时间：10/03/2026 10/04/2026
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：陈双双
佛法修行
误会佛陀贪求供养
有一段时期，佛陀住在迦兰陀竹园弘化，每天早晨依惯例着衣持钵，到王舍城次第乞食。有一位火与婆罗门远远看见佛陀，立刻准备许多甘美的饮食出来供养。可是经过二三次以后，佛陀再度到火与家中托钵，火与顿时兴起一个念头：「佛陀为什么多次到我家乞食，难道是贪求我供养的饮食吗？」
佛陀知道了火与婆罗门起了这样的念头，对他说：「春雨绵绵，农夫勤奋的下田耕作，一次次的播撒种子，年年就有丰富的收成。就像人有多次的怀妊，乳牛也有多次的怀胎，才能孕育无量的生命。如果有人多次的求助于你，而你也能一次次的布施，因为这一次次的布施，所以能获得众人的称赞，所得到的福报也就无量无边。布施如同播种，播下的种子愈多，收成也会愈丰富，尤其三宝是众生的福田，若想获得福德，应该好好地耕耘这块良田，必定能功不唐捐，获福无量。
火与听了佛陀的开示，深为自己不清净的染污心而惭愧忏悔。
春天要播种，秋天才能收成；平日要布施，他生才能有好的福报。要想怎么收获，先要那么耕耘！有舍才能得，并且要能欢喜施舍，才合乎四无量心的喜舍净行。
Date: 10/03/2026 10/04/2026
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Shuangshuang Chen
Dharma Talk
Mistaking the Buddha for Seeking Offerings
For a period of time, the Buddha was residing at Veṇuvana Bamboo Grove, teaching the Dharma. Each morning, as was his custom, he would put on his robe, take his alms bowl, and go into the city of Rājagṛha for alms.
There was a brāhmaṇa named Fire-and-Seeking (Huo Yu). From afar, he saw the Buddha and immediately prepared fine and delicious food to offer. This happened several times.
However, after two or three occasions, when the Buddha again came to his house on alms round, a thought suddenly arose in the brāhmaṇa’s mind:
“Why does the Buddha come to my house again and again? Could it be that he desires my offerings?”
Knowing the thought that had arisen in his mind, the Buddha said to him:
“In spring, gentle rains fall, and farmers diligently till their fields, sowing seeds again and again. Thus, year after year, they obtain abundant harvests.
In the same way, women conceive multiple times, and cows bear calves repeatedly, giving rise to many lives.
If someone comes to you again and again seeking help, and you are able to give again and again, then through such repeated acts of generosity, you will gain the praise of many, and your merit will become vast and immeasurable.
Giving is like sowing seeds—the more seeds you plant, the greater the harvest. The Three Jewels are the supreme field of merit. If you wish to gain blessings, you should diligently cultivate this fertile field. In this way, no effort is ever wasted, and the resulting merit is boundless.”
Hearing the Buddha’s teaching, the brāhmaṇa felt deeply ashamed of his impure and defiled thoughts, and he sincerely repented.
Just as one must sow in spring to harvest in autumn, one must practice generosity in this life to receive blessings in the future.
If you wish for a certain kind of harvest, you must first cultivate accordingly. Only by giving can one truly receive—and giving with joy accords with the pure practice of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity.
