問：許多義工到道場服務，目的在培福而不想學佛，也不想學《弟子規》，於是很容易看到別人的過失，滋生是非。請老法師開示。
淨空法師答：到道場培福是好事。世間做大官、發大財的，多是前生在道場培的福。但要明白福德與功德之別：布施、持戒、忍辱、精進，若無禪定、般若，只是培福；有了禪定、般若，前面四項才轉為功德。
來做義工要落實這四條：內財布施——服務照顧大眾；持戒——遵守道場規矩；忍辱——見人過失不放在心上、不批評；精進——提升道場形象與影響。少一條，來到道場往往不是培福，而是造業。
修淨土須「以戒為師，以苦為師」。道業成敗關鍵在忍辱。《金剛經》云：「一切法得成於忍。」看不順眼就離開，結還在，將來仍要報；能化解怨結，格外恭敬，只念阿彌陀佛，時間久了問題就化解。「冤家宜解不宜結」——會學佛的人，就是會化解怨結。
Question: Many volunteers come to plant blessings but do not wish to study the Dharma or Dizigui; they easily notice others’ faults and create discord. Please advise.
Master Chin Kung: Volunteering to plant blessings is good. Yet without precepts, patience, and diligence—service, keeping rules, not criticizing, and uplifting the center’s image—one may create karma instead of merit. Giving, precepts, patience, and diligence without samadhi and prajna plant worldly blessings; with them, they become merit.
Pure Land practitioners take precepts and hardship as teachers. Achievement rests on patience—“all dharmas are accomplished through patience.” Leaving in resentment leaves the knot for future rebirths; dissolving enmity with respect and nianfo resolves it. “Better dissolve grudges than tighten them.”
