of the bad. He also taught me to recite the Zhunti Mantra, which strengthened the power of the Buddha. I hope that what I ask for will have an effect. Zen master Yungu also said to me that an expert who painted Shun Fu once said that if a person could not draw Shun Fu, he would be laughed at by ghosts and gods.

There is a secret way to pass down the glyph, but it just doesn't move its mind. When you draw a note, you should not only have the wrong idea, but also put it down together. Clean your heart clean without any distractions, because if you have any thoughts, your heart will not be clean. When it comes to the idea of not moving, use a pen to point on the paper, which is called Chaos Foundation. Because a complete line of characters is drawn from this point, this is the foundation of the character.

From this point on to drawing a complete talisman, if there is no other idea, then this talisman is very effective. Not only should the drawing note be free of distractions, but any prayer to heaven, or change of fate, should never go to work without delusions, so as to move heaven. Mencius said that there is no difference between short life and long life. Does it sound strange at first? Because short life is the opposite of long life, and it is completely different. How to say it is the same? Do you know the difference between short life and long life when there is no delusion at all, just like when the baby is in the fetal cell?

When I was born, I gradually gained knowledge and a sense of separation; At this time, all kinds of good deeds and evil deeds created in the previous life will be rewarded, and there will be a difference between short life and long life.

Therefore, fate is made by oneself. If we subdivide the word "life" into two words, then the rich and the poor should look at each other equally. The rich should not rely on wealth and power to do things casually, and the poor should not abandon themselves to do bad things. Although poor, they should still be a good man who keeps his own; Only in this way can we change the poor life into the rich life. The original life of wealth has changed into more wealth, or more wealth for a long time. Poor people are no different from those who are good. The underdeveloped people should not be reckless and ridiculous because they are not successful; Developed people should not take advantage of their power to bully others. The more proud they are, the more they want to do good and eliminate evil.

Only in this way can we change the originally poor life into a developed life, and the originally developed life will become more developed. There is no difference between short life and long life; Soon after he died, he did evil things while he was still alive. You should know that since you have a short life, you should be a good person even more. I hope that you will not have a short life in the next life. This life may also extend your life!

People who live a long life should not think that they have a life, so they should try their best to commit evil, commit adultery and commit adultery. You should know that it is not easy to live a long life. You should be a good man to keep his long life. Only by understanding this truth can we turn the originally short life into a long life. The originally long life will be longer and healthier. In this world, only life and death have the most important relationship, so short life and long life are the most important things. Since the most important short life is the same as long life, then everything else is prosperous, rich and developed; Adversity, poverty and underdevelopment can be included.

Mencius only talked about short life and long life, but not about rich and poor, developed and underdeveloped.

Then Zen Master Yungu told me that Mencius said, "Cultivate yourself and wait for it", which means that you should cultivate your virtue all the time, and don't do any mistakes or sins. As for whether life can be changed, it is a matter of accumulating virtue and praying for heaven.

   好命运何处来？靠止恶行善而来。行善积德是改命运的根本方法。

------ 诸葛长青

   《了凡四训》又名《命自我立》，是中国明朝袁了凡先生，结合了自己亲身的经历和毕生学问与修养，为了教育自己的子孙而作的家训，教戒他的儿子袁天启，认识命运的真相，明辨善恶的标准，改过迁善的方法，以及行善积德谦虚种种的效验。

   他在早期验证了命数的准确性，后来进一步通晓了命数的由来，知道人们可以掌握自己的未来，改造自己的命运。就在他的下半生中，又验证了人们完全可以自我“立命”，自求多福的准确性。不过，光是知命安命是消极的无益的；而自强不息改造命运的“立命之学”则是积极的和有益的。了凡先生以自己改造命运的经验来“现身说法”；读了可以使人心目豁开，信心勇气倍增，亟欲效法了凡先生，来改造自己的命运；实在是一本有益世道人心，转移社会风气不可多得的好书。

    诸葛长青：人生一世命运如何，归根到底就是止恶行善、戒杀放生、行善积德。这是改变命运的根本方法。在这一方面，《了凡四训》、《三世因果经》、《太上感应篇》都做了很好的说明。明朝了凡先生，亲自做了验证.......

　　了凡先生又是一位文学家。《了凡四训》是很好的古文学作品。因为现在一般人看惯了语体文，对阅读古文感到困难，所以把原文译成白话，是一本比较完善的有益身心的读物，值得大家阅读。

　　这本书虽然不是佛经，但是要把它当作佛经一样尊重。民国初年，净宗印光大师，一生中对这本书极力提倡。他的弘化社，印送这本书约在百万册以上。由此可知，印祖对这部书的重视。不仅如此，而且还不断提倡，教我们研究、实行、讲说。

　　佛陀教育基金会《了凡四训语解精编》中如是说：

　　“了凡四训”，世人几乎都晓得是改造命运的宝典。有福份的人，大都能于获得此书之后，细心阅读，进而立定志向，力行实践，以化疾病于无形，扫除穷困的危胁，消除生活的烦恼，达到化凡入圣的境界。

　　“了凡四训”，作为修身之铭言，人人可以成圣成贤；用为处世之准则，举世得以消除灾难与业障，确实是自救救人的最佳途径。

　　了凡四训语解精编，内容通俗明朗，又不失原著“了凡四训”的主旨。读者诸君或者会因程度不一，观念不同，而有见仁见智的观点，然其含有“修身律己，安身立命”之道，以及“化凡入圣，超生了死”之理，是明明可鉴的。

　　因此，凡有先见之明的人，都不会放过读此书的机会，凡是有智慧、有志气、有作为的人，想了解宇宙人生真相，服务社会造福人群的人，在读过此书之后，必能逢人介绍传颂才对，而这些收获，正是此书所以能够流传千古，历久不衰的原因。

   第一篇 立命之学

　 了凡四训白话文（了凡弘法学会整理）

　　了凡四训这本书，是中国明朝袁了凡先生所作的家训，教戒他的儿子袁天启，认识命运的真相，明辨善恶的标准，改过迁善的方法，以及行善积德谦虚种种的效验；并且以他自己改造命运的经验来‘现身说法’；读了可以使人心目豁开，信心勇气倍增，亟欲效法了凡先生，来改造自己的命运；实在是一本有益世道人心，转移社会风气不可多得的好书。

　　所谓‘立命’，就是我要创造命运，而不是让命运来束缚我。本篇立命之学，就是讨论立命的学问，讲解立命的道理。袁了凡先生将自己所经历，所见到改造命运种种的考验，告诉他的儿子；要袁天启不被命运束缚住，并且应竭力行善，“勿以善小而不为”；也必须努力断恶，“勿以恶小而为之”；如此，则一定可以改变自己的命运，所谓“断恶修善”，“灾消福来”，这是改造命运的原理。

　　【千人千般命呀！命命不相同，明朝袁了凡，本来命普通，遇到孔先生，命都被算中；短命绝后没功名，前世业障真不轻，庸庸碌碌二十年，一生命数被算定，云谷禅师来开示，了凡居士才转命呀！才转命。】

　　我童年的时候父亲就去逝了，母亲要我放弃学业，不要去考功名，改学医，并且说：学医可以赚钱养活生命，也可以救济别人。并且医术学得精，可以成为名医，这是你父亲从前的心愿。

　　后来我在慈云寺，碰到了一位老人，相貌非凡，一脸长须，看起来飘然若仙风道骨，我就很恭敬地向他行礼。这位老人向我说：你是官场中的人，明年就可以去参加考试，进学宫了，为何不读书呢？

　　我就把母亲叫我放弃读书去学医的缘故告诉他。并且请问老人的姓名，是那里人，家住何处；老人回答我说：我姓孔，是云南人，宋朝邵康节先生所精通的皇极数，我得到他的真传。照注定的数来讲，我应该把这个皇极数传给你。

　　因此，我就领了这位老人到我家，并将情形告诉母亲。母亲要我好好的待他。并且说：这位先生既然精通命数的道理，就请他替你推算推算，试试看，究竟灵不灵。

　　结果孔先生所推算的，虽然是很小的事情，但是都非常的灵验。我听了孔先生的话，就动了读书的念头，和我的表哥沈称商量。表哥说：我的好朋友郁海谷先生在沈友夫家里开馆，收学生读书。我送你去他那里寄宿读书，非常方便。于是我便拜了郁海谷先生为老师。孔先生有一次替我推算我命里所注定的数；他说：在你没有取得功名做童生时，县考应该考第十四名，府考应该考第七十一名，提学考应该考第九名。

　　到了明年，果然三处的考试，所考的名次和孔先生所推算的一样，完全相符。孔先生又替我推算终生的吉凶祸福。他说：那一年考取第几名，那一年应当补廪生，那一年应当做贡生，等到贡生出贡后，在某一年，应当选为四川省的一个县长，在做县长的任上三年半后，便该辞职回家乡。到了五十三岁那年八月十四日的丑时，就应该寿终正寝，可惜你命中没有儿子。

　　这些话我都一一的记录起来，并且牢记在心中。从此以后，凡是碰到考试，所考名次先后，都不出孔先生预先所算定的名次。唯独算我做廪生所应领的米，领到九十一石五斗的时候才能出贡。那里知道我吃到七十一石米的时候，学台屠宗师（学台：相当于现在的教育厅长）他就批准我，补了贡生。我私下就怀疑孔先生所推算的，有些不灵了。

　　后来果然被另外一位代理的学台杨宗师驳回，不准我补贡生。直到丁卯年，殷秋溟宗师看见我在考场中的‘备选试卷’没有考中，替我可惜，并且慨叹道：这本卷子所做的五篇策，竟如同上给皇帝的奏折一样。像这样有大学问的读书人，怎么可以让他埋没到老呢？

　　于是他就吩咐县官，替我上公事到他那里，准我补了贡生，经过这番的波折，我又多吃了一段时间的廪米，算起来连前所吃的七十一石，恰好补足，总计是九十一石五斗。我因为受到了这番波折，就更相信：一个人的进退功名浮沉，都是命中注定。而走运的迟或早，也都有一定的时候，所以一切都看得淡，不去追求了。

　　等我当选了“贡生”，按照规定，要到北京的国家大学去读书。所以我在京城里住了一年。一天到晚，静坐不动，不说话，也不转动念头。凡是文字，一概都不看。到了己巳年，回到南京的国家大学读书，在没有进国家大学以前，先到栖霞山去拜见云谷禅师，他是一位得道的高僧。

　　我同禅师面对面，坐在一间禅房里，三天三夜，连眼睛都没有闭。云谷禅师问我说：凡是一个人，所以不能够成为圣人，只因为妄念，在心中不断地缠来缠去；而你静坐三天，我不曾看见你起一个妄念，这是什么缘故呢？

　　我说：我的命被孔先生算定了，何时生，何时死，何时得意，何时失意，都有个定数，没有办法改变。就是要胡思乱想得到什么好处，也是白想；所以就老实不想，心里也就没有什么妄念了。云谷禅师笑道：我本来认为你是一个了不得的豪杰，那里知道，你原来只是一个庸庸碌碌的凡夫俗子。

　　我听了之后不明白，便请问他此话怎讲？云谷禅师说道：一个平常人，不能说没有胡思乱想的那颗意识心；既然有这一颗一刻不停的妄心在，那就要被阴阳气数束缚了；既被阴阳气数束缚，怎么可说没有数呢？虽说数一定有，但是只有平常人，才会被数所束缚住。若是一个极善的人，数就拘他不住了。

　　因为极善的人，尽管本来他的命数里注定吃苦；但是他做了极大的善事，这大善事的力量，就可以使他苦变成乐，贫贱短命，变成富贵长寿。

　　而极恶的人，数也拘他不住。因为极恶的人，尽管他本来命中注定要享福，但是他如果做了极大的恶事，这大恶事的力量，就可以使福变成祸，富贵长寿变成为贫贱短命。

   诸葛长青：人生善恶多少，直接影响人的命运。

　　你二十年来的命都被孔先生算定了，不曾把数转动一分一毫，反而被数把你给拘住了。一个人会被数拘住，就是凡夫，这样看来，你不是凡夫，是什么呢？

　　我问云谷禅师说：照你说来，究竟这个数，可以逃得过去么？禅师说：命由我自己造，福由我自己求；我造恶就自然折福；我修善，就自然得福。从前各种诗书中所说，实在是的的确确，明明白白的好教训。我们佛经里说：一个人要求富贵就得富贵，要求儿女就得儿女，要求长寿就得长寿。

   诸葛长青：云谷禅师说的非常好，人生命运是由自己创造的。

　　只要做善事，命就拘他不住了。因为说谎是佛家的大戒，那有佛菩萨还会乱说假话，欺骗人的呢？

　　我听了以后，心里还是不明白，又进一步问说；孟子曾说：凡是求起来，就可以得到的，这是说在我心里可以做得到的事情。

　　若是不在我心里的事，那么怎能一定求得到呢？譬如说道德仁义，那全是在我心里的，我立志要做一个有道德仁义的人，自然我就成为一个有道德仁义的人，这是我可以尽力去求的。若是功名富贵，那是不在我心里头的，是在我身外的，要别人肯给我，我才可以得到。倘若旁人不肯给我，我就没法子得到，那么我要怎样才可以求到呢？云谷禅师说：孟子的话不错，但是你解释错了。

   你没看见六祖慧能大师说：所有各种的福田，都决定在各人的心里。福离不开心，心外没有福田可寻，所以种福种祸，全在自己的内心。只要从心里去求福，没有感应不到的！

   诸葛长青：六祖慧能大师说，人生好命运取决于你的心.......。

　　能向自己心里去求，那就不只是心内的道德仁义，可以求得，就是身外的功名富贵，也可以求到，所以叫做内外双得。换句话说，为了种福田而求仁求义，求福，求禄，是必有所得的。

　　一个人命里若有功名富贵，就是不求，也会得到；若是命里没有功名富贵，就算是用尽了方法，也求不到的。

　　所以一个人，若不能自己检讨反省，而只是盲目地向外面追求名利福寿；但得到得不到，还是听天由命，自己毫无把握。这就合了孟子所说，求之有道，得之有命的两句话了。

　　要知道纵然得到，究竟还是命里本来就有的，并不是自己求的效验，所以可以求到的，才去求，求不到的，就不必去乱求。

　　倘若你一定要求，那不但身外的功名富贵求不到，而且因为过份的乱求，过份的贪得，为求而不择手段，那就把心里本来有的道德仁义，也都失掉了，那岂不是内外双失么？所以乱求是毫无益处的。

　　【求富贵呀得富贵，求儿女呀得儿女，求长寿呀得长寿，没有什么求不到呀，求不到！只要做好事，从心里去求，心就是福田呀，千万别乱求；心就是福田呀，千万别乱求。】

　　云谷禅师接著再问我说：孔先生算你终身的命运如何？

　　我就把孔先生算我，某年考的怎么样，某年有官做，几岁就要死的话详详细细的告诉他。云谷禅师说：你自己想想，你应该考得功名么？应该有儿子么？我反省过去所作所为，想了很久才说：我不应该考得功名，也不应该有儿子。因为有功名的人，大多有福相。

　　我的相薄，所以福也薄。又不能积功德积善行，成立厚福的根基。并且我不能忍耐，担当琐碎繁重的事情。别人有些不对的地方，也不能包容。因为我的性情急燥，肚量窄小。有时候我还自尊自大，把自己的才干、智力、去盖过别人。心里想怎样就怎么做，随便乱谈乱讲。像这样种种举动，都是薄福的相，怎么能考得功名呢！

　　喜欢干净，本是好事；但是不可过分，过分就成怪脾气了。所以说越是不清洁的地方，越会多生出东西来。相反地，很清洁的水反而养不住鱼。

　　我过分地喜欢清洁，就变得不近人情，这是我没有儿子的第一种缘故。

　　天地间，要靠温和的日光，和风细雨的滋润，才能生长万物。我常常生气发火，没有一点和育之气，怎么会生儿子呢？这是我没有儿子的第二种缘故。

　　仁爱，是生生的根本，若是心怀残忍，没有慈悲；就像果子一样，没有果仁，怎么会长出果树呢？所以说，忍是不会生养的根；我只知道爱惜自己的名节，不肯牺牲自己，去成全别人，积些功德，这是我没有儿子的第三种缘故。

　　说话太多容易伤气，我又多话，伤了气，因此身体很不好，那里会有儿子呢？这是我没有儿子的第四种缘故。

　　人全靠精气神三种才能活命；我爱喝酒，酒又容易消散精神；一个人精力不足，就算生了儿子，也是不长寿的，这是我没有儿子的第五种缘故。

　　一个人白天不该睡觉，晚上又不该不睡觉；我常喜欢整夜长坐，不肯睡，不晓得保养元气精神，这是我没有儿子的第六种缘故。其它还有许多的过失，说也说不完呢！云谷禅师说：岂只是功名不应该得到，恐怕不应该得的事情，还多著哩！

　　当知有福没福，都是由心造的。有智慧的人，晓得这都是自作自受；糊涂的人，就都推到命运头上去了。

　　譬如这个世上能够拥有千金产业的，一定是享有千金福报的人；能够拥有一百金产业的，一定是享有一百金福报的人；应该饿死的，一定是应该受饿死报应的人。比如说善人积德，上天就加多他应受的福。恶人造孽，上天就加多他应得的祸。上天不过就他本来的质地上，加重一些罢了，并没有一丝毫别的意思。

　　接下来这段是云谷禅师借俗人之见，来劝了凡先生努力积德行善。

　　就像生儿子，也是看下的种怎样，种下的很厚，结的果也厚。种下得薄，结的也薄。譬如一个人，积了一百代的功德，就一定有一百代的子孙，来保住他的福。积了十代的功德，就一定有十代的子孙，来保住他的福。积了三代或者两代的功德，就一定有三代或者两代的子孙，来保住他的福。至于那些只享了一代的福，到了下一代，就绝后的人；那是他功德极薄的缘故，恐怕他的罪孽，还积得不少哩！你既然知道自己的短处，那就应该把你一向不能得到功名，和没有儿子的种种福薄之相，尽心尽力改得干干净净。一定要积德，一定要对人和气慈悲，一定要替人包含一切，而且要爱惜自己的精神。

   诸葛长青：待人和气、慈悲喜舍，奠定好的命运基础。

　　从前的一切一切，譬如昨日，已经死了；以后的一切一切，譬如今日，刚刚出生；能够做到这样，就是你重新再生了一个义理道德的生命了。我们这个血肉之躯，尚且还有一定的的数；而义理的、道德的生命，那有不能感动上天的道理？书经太甲篇上面说道：上天降给你的灾害，或者可以避开；而自己若是做了孽，就要受到报应，不能愉快心安地活在世间上了。

　　诗经上也讲：人应该时常想到自己的所作所为，合不合天道。很多福报，不用求，自然就会有了。因此，求祸求福，全在自己。

　　【书经说：天作孽呀，犹可违呀犹可违，自作孽呀，不可活呀，不可活；诗经上也说：常常想自己，所做跟所为，合不合天道，求祸与求福，全在你自己呀！全在你自己。】

　　孔先生算你，不得功名，命中无子，虽然说是上天注定，但是还是可以改变。你只要将本来就有的道德天性，扩充起来，尽量多做一些善事，多积一些阴德，这是你自己所造的福，别人要抢也抢不去，那有可能享受不到呢？

　　易经上也有为一些宅心仁厚、有道德的人打算，要往吉祥的那一方去，要避开凶险的人，凶险的事，凶险的地方。

　　如果说命运是一定不能改变的，那末吉祥又何处可以趋，凶险又那里可以避免呢？易经开头第一章就说：经常行善的家庭，必定会有多余的福报，传给子孙；这个道理，你真的能够相信吗？

　　我相信云谷禅师的话，并且向他拜谢，接受他的指教；同时把从前所做的错事，所犯的罪恶，不论大小轻重，到佛前去，全部说出来；并且做了一篇文字，先祈求能得到功名，还发誓要做三千件的善事，来报答天地祖先生我的大恩大德。云谷禅师听我立誓要做三千件的善事，就拿了功过格给我看。叫我照著功过格所订的方法去做，所做的事，不论是善是恶，每天都要记在功过格上，善的事情就记在功格下面，恶的事情就记在过格下面。

　　不过做了恶事，还要看恶事的大小，把已经记的功来减除。并且还教我念准提咒，更加上了一重佛的力量，希望我所求的事，一定会有效应。云谷禅师又对我说：有一种画符篠的专家曾说：一个人如果不会画符，是会被鬼神耻笑的。

　　画符有一种秘密的方法传下来，只是不动念头罢了。当执笔画符的时候，不但不可以有不正的念头，就是正当的念头，也要一齐放下。把心打扫得干干净净，没有一丝杂念，因为有了一丝的念头，心就不清净了。到了念头不动，用笔在纸上点一点，这一点就叫混沌开基，因为完整的一道符，都是从这一点开始画起，所以这一点是符的根基所在。

　　从这一点开始一直到画完整个符，若没起一些别的念头，那么这道符，就很灵验。不但画符不可夹杂念头，凡是祷告上天，或者是改变命运，都要从没有妄念上去用工夫，这样才能感动上天。孟子讲立命的道理说道：短命和长寿没有分别。乍听之下会觉得奇怪？因为短命和长寿相反，而且完全不同，怎样说是一样呢？要晓得在一个妄念都完全没有时，就如同婴儿在胎胞里面的时候，那晓得短命和长寿的分别呢？

　　等到出了娘胎，渐渐有了知识，有了分别的心；这时，前生所造的种种善业恶业，都要受报应了，那也就有短命和长寿的分别了。

　　因此，命运是自己造的。如果把立命这两个字细分来讲，那末富和贫要看得没有两样，不可以富的仗著有钱有势，随便乱来，穷的也不可以自暴自弃去做坏事，尽管穷，仍然应该安分守己的做好人；能够这样，才可以把本来贫穷的命，改变成富贵的命。本来富贵的命，改变成更加富贵，或者是富贵得更长久。穷与通，要看得是没有两样，不发达的人，不可因为自己不得志，就不顾一切，随便荒唐；发达的人，也不可仗势欺人，造种种的罪业，越是得意，越是要为善去恶，广种福田。

　　能够这样，才可以把本来穷苦的命，改变成发达的命，本来发达的命，就会更加发达了。短命和长寿，要看得没有两样，不可说我短命；不久就死了，就趁还活著的时候，随便做恶事，糟蹋自己。要晓得既然已生成短命，就更加应该做好人，希望来生不要再短命，这一生或许也可以把寿命延长一些哦！

　　命中长寿的人，不要认为自己有得活，就拼命造孽，做奸犯科，犯邪淫。要晓得长寿得来不易，更应该做好人，才可以保住他的长寿呀。能够明白这种道理，才可以把本来短的命变成长寿，本来长寿的命，更加长寿健康。人生在这个世界上，只有这生与死的关系最为重大，所以短命同了长寿，就是最重大的事情。既然说到这最重大的短命同了长寿，那末此外一切顺境，富有和发达；逆境，贫穷和不发达，都可以包括在内了。

　　孟子讲立命的学问，只讲到短命和长寿，并没讲到富和贫，发达和不发达，就是这个道理。

　　接著云谷禅师又告诉我说：孟子所说的“修身以俟之”这句话，是说：自己要时时刻刻修养德行，不要做半点过失罪恶。至于命能不能改变，那是积德的事，求天的事。

　　说到修字，那么身上有一些些过失罪恶，就应该像治病一样，把过失罪恶要完全去掉。讲到俟，要等到修的功夫深了，命自然就会变好，不可以有一丝一毫的非份之想，也不可以让心里的念头乱起乱灭，都要完全把它斩掉断绝，能够做到这种地步，已经是达到先天不动念头的境界了。到了这种功夫，那就是世间受用的真正学问。

  诸葛长青：行善积德要有耐心，改命运需要一个过程，要坚定信心持之以恒。太上老君在《太上感应篇》上说，“夫心起于善，善虽未为，而吉神已随之。或心起于恶，恶虽未为，而凶神已随之。其有曾行恶事，后自改悔，诸恶莫作，众善奉行，久久必获吉庆，所谓转祸为福也故吉人语善、视善、行善，一日有三善，三年天必降之福。凶人语恶、视恶、行恶，一日有三恶，三年天必降之祸”。

　　云谷禅师接著又说：平常时一般人的行为，都是根据念头转的，凡是有心而为的事，不能算是自然，不著痕迹。你现在还不能做到不动心的境界，你若能念准提咒，不必用心去记或数遍数，只要一直念下去，不要间断。念到极熟的时候，自然就会口里在念，自己不觉得在念，这叫做持中不持；在不念的时候，心里不觉的仍在念，这叫做不持中持；念咒能念到这样，那就我、咒、念打成了一片，自然不会有杂念进来，那末念的咒，也就没有不灵验的了。但是这种功夫，一定要透过实践，才能领会到的。

　　我起初的号叫做学海，但是自从那一天起就改号叫做了凡；因为我明白立命的道理，不愿意和凡夫一样。把凡夫的见解，完全扫光，所以叫做了凡。

　　从此以后，就整天小心谨慎，自己也觉得和从前大不相同。从前尽是糊涂随便，无拘无束；到了现在，自然有一种小心谨慎，战战兢兢戒慎恭敬的景象。

　　虽然是在暗室无人的地方，也常恐怕得罪天地鬼神。碰到讨厌我，毁谤我的，我也能够安然的接受，不与旁人计较争论了。从我见了云谷禅师的第二年，到礼部去考科举。孔先生算我的命，应该考第三名，那知道忽然考了第一名，孔先生的话开始不灵了。孔先生没算我会考中举人，那知道到了秋天乡试，我竟然考中了举人，这都不是我命里注定的，云谷禅师说：命运是可以改造的。这话我更加地相信了。

　　我虽然把过失改了许多，但是碰到应该做的事情，还是不能一心一意的去做，即使做了，依然觉得有些勉强，不太自然。自己检点反省，觉得过失仍然很多。

　　例如看见善，虽然肯做；但是还不能够大胆地向前拼命去做。或者是遇到救人时，心里面常怀疑惑，没有坚定的心去救人。自己虽然勉强做善事，但是常说犯过失的话。有时我在清醒的时候，还能把持住自己，但是酒醉后就放肆了。虽然常做善事，积些功德；但是过失也很多，拿功来抵过，恐怕还不够，光阴常是虚度。从己巳年听到云谷禅师的教训，发愿要做三千件的善事；直到己卯年，经过了十多年，才把三千件的善事做完。

　　在那个时候，我刚和李渐庵先生，从关外回来关内，没来得及把所做的三千件善事回向。到了庚辰年，我从北京回到了南方，方才请了性空、慧空、两位有道的大和尚，借东塔禅堂完成了这个回向的心愿。到这时候，我又起了求生儿子的心愿，也许下了三千件善事的大愿。到了辛巳年，生了你，取名叫天启。

　　我每做了一件善事，随时都用笔记下来；你母亲不会写字，每做一件善事，都用鹅毛管，印一个红圈在日历上，或是送食物给穷人，或买活的东西放生，都要记圈。有时一天多到十几个红圈呢！也就是代表一天做了十几件善事。

　　像这样到了癸未年的八月，三千条善事的愿，方才做满。又请了性空和尚等，在家里做回向。到那年的九月十三日，又起求中进士的愿，并且许下了做一万条善事的大愿。到了丙戌年，居然中了进士，吏部就补了我宝坻县县长的缺。我做宝坻县的县长时，准备了一本有空格的小册子，这本小册子，我叫它作治心篇。意思就是恐怕自己心起邪思歪念，因此，叫‘治心’二字。

　　每天早晨起来，坐堂审案的时候，叫家里人拿这本治心篇交给看门的人，放在办公桌上。每天所做的善事恶事，虽然极小，也一定要记在治心篇上。到了晚上，在庭院中摆了桌子，换了官服，仿照宋朝的铁面御史赵阅道，焚香祷告天帝，天天都是如此。你母亲见我所做的善事不多，常常皱著眉头向我说：我从前在家，帮你做善事，所以你所许下三千件善事的心愿，能够做完。现在你许了做一万件善事的心愿，在衙门里没什么善事可做，那要等到什么时候，才能做完呢？

　　在你母亲说过这番话之后，晚上睡觉我偶然做了一个梦，看到一位天神。我就将一万件善事不易做完的缘故，告诉了天神，天神说：‘只是你当县长减钱粮这件事，你的一万件善事，已经足够抵充圆满了。’

　　原来宝坻县的田，每亩本来要收银两分三厘七毫，我觉得百姓钱出得太多，所以就把全县的田清理一遍；每亩田应缴的钱粮，减到了一分四厘六毫，这件事情确实是有的；但也觉得奇怪，怎么这事会被天神知道，并且还疑惑，只有这件事情，就可以抵得了一万件善事呢？

　　那时候恰好幻余禅师从五台山来到宝坻，我就把梦告诉了禅师，并问禅师，这件事可以相信吗？幻余禅师说：做善事要存心真诚恳切，不可虚情假意，企图回报。那末就是只有一件善事，也可以抵得过一万件善事了。况且你减轻全县的钱粮，全县的农民都得到你减税的恩惠，千万的人民因此减轻了重税的痛苦，而获福不少呢！

　　我听了禅师的话，就立刻把我所得的俸银薪水捐出来，请禅师在五台山替我斋僧一万人，并且把斋僧的功德来回向。

　　孔先生算我的命，到五十三岁时，应该有灾难。我虽然没祈天求寿，五十三岁那年，我竟然一点病痛都没有。现在已经六十九岁了（多活了十六年）。书经上说：天道是不容易相信的，人的命，是没一定的。又说：人的命没有一定，是要靠自己创造的。

　　这些话，一点都不假。我由此方知，凡是讲人的祸福，都是自己求来的，这些话实在是圣贤人的话；若是说祸福，都是天所注定的，那是世上庸俗的人所讲的。

　　【天道不易信呀，人命没一定，人命没一定呀，要靠自己造；若说祸与福呀，都是天注定，那是凡夫与俗子，而非圣贤说的话呀，说的话！】

　　你的命，不知究竟怎样？就算命中应该荣华发达，还是要常常当作不得意想。就算碰到顺当吉利的时候，还是要常常当作不称心，不如意来想。就算眼前有吃有穿，还是要当作没钱用，没有房子住想。就算旁人喜欢你，敬重你，还是要常常小心谨慎，做恐惧想。就算你家世代有大声名，人人都看重，还是要常常当做卑微想。就算你学问高深，还是要常常当做粗浅想。

　　这六种想法，是从反面来看问题，能够这样虚心，道德自然会增进，福报也自然会增加。

　　讲到远，应该要想把祖先的德气，传扬开来；讲到近，应当想父母若有过失，要替他们遮盖起来；这里即是说明孟子的‘父为子隐，子为父隐’的大义所在；讲到向上，应该要想报答国家的恩惠；讲到对下，应该要想造一家的福；说到对外，应该要想救济别人的急难；说到对内，应该要想预防自己的邪念和邪想。

　　这六种想法，都是从正面来肯定问题，能够常常如此的存心，必然能成为正人君子。

  诸葛长青：经常反思自己的过错，做到：有错就改。此外，要做到谦虚谨慎，止恶行善。

　　一个人必须要每天知道自己有过失，才能天天改过，若是一天不知道自己的过失，就一天安安逸逸的算自己没过失。如果每天都无过可改，就是每天都没有进步；天底下聪明俊秀的人实在不少，然而他们道德上不肯用功去修，事业不能用功去做；就只为了因循两个字，得过且过，不想前进，所以才耽搁了他们的一生。

　　云谷禅师所教立命的许多话，实在是最精，最深，最真，最正的道理，希望你要细细的研究，还要尽心尽力的去做，千万不可把大好的光阴虚度过。   

   诸葛长青：想有好命运，那就下决心修正自己的心、改正自己的缺点，立刻从孝敬父母、和睦友邻、救助贫困、戒杀放生、行善积德、从行善积德开始吧。

    本文参考资料：《了凡四训》白话文（了凡弘法学会整理）

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1The wisdom of traditional Chinese culture changes the destiny: filial piety to parents+five in one+self-improvement

1 国学智慧改命运：孝敬父母+五合一+自强不息

2Zhuge Changqing's Three Golden Keys to Changing Destiny

2诸葛长青改命运三把金钥匙诸葛长青施食仪轨 （十五步简洁版）

3Zhuge Changqing's Greeting Ritual (15 Steps Concise Version)

3 诸葛长青施食仪轨 （十五步简洁版）

4How to repent: the ritual of repentance and the method of repentance (full version)

4   如何忏悔：忏悔仪轨忏悔方法（完整版）

5How to read the Dizang Sutra: Methods for reciting Dizang Sutra (complete version)

5 如何念地藏经：念地藏经仪轨方法（完整版）

6How to release? The ritual of releasing life

6怎样放生？放生仪轨

7Zhuge Changqing's Repentance Culture: A Case Study of Repentance Methods for Changing Destiny

7诸葛长青忏悔文化：改变命运忏悔方法案例

8Free Life Culture: Free Life Culture in Ancient China

8放生文化：中国古代的放生文化

9Shocking photo of feeding: Buddha, Bodhisattva and Dharma Protector come to the scene

9施食震撼照片：佛菩萨护法神亲临现场

10Feeding Rite Return: the return is changed to simple return

10施食仪轨回向：回向修改为简洁回向