佛言 人有二十難 貧窮布施難 豪貴學道難 棄命必死難 得覩佛經難 生值佛世難 忍色忍欲難 見好不求難 被辱不嗔難 有勢不臨難 觸事無心難 廣學博究難 除滅我慢難 不輕未學難 心行平等難 不說是非難 會善知識難 見性學道難 隨化度人難 睹境不動難 善解方便難
fó yán rén yǒu èr shí nán pín qióng bù shī nán háo guì xué dào nán qì mìng bì sǐ nán dé dǔ fó jīng nán shēng zhí fó shì nán rěn sè rěn yù nán jiàn hǎo bù qiú nán bèi rǔ bù chēn nán yǒu shì bù lín nán chù shì wú xīn nán guǎng xué bó jiū nán chú miè wǒ màn nán bù qīng wèi xué nán xīn xíng píng děng nán bù shuō shì fēi nán huì shàn zhī shí nán jiàn xìng xué dào nán suí huà dù rén nán dǔ jìng bù dòng nán shàn jiě fāng biàn nán
Key Message
The path of practice has twenty difficulties. To face them honestly and press forward is true courage.
▸Section twelve enumerates twenty difficulties encountered in life.
Section twelve enumerates twenty difficulties encountered in life. It is difficult to give when poor; difficult to study the Way when powerful and wealthy; difficult to face death with resolve; difficult to encounter Buddhist scriptures; difficult to be born in the age of a buddha; difficult to endure desire; difficult to see good things and not crave them; difficult to be insulted and not become angry; difficult to have power and not dominate others; difficult to remain unmoved when events arise. By presenting these twenty difficulties, the Buddha invites direct confrontation with the real challenges of practice, and through that confrontation, deepens the practitioner's commitment.