“Repay the four-level kindness”, do you know which four-level kindness it is?

2025-01-24 Buddha answered

When dedicating merits, Buddhist believers often recite "repay the four kinds of graces and relieve the sufferings of the three paths". What are the four kinds of graces?

In the "Mahayana Sutra of the Original Heart of the Born of the Heart", the Buddha taught his disciples to be grateful and repay kindness. The sutra said that "there are four kinds of kindness in the world: one, the kindness of parents, two, the kindness of sentient beings, three, the kindness of the country, four, the kindness of the three treasures.Such four kindnesses will be equally burdened by all sentient beings.”

These four kindnesses are an objective existence. Whether we realize it or not, all our sentient beings are receiving these four kindnesses equally, and everyone is always receiving the four kindnesses.For everyone, the four kindnesses are "as high as the sky and as the earth as the thickness."

Repay parents' kindness

How can I repay my parents’ kindness if I can’t say enough?

“Good man!Those who are kind to their parents are kind to their father and mother are kind to their mother."It means that the father is always giving happiness to his children;The mother’s gratitude is that the mother is always worried about her children, pregnant, born, and raising her until she grows up. As long as her eyes are not closed, she always thinks about her children, not only her generation, but also her grandchildren.

The Buddha praised his parents' kindness, "If I live in the world, I will not be able to say it in one kalpa."The Buddha said that even if he lived in the world for such a long time, he could not finish talking about his parents' kindness.It can be seen that the Buddha attaches great importance to and praises to his parents' kindness and has a profound insight into repaying his kindness.

How to repay your parents’ kindness?Children should be filial and contented, obey their parents' teachings, obey their parents' will, obey their parents' choices, and do not interfere with the freedom of the elderly or the thoughts of the elderly in their later years.

The Buddha said: "My mother is called the sun in the hour", just like the sun in the middle of the sun;"When mourning mother dies, it is called the sun disappearing." When mourning mother dies, it is like the sun sets."When I am sad, I am sad, I am sad, I am sad, I am sad, I am sad, I am sad, I am dark."When your mother passed away, the light disappeared, so the Buddha said, "So, you should practice diligently and be filial to your parents. If you offer sacrifices to the Buddha, there will be no difference between blessings.We should repay our parents in this way."The merit of filial piety to parents is equal to the merit of offering to Buddha. You should repay your parents' kindness just like offering to Buddha.

Repay all sentient beings

The scripture says: "Good man!The kindness of sentient beings is that since time immemorial, all sentient beings have revolved in the five realms, and have been through hundreds of thousands of kalpas, and have been parents to each other in many lives.Because they are parents to each other, all men are kind fathers and all women are kind mothers.”

In many lifetimes and calamities, all sentient beings are parents to each other.Based on this concept, all sentient beings are regarded as their own parents. Where can I kill, steal, adultery and lying in the world?Where are the ten bad karmas?We nowadays should not say that we regard all sentient beings as our parents, but even those who do not regard their biological parents as parents are.

If we had this idea of "all men are my father and all women are my mother", there would be no terrifying activities, and there would be no rape, burning and killing.On the contrary, you will face all sentient beings with a grateful heart, a heart that repays gratitude, and a heart that achieves success.

Respond to the country

Why do we need to repay our country’s kindness? What kind of kindness does the country have to us?

To summarize it simply, there are several items as follows: First, the country is the only place on which we rely on.Without the support of the country and without the mutual assistance of society, we cannot survive.Our food, clothing, housing and transportation are difficult, so the country has the kindness of nurturing us; secondly, the country has the kindness of protecting us.Only when the country has laws, regulations, rules and regulations to maintain social order and protect our lives and property can everyone live a peaceful life.

The sutra says: "Using the Dharma to transform all sentient beings can be happy."If the country does not have a judicial system and law enforcement department to maintain social security, then our property is not protected and our lives are not guaranteed, so we cannot live and work in peace and contentment; furthermore, the country can lead the people of the whole country, always protect the integrity of the motherland's territory, and not be violated by foreign enemies, providing us with a peaceful and peaceful living environment, so that we can rest and practice the Tao.

Therefore, everyone can have gratitude at all times and everywhere, so the selfishness, deception and oppression between people will be gradually alleviated and eliminated, and society will be full of understanding and love, and the ideal of our country to build a harmonious society is not far away.

Repay the Three Treasures

The Three Jewels are Buddhas, Dharmas, and Sanghas.Buddha is the teacher of the three realms, Dharma is the great rule of birth, and monks are the disciples of Tathagata.The Three Jewels of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha are the fields of blessings for sentient beings. They are the kind fathers of the four lives and can achieve our wisdom life. Our wisdom life is obtained by the cultivation power of the Three Jewels.If we do not have the cultivation of the Three Jewels, where can we obtain wisdom and even achieve supreme Bodhi?

The Three Jewels are deeply kind and worthy of virtue. Therefore, as a disciple of the Three Jewels, one should respect and worship the Three Jewels, respect filial piety and not rebellious, so that one can repay the deep kindness of the Three Jewels.Otherwise, how can you be qualified to be a disciple of the Three Treasures?

Those who believe in Buddhism must keep in mind this and never forget the compassion, joy and giving of the Three Jewels at all times. They should think of gratitude and hard-to-seeing thoughts.Buddhism is not easy to encounter in hundreds of thousands of kalpas. If we meet in this life, if we don’t work hard, it is like a student who is studying. If he doesn’t study hard, he skips school every day, and goes out to play, and time is gone.

To repay these "four-fold kindness" cannot be repaid by saying a word or doing something.This kind of thought of repaying kindness, along with our bodhicitta and great vows, will be grateful and repaying kindness in life and in the future.Even if it is like this, it may not be rewarded.

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