时间：08/01/2026 08/02/2026
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：黄云全
佛法修行
谦忍得长寿
有一个年约五、六岁的小童子，一天来到佛前，对佛陀说：「伟大的佛陀，愿您赐给我长寿！」
佛陀和蔼地说：「善童子！小小年纪为何要求长寿呢？」
「外道相师告诉我，说我福慧具足，惟受短命报。慈悲的佛陀，愿您为我开示方便，令我寿命得以延长。」小童子恭敬的回答。
「善童子！每个人所受的罪福苦乐，都是自己所造作善恶业的结果，不是他力所能主宰的啊！」
佛陀接着说：「善童子！要求得长寿安乐，必须为人谦忍，对人恭敬。」小童子听受佛语，从此将谦忍、恭敬实践于生活中。
数月后，有一鬼王因与童子有宿怨，化成一个婆罗门，前来取命。童子不知是鬼王化身欲来加害于他，见婆罗门到家中来，照常恭敬供奉婆罗门，而且谦忍礼拜。鬼王心想：「此童子乃是大善之人，怎能加害他？应该让对人恭敬的人恒受恭敬，谦忍的人常得福乐。」
鬼王如此一想，瞋恚顿息，于是离别而去。
小童子因谦忍恭敬而免去祸害，并得寿命延长，这是启示我们，若能奉行佛法，恒常谦忍，自然能以德化人。
Date: 08/01/2026 08/02/2026
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Dharma Talk
Humility and Forbearance Bring Longevity
There was once a young boy, about five or six years of age, who came before the Buddha and said:
“O Great Buddha, I pray that you grant me long life.”
The Buddha, with gentle kindness, said:
“Good child, why do you, at such a young age, seek longevity?”
The child replied respectfully:
“A teacher of another path has told me that I possess both merit and wisdom, yet am destined for a short life. Compassionate Buddha, I pray that you teach me a skillful means by which my lifespan may be extended.”
The Buddha said:
“Good child, the happiness and suffering, the fortune and misfortune that each person experiences are all the results of their own wholesome and unwholesome actions. They are not governed by the power of others.”
The Buddha continued:
“Good child, if you wish to obtain longevity and peace, you must be humble and forbearing toward others, and always show respect.”
The child accepted the Buddha’s teaching and from that time onward practiced humility, forbearance, and reverence in his daily life.
Several months later, a king of spirits, bearing a past grudge against the child, transformed himself into a brāhmaṇa and came intending to take the child’s life. The child, unaware that this was a spirit king in disguise, received him as usual with reverence, making offerings and bowing with humility and patience.
The spirit king then thought:
“This child is one of great goodness. How could I harm him? One who shows respect to others should always be respected; one who is humble and forbearing should constantly receive blessings and happiness.”
With this thought, his anger immediately ceased, and he departed.
Thus, through humility and reverence, the young child avoided harm and gained an extension of his life. This teaches us that if one practices the Buddha-Dharma and consistently upholds humility and forbearance, one may naturally transform others through virtue.
