时间：04/04/2026 04/05/2026
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：黄云全
佛法修行
嗔心的果报
优波笈多法师在讲法时经常对弟子说：「比丘要时常思考道义，精进修行，不能懈怠，如此就能得到须陀洹果。」
有一个比丘听了优波笈多法师的话，积极学习各种经论，一心想得到须陀洹果。优波笈多法师看出他的心思，就带他一同去摩陀罗国。
经过几天的长途跋涉，沿途乞食，他们终于到达最下等的旃陀罗住的地方。这里的人都以打渔、屠宰为业，生活很穷困。
他们来到一个旃陀罗家，看见一个小孩已经修得须陀洹果，但是却生着一种可怕的病，身上的肉都被虫子吃掉，口里还不断吐着臭气。
优波笈多法师指着这小孩对比丘说：「你看这个孩子，虽然得到了须陀洹果，却还要受这样的痛苦。」
比丘疑惑地问：「为什么他已经得到须陀洹果，却还要受这样的苦呢？」
优波笈多法师回答：「这个孩子的前身是个出家人，后来升为维那师父，掌管寺院中僧众的一切修持事务。
有一天，众僧都在禅堂静心修行。其中有一位罗汉得了一种怪病，发作起来全身奇痒无比，偏偏在这时发作了，罗汉忍不住，不停伸手抓痒，发出一种『刮、刮、刮』的声音。
结果维那师父听了这声音，生气地说：『是恶虫吃了你吗？发出这种难听的声音！』说完就起身拉着罗汉离开，把他丢弃到旃陀罗的家去。
罗汉对维那师父说：『你应该专心修行，摒弃杂念，不要让来世受苦。』
维那师父听了这话，心中惊醒，马上跪地忏悔。经过努力的修行，终于修得了初果–须陀洹果。但是这以后，他却不再精进，开始放纵自己。
你今天看到这个孩子，就是那位维那师父的转生，因为他将罗汉丢弃到旃陀罗家的业因，今生他便投生在旃陀罗家中，遭受这种报应。」
比丘听后，又惊讶又恐怖，回去后加紧精勤地修行，不敢懈怠，最后证得了四果–阿罗汉果。
Date: 04/04/2026 04/05/2026
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Dharma Talk
The Karmic Retribution of Anger
When the venerable master Upagupta expounded the Dharma, he often instructed his disciples:
“A bhikṣu should constantly contemplate the Way and cultivate with diligence, never falling into negligence. By such effort, one may attain the fruit of Stream-Entry (Srotāpanna).”
There was once a bhikṣu who, upon hearing these words, devoted himself earnestly to the study of the scriptures and treatises, wholeheartedly aspiring to attain the fruit of Stream-Entry. Master Upagupta perceived the thoughts within his mind and therefore brought him along on a journey to the land of Mathurā.
After several days of traveling and receiving alms along the way, they arrived at a settlement inhabited by the lowest caste of people known as the Caṇḍālas. The people there lived in great poverty, making their livelihood through fishing and slaughter.
They came to a Caṇḍāla household and saw a child who had already attained the fruit of Stream-Entry. Yet he was afflicted with a dreadful illness: the flesh upon his body had been eaten away by worms, and foul odors constantly issued from his mouth.
Pointing to the child, Master Upagupta said to the bhikṣu:
“Observe this child. Though he has attained the fruit of Stream-Entry, he must still endure such suffering.”
The bhikṣu asked in perplexity:
“Why must one who has already attained the fruit of Stream-Entry still undergo such suffering?”
Master Upagupta replied:
“In a former life, this child was a monk. Later he became the Vinaya steward in a monastery, responsible for supervising the conduct and practices of the monastic community.
“One day the monks were all seated in the meditation hall practicing in silence. Among them was an Arhat who had contracted a strange illness. When the illness flared up, his whole body itched unbearably. At that very moment the attack came upon him, and he could not help scratching himself, producing a ‘scratch, scratch, scratch’ sound.
“Hearing this noise, the steward grew angry and said:
‘Have evil worms devoured you, that you make such an unpleasant sound?’
“Having spoken thus, he seized the Arhat and dragged him out, abandoning him in the house of a Caṇḍāla.
“The Arhat then said to him:
‘You should devote yourself wholeheartedly to cultivation and cast aside distracting thoughts, lest you suffer in a future life.’
“Hearing these words, the steward awakened with remorse and immediately knelt to repent. Through diligent cultivation he eventually attained the first fruit — the fruit of Stream-Entry. However, afterward he ceased to exert himself and gradually gave way to negligence and indulgence.
“The child you see today is the rebirth of that steward. Because he once cast an Arhat into the house of a Caṇḍāla, the karmic cause has ripened in this life: he himself has been born in a Caṇḍāla household and must suffer such retribution.”
Upon hearing this account, the bhikṣu was filled with both astonishment and dread. After returning, he redoubled his efforts in diligent cultivation, never again daring to lapse into negligence. In the end he attained the fourth fruit — the fruit of Arhatship.
