the Dharma

Some people think a marvelous temple is the Dharma. That is not true. The Dharma is here, in the mind.

有些人认为瑰丽的佛寺就是佛法，那是不对的，佛法就在我们的心中。

It took me30,000 yuan to have the Dharma Gems made.

我花三万元钱，叫灵英那儿的工厂做的。

Of course, it is good to study the Dharma with a teacher because they will introduce our minds to all the enlightening concepts.

当然，向上师学习佛法是很好的，因为他们会将我们的心导向所有能带来证悟的思想。

We target our study and cultivation on realizing the Dharma, at the moment of which our suffering will cease.

我们研究与修行的目的都是为了见法；当心见法时，我们就能熄灭苦。

Yes, if they meet an appropriate person who speaks the Dharma to them.

可以的，若遇著适当的人对它说法，如「生公说法，顽石点头。」

But there is nothing that would allow one to say that such activity was in its essence inconsistent with or contradictory to the Dharma.

但是，却无法说这样的事业行为示现，本质是不如法或违背佛法的。

All merits and virtues originate from realizing the Dharma, from which Nirvana dwells.

一切功德皆源自见法，这亦是寂灭之所在。

Many of you even slight it because you fail to set your mind in tune with the Dharma Gem.

可你们好多人，只因为自已不能和它相应，起了轻视心。

That is because the Dharma is pure but your mind is not.

那是因为佛法是清净的而你的心并不是这样。

Thus it is in accordance with the Dharma and seems to form a protection circle around the mandala of Medicine Guru Buddha in the center.

如此就与佛法相吻合，而且看起来就像是在保护环绕在其中间的药师佛坛城。

He put all his life to propagate the Dharma and founded his own Buddhism community, and later on he encountered VM Hua.

他花了他所有的生命来宣扬佛法，建立他自己个人的居士林。

He also asked for my calligraphy in Chinese on Dragon, Love and the Dharma Lineage of Adi Buddha Mandala.

他还请我以中文手书：龙、爱及普贤王如来坛城法脉。

And I kind of ask myself why Buddha spoke the Dharma of repentance.

我曾试著问自己，佛陀为什么要说忏悔法呢？

Many of you have been given the Dharma Gem. However, some remain skeptical of it and therefore fail to evoke any response.

很多弟子都拿到宝塔了，但好多心存疑惑，所以，无法相应。

Here is when he told me his story of looking for the dharma.

在用餐时，他告诉我他找寻佛法的故事。

People walking out very far in the Dharma Ending Period.

人们在末法时代走得很远。

If you're practicing the dharma to be happy, then it's like you're doing the opposite, just the opposite.

假如你学佛是为了要快乐，那麽就像是反其道而行，完全相反。

Peter is a graduate of UC Berkeley and is currently a member of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Youth DRBY group.

吴泊道毕业于加州大学柏克莱分校，目前是法界佛教青年会的成员之一。

Taking refuge in the Dharma, save the ambrosial water and set up a waterworks in yourselves.

皈依法，储蓄甘露法水，为自己营建了自来水厂。

You are now a member of the DHARMA Initiative

你们现在是达摩计划的一份子

Constantly looking here, we are meeting the Dharma at all time.

经常注意当下，我们随时都在遇见“法”。

To communicate with master monks and listen to the Dharma talk of wisdom;

与法师互动交流，聆听智慧法音；

Transcribing is highly recommended way to enter and access the Dharma.

誊稿对进入丶了解佛法极有帮助。

As a result of this heroic service to the Dharma he would feel pain in his head from time to time.

由于这个英勇的为法牺牲，导致他时而感到头痛。

Why don't you beginwith the Dharma initiative?

为什么不从达摩计划说起？

Once a person turns his mind wholeheartedly toward the Dharma, his attitude and behavior will no longer be his old worldly self.

诚心向佛的修行人，其心态与行为往往会与以前的世俗生活判若两人。

Likewise, without analysis one should not accept the dharma as valid.

同样的，不经过分析，就不应当接受佛法是正确的。

The Dharma of Quelling Disasters means that if a calamity is due, reciting the mantra will make it disappear.

就是你有什么灾难，你一诵这个咒就没有了，消灾了。

Buddha said that all the Dharma are machine argument, disease and medicine.

佛说种种法门皆是对机讲法，应病与药。

There may be many beings whose connection to the dharma is just about to ripen, and these writings can jeopardize their opportunity.

或许有许多人与佛法的业缘正要成熟，而这些著述可能会危害到他们的机会。