时间：01/04/2025 01/05/2025
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：黄云全
佛法修行
在家居士的安乐八法
有一次，一位名叫郁阇迦的年轻婆罗门来拜访佛陀。
「世尊啊！像我们这样向往出家的在家人，应当怎么做，才能获得这一辈子的安乐呢？」郁阇迦婆罗门问。
「婆罗门！有四种法，可以让你得到这一辈子的安乐。哪四种呢？那就是方便具足、守护具足、善知识具足、正命具足。
什么是方便具足？就是具备谋生能力；有足够的技能从事诸如务农、买卖、牧牛、射技、行政等工作，以养活自己。
什么是守护具足？就是能够妥善地收藏、守护自己的财产与粮食，不被国王所没收、盗贼所抢夺、水火所吞噬、浪荡子所败散，以及为各种灾患所坏失。
什么是善知识具足？就是能结交到具备信、戒、施、慧的善友，彼此间能够相互规劝与鼓励，使忧苦与烦恼得以消除、不起；喜乐与善行可以生起、不失。
什么是正命具足？就是能够量入为出，使财务收支平衡。不装阔，也不悭吝，生活不奢侈，也不致于陷入困顿匮乏。
婆罗门！不要沉迷于酒、色、赌，以及结交坏朋友，因为这四件事，就像让财库破了四个洞，使所有的钱财，都从这四个洞流光一样。
婆罗门！这就是可以让你这一辈子得到安乐的四种法。」
「世尊啊！那又应当如何修，才能获得下一辈子的安乐呢？」郁阇迦婆罗门接着问。
「婆罗门！也有四种法，可以让你得到下一辈子的安乐。哪四种呢？那就是信具足、戒具足、施具足、慧具足。
什么是信具足？就是对如来的正觉，生起恭敬，建立信心，而且，这种信心，不会被其它人动摇，更不会再去信其它天魔外道。
什么是戒具足？就是坚守不杀生、不偷盗、不邪淫、不妄语、不饮酒。
什么是施具足？就是心离悭吝垢秽，常常布施。例如，行法布施的解脱施，又如能亲手布施、乐于布施、平等布施等。
什么是慧具足？就是如实知苦、集、灭、道四圣谛，具备抉择成就灭尽烦恼的慧力。
婆罗门！这就是可以让你得到下一辈子安乐的四种法了。」
Date: 01/04/2025 01/05/2025
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Dharma Talk
The Eight Methods for the Comfort of Lay Practitioners
Once, a young Brahmin named Yu Zha Jia came to visit the Buddha.
”Buddha, what should laypeople like us, who yearn for renunciation, do to gain peace and comfort in this life?” asked the Brahmin Yu Zha Jia.
”Brahmin, there are four principles that can bring you peace and comfort in this life. What are these four? They are: having the necessary means of livelihood, guarding your possessions, having good friends, and living a righteous life.
What is having the necessary means of livelihood? It means having the skills to earn a living, such as farming, trading, cattle herding, archery, administration, or other work that can support yourself.
What is guarding your possessions? It means being able to properly protect your wealth and food from being confiscated by the king, stolen by thieves, destroyed by fire or water, scattered by loose individuals, or harmed by various disasters.
What is having good friends? It means being able to make friends who possess faith, morality, generosity, and wisdom. These friends will encourage and advise each other, helping to eliminate sorrow and troubles and preventing them from arising. They will also nurture happiness and good deeds without letting them fade.
What is living a righteous life? It means living within your means, balancing income and expenditure. You neither show off your wealth nor become miserly. You live simply without indulging in luxury, and you avoid falling into poverty and hardship.
Brahmin! Do not indulge in wine, lust, gambling, or associating with bad friends. These four things are like breaking your wealth store with four holes, causing all your wealth to leak away.
Brahmin! These are the four principles that can bring you peace and comfort in this life.”
”Buddha, then what should one practice to gain peace and comfort in the next life?” asked Brahmin Yu Zha Jia.
”Brahmin, there are also four principles that can bring you peace and comfort in the next life. What are these four? They are: having faith, keeping precepts, practicing generosity, and having wisdom.
What is having faith? It means having deep respect for the Buddha’s awakening, establishing faith, and holding onto it so that no one can shake it. You will never be swayed to follow other gods or heretical teachings.
What is keeping precepts? It means firmly adhering to not killing, not stealing, not engaging in sexual misconduct, not lying, and not drinking alcohol.
What is practicing generosity? It means having a mind free from greed, always engaging in acts of generosity. For example, you can practice generosity through the liberation of others, or by giving with your hands, enjoying giving, and offering equally to all.
What is having wisdom? It means knowing the Four Noble Truths—suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path leading to the cessation of suffering—and having the wisdom to discern and eradicate delusions and afflictions.
Brahmin! These are the four principles that can bring you peace and comfort in the next life.”
