时间：03/16/2024 03/17/2024
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：黄云全
佛法修行
贫穷的财主摩诃男
有一次，一位容貌、形色绝妙的天界众生，到祇树给孤独园问佛陀说：
「什么东西火烧不掉？风吹不散？
即使大地全毁了，也不会流散？
连专门抢夺别人财物的恶王与盗贼，也抢不走？
哪种宝藏始终不会亡失？」
佛陀回答说：
「福分是火烧不掉，风也吹不散，
恶王与盗贼，任他抢也抢不动，
即使大地全毁了，也不会流散。
福分乐报宝藏，始终不会亡失。」
有一次，佛陀到憍萨罗国的首都舍卫城游化，住在城南郊外的祇树给孤独园。
一天近午时分，憍萨罗国波斯匿王来见佛陀，佛陀招呼他说：
「大王！都中午了，您从哪里忙完过来的？」
「世尊！今天舍卫城有一位名叫摩诃男的大财主去世了，他的财产没有儿子可以继承，我就是去接收他的财产，刚忙完过来的。
世尊！您可知道他有多少财产吗？光黄金就有八百万，白银更是不计其数。可是，世尊！您知道吗？这么富有的大财主，吃的竟是发酸的杂米粥，穿的只是三片粗麻布缝成的衣服，乘坐的是一辆老旧破车，车子的遮阳伞盖，还是树枝、树叶搭成的。不曾听说他会布施给沙门、婆罗门，也不见他帮助过贫穷、急难的人，每次吃东西时，一定关起门来，不让那些人看到。」
「大王！这样的人，不是堂堂正正的人，不论他多富有，充其量也只是个卑贱的穷人罢了。有财富而自己不用，也不供给家人使用，不用来体恤仆役、结交朋友，也不用来供养沙门、婆罗门，以广植让自己生天的福田，不做这样正当的花用，财富也无法一直留在身边，不是遭国王没收，就是落入盗贼之手，或者毁于火灾、洪水，再不，就是被自己不喜欢的继承者接收。
大王！财富不作正当的分配运用，就等于是没有用的东西一样。就像在一个无人能到之处，有一池甘美甜净的水，但没有人能够享用，最后，渐渐干涸消尽，又有何用？
所以，大王！应当善用自己的财富，让自己、家人、仆役、好友能够受用而喜乐，并且布施供养沙门、婆罗门，广植自己生天的福田，这样，才能使财富成为有用的东西，而不致于到最后变得一场空，浪费了有用的财富。」
有一次，一位名叫郁伽的大臣来见佛陀，告诉佛陀说：
「真稀有啊，大德！此地的财主弥伽罗，真是富有啊！」
「郁伽！弥伽罗长者怎么个富有法？」
「大德！他拥有上亿的黄金，白银就更不计其数了。」
「郁伽！这些黄金、白银，算得上完全是他实在的财富吗？我不是说这些不是财富，但是，郁伽！你所说的这些财富，是火、水、王、贼、怨敌、继承者所共有的啊。郁伽！只有信财、戒财、惭财、愧财、闻财、舍财、慧财等七种财富，不会与火、水、王、贼、怨敌、继承者所共有。」
Date: 03/16/2024 03/17/2024
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Dharma Talk
The Poor Rich Man, Mahadhana
Once, a heavenly being with extraordinary beauty came to the Bamboo Grove at the Jeta Grove and asked the Buddha:
”What cannot be burnt by fire or blown away by the wind?
What will not disperse even if the earth is completely destroyed?
What cannot be stolen by evil kings and thieves who specialize in robbing others?
What kind of treasure will never be lost?”
The Buddha replied:
”Merit cannot be burnt by fire, nor blown away by the wind,
Not even by evil kings and thieves can it be stolen,
Nor will it disperse even if the earth is completely destroyed.
The treasure of merit and joyful retribution will never be lost.”
Another time, the Buddha went to the capital of the Kosala Kingdom, Savatthi, and stayed at the Bamboo Grove in the Jeta Grove on the outskirts of the city.
One day, close to noon, King Pasenadi of Kosala came to see the Buddha, who greeted him and said:
”Great King! It’s already noon, from where have you come?”
”World-Honored One! Today in Savatthi, a great wealthy man named Mahadhana died without a son to inherit his property, and I have just come from taking possession of his wealth.
World-Honored One! Do you know how much wealth he had? He had eight million in gold alone, and an uncountable amount of silver. But, World-Honored One! Do you know? Such a wealthy man, yet he ate only sour gruel mixed with various grains, wore clothes made of just three pieces of rough hemp, rode in an old and broken cart, and the shade canopy of his cart was made of branches and leaves. It is unheard of that he ever made donations to the shamans and Brahmins, nor was he seen to help the poor and those in distress, and whenever he ate, he would close the doors to prevent those people from seeing.”
”Great King! Such a person is not upright and honorable, no matter how wealthy he is, at most he is just a lowly poor man. Having wealth but not using it for oneself or one’s family, not using it to sympathize with servants, to make friends, nor to support shamans and Brahmins, to broadly sow the seeds of merit for one’s own rebirth in heaven, without such rightful spending, wealth cannot stay with one forever. It will either be confiscated by the king, fall into the hands of thieves, or be destroyed in fires or floods, or else be inherited by unwelcome successors.
Great King! If wealth is not used and distributed properly, it is as good as useless. Just like a pond of sweet and clean water in a place where no one can reach, with no one to enjoy it, eventually drying up and disappearing, what use is it?
Therefore, Great King! One should make good use of one’s wealth, allowing oneself, family, servants, and friends to benefit and rejoice, and to donate and support shamans and Brahmins, to broadly sow the seeds of merit for one’s own rebirth in heaven. In this way, one can make wealth meaningful and not let it go to waste in the end, squandering valuable wealth.”
Once, a minister named Yuga came to see the Buddha and told him:
”It’s so rare, great virtue! The financier Migara here is truly wealthy!”
”Yuga! How wealthy is the elder Migara?”
”Great virtue! He owns hundreds of millions in gold, and even more in silver.”
”Yuga! Are all these gold and silver truly his own wealth? I’m not saying these are not wealth, but, Yuga! The wealth you speak of is shared with fire, water, kings, thieves, enemies, and heirs. Yuga! Only the seven treasures of faith, precepts, shame, remorse, learning, generosity, and wisdom are not shared with fire, water, kings, thieves, enemies, and heirs.”
