【我們在佛來接引前所要做的工作】
真正念佛人，要把壽命交給阿彌陀佛，佛覺得什麼時候恰當，我就什麼時候走，天天等佛來接引，好事。天天想著佛來接引，我們這個世間就丟掉了，就不再想世間法了。每天都在盼望著佛來接引我，總有一天真來了，真盼望到。佛不來接引你，大概就是你還有工作沒做完。這個工作不是別的，做個好榜樣給世間念佛人看，這就是我們應該要做的，天天做好榜樣給人看。
賢首大師《還源觀》裡面講的四德我們要做出來：一、「隨緣妙用」——能隨一切緣，順著一切眾生，而不著相、不分別、不執著；二、「威儀有則」——做好念佛人的榜樣，真信、真願往生、真念佛名；三、「柔和質直」——處事待人溫柔和諧，內心真誠無虛偽；四、「代眾生苦」——守法守己，能吃虧，不怨恨，把逆緣看作消業障，心存感恩。
日常生活當中放棄主觀觀念，能接受別人的意見；真有大害則要講清楚因果。人真正了解、相信因果，不敢起惡念。節錄自二零一二淨土大經科註。
Work we must do before Amitabha comes to receive us
A true nianfo practitioner entrusts life-span to Amitabha Buddha—leaving when the Buddha knows the time is right, waiting every day for His reception. If He has not come yet, there is likely still work unfinished: not worldly tasks, but setting a good example for other nianfo practitioners.
Master Xianshou’s four virtues in the Huanyuan Guan should be practiced: (1) wondrous function while according with conditions—without clinging; (2) dignified deportment—true faith, vow, and recitation; (3) gentle and upright—kind manner, sincere mind; (4) bearing suffering for beings—endure insult, dissolve karmic obstacles with gratitude rather than resentment.
Drop subjective insistence in daily life; clarify serious harm with the teaching of cause and effect. Excerpt from the 2012 Infinite Life Sutra lectures.
