Sharing a discourse by Venerable Ru Jun on how Buddhism and filial piety is intertwined.
佛法是最終極的孝道，因為他把每一生的父母都放在心上，想要給予父母最究竟的快樂，從衣食奉養，承歡膝下，昇華到拔除父母所有痛苦最究竟的苦根！這是作為學佛的弟子，報答這一世乃至無量劫來的父母親，所要盡的一個大孝。
一、為什麼要報父母恩？
沒有父母生養，就沒有我的存在。這是最根本的理由。
更何況，父母的天性，是捨卻自身，完全為了子女。
二、師父說：會墮落成低等畜生，就是因為不念恩。
能夠念恩而行孝，會累積不可思議的福德與智慧資糧。
三、經典上說佛陀是唯一真實知恩、報恩者，真正要圓滿孝道，報父母恩，唯有常隨佛學。
My own thoughts after the discourse:
- Buddha and Buddhism is the expression of the ultimate form of filial piety as the motivation is to give all the parents in every life the ultimate bliss and to take away all their suffering.
- As a student of Buddhism, we should follow suit and grow our filial piety for our parents in this life and other lives.
- The reason for gratitude to our parents is simple. Without them, there will not be us.
- Being filial to parents will gain much merit for us as parents, like the Triple Gem, are great merit fields
- We should repay our parents by continuing in our Buddhist practice.
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