佛法修行:说与不说之间

时间:12/07/2024   12/08/2024

地点:星河禅修中心

主讲:黄云全

佛法修行

说与不说之间

  有一次,摩揭陀国的大臣禹舍婆罗门,到舍卫城竹林园拜访佛陀。

  禹舍婆罗门对佛陀说:

  「尊者瞿昙!我是这样的一个人:凡是我亲眼所见的,我会准确地描述出来;凡是我亲耳所听说的,我会完全照我听到的陈述出来;凡是我所觉了的,我会按照我所觉了的说出来,从不失真。」

  佛陀对这样的行径并不完全同意,就对大臣禹舍说:

  「婆罗门!我不说『应当将所有看到的一切说出来』,我也不说『不应当将所有看到的一切说出来』,所听到的、所觉了的也一样,不说『应当』或『不应当』将所听到、所觉了的一切全部说出来。

  婆罗门!如果将所看到的说出来,会造成不善法的增加,善法的减少,那么,我就不说,反之,如果能促成不善法的减少,善法的增加,我就会说。听到的、觉了的也一样。」




Date: 12/07/2024   12/08/2024      

Location: Star River Meditation Center

Teacher: Yunquan Huang

Dharma Talk

Between Saying and Not Saying

  Once, a minister named Yushe Brahman from the Kingdom of Magadha visited the Buddha at the Bamboo Grove Monastery in Savatthi.

  Yushe Brahman said to the Buddha,

  ”Revered Gautama! I am the kind of per son who describes accurately whatever I see with my own eyes; I report exactly what I hear with my own ears; I speak based on my own realizations without distortion.”

  The Buddha did not completely agree with this approach and responded to Minister Yushe,

  ”Brahman! I do not say that ‘one should reveal everything one sees,’ nor do I say, ‘one should not reveal everything one sees.’ The same applies to what is heard or realized. I do not assert that ‘one should’ or ‘should not’ disclose everything one has heard or understood.

  Brahman! If revealing what one sees leads to an increase in unwholesome actions and a decrease in wholesome actions, then I would not speak of it. Conversely, if it promotes the reduction of unwholesome actions and the increase of wholesome actions, then I would speak of it. The same holds for what is heard and realized.”

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