2022「吾愛吾師」教師節敬師感恩活動

恭請 師父上人致詞

2022 Teacher’s Day Appreciation Event---- To Master, with Love Speech by Master Hong Sheng

一覺元學會恭敬整理

各位嘉賓，各位大德，下午好！

每年教師節都有節目可以看，我們大家都有福利，為什麼要慶祝、紀念教師節？要過個教師節呢？當然這個「過節」，不是要我們放假的意思，而是要提醒我們：一個社會，一個世界的安定，必得要有兩個根基，其一是孝道，其二是師道。

正巧，我們這一個二十一世紀，來到這一個世代，這兩個根偏偏都失衡了，所以，我們無法期待我們周邊的人，或者是整個地球的其他領域的人，能夠去恢復這兩個根本的大道，我們只能期待自己，所以每年〈一覺元學會〉也很用心地維持住這一個教師節的義理，我們也非常地欣慰。

我剛剛講，慶祝教師節不是要來讓我們放假用的，而是在每一年當中加諸地提醒我們，要深入去維持深耕於孝道跟師道。師道是一種學習之道，一個教育者跟一個學習者，都必須要有一個正知正見，才有辦法在一種互惠當中互相提攜、互相成長，社會必須靠我們自己履踐正確的師道，我們才有辦法做一個生命的解脫。

從一個教育者的角度，我們不忘「師者，所以傳道、授業、解惑也！」傳道就是把大自然真常之道給闡述，給延續下來；授業在我們生活當中，於累生累世依持業力而兌現出來的生命狀態裡面，必須要有一種所謂的技藝上，跟我們人類所謂的生存之理這一個事相上的運行，所以這個授業，所謂的一技之長，或者是廣義地講，在這一個世間存在的生活理路，這一些都是授業的範疇，必須要有這麼一技之長的傳衍，讓我們知道，怎麼樣才是一種正確的生活對待。在這一個輪迴的世界裡面，雖然是依業受報，隨業流轉，但也可以在當中，把自己這一個觀念轉化之後，我們有辦法不再做一種人生酬業的生命觀，而是一種創造觀。

「解惑」，是一種生命智慧的昇華，我們生存於這一個世間之所以會不如意，統統來自我們的迷惑，只要我們有正確的學習路徑，我們必然會開智慧，因此就能夠解除我們一切的迷惑，這麼一來，我們沒有一個人生存在這一個世間應當有苦惱，而且必然是幸福美滿。所以每年的教師節，我們要加碼再次提醒自己，能夠如何創造屬於一切眾生的幸福美滿，也希望諸位能夠年年如意，在教師節的一種闡述當中，能夠真正地去落實，創造出屬於你們自己的幸福美滿。感恩大家！阿彌陀佛！

Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon!

We all have the benefits of having a performance to watch every year on Teacher’s Day. Why should we celebrate and commemorate Teacher’s Day? Of course, this “holiday” does not mean that we should take a vacation, but it reminds us that the stability of society and world must have two foundations: one is the principle of filial piety to parents, and the other is the principle of respecting teachers and learning from them. 

However, in this generation of the 21st century, these two roots are out of balance. Therefore, we cannot expect people around us or people in other areas of the entire earth to restore these two fundamental principles. We can only rely on ourselves. We are also very pleased that every year, the Yi Jue Yuan Society has made great efforts to maintain the teachings of Teacher’s Day.

As I said earlier, the celebration of Teacher’s Day is not meant to be a holiday for us, but a reminder for us to practice filial piety and respecting teachers more deeply each year. The “Teacher Tao” is a way of learning, so both teachers and students should continue to learn. An educator and a learner must both have the right perception and the right opinion in order to bring each other up and grow in a reciprocal way. The society must rely on ourselves to practice the right principle of respecting teachers in order for us to be liberated from life. 

From an educator’s point of view, we do not forget that “a teacher is one who preaches, impart professional knowledge, and resolve doubts”. To preach is to explain and continue the true principle of nature. In the state of life that is presented according to the karma we have in many lifetimes, there must be a so-called skill that can operate with the fact of survival of human beings. So this teaching, the so-called  living skill, or in a broad sense, the theory of life in this world, these are the range of teaching. It is necessary to pass on such a skill so that we know what the right treatment to life is. In this world of reincarnation, although we are rewarded according to our karma and flow with it, in the midst of it, we can also transform our concept and have the methods to no longer perceive our life as a reward for sin, but as a view of creation.

“ Resolving confusion” is a sublimation of the wisdom of life. The reason why our existence in this world is unsatisfactory comes from our confusion. As long as we have the right path of study, we will certainly open up our wisdom so that we will be able to release from our confusion. In this way, none of us should suffer in this world, and we must be happy and content. Therefore, every year on Teacher’s Day, we have to remind ourselves once again how to create happiness and fulfillment for all sentient beings. We hope that all of you will be happy every year. In explaining the meaning of Teacher’s Day , you can truly implement it and create your own happiness and satisfaction. Thank you all. Amitabha!