【宣公上人遗言摘录】:
我要告诉你们准备后事，大家要有心里准备，我是会随时走的，什么事情都没有一定的。
人都有生老病死，佛到时候也入涅槃。这一回，一病五年，三年以前我照常讲经说法，你
们不知我抱着病来弘扬佛法。我现在的病，觉得一天重过一天了，什么时候好，什么时候
不好，都不知道，所以把我的后事告诉大家。
我如果走了，某某居士供养我一套黄色棉袄、棉裤，我穿这套衣服，外面一件长衫，好像
我平常一样，再加上一件黄色祖衣，或者红色也可以，其实黄色的也是祖衣。
我走后，你们可以诵《华严经》、念佛，或者一个七，或者七个七，你们要多少天就多少
天。火化之后，把我的骨灰洒到虚空去；旁的事情我也不要，记得不要给我造什么塔、什
么纪念馆。我来的时候，什么也没有，走的时候，还是什么也不要，在世上，我不要留什
么痕迹！我从虚空而来，回到虚空去。
我剩下也没有什么东西，只有几条念珠，你们抽签看看谁要哪条，谁抽到什么，就算什么
，只是这样准备。
我不告诉你们，你们到时手忙脚乱，也不知怎样子。我现在把后事说了，到时候你们就不
会各有各的意见。
我不能一辈子都跟着你们，谁都有来也有去的时候，不要悲哀，要和平时一样，要发心用
功。我们万佛城是有特色的，要保持我们的食一餐，年轻人吃一餐，年老也可以吃三餐。
年轻人少吃一点好，重要是要修行。
你们每一个人都要好好令佛教发扬光大，一举一动、一言一行，都要为佛教着想。不要争
、不要贪、不要求、不自私、不自利、不打妄语，这将来一定成佛的。每一个人都要负起
弘扬佛法的责任。你们能令佛教发扬光大，那我在什么地方都安心了。
好好给我训练人才，好好教导他们。你们组织起来，把学校也要办好。小学要办好，中学
要办好，大学更要办好！教育人材是要紧的，不要尽顾自己。
我这一生不愿和人争，不争、不贪、不求、不自私、不自利、不打妄语，所以我走路也在
所有人后面走路。意思是不与任何人争名夺利，有好处，旁人要的，我不要；旁人不要的
，我捡起来。佛对谁都是慈悲喜舍，没有舍弃哪一个众生。我虽然不是佛，但愿意学佛。
我现在就好像两个人，一个人现在仍然到处救度众生，我这一个人，我是不会管他的，我
不会帮助自己的。
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I want to tell you what to do after I’m gone. All of you should prepare yours
elves psychologically. I may depart at any time. Nothing is fixed.
All people have birth, old age, sickness, and death. Even the Buddha entered N
irvana when the time came. This time I have been ill for five years. Three yea
rs ago, I continued lecturing on Sutras and speaking the Dharma as usual. You
all didn’t know that I was ill as I propagated the Buddhadharma. Now I feel t
hat my illness is getting worse day by day. I don’t know when I will get bett
er and when I will get worse, so I will tell everyone about what to do after I
’ve gone.
If I go, a certain layperson made an offering to me of a yellow padded jacket
and yellow pants. I can wear this set of clothes with a long robe outside, as
I usually do. Then I can wear a yellow host sash or the red host sash. Actuall
y, the yellow sash is also a host sash.
After I depart, you can recite the Avatamsaka Sutra and the name of the Buddha
for however many days you would like, perhaps seven days or forty-nine days.
After the cremation, scatter my ashes in the air. I do not want you to do anyt
hing else at all for me. Do not build any pagodas or memorials. I came into th
e world without anything; when I depart, I still do not want anything, and I d
o not want to leave any traces in the world. I came from empty space, and I wi
ll also return to empty space.
I won’t be leaving much of anything behind, just a few strands of recitation
beads. You can draw lots to see who gets what. Whatever you draw is yours. Tha
t’s just in case.
If I don’t tell you now, then when the time comes, you’ll panic and not know
what to do. Now I’m telling you what to do after I depart, so when the time
comes, you won’t all have your own opinions.
I can’t be together with you all your lives. Every person has a time for comi
ng and a time for going. Don’t be sad. Act the same way that you do in ordina
ry times. Resolve to apply effort diligently. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
has its unique features. The rule of eating one meal a day should be kept. Yo
ung people should eat one meal a day. It’s alright for elderly people to eat
three meals. It’s better for young people to eat less. The important thing is
to cultivate.
Every one of you should work hard to make Buddhism flourish. In every move you
make and every word you say, you should be thinking on behalf of Buddhism. Do
not fight, do not be greedy, do not seek, do not be selfish, do not pursue pe
rsonal advantage, and do not lie. Then you will certainly become a Buddha in t
he future. Every person has to shoulder the responsibility of propagating the
Buddhadharma. If you can cause Buddhism to prosper and flourish, then I’ll be
able to set my heart at ease no matter where I am.
Do a good job of training people and teaching the students. You should get org
anized and run the schools well. The elementary school should be managed well,
the secondary school should be managed well, and the university be managed we
ll even more! Educating and training people is very important. You shouldn’t
care exclusively about yourself.
In my life I have never wished to contend with anyone, or to be greedy, or to
seek, or to be selfish, or to pursue personal advantage, or to lie. So when I
walk, I always walk behind everyone else. My intent is not to contend with any
one for fame or benefit. If there is any advantage that other people want, I d
on’t want it. What others don’t want, I pick up. The Buddha treated everyone
with kindness, compassion, joy, and giving. He didn’t exclude or give up on
anyone. Even though I’m not the Buddha, I want to learn to be like the Buddha
.
Right now I’m like two people. One is still saving living beings everywhere.
As for this person who is me, I don’t care about him. I will not help myself.
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