百喻经之六二:病人食雉肉喻
英文:
Once upon a time, there was a man who was seriously ill. a skillful physician prescribed that he could be cured by eating some pheasant meat. after he finished eating one, the patient did not eat it again. afterwards, the doctor came to him and asked, "how do you feel now?"
The patient replied, "you have told me to eat some pheasants. now that i have eaten it, i dare not eat it again."
The physician said, "but why not? how can you expect to be cured with only one pheasant?"
This is also true with all the heretics. they should understand what the mind means on hearing such wise and skillful doctors as buddha's and bodhisattva's preaching. however, they cling to the view of permanence thinking that there is only one mind from the past, present through future, which does not undergo any change. this is just like the patient eating only one pheasant that his illness of ignorance and worries cannot be cured.
All omniscient buddhas teach the heretics to abandon their prejudiced view of permanence. for all phenomena are subject to change at the time of thought. how can the mind remain unchanged! this is just like the physician's telling the patient to eat more pheasants.
So is sakyamuni buddha's preaching to all men to understand all his teachings. sakyamuni has it that things which can be ruined or destroyed are called impenitence. things which can be lasted are called continuity. once the context is understood, people will eradicate the wrong view of permanence.
古文:
昔有一人,病患委笃。良医占之曰:鈥溞牒闶骋恢诛羧猓傻糜 b澏瞬≌撸械靡伙簦持丫。桓词场R接诤笫保阄手衡溔瓴∮矗库
病者答言:鈥溡较冉涛液闶筹羧猓枪式裾呤骋伙粢丫。桓沂场b
医复语言:鈥溔羟帮粢丫。尾桓常咳杲裨坪沃故骋伙簦糜。库
一切外道,亦复如此。闻佛、菩萨无上良医说言,当解心识。外道等执于常见,便谓过去、未来、现在唯是一识,无有迁谢。犹食一雉,是故不能疗其愚惑烦恼之病。
大智诸佛,教诸外道,除其常见,一切诸法念念生灭。何有一识常恒不变。如彼世医,教更食雉,而得病愈。
佛亦如是。教诸众生,令得解诸法,坏故不常,续故不断,即得刬除常见之病。
译文:
从前有一个人,病得着实厉害。良医诊断了一下,说需经常吃一种雉肉,便可以治愈这病。而这位病人买了一只雉,吃完之后,便不再吃了。医生后来见着了他,便问:鈥溎愕牟『昧嗣挥校库澱馕徊∪舜鸬溃衡湸蠓蚰惹敖涛页3燥羧猓羧舛际且谎模缘笔背酝暌恢恢螅悴辉俪粤恕b澮缴炙担衡溔羰浅酝炅艘恢唬裁床患绦韵氯ツ兀磕阆衷谥怀粤艘恢伙簦绾文芟M斡媚兀库
一切外道也都是这样,听闻佛、菩萨这些无上良医说,应当解悟心是有觉有智的主体,识是了别,是心的作用。外道等执着于常见,便以为过去、现在、未来都只是一个心识,相续不断,没有变迁生灭,精神独立于物质而存在,总是同一个物。就好比雉肉都是同样一种雉肉一样,吃了一只,也就等于吃了全部,所以就无法治愈他们的愚惑烦恼的毛病。具有大智慧的诸佛指导诸外道祛除常见,因为一切事物刹那之间都在生灭变化著,哪有精神能脱离物质而恒常不变的呢?如那世俗的医生教病人继续吃雉肉方才可以治愈毛病一样,佛陀也教示众生,使其悟解一切事物时时都在坏灭,所以不常,又时时相续,所以不断,这样就可以剗除常见之病。
相关文章: | ◇ 癫痫大发作时应如何护理? | ◇ 不宜带孩子探视病人 |
◇ 有肺结核的孩子怎样护理 | ◇ 儿童期哮喘与成年疾病 |
|
|