翟芒尊者最近的談話記錄

翟芒尊者最近的談話記錄

聖蹟寺發文:

最近幾天,來自世界各地的佛弟子,在參加了在聖蹟寺舉行的祈禱法會之後,已經陸陸續續回去了。應一些佛弟子的要求,翟芒尊者和大家見面座談了幾次,就大家關心的一些問題作了回答。下面即是根據翟芒尊者和一些上師們的幾次談話記錄所整理匯總,翟芒尊者審閱後同意我們公開發表。

今天抽時間跟大家見個面聊一聊,其實前一段時間還在祈禱法會期間,就有一些人想跟我說一些事情,但是我大部分都推辭了,有幾個原因:其一,我本人是一個極其慚愧的眾生,儘管一直在學習,但是修行很差,沒有證量,沒有辦法解決你們的很多問題。其次,很多人我都不認識,他們都知道的,過去很多年,佛陀師父如果只是接待佛弟子,而沒有說法的時候,我大部分都沒有在現場,因為我不想攀緣,而且我要處理自己手頭上的很多工作,所以,這一次來聖蹟寺參加祈禱法會的人,我大部分都不認識的。其三,時間不夠用,我想把時間盡量用在佛陀法音的整理和翻譯上面,這個事情是其他人無法替代的。還有一點,說實話,我是怕你們出門以後,就把我說的話傳走樣了,變成了另外完全不同的意思,這樣會帶來過患的,比如前一段時間我在聖蹟寺所講的,一傳到網路上,就變樣了,很多都不是我所表達的意思了,甚至有的人傳出來的意思還是相反的。所以,你們看我今天為什麼帶了一個錄音機來錄音?就是將來你們如果把我的意思說偏了的時候,我至少有一個證據,同時呢,我自己將來重複聽的時候,如果發現我有什麼地方說錯了,也好跟你們糾正,因為只要談到佛法,涉及到知見方面的問題,必須極其慎重,不可有一點馬虎和大意。

今天來的有一些人我認識,有很多人我過去都沒有接觸過。我想是不是這樣,先就你們關心的一些事情,我談一點我自己的看法,供你們參考,因為這些問題很多人都在問,我說完了之後,你們再有什麼問題,我們再討論。我要強調的就是,我是一個很慚愧的眾生,只是由於佛陀的慈悲,把我收留在祂身邊,聽聞佛陀的教法可能比一般人多一點,也可能比有些人學佛早幾年,但是,我不能說我的觀點就是對的,這個更不是開示,我已經在很多不同的場合說過很多次了,我沒有資格作開示,我所談到的想法和意見,只是我個人學佛修行的一點體會經驗,供大家參考,如果你們覺得我說的跟佛陀的法義違背了,我歡迎你們給我指出來我說的哪裡不對,我好改正。

第一個方面的問題,是很多人都在問的,就是你們這些上師們回去要怎麼做?這個問題,如果說複雜、說完整的話,實際上就是我們如何在這一生成就解脫的問題。如果要簡單說,也很簡單,就是六個字:“持戒修行修法”!我相信這複雜和簡單的兩種講法都不是你們想要的,所以,我具體列了幾條,下面一條一條簡單地說一下。

1.繼續誦經祈禱佛陀佛母返回人間,救渡我們這些眾生。

佛陀佛母為什麼要涅槃?根本的原因就是我們眾生的業力!所以我們每一個人都要隨時懺悔,這個懺悔不是口頭說說,而是要實實在在地懺悔自己在這一生、在當下所犯的罪業。很多人懺罪只是習慣性地唸一些什麼“無始以來貪嗔癡,一切罪障我懺悔”,那都是假的懺悔,把自己的罪過推給過去。我的觀點剛好相反,正因為無始劫以來積累的善因緣,我們今生才有福報跟隨偉大的南無羌佛學佛修行,也正因為今生沒有修好,我們才是到現在都沒有成就解脫,所以,真正的懺悔就是改掉今生的一切不符合佛陀教誡的惡習,讓自己成為一個真正的修行人。

對佛陀而言,早都已經沒有生死的概念了,我們眾生有福報,佛陀就示現於世,眾生沒有福報,佛陀就滅度,過去的古佛如是,當年南無釋迦牟尼佛如是,現在南無第三世多杰羌佛也是如此。

我在這裡說一個我經歷的公案,那是1996年1月,我隨佛陀佛母去深圳,黎德和師兄當時是羅湖大酒店的總經理,黎師兄就在酒店的最高一層第16樓佈置了一個臨時的壇場,佛陀師父在那兒說法、接待大家。有一天中午了,要請佛陀師父、佛母用餐,但是到處找不到佛陀師父,我就去十六樓的壇場去找,空的,沒有人,過了一會兒,一個師姐又去壇場找,也沒有人。又隔了一會兒,劉戈師姐又去壇場找,還是沒有人,這個時候她沒有馬上離開,而是站在門邊上的一個大的穿衣鏡前面看自己,背對著後面的窗戶,窗戶的玻璃是密封的,但是那個鏡子裡可以看到窗戶,結果她從鏡子裡面看到窗戶裡面先突然出現一隻腳,隨著佛陀師父就從空中跨進房間來了,劉戈師姐嚇得大叫一聲。我們馬上跑過去,發現佛陀師父坐在壇場裡面,然後劉戈師姐也把她所看到的經過告訴了大家。我說這個公案的目的,用一句俗話來說,就是佛陀、佛母的本事不是我們所能認識的,我們唯一要做的就是真誠懺悔,感召佛陀佛母回來,繼續教導我們、救渡我們。

2.佛弟子要慈悲,要團結幫助他人,尤其是做上師的,要把自己的團隊帶好。要發展新人,不要從別的團隊拉人。

佛陀師父多次說過,我們佛教徒不團結,遠遠不如基督教,有一些學佛時間長一點的人,或者身穿仁波且的衣服、阿阇黎的衣服,經常以一種居高臨下的態度,對他人動輒批評撻伐,根本的原因還是沒有慈悲心。希望你們每一個人回去,讓自己的團隊,大家相處得像一個大家庭一樣,有什麼事情互相幫忙,一個人有問題,大家共同幫助解決。如果這一點都做不到,還要談修行,還要想成就解脫,是不可能的。

不要拉幫結派搞山頭主義,這是佛陀師父非常反對的事情。我們是佛教徒,是修行人,修行人的格局要大,不要修了半天把自己修得心胸越發狹隘,只要眾生能聞聽到佛陀的法音,在修行,我們就應該為他們高興,無論他們在哪裡聞法,跟了哪個團體。佛教徒不是誰的私有財產。

3.一定要認真聞法。恭聞南無第三世多杰羌佛的法音,是我們獲得正知正見的來源,我甚至可以說,在如今的末法時期,任何一個佛教徒,要想得到成就解脫,非得恭聞南無羌佛的法音不可!仁波且也好,阿闍黎也好,聞法上師也好,你們的任務,就是在自己聞法的基礎上,帶領大家聞法,這一點是最重要的,這一點做好了,你們的功德就上去了。

關於聞法,佛陀的法音裡面有很多說法,告訴大家如何聞法才能得到受用。那麼我個人覺得有兩點要引起大家的重視:一是不能根據自己的好惡來選擇性地聞法,聞法要完整、全面地恭聞佛陀的法音。二是要帶著問題聞法。聞法是要獲取正確的知見,用來指導我們自己的修行,解決我們自己在工作生活中、在修行中所遇到的問題。如果一個人說自己在修行中沒有遇到過問題,那要麼你是大菩薩,我非常恭喜你,向你學習;那要麼你的問題就太嚴重了,因為你嚴重到都發現不了自己的問題。你想一想,如果沒有問題,怎麼還是一個眾生呢?怎麼還在輪迴裡面打轉呢?所以問題很嚴重,更要好好地恭聞佛陀的法音。完整地聞法和帶著問題聞法,這兩點好像有矛盾,其實是一體的,你們仔細地去體會。

4.踏實修行,是成就解脫的根本。我個人認為,南無第三世多杰羌佛來到這個世界,最重要的一點就是匡正了祖師們的很多錯誤,強調修行才是成就解脫的根本!所以,佛陀師父隨時隨地都告誡大家,一定要修行!關於修行中要注意的問題,佛陀師父在法音裡面講得非常多了,你們自己去聞法、去照著做。但我今天要強調一點的就是,法師也好,仁波且也好,阿闍黎也好,聞法上師也好,無論是什麼身份的佛教徒,都不能想要通過佛弟子來賺錢!換句話說,如果想通過自己團隊的佛弟子或者非自己團隊的佛弟子來賣產品、做生意,美其名曰共同致福、合夥發財,那已經脫離了學佛修行的正道!至於搞什麼傳銷、民族資產之類或者國家明令禁止的事情,那就是詐騙,已經是犯罪行為了。這一點非常重要,佛陀師父、佛母從來都是幫助弟子,從來沒有通過佛弟子來做生意賺錢!凡是強行讓佛弟子買產品、做傳銷之類的,無論是什麼人,佛弟子都應該離開!

還有一些人,不一定是直接騙錢,有可能先騙點名聲,把人聚集起來以後再騙錢。比如有些人就說佛陀師父在夢中給他甘露水,他現在治病很厲害,或者有人說佛陀佛母加持他,他現在可以邊聞法邊禪定了,還有可以幾個月不吃不喝的,如此等等,這些都是騙子!總部的公告已經說得非常清楚,只有公佈出來的十八法才能衡量一個人證量的高低,如果哪個人宣稱自己有證量,那就到總部報名來考試,然後公佈結果。所以,你們回去以後,不僅自己不能騙人,還要防止其他的佛教徒們上當受騙!如果你們知道了哪些人違背了佛陀的教導,在行詐騙,你們要及時反映給總部,如果是犯罪行為,那就直接上報給政府或警察,讓這些壞人騙子受到法律的制裁!在全世界的所有佛教中,只有南無羌佛、只有世界佛教總部公開批評下面的上師和弟子們不如法的行為,為什麼?因為總部遵照南無羌佛和南無釋迦牟尼佛的教誡,公正無偏,如法行事。

5.所有佛教徒,必須遵守所在國家和地區的法律法令。

這一點也是非常重要的。我們是佛教徒,我們的目的是了生脫死,自渡渡人,我們不涉入任何政治。但是,無論在哪個國家,佛教徒都必須遵守所在國和地區的法律法規,因為每一個國家的情況不同,自然會有不同的法律和規定,政府的管理也是必須的。前一段時間,有一個仁波且跟我說,中國現在不讓學習南無羌佛的佛法,我說這是沒有的事情,當時我跟她說了四點:

1)國家的憲法規定公民宗教信仰自由,沒有任何一條法律法規禁止人們學佛!所以,我們學佛是光明正大的,我們是堂堂正正的佛教徒,有什麼好怕的呢?

2)佛教是南無釋迦牟尼佛創立於印度的,對中國而言,佛教是外來的宗教,但是經過兩千多年在中國的傳播、發展,已經與中國的傳統文化緊密結合在一起,成為中國傳統文化的一部分。而南無羌佛恰恰是以中文向全世界傳播最正宗、最精闢的佛教佛學佛法,所以,全世界的佛教徒通過學習南無羌佛的佛書和法音,不僅能學習到正確無誤的佛教,還能了解吸收中華傳統文化的精華,這對中國和中華文化都有極大的推動促進作用,有什麼不好呢?

3)南無羌佛在所有的佛書和法音裡,都一直教導佛教徒們要諸惡莫作,眾善奉行,大家互相愛護、互相幫助,遵紀守法,尊老愛幼,關心大家,建設國家,熱愛世界和平,所以,一個真正的佛教徒是家庭的好成員、社會的積極分子、國家的好公民!

4)凡是自己心裡害怕的,大概是兩種人:第一種人是自己的意識裡面就認為學佛是不被允許的、是不對的,那如果這樣,你還學佛幹什麼呢?這種人還想學佛成就,豈不是荒唐?!第二種人是打著學佛的招牌,實際上卻是在做生意,甚至是非法的生意,比如政府命令禁止的什麼虛擬貨幣、傳銷之類的,還有人在群裡面詐騙等等,這種違法亂紀、擾亂社會的行為本身就是違法的,應該被禁止。

所以,只要是正當地學佛,有什麼好怕的?

6.還有一點,大家都關心的,怎麼學法的問題。其實這個問題非常簡單,當你的行修好以後,你自然而然會得到法,行不符合的話,即使給你傳了法,也是沒有用的。南無羌佛就跟我說過,有一個人一再求佛陀給她傳法,佛陀非常慈悲,給她傳了法。過了一段時間,她跑來跟佛陀說:她現在生活困難,要等賺錢以後再來修法。你們想,她這個法還有用嗎?本尊、護法還會來嗎?對於真正的佛法,我們要“寧捨生命不捨法”,更何況是佛陀親自傳的法?所以,這個人等於就是把這個法給毀了。因此,修行和知見非常的重要,是修法的基礎。這個基礎打好了,佛菩薩會觀照的,法王們、大聖德們自然會把佛法傳給你們。還有,我建議直接修學解脫大手印,解脫大手印是修行和修法結合在一起的,這是最好的,有上師傳當然好,如果沒有上師傳,自己也可以直接修學,不需要任何人傳,如法修持都能成就,這一點佛陀師父早就說過的。

7.還有很多人問的一個問題就是護法的問題,其實,學法、護法和弘法是三位一體的,我們首先要學習佛法,然後在學習的過程中要護持佛法,最後當我們有受用以後,要弘揚佛法,讓更多的人學習佛法。佛陀師父在《學佛》一書裡,在法音當中,講了很多關於護法的問題,護法是我們佛弟子修行的一個重要的部分,一個佛弟子如果不護法,就已經不是佛弟子了!談到護法,很多人容易混淆的一點就是,護法是維護佛陀、保護佛法,而不是維護自己的利益,這兩者是截然不同的。也就是說,當佛陀的名譽受損、當佛法受到傷害的時候,我們要毫不猶豫挺身而出,反駁妖魔,但是,如是我們自己的名聞利養受到損失,那我們要忍辱自修,這是我們修行、護法最為重要的一個原則。而我們現在有一些人的所作所為,與這個原則背道而馳。當今世界,唯有南無第三世多杰羌佛的佛法能讓眾生得到解脫,因為南無釋迦牟尼佛的經書遭到魔子魔孫的篡改,加上翻譯的錯誤以及現代人不容易理解古文,導致一般人要想通過學習南無釋迦牟尼佛的經書得到成就,非常困難。所以,你們回去以後,要學習和宣傳南無第三世多杰羌佛的法音和佛書!

第二個方面的問題,就是關於最近總部的公告所涉及到的事情。

這個問題本來是一個非常簡單的事情,但是,由於很多人知見不正,把它弄得複雜了。

說到這個事情,我自己就首先要懺悔,我覺得是我本人沒有德能,才造成這個情況的出現。因為無論如何,在大雄寶殿咆哮鬧殿,這可以說是罪大惡極的事情,聖蹟寺是世界上獨一無二的寺廟,佛陀曾在聖蹟寺降下甘露,聖蹟寺的大雄寶殿是內密壇城,而最重要的,佛陀佛母還在大雄寶殿裡面,鬧殿打人是對佛陀佛母的大不敬,太糟糕了!我非常難過,作為弟子,我實在愧對佛陀佛母!

當然,總部的公告所說的都是事實,而且總部的決定也是非常正確的。大家要知道,總部的聖德們是不會去錯因果的,不然也就過不了聖考、成不了聖德!所以,如果有人懷疑總部的聖德們,而去相信某一個凡夫眾生,這種人我只能說,是極度地愚癡,或者本來就是故意來破壞佛法的人妖!這麼簡單的問題、這麼基本的概念都不知道的話,你們想一想,所謂的學佛修行,不是白學了嗎?不是騙人嗎?因此,這個事情的出現,反映出一些人的知見有問題,我覺得有必要簡單地說一下。

第一個,從這個事情就可以看出一個真假修行人的區別。退一萬步說,先不論公告所說的是不是事實,作為一個當事人,第一步就是忍辱,這是修行人最起碼要做到的,如果忍辱了,你不對的都變成對的了,因為之前雖然做錯了,但現在已經是按佛陀的教導在修忍辱、在修行了。如果沒有忍辱,為了自己的面子和利益,按自己的脾氣、想法去發洩一通,表白自己,就算沒有咆哮、沒有打人,現在都已經錯了,因為已經脫離修行了。而且事實就是自己實實在在地打人了,然後自己又去網路上說假話,更何況還是當著佛陀佛母的面,一方面說要懺悔自己的業力,另一方面又鬧殿打人,你們想一想,這不是自己強行往自己身上罪上加罪,又是什麼呢?!怎麼會有這麼愚癡的人呢?以我個人的觀點,這種罪,普通的懺悔是解決不了問題的了,你們知道是為什麼嗎?因為這是在佛陀、佛母身上犯的罪,除了佛陀和等妙覺菩薩以外,一般的菩薩都不會、不敢接受她的懺罪!

第二個,關於發誓的問題。很多人說,她都發誓了怎麼怎麼,難道還有假嗎?這是因為這些人不懂發誓的道理,說不定連發誓的本人都不懂這個道理。佛陀師父就曾經說過這個事情,是不是在法音裡有,我現在記不到了,但是我曾親耳聽到佛陀說過的:即使是非常真心的發誓,往往都要等十二年左右才能兌現,因為因果成熟是需要時間運轉的。所以,如果一個人發誓說他出門就被車子撞,或者馬上破產亡身,或者第二天就失去工作等等,這些都是不實在的發誓,因為這些發誓不會馬上兌現,所以往往有人不了解這個道理,聽到發誓就信以為真,結果就上當了。如果你們不相信,我們現在就可以做一個試驗,我們這裡面找一個人,現在打身邊的某個人一個耳光,然後當場發誓說你沒有打,如果你說的是假話,你馬上出門被車撞死。我告訴你,你現在出門,只要你不是主動去撞別人的車子,你絕對不會被車撞死,甚至你主動去撞車子,也不一定會被撞死,中國很多碰瓷的人,就是實際的例子,他們都被撞死了嗎?那麼,這裡面的問題就來了,我們在這裡現場明明看到你打人了,但是你又發誓說沒有打人,並且你現在出門又沒有被車撞死,難道你可以憑這個發誓就證明你沒有打人嗎?那我們到底是該相信我們的眼睛呢,還是相信你的發誓呢?因此,以前佛教徒發誓的時候,往往都發“不得成就解脫”、“死後墮地獄”或者“死後墮三惡道”這種誓言,發這種誓有兩個原因,一是時間長,一定會兌現的;二是對一個修行人來說,不得成就就是最大的懲罰。但是後來,佛陀師父極度慈悲,不忍心看到任何人墮入三惡道,就說:如果某個人是自願發誓的話,不要發“死後墮地獄”,可以發“今生一定窮困潦倒,生活困苦不堪”,或者“疾病纏身”這一類的誓言。這種誓言,因為時間長,尤其是在廟子上或者大雄寶殿裡面發誓,那一定會兌現的。我再說一個真實的例子,曾經有一個上師,你們這裡一定有人認識他,我不說他的名字,他曾經騙了一些人的錢給自己買房子,他到佛陀的金剛壇城來拜見佛陀師父的時候,佛陀就問他,他回答說他沒有騙任何人的錢,而且當場就在佛陀面前發誓說:如果他騙了任何人的錢,他出大門就讓車子撞死。當天我在壇城,他當然沒有被車子撞。但是,這個上師回去以後,那些被騙的人起訴他,法院經過審理,證實他確實詐騙了好幾個人的錢財,這個上師最終被判坐牢。所以,這就是一個活生生的例子,發假誓。但是,我提醒一點,因果不昧,發了假誓,難道就這麼算了嗎?今後還是要結相應的果的。

第三個,很多人說:佛陀佛母是多麼慈悲,遇到這種問題一定會慈悲眾生的,總部為什麼不慈悲一點,私下批評解決問題,而非要公告大眾?說這個話是極度荒唐的,根本不了解佛法的義理,不明白什麼才是真慈悲。這個問題如果要詳細說,時間太長了,我在這裡只是提出幾個問題,請大家思考:佛陀們是宇宙間最慈悲的,但佛陀為什麼要制定出很多戒律來規範約束佛教徒的言行呢?難道佛陀要故意折磨佛教徒嗎?佛陀連對妖魔都同樣慈悲,但是為什麼佛陀們又化現出金剛來消滅殘害眾生的妖魔呢?不要把慈悲跟毫無原則畫等號,不要把慈悲跟爛好人畫等號,真正的大慈大悲,是要看怎麼樣才能保護好眾生的慧命,真正對眾生的成就解脫有利。還有,你自己已經是一個聖者菩薩呢,還是一個正在學佛修行的凡夫眾生呢?大家要明白,佛陀的慈悲,那是佛陀的事情,不能把佛陀的境界套在我們這些凡夫身上,我們佛教徒必須嚴格守戒,否則只會墮落。所以,大家自己去思考,再去認認真真地恭聞佛陀的法音,我相信你們就會明白,為什麼總部必須出公告,為什麼總部是真正的慈悲。

第四個,總部的公告並不只是說了兩個人,有些人的問題同樣嚴重。那麼,對於那些不按佛陀教導、不守戒律、一意孤行、毫不認錯的所謂佛教徒,我們該如何對待?有些人說,我們都是金剛師兄弟,是一家人,要團結,要幫助。簡單地說,這個觀點是錯誤的!當年,南無釋迦世尊在報化涅槃前被問到這個問題的時候,釋迦佛陀教導說:“摒棄之”,也就是說佛教徒們應該遠離這種惡人,讓其自生自滅,最後受其果報,因為我們是凡夫,沾不得那樣的黑業,怎樣教化這些惡人,是只有偉大的佛菩薩們才能做到的,我們眾生必須遠離。所以,我們唯一要做的,就是遵照佛陀的教導。至於說什麼“金剛師兄弟”之類的,只能說這些人還需要好好聞法學習。聯想到前一段時間,有人已經在燒佛書佛像和佛陀的法音,這絕對是變成妖魔無疑了,結果還有人要去所謂的幫助這些妖魔,幫得黑業纏身,可以肯定的說,這些人最終一定會和妖魔一起同墮地獄,受盡痛苦,到最後還是得佛菩薩們去救渡他們。

回過頭來,我們想一想,為什麼有很多人提出這麼多問題,就是因為沒有好好地恭聞佛陀的法音,沒有好好地把佛陀的教導用於解決我們生活修行中遇到的問題,聞思修果,只有聞,沒有思,更沒有修,當然就沒有果!所以,再次強調,大家恭聞南無羌佛的法音非常非常地重要!要真聞法,不要假聞法。

第三個方面,就是關於第三世多杰羌佛辦公室的事情。

前幾天,有人轉來了一個問題,詢問現在辦公室能否代表佛陀?不管問這個問題的動機是什麼,我都覺得這是一個好問題。因為,在整個宇宙裡,沒有任何一個人可以代表佛陀,能代表佛陀的只有佛陀,菩薩都不行!那麼以前,辦公室是為佛陀服務的,代表南無羌佛處理工作上的很多問題,但是現在佛陀涅槃以後,就已經不存在代表不代表的問題了!辦公室除了要祈禱佛陀佛母盡快返回人間,現在最主要的任務就是整理和翻譯佛陀的法音,這是利益所有大眾的事情,辦公室今後除了公佈新的法音之外,一般不會再發其它的公告,辦公室的所有工作人員,包括我本人,過去沒有,將來也不會打著辦公室的旗號去做任何與南無羌佛、南無佛母、佛法或佛陀法音無關的事情!辦公室會竭盡全力,盡快整理好佛陀的法音,讓大眾都能恭聞學習。最近的一套法音《南無第三世多杰羌佛旅行中應佛弟子之需隨緣說法》已經整理完成了,總共十五卷,這是非常重要的法音,希望你們在離開之前到國際佛教僧尼總會請到這套法音,你們恭聞了就會明了很多道理。

總部的聖德們如果有關於佛法的事情,總部會出公告的,大家一定要認真學習和理解總部的公告。

最後再說一遍,我個人水平差,能力有限,極其慚愧,我今天所說的,是我自己的一點體會和想法,希望能夠給你們作一個參考,如果你們覺得我說的是錯的,也沒有關係,我唯一的希望就是所有的人們、所有的眾生都能學習到南無羌佛的佛法,真正成為一個解脫的聖者,以便救渡更多的眾生。

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我的再次公开声明

我的再次公开声明


首先我想说的是,我实在不愿意发这个声明,来占用大家的时间。自年初以来,每隔几天,我总是收到一些消息,说是有我的代表,或是我指派的什么人,或是我的助手,或是我直接领导的什么人,在做什么什么事情……如此等等,不一而足。对这类问题,我通过不同的方式,已经公开说过很多次了,但是,在今天,2022年10月18日,早上六点过,我又收到了来自上海的消息,说我派到国内弘法利生的一位仁波且在如何如何……

事实上,10月18日对我是一个非常重要的日子,因为得益于伍建平师兄的引荐,在经过了三年多的等待之后,终于在三十年前的1992年10月18日,我有幸拜见了南无羌佛,从此彻底改变了我的人生。所以,今天早上在收到这封信以后,为了避免大家上当受骗,我还是决定要再公开说一次。

第一, 我是一个善根不深、业力很重,但是真诚实在、不说假话、希望在今生求得解脱的普通佛弟子、修行人,因为南无羌佛的慈悲而被收留在佛陀的身边,由此因缘,得以比其他人多听闻了一些佛陀说法、多得到了一些佛陀的指导。

第二, 到现在为止,我从没有任何助手,没有任何代表;我从没有给任何人作过皈依;我从没有收过任何弟子,也没有指派过任何人代收弟子;我从没有任何道场,也没有计划在任何地方建道场;我从没有收过供养,更没有让他人代我收过供养;我从没有指派过任何人去任何地方弘法利生,没有认证过仁波且。第三, 在过去的几年,我倡导佛弟子们积极护法,各地的佛弟子们成立了护法组,并依据各自的时间和水平,在网上护法。对所有想护持、弘扬佛陀正法的人们,我从来都是支持的,对于他们直接向我提出的问题,我也都是善意地提出建议。但是,大家要知道,尽管有每个月的统计和报告,但每个组具体的护法工作,我并不是都很清楚,而每个人具体在线上线下做什么,那是他们自己的行持,我既不了解,也无权管束。

第四, 凡是接触过我的人都知道,如果我遇到什么事情要请教、商量或处理,我都会直接联系当事人。因此,今后凡是再有任何人以我的名义做任何事,请你们遇到了以后,先把这种人当作骗子对待,然后你们可以把相关信息发在这个群里面,我看到了一定会回覆的。

第五, 我也忠告打我的招牌的这些人,如果打我的旗号能够让你们解脱成就,那我非常乐意,但事实是,提我的名字并不能让你们逃离因果的惩罚,因为我只是一个普通的众生。

第六, 现在有很多佛弟子想成为上师,这是非常好的,但是在成为上师之前,自己一定要先成为一个好的修行人,要具备做上师的基本资格。过几天会发行南无羌佛一批新的法音,佛陀把上师的资格说得非常的清楚,大家一定要好好恭闻学习,以免被邪师骗子所骗。

第七, 我要再不断强调的是,在此末法时期,佛弟子要想成就解脱,只有恭闻南无羌佛的法音,诸恶莫作,众善奉行,踏实修行,认真修法,功行并举,除此之外,没有第二条路!!


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我的再次公开声明

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150. The Story of Sañjīva [Sañjīva-Jātaka]

150. The Story of Sañjīva [Sañjīva-Jātaka]

When the Buddha was in Jetavanārāma, the king Ajātasattu was friendly with Devadatta. Even though unrighteous and sinful, Ajātasattu was pleased with him. He built for Devadatta a temple in Gayāsīsa, which he gave to him. And he assisted him by giving him all the necessary perquisites. In the meantime, following Devadatta’s words, he sent the elephant NāÀāgiri to kill the Buddha and he sent bowmen to shoot at the Buddha. Many bad things such as these were done by him. After that, his father who was a very righteous king and who was one who had attained the stream entrance state of mind [sotāpanna], was killed by him through the persuasion of Devadatta.

Later, he heard that Devadatta had died and had gone to hell sinking down through the earth. On hearing this, he became afraid for his life believing that if anything happened to Devadatta, no doubt it would happen to him, too. He was very much afraid day and night. He spent the daytime in the routine activities of his daily life. But at night, when he went to bed, he dreamed that he was falling through the earth that had opened up and was shooting forth the fires of hell. From this, he became even more afraid as if he were a chicken that had its neck twisted and had been thrown into the hot sun to die. In this way, he suffered day and night despite his royal luxuries.

He had a keen interest in questioning the Buddha about the dream he was having, but he was reluctant to express that interest to Jīvaka. One day he saw the moonlight bright as if it were daylight, and he said to his minister Jīvaka, “The moonlight is so clear that one can see the distance of forty- five arrow shots as if it were daytime. It is not good to waste our time by staying here. This night is pleasant, calm, attractive, and beautiful. Let us go to a good ascetic, to someone like that, to listen to the Dhamma. I have now such an intention. Do you know to whom we can go?” The other ministers who heard him started to mention the names of the various religious masters to whom they each paid obeisance. Most of them were NigaÏæha-s. One minister said, “There is the ascetic PūraÏa Kassapa. He is a Buddha. Let us go to see him.” Another minister said, “It would be good to go to the Buddha Makkhali Gosāla.” Another minister said, “Instead of going to him, let us go to the Buddha Ajita Keśakambala.” Then some other minister wanted to go to the Buddha Kakudha Kaccāyana. After, another said, “I think it would be good to go to the Buddha Sañjaya Belaææhiputta.” The sixth one said, “I suggest that more than any other Buddha, NigaÏæha Nāthaputta is the best one to whom to go.”

In this way, all the ministers said what they thought, mentioning various NigaÏæha-s, all of who were like children [with regard to spiritual advancement]. The king did not listen to them seriously, thinking, “No doubt Jīvaka will respond  to  my  question.”   But  Jīvaka  was  silent.

Understanding his silence, the king addressed Jīvaka. He asked, “Jīvaka, these people are all praising their own Buddha-s whom each of them follows. Why do you not say something? Do you have no such a Buddha?”

Jīvaka heard this and got up from his seat. He paid respect toward the direction in which the Buddha was, and he recited the nine-fold virtuousness of the Buddha. He said, “Such a virtuous, omnipresent one is now living in my mango park followed by 1,800 monks. Therefore, I suggest that it would be good for your lordship to go there.”

On listening to him, the king said, “It is wonderful. Let us go there.” And he made arrangements to go there by elephants together with his retinue. He went to the Buddha in royal magnificence. He approached the Buddha’s residence and dismounted his elephant. He then came to the followers of the Buddha who were wearing neat and clean clothes, who had tranquil faculties, who all were seated still with arms and feet close to their bodies, and of whom not even one sneezed or coughed. He was very pleased by seeing this. First he paid his respects to the monks, and then to the Buddha. He sat down and said, “Sir, I would like to ask a question.” “Well, your lordship, ask your question.” Then the king said, “Venerable sir, what is the result that one can gain by being a monk?” The Buddha said the discourse called the Sāmaññaphala Sutta divided into two sections [bhāÏavāra-s] and into 500 points to be explained [grantha-s].23

After this preaching, Ajātasattu knelt down in the presence of the Buddha to pay his respect and said, “Revered sir, please excuse my wrong deeds that I have done out of ignorance.” Buddha accepted his apology, and the king went away.

Then the Buddha addressed the monks, saying, “Oh monks, this King Ajātasattu by being associated with a bad person both killed his father and at the same time ruined his chance for future salvation. If he did not do so, he would today be one who has entered into the stream entrance state of mind [sotāpanna].”

The next day, the monks assembled in the preaching hall were discussing how King Ajātasattu had lost his good fortune to become a Sotāpanna. The fully enlightened one entered the preaching hall then and asked the monks, “Oh monks, what were you discussing before I came here?” The monks mentioned the previous day’s incident. And the Buddha said, “Oh monks, not only in this life but even in the past, Ajātasattu by associating with evil ones created for himself misfortune.” The monks invited the Buddha to disclose the past story.

“At one time, when King Brahmadatta was ruling in Benares, the Enlightenment Being was born in a Brahmin family in that city. When he was grown, he went to a well- known teacher who used to teach in the city and began to study under him. After studying under him, he started to teach students on his own.

“While he was teaching students like this, he had a student named Sañjīvaka. He taught him a spell that could be used to bring the dead to life. And when they gain life, they can walk—but only a short distance. He did not teach him the spell to immobilize them if they come near.

“Once, that student went with a group of other students to fetch firewood from the forest. On their way, they saw a dead tiger on the ground. Sañjīvaka said to the other students, ‘Do you want to see my power? I will bring this tiger back to life.’ The other students said, ‘How can you bring a dead being back to life? It will never happen.’ Sañjīvaka said, ‘Just look at what I do.’ And he started to recite the spell. The other students said, ‘Who knows what will happen!’ And they climbed up trees.

“While Sañjīvaka was repeating the spell, he threw some pebbles toward the dead body of the tiger. When he was throwing the pebbles, the tiger started to get up. He came forward, and jumping up on the very person who was chanting the spell, he killed him. The tiger that had been brought back to life also fell dead at that spot.

“The other students collected the firewood and returned to where they were studying. They told the teacher what had happened. On hearing the news, the teacher said to the students, “It is not good to help an evil friend. If you do so, such is the result.” And he advised them to live generous and peaceful lives. He himself lived such a life, did many meritorious deeds, and acquired much merit. At the end of his life he died, and was born in heaven.

“Sañjīvaka was King Ajātasattu at that time. The teacher of Benares was I who have become the Buddha.” In this way, the Buddha ended the story of Sañjīva.

23 The Sāmaññaphala Sutta is to be found in the Dīghanikāya, but it is not divided there into two sections.

The moral: “Choose your friends wisely.”

150. The Story of Sañjīva [Sañjīva-Jātaka]

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149. The Story of One Leaf (The Story of Shining Forth) [EkapaÏÏa-Jātaka (Virocana-Jātaka)]

149. The Story of One Leaf (The Story of Shining Forth) [EkapaÏÏa-Jātaka (Virocana-Jātaka)]

When the Buddha was living in the city of Vesāli, he lived in the mansion called, “The Gabled House”. At that time, the city of Vesāli was surrounded by three walls each the distance of sixteen Gāvuta-s21 one from the other, and each having gates and watchtowers. In addition there were 7,707 crowned kings to rule the country, with an equal number of viceroys, generals, and treasurers. Among these there was one bad prince, who was known as Wicked [Duææha]. He was aggressive, rough, and if one would speak something to him, he would use insulting words toward that one. Everyday he was like a snake that had been beaten with a stick. He was consumed with anger, and this shone forth to others. When people came to see him, they did not get a chance to speak more than two or three words. Parents, younger brothers, other relatives, and even his own children were uncomfortable in his presence. His wife and all his friends were afraid of him as if he were a snake that bit off flesh little piece by little piece, or as if they had come to a forest in which there were thieves, or as if they had seen a demon. Every time they saw him, they were in fear.

On hearing of this from someone, the Buddha went to see him and advised him: “A man who behaves fiercely like you, no doubt will be reborn in the fourfold hell and suffer from birth to birth. When people get angry, their face is unpleasant looking even though it had been beautiful like a lotus. It looks like a golden mirror covered with filth. In such anger, men hit themselves, or die by hanging themselves with a rope around the neck, or die falling down off a high precipice. By whatever way he dies, in his next birth he will be reborn in hell. After suffering a lot in hell, whenever he gets a human birth, he will suffer from the day of his birth with eye diseases, ear diseases, and so forth, endlessly. If he lives with loving kindness toward living beings, or with gentleness, compassion, and kindness, then he will not be confronted with such situations. He will be able to enjoy all kinds of happiness without such sufferings.”

From the time the prince heard this, he gave up his pride and anger. He became gentle and restrained like a cobra whose venom had been extracted, like a crab whose claw had been broken, and like a bull with cut horns. If someone hit him, or hurt him, or verbally abused him, he kept silent, not even asking whom it was who did this. If someone behind him mocked him or laughed at him, he did not even turn his head to see who it was. He behaved in this way from that point on.

One day the monks assembled in the preaching hall were talking about this. One monk said, “It is amazing that even his parents constantly advising the prince could not change him. But the Buddha tamed him with a single admonition as a mahout tames an elephant.”  Then another monk said, “It is commendable, of course, that a horse trainer breaking in his horse guides his horse from east to west, and south to north, according to his will. Just so an elephant trainer and an ox trainer. Also, in the same way, the Buddha goes to wherever there are beings, whether in the human world, heaven, or the Brahma world, and guides them aright. Who can do like that except the Buddha?” Then the Buddha entered, and said, “Oh monks, what were you talking about before I came?” The monks told him they were talking about the taming of the prince. The Buddha said, “Not only today, even in the past I tamed him with a single admonition.” And the monks invited the Buddha to disclose the hidden story.

The Buddha disclosed the story:

At one time King Brahmadatta was ruling the city of Benares. At that time the Enlightenment Being was born in a well-known Brahmin family. After his parents’ death, he renounced their wealth and went to the Himalayan Mountains to become an ascetic. After a while, he returned to Benares in search of salt and sours.22 He wandered the streets of Benares for alms.

The king saw him walking on the street and sent one of his ministers to bring him. The minister went to him and told him of the king’s invitation. The ascetic said to the minister, “Sir, I have no previous acquaintance with the king. I live in the Himalayan Mountains as an ascetic. Further, since I am an ascetic, I have no close association with him. Therefore, why should he invite me to his palace?”

Hearing this, the minister returned to the palace and said to the king, “Your lordship, he will not come!” Then the king said, “Tell him that I have no close association with any ascetic. Further, up to now, I have not seen an ascetic. Therefore, please come.” Saying so, he sent the minister for the second time.

The ascetic, on hearing this, came to the palace. The king paid him obeisance and asked, “Where do you go, and where do you live?” The ascetic said, “Your lordship, I live in the Himalayan forest. And as it is time to observe the rainy season retreat, I am searching now for a place to live.” The king, hearing him, said, “Please live in my pleasure garden.” Saying so, he gave him food to eat.

After that, the king led the ascetic to his pleasure garden. He requested the watchman to make arrangements for the ascetic to stay there, and told him to look after the ascetic very carefully. Giving the watchman this responsibility, the king returned to his palace. Since then, the king would go two or three times a day to see the ascetic.

At this time, the king had a son called Wicked [Duææha]. The young prince was very rough and arrogant, and always acted with anger as if he were a snake hit with a stick. He paid no attention to the words of his parents, his relatives, his friends, or others. The king, worried about this situation, took the prince one day to see the ascetic. He said, “Reverend sir, my son is very rough and arrogant. Kindly tame him.” Saying so, the king handed over the prince to the ascetic’s care, and he went away.

The ascetic became friendly with the prince. Holding his hand while walking in the pleasure garden, he showed him a young neem tree shoot that had only two leaves on it. He said, “Look at this neem tree shoot. Take one of its leaves and taste it.” The prince did so, and as the leaf was very bitter, he spit it out with saliva. He then uprooted the young tree with one hand, and said, “If this is bitter like this now, when it becomes a big tree no doubt it will cause unhappiness for many.”

The ascetic said, “Look at this. The neem tree was bitter so you uprooted it. In the same way, your father’s ministers think of you that you are very rough and arrogant, and that if you become the king no doubt you will do many disastrous things. Thinking so, they too will kill you. Therefore, you must decide not to be rough, arrogant, and bad to people, and must live in a righteous and gentle way.” The ascetic advised the prince to be tame in this way.

On hearing this advice, the prince started to lead a life that was not rough and arrogant. After the death of his father, the king, he passed a very righteous and peaceful life and the people of the country prospered. In the end, he passed away leading a righteous life.

“At that time, the wicked prince was the wicked prince of today. The king at that time was the Venerable Ānanda. And the ascetic was I who am today the Buddha who is supreme in the whole world.” Saying this, the Buddha ended this Jātaka story.

The moral: “Wise advice can help one change.”

21 1 Gāvuta = ¼ Yojana, or a little less than 2 miles.

22 Salt and sours are not obtainable in the forest. In ancient times it was believed that these things were necessary to maintain one’s bodily health.

149. The Story of One Leaf (The Story of Shining Forth) [EkapaÏÏa-Jātaka (Virocana-Jātaka)]

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148. The Story of a Jackal [Sigāla-Jātaka]

148. The Story of a Jackal [Sigāla-Jātaka]

The Buddha disclosed this Jātaka story while he was in the Jetavanārāma in Sāvatthi. While he was there in Jetavanārāma, there were 500 new monks who had just come into the order. In the middle of a certain night, in all their minds, they all had lustful thoughts. Buddha, at that same time, was examining the minds of his disciples, thinking out of compassion, “What do my disciples have on their minds?” He realized that these 500 new monks all had lustful thoughts, and he thought, “This is as if a group of enemies have entered into a Universal Monarch’s city. While I am living in my temple, these monks have developed lustful thoughts in their minds. I have to remove these lustful thoughts immediately by preaching to them.” Thinking so, he addressed the Venerable Ānanda.

Venerable Ānanda was the Buddha’s chief attendant for 25 years. Among other things, he helped the Buddha by watching over the temple during the night. He was guarding the temple, walking around carrying a lamp in his hand. On hearing the Buddha address him, he came to the Buddha and said, “Yes, sir.” Meanwhile, the Buddha was thinking, “It would be good to summon all those monks who were experiencing confusion, and it would be good to preach to them to eliminate their unwholesome thoughts. But if I preach to them, they will know that the Buddha realized that they had bad thoughts on their minds, and they will be agitated on account of that. They will not be able to listen to the Dhamma. When the mind is agitated, it cannot realize the Dhamma. My preaching will not help them realize a higher state. Therefore, I will preach to all the monks at the same time.” He then asked the Venerable Ānanda to summon all the monks.

Hearing the Buddha’s words, the Venerable Ānanda took the keys for the doors of all the chambers in the monastery, and went from door to door informing everyone of the Buddha’s request. The monks all came to the preaching hall where the Buddha was like a golden rock covered by a golden cloth, and they paid obeisance to him by kneeling down, and then sat around him.

The Buddha was shining with rays of the six colors18, which became like an aura around him equal in brightness to a thousand suns and a thousand moons. Sitting, with such an appearance, he started to preach. “Oh, monks, there are three types of thoughts that monks must not think—lustful thoughts, angry thoughts, and injurious thoughts. If you think even a little about women, it may cause you to acquire much demerit. The reason is this: If a snake bites you, the wound is very small, but the venom goes through your whole body and kills you. From a small place where lightning has struck, many trees and creepers may be caused to burn and turn into ashes.  Lustful thoughts and women are also like that. By being attached to women, the same thing may happen as what happened to a jackal who became attached to an elephant carcass that he thought could give him unlimited meat.” The monks asked about the story of the jackal. The Buddha then disclosed this story of the past:

At one time when King Brahmadatta was ruling in Benares, the Enlightenment Being was born as a jackal living in the forest.   Once, he saw the dead body of an elephant lying in the forest. He thought, “This is enough food for me to eat for my whole lifetime. I would not have to go anywhere else in search of food. Thinking so, he approached the elephant carcass and took a bite of the trunk. It felt as if he were biting a plough handle. Then he bit the tusk. It felt as if it were the hard core of hard wood. Then he bit the stomach. It felt as if it were bamboo matting. Then he bit the anus. It felt like an oil cake. Then he was satisfied, thinking that he had finally found soft meat. He then ate his way into the belly and decided he could live there as if in a den with plenty of meat to eat and blood to drink. When he got sleepy, he would place his head on the lungs as if two pillows and he would lie on the liver as if it were a soft mattress. While he was living like this, he thought, “Why should I ever leave this place?” He decided to live inside the elephant carcass permanently, and he spent days on end in it. After such a situation went on for days on end, there came a severe drought. The elephant’s skin dried and shrunk. The whole carcass of the elephant also dried up and shrunk. The meat became very tough and there was no longer any blood. Inside, the hollow in which he was living became dark as if it were the dark space between worlds.

The jackal became afraid, and started to think about a way to get out. He could not find an exit, and so he ran to and fro, and jumped up and down, until he became exhausted. In the meantime, there was a rainfall. The elephant carcass became wet and absorbed water, and light came through the hole through which he had originally entered like a star. The jackal backed up as far as the head of the elephant and darted toward the hole with all his strength as fast as he could. When he jumped like that, all the fur from his body stuck inside the hole in the elephant and his body became smooth like the skin of a Palmyra palm. Seeing his body like this, be became fearful and thought, “Due to my strong craving, I have become like this. I will never again be greedy or eat meat from an elephant carcass.”

Saying this, the Buddha preached the four noble truths.

He finalized this story, emphasizing them.

After the disclosure of this Jātaka story, the 500 monks, ending their old defilements, became Arahant-s. Other monks attained to the mental status of those who have entered the stream entrance state of mind [sotāpanna-s], of those who have attained the once-returner state of mind19 [sakadāgāmin-s], and of those who have attained the non- returner state of mind20 [anāgāmin-s], and this Dhamma sermon further became very helpful to many others.

The Buddha added, “I was born as the jackal at that time.”

The moral: “Uncontrolled greed leads to difficulty.”

18 The six colors are blue, yellow, red, white, amber, and all the colors mixed.

19 That is, of those who will not be reborn on earth more than once.

20 That is, of those who do not return, those who are not reborn.

148. The Story of a Jackal [Sigāla-Jātaka]

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147. The Story of Safflower [Puppharatta-Jātaka]

147. The Story of Safflower [Puppharatta-Jātaka]

At one time the Buddha was living in Jetavanārāma in Sāvatthi. He disclosed this Jātaka story on seeing a monk disturbed by infatuation with his former wife. The Buddha asked him, “Why, monk, have you become so disturbed with infatuation?” He said, “Your lordship, my former wife is very clever in cooking the daintiest foods, and in other womanly household arts.” The Buddha said, “Oh monk, because of her you were impaled in the past, and suffered rebirth in hell.” On hearing these words, the other monks requested the Buddha to disclose the story of the past.

This is how the Buddha stated the story:

At one time, King Brahmadatta was ruling the kingdom of Benares. At this time, the Enlightenment Being was born as an aerial deity. Once, when people were celebrating the summer Kattikā festival, a certain poor man in the city had only one cloth to wear for both him and his wife for the festival. Just before the festival, he tore the cloth into two pieces, washed and dried them, and folded them over and over a hundred times until they were small. On the first festival day, he took them out, unfolded them, and gave one of the pieces of cloth to his wife to wear. She said, “I would like to have a cloth to wear that is colored with safflower.

While wearing such a safflower colored cloth, I want to go into the street with you and kiss you.” The husband said, “What are you saying? I am a poor man. I do not have safflower colored cloth. Here is the white cloth that I kept clean after washing it. Wear this cloth as your skirt, and let us go and play in the street.” Then his wife said, “No. I do not want to go and play without wearing a safflower colored cloth. If you want to play in the street with a woman wearing a white cloth, then take your cloth to another woman, and play with her.”

On hearing this, he pleaded with her again and again. His wife said, “If a man has a will, what can he not do. Why cannot you go to the king’s flower garden and bring some flowers from his garden?” The husband said, “Oh, what are you saying? I not only cannot bring flowers from the king’s garden. I cannot even see it.” The wife said, “Why cannot you steal some flowers during the night?” Then, on account of his wife’s pleading, the husband could not say “no” to her. Finally, he agreed to go and steal the flowers. He went out from the city to the king’s flower garden, and jumped up on the fence surrounding it. The security guards heard the noise from this, and went to where he was. They seized the husband, handcuffed him, and the next morning they took him to the king. The king sentenced him to death saying, “Why do you show him to me? Take him, go to the execution ground, and impale him.” The guards took him to the execution ground while the execution drums were being beaten, and impaled him alive on a stake. He suffered the pains of the impaling, and while he was still living, crows came and pecked out his eyes.  Even though the pain was very severe, he could not stop thinking about his wife. He thought, “All my good wife wanted to do was to go to the festival and enjoy herself while wearing a safflower colored cloth.” While he was thinking such thoughts, he died and was reborn in the hell where there is burning fire.

The husband and wife at that time are today this monk and his former wife. The aerial deity who saw this happen as it was is today the Buddha who preaches to you now.

The moral: “Unending craving causes much suffering.”

147. The Story of Safflower [Puppharatta-Jātaka]

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146. The Story of a Crow [Kāka-Jātaka]

146. The Story of a Crow [Kāka-Jātaka]

At one time Buddha was living in the Jeta Grove monastery. There was a group of aged gentlemen landowners, and jointly they did meritorious deeds. One day, they got together and while they were chatting, they thought that as they were in old age, it would be good to become ascetics, and by doing so they would be able to obtain Arahant-ship [sainthood]. They approached the Buddha and said, “Venerable sir, kindly ordain us. If you can do so, it would be a great thing for us.” Buddha agreed to their request, and they were ordained.

After their ordination, they made little huts for themselves beside Jetavanārāma. And as they had been ordained in old age, they could not study anything. Even by practicing meditation in accord with the Buddha’s guidance, they failed to achieve any results.17 When they went on alms rounds, they usually went to their own former family members’ homes.  They would take what they obtained to the home of the former wife of the chief monk of the group and eat it there, obtaining from her special sauces cooked by her for their food. In the course of time, this chief monk of the group’s wife fell into sickness and died. On hearing this news those old monks, lamenting that the old woman who was skilled in cooking had now passed away, started to cry together.

While they were crying together, other monks heard their cries and came to see what the trouble was. They asked the old monks why they were crying. The old monks said, “We cry because our benefactress who was clever in cooking sauces for us has died. It is because of this that we cry.” After hearing this, the monks who came in the evening to the preaching hall were talking about this when the Buddha entered. Buddha asked, “Monks, what were you talking about before my coming?” The monks mentioned the news about the passing away of the wife of the chief monk of the group of old monks, and how the old monks were crying.

Then the Buddha said, “Oh monks, this old chief monk and the group of old monks cry not only in this life. They did so even in the past when the old chief monk’s wife died, and they were trying to bail out the water from the ocean and they failed to do it. At that time, because of the help of a good advisor they did not die on account of their futile exertions.” The monks requested the Buddha to disclose the past story.

The Buddha said:

At one time, King Brahmadatta was ruling in Benares. At that time, the Enlightenment Being was born as a divine being of the ocean.

Once, some people got together and made offerings to deities and Nāga-s who lived in the ocean with rice, meat, and alcoholic beverages in accord with vows they had made. They placed all these food items on the sand of the beach. When they left, a certain crow and his hen, wandering on the sand, saw these food items there and ate and drank as much as they could. They became intoxicated thereby from both the alcoholic beverages and the rich food. Because they were intoxicated, they decided, using poor judgment, to take a bath in the ocean. While they were bathing in the ocean, a big wave came. It swept the hen-crow out to sea, and a big fish came and swallowed her. On seeing this, the male crow thought that a wave had swallowed his hen. He cried with sorrow.

When they heard his cries, other crows came around and they asked, “Why are you crying?” He told them, “Your friend, the hen-crow who was my wife, was taken by the ocean.” The other crows also became very upset. They said, “We have such a large number of crows here. Why should we not just bail the water out of the ocean?”

They then all got together and started to bail out the water of the ocean with their beaks. In this way, they tried for a long time to empty the ocean until they became tired. They then stopped to rest on the sand of the beach, with their beaks being sore from the salty water, their throats being dry, their cheeks being irritated, and their eyes being red from having gotten salt water in them. Very tired from their task, they began to cry, “We have lost our beautiful hen-crow who had a beautiful beak like a parrot, a beautiful color like a peacock, and a sweet voice like a cuckoo. Our beautiful hen- crow was stolen by the thief-like ocean.” Saying so, they cried in one voice.

The Enlightenment Being, who had been born as a divine being of the ocean, on hearing the noise of the crows, assumed a dreadful disguise as a bird of prey. Coming there, he made them go away. In this way, he stopped them from being sad any longer.

The Buddha said:

The hen-crow at that time was the dainty woman who today cooked sauces for the old monks. The male crow was the chief monk of the group of old monks. The other crows were the group of old monks. And the divine being of the ocean of whom they were made to be afraid, thereby causing them to fly away, was I who am today the Buddha.

Thus he finished the story.

The moral: “Grieving for the lost is vain.” Also,

“Think before acting out of grief.”

17 When a person gets old, his mind is not as sharp as when he was young, his memory does not work as well, and he cannot concentrate the same as a young person. Because of this, it is difficult for him to study or meditate. Ideally, a person should be ordained when he is young.

146. The Story of a Crow [Kāka-Jātaka]

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145. The Story of Rādha [Rādha-Jātaka]

145. The Story of Rādha [Rādha-Jātaka]

At one time when Buddha was living in the Jeta grove, one monk who was infatuated with his former wife after his ordination was ready to disrobe. Buddha heard this. The reason for disclosing the following Jātaka story comes in the Indriya-Jātaka [No. 423] further on.

[At one time, a householder when he was advanced in years wanted to give up his lay life and be ordained. When he was ordained, he felt that it was difficult to lead a life without a woman as in monkhood. According to his foolish thought of becoming a layman again, the chief ascetic said, “If you disrobe, you will have to suffer a lot. …” Finally, the monk who wanted to disrobe realized, as his teacher had explained, “If I go and live a lay life again, I will have to kill animals for meat. Then I will be reborn in hell and I will have to suffer. In my lay life, my present physical strength will not last forever. I will suffer when I am physically weak.” Thinking such thoughts, he gave up his thought to be a layman and he began to meditate as before. He knelt down, begging pardon in the presence of his teacher, and he started to meditate. … Finally, he meditated and learned to control his lust, he gained mental absorption, and he was reborn in the Brahma world.]

To the monk who had become infatuated with his former wife and was trying to disrobe, the Buddha said, “Not only in this life are you trying to do this, but such was so also in a former life. Even in the past, you could not control your unwholesome lust. Therefore it is not surprising that you have such urges.” Saying so, the other monks requested the Buddha to disclose the past story, and Buddha related this story:

At one time, a king called Brahmadatta was ruling in Benares. At that time, the Enlightenment Being was born as a parrot.

A Brahmin captured the Enlightenment Being, who was a parrot, and his younger brother also. He brought them to his home. The Enlightenment Being was named Poææhapāda, and his brother was named Rādha. He brought both up as his own children.

Once, the Brahmin wanted to leave his home on business. He summoned his two parrot children and said to them, “If your Brahmin mother does something wrong when I am gone, you must admonish her not to do so. If you do not think you can stop her misconduct, say nothing.” Saying so, he left.

From that time, there were limitless people coming in and going out of the house. On seeing this, the Enlightenment Being’s brother said to the Enlightenment Being, “When the Brahmin left, he asked us to admonish his wife if there was any wrongdoing. Shall I admonish her?” The Enlightenment Being parrot said, “My brother, you are not yet matured. You say this because you do not understand, and have no experience with women. During the ten hours of the morning, the number of men who come here are not countable. In the ten hours of the afternoon, it is also difficult to say the number of those people who come. Therefore, in such a situation, what advice can we give?” He asked his younger brother, therefore, not to speak. After a few days, the Brahmin returned.

When the Brahmin returned, he asked the Enlightenment Being, “How was my wife’s behavior?” The Enlightenment Being said, “There was a myriad of bad behavior. She behaved in this way because she does not love you. Therefore, it is not good to keep her in your home.” He further said, “From this point on, it is not good for myself and my brother to stay here.” And he thought that he should leave. He summoned his younger brother, went to the Brahmin, knelt down in homage, and begged pardon for his faults. They then returned to the forest.

The Buddha finalized this story, saying, “The Brahmin woman at that time was the former wife of the monk today. The Brahmin was this monk. The parrot Rādha, the younger brother, was the Venerable Ānanda. And the parrot Poææhapāda was I who am today the Buddha.”

The moral: “Misplaced lust will not bring you to the correct path.”

145. The Story of Rādha [Rādha-Jātaka]

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144. The Story of a Tail [NanÄguææha-Jātaka]

144. The Story of a Tail [NanÄguææha-Jātaka]

At one time Buddha was living in the Jeta Grove. Behind the Jeta grove temple, there was a community of NigaÏæha ascetics. They did austerities, claiming that these gained them merit. Among them, some ascetics were standing on one leg only with the other leg raised high, some were squatting on their heels, some were balancing themselves on their toes, and some were lying between four fires and looking up at the sun at midday—which penance they called Pañcatāpa [five scorchings]. They made vows to practice such penances.

Many monks saw these naked ascetics practicing such vows. On seeing this, they came to the Buddha and asked, “Venerable sir, these naked ascetics are practicing such-and- such vows, saying they are doing these in the name of penance. By doing these, do they have any benefit in the future?” The Buddha replied, “Oh monks, what kind of a benefit can be gained by such vows? In the ancient times, even some noble ones taking their birth-fire went into the forest thinking that if they protected that fire, there would be future benefits. They protected that fire for long times, and gained nothing. Giving that up afterwards, they practiced meditation.  As a result of that practice, they gained mental absorption and gained a more powerful mental status, and were reborn in the Brahma realm.”

How it was:

At one time, a king called Brahmadatta ruled Benares. At that time, the Enlightenment Being was born in a well- known Brahmin family. The Brahmin family preserved the Enlightenment Being’s birth-fire for twelve years. When he became twelve years old, his parents said, “Our son, this fire we have protected from your birth to the present. It is more powerful than sacred fire. Take this fire, and go into the forest and offer it to the god of fire. By so offering it, you can gain merit to go to the Brahma world. Whenever you do so, if you would like to go to the Brahma world, stay in the forest and protect that fire. If you want to marry a girl and live a lay life, you can instead do so.” On hearing this, the Enlightenment Being thought, “What is the use of a lay life to me? Instead, I will take my birth-fire, go to the forest, and I will sacrifice to the god of fire.”

While he was living in the forest, one day he went to a remote village collecting alms. He was given a bull as an offering. He took the bull to the forest with happiness, thinking he would be able to make a good sacrifice to the god of fire. When he returned to his hermitage, he tied the bull to a nearby tree, and he was getting ready to sacrifice the bull to the god. But he found that he did not have salt and lemon juice so as to make the offering tasty. So he went back to the village in search of salt and lemons.

While he was away from his hermitage, unfortunately there came some aboriginal hunters who saw this bull that had on it much meat.  They killed the bull on the spot, used the ascetic’s birth-fire to cook the meat, and ate as much as they could. Leaving the four legs and the tail, they left carrying away all the remainder of the bull.

The Enlightenment Being, who was the ascetic at that time, returned home carrying salt and lemons so as to sacrifice the bull. He saw his fire, and near it he saw the remaining four legs of the bull and the tail. He saw the bull had been eaten. On seeing this, he got very angry. He realized that there was no use in protecting the fire, as it did not have even the little power to protect the bull that was going to be sacrificed to it. Realizing this, he put out the fire, saying, “Why did I protect this fire as it does not even have the power to protect its own sacrifice? It is not good to help such a powerless god who is not grateful enough to help even its protector. How can it protect me if it cannot protect its own sacrifice?”

He gave up his practice of maintaining his birth-fire. He put it out using the hair on the end of the bull’s tail and water. He began to meditate, and through his meditation he was capable of developing concentration in his mind. Later, in the course of time, he was clever enough to obtain the five higher knowledges [pañcābhiññā]—miraculous knowledge, divine eye, divine ear, thought reading, and knowledge of reminiscence, and the eightfold mental absorptions [aææha- samāpatti]—first mental absorption [paæhama-jhāna], second mental absorption [dutiya-jhāna], third and fourth mental absorptions [tatiya- and catuttha-jhāna], mental absorption of the emptiness, mental absorption of consciousness, mental absorption of nothingness, and mental absorption of neither perception nor non-perception.  In the end, he died without falling from the mental absorptions.      Maintaining his absorptions, he gained birth in the Brahma world.

“The ascetic of that time was I who am today the Buddha.” Saying so, he ended this Jātaka story of a tail.

The moral: “Blind faith can mislead even the wise.”

144. The Story of a Tail [NanÄguææha-Jātaka]

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