学佛入门 Buddhism for Dummy

开始学佛可以从听佛音起步。佛教音乐是我知道的最全的佛音网站，可以下载MP3佛唱。怎么听呢？体会心平气和的感觉。哪首佛音让您觉得有感应，就听哪首。

听佛音适合什么人呢？所有人。特别适合胎教，肚子里的人。可是，如果您是生活中有需要解决的问题，还需要更快捷的办法。咱是长大的人了，吃药都得高点剂量。对咱们大人，这相当于吃维生素C。

为什么有人人生这么坎坷？是命。命从哪里来的？每个人的前世的业因决定今生的命果。怎样改命？只有改业因才能改命果。怎样改业因？学佛。穷困潦倒，事业不顺，家庭不合，恶病缠身，子女不孝，等等，是业障现前，这种大抵都是命格里有的。人是有命的，您信也有命，不信也一样有命。就像天气预报，您信天气预报知道要下雨，那不看天气预报的一样挨淋。

佛教称有八万四千法门，各个法门没有高下之分，学那个法门要看您跟哪个法门有缘。我一头栽在地藏法门里，就是和地藏有缘了。诸位也有缘先听这地藏法门的说道。释迦牟尼佛在升往更高层的天界前，托嘱地藏菩萨接手救拔苦难众生的重任，一直到弥勒出世。这是就地藏菩萨跟咱们地球人的缘分。地域不空，誓不成佛，就是地藏菩萨发的誓愿。地藏经是很多门派都推崇的一部经，也是入门第一要修的经。我们末法众生，受世风染浊，建立信心不容易。如果我们直接去念阿弥陀经，祈求去西方极乐世界的经典，不能在今生有快速的认证，很难建立信心，很难持久。还有，如果您生活一帆风顺，您有福，可是也不好认证念经的效果。我们说福德大的生灵有升天道的，可是天道没有什么辛苦，又没有出六道，很难修行，一样的道理。所以命中多劫的人有福了，念佛改命，还可以建立起信心来。

地藏菩萨有三部经，我一直在诵的是地藏菩萨本愿经 。非常殊胜。我学佛不是从听佛音开始，是从诵经，因为有事相求。每天诵，天天坚持。五十部经下来，性格就该了。不那么爱生气了。就这点儿改变？改变多了，不是一句两句说的完的。而且这点儿改变就够说明问题了。俗话说江山易改，本性难移。在佛教里，境由心生。心境改了，处境也会莫名其妙的改变。可您拿起地藏经来，洋洋洒洒十三章，都是古文，真能开这个头不容易。第一次我花了三个半小时才读完。诵经有佛力加持，事半功倍。有心者看看怎样读地藏经

地藏还有一部经，占察善恶业报经，我是最近才接触到。是佛门里的问卜的法门。有兴趣可以深入了解。可以用这部经所说的办法问地藏菩萨事，问自己前世是那一道来的，问过世的亲人去哪里了，问是不是可以玩股票，问自己前世修学过什么法门。有问必答。占察的结果是会变的，随我们的心性和念佛消业功夫而改变，因此我们说命无定数，我们知道有命，知道怎么改命，才知道这是说什么。

学佛还可以通过熏习的办法，就是多读多看佛教文章讲座。文章讲座都讲佛理，很容易接受。现在所有佛学资讯都在网上，打开youtube.com，查净空法师，或baidu.com，查地藏经。可以到净宗学会在世界各地的分处拿资料和录像，台湾, USA, Australia.

龙应台曾问某法师学佛的问题，法师说学工程和科学的人比学人文的更容易接受佛教，因为工程和科学界有实验印证的传统，学人文的习惯于辩论。不要辩论，佛教的境界远超过人类所能理解的。咱们人类的老祖宗钻木取火的时候，没有非搞明白钻木取火的一系列物理化学原理，只知道这样可以取暖，这才有衍生出咱们这些聪明的现代人来，可以悉心研究钻木取火的物理化学反应和历史价值。学佛要学古人钻木取火的精神，不明白的东西不要称迷信，慢慢学，虚心体验，会有所得。

In this article I have to refer to Chinese websites from time to time. If you can't read Chinese to explore more resources, I would be glad to help.

This is the home page of the music site (Chinese)

And then one of the page you can start with is (一心念佛)

So how to start the practice? In Buddhism, we say there are 84000 darma doors, and there are doors more suitable for different people. It depends on affinity. I stepped into the pure land (净土) by chance, one of the 显宗 branch. I recommend friends to start listening to Buddhism chanting music, but I didn't start like this. I started by reading 地藏经 ，and I was able to read continuously everyday, and was able to observe how my life is changed. However, not everybody could have this kind of experience to establish faith.

How to build faith in Buddhism? start from reading buddhism articles and videos. I have watched many videos from 净空法师 in Taiwan, USA, Australia. Youtube has a lot of video if you can't make a trip to the branch to get DVD, search for 净空法师 on youtube.

Where to find articles? Just search in www.baidu.com. say 佛教 新生儿， 佛教 婚姻，...
No matter what you do, pay attention to how your heart is changed over time. By theory your heart and life changes together, but it is easier to watch your heart. When I was reading 地藏经，things happened so quick that I have to say there are magic in sutra that will remove your bad Karma(业) faster than you can notice. If you want to start by reading 地藏经。 baidu 地藏经 to find more resources。
How to read 地藏经


When 龙应台 asked master about learning buddhism, the answer from the master is that it is easier for engineers and scientists to learn Buddhism, than writers and artists, and the reason is that engineers have a habit of lab experiment, and believe in things that works. So the best way to build faith is to experiment more and more and see the result in THIS LIFE before any logical argument, since this is beyond the understanding of human mind. We are limited and must understand that there are things we don't know, and we just have to believe, like little kids who have to believe whatever parents are telling them. You will see, and join all the people like 李娜，陈晓旭.. not to say many HongKong movie stars who are 居士。