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“Sariputra, if there are people who have already made the vow, who now make the vow, or who are about to make the vow, ‘I desire to be born in Amitabha’s country,’ these people, whether born in the past, now being born, or to be born in the future, all will irreversibly attain to anuttarasamyaksambodhi. Therefore, Sariputra, all good men and good women, if they are among those who have faith, should make the vow, ‘I will be born in that country.’”

~ Amitabha Sutra

When I obtain the Buddhahood, any being of the boundless and inconceivable Buddha-worlds of the ten quarters whose body if be touched by the rays of my splendour should not make his body and mind gentle and peaceful, in such a state that he is far more sublime than the gods and men, then may I not attain the enlightenment.

~ Amitabha Buddha's Thirty-Third Vow

Thursday, July 19, 2007

人生难得,佛法难闻


過去,佛陀在摩竭提國善勝精舍的菩提樹下,以威德神力降伏前來破壞修行的魔軍後,於座上思惟:「我應當遍灑甘露,讓佛法真理弘揚於三千大千世界。在過去的這幾年裡,父王所派遣的五位大臣一直隨侍照料我,供養芝麻、稻米等生活所需,今日能夠成道,他們功不可沒,我應當去度化他們。」於是,佛陀從樹下起身,向波羅奈國出發。

相好莊嚴、具足威儀的佛陀,光照天地,神威震人,凡是看到佛陀的人,都會生起無比的歡喜心。一天,佛陀於途中遇到一位辭親離家、尋師學道的梵志,名為「憂呼」。憂呼一見到佛陀的相好莊嚴,驚喜交集,無限欽慕,於是退至路旁,衷心讚歎:「聖者,您的威德氣度是多麼攝受人心!您的儀表行止是多麼殊特安詳!您是跟隨哪一位大師修行學道,才能成就如此殊勝的相貌呀?」佛陀聽了憂呼的讚歎後,慈悲地為憂呼開示:
「八正覺自得,無離無所染,愛盡破欲網,
自然無師受,我行無師保,志獨無伴侶,
積一得作佛,從是通聖道。」

憂呼聽了還是惘然不解,於是詢問佛陀將往何去?佛陀告訴梵志:「我現在正要前往波羅奈國,擊大法鼓,轉無上法輪。三界之內的聖賢,從來沒有像我這樣的傳道人,為眾生傳授解脫生死的法門,令眾生親證寂靜涅槃。」憂呼聽到佛陀的回答,高興地說:「太好了!太好了!希望能早日聽到您所說的無上大法。」便向佛作揖告別,準備前往波羅奈國聆聽佛陀開示法要。尚未抵達目的地,憂呼卻因病在露宿的路邊往生了。

佛陀以道眼了知憂呼志未竟而身先死,哀愍他因無知而錯失得度因緣,嘆息地說:「世人愚癡,不知無常,總以為人生百歲,時光常在。遇到了佛,卻甘心捨離而投向死亡;聽到了法鼓雷震,卻如癡如聾、恍若未聞;佛法甘露能滅除生死之苦,卻不知要及時聽聞受持。所以始終於六道中輪迴,生生死死,歷劫無窮,不知何時才能得度?」佛陀發大慈憫,又說偈言:
「見諦淨無穢,已度五道淵,佛出照世間,
為除眾憂苦。得生人道難,生壽亦難得,
世間有佛難,佛法難得聞。」

佛說此偈時,空中五百位天人聞偈有省,清淨法喜,皆證得須陀洹果。

典故摘自:《法句譬喻經˙卷三》

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