供養比賽 Asadisadana Vatthu

 Asadisadana Vatthu 

Dhammapada Verse 177

Na ve kadariya devalokam vajanti
bala have nappasamsanti danam
dhiro ca danam anumodamano
teneva so hoti sukhi parattha.

Verse 177: Indeed, misers do not go to the abode of the devas; fools do not praise charity; but the wise rejoice in charity and so gain happiness in the life hereafter.

The Story of the Unrivalled Alms-Giving

While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (177) of this book, with reference to the unrivalled alms-giving of King Pasenadi of Kosala.

Once, the king offered alms to the Buddha and other bhikkhus on a grand scale. His subjects, in competition with him, organized another alms-giving ceremony on a grander scale than that of the king. Thus, the king and his subjects kept on competing in giving alms. Finally, Queen Mallika thought of a plan; to implement this plan, she asked the king to have a grand pavilion built. Next, she asked for five hundred white umbrellas and five hundred tame elephants; those five hundred elephants were to hold the five hundred white umbrellas over the five hundred bhikkhus. In the middle of the pavilion, they kept ten boats which were filled with perfumes and incense. There were also two hundred and fifty princesses, who kept fanning the five hundred bhikkhus. Since the subjects of the king had no princesses, nor white umbrellas, nor elephants, they could no longer compete with the king. When all preparations were made, alms-food was offered. After the meal, the king made an offering of all the things in the pavilion, which were worth fourteen crores.

At the time, two ministers of the king were present. Of those two, the minister named Junha was very pleased and praised the king for having offered alms so generously to the Buddha and his bhikkhus. He also reflected that such offerings could only be made by a king. He was very glad because the king would share the merit of his good deeds with all beings. In short, the minister Junha rejoiced with the king in his unrivalled charity. The minister Kala, on the other hand, thought that the king was only squandering, by giving away fourteen crores in a single day, and that the bhikkhus would just go back to the monastery and sleep.

After the meal, the Buddha looked over at the audience and knew how Kala the minister was feeling. Then, he thought that if he were to deliver a lengthy discourse of appreciation, Kala would get more dissatisfied, and in consequence would have to suffer more in his next existence. So, out of compassion for Kala, the Buddha delivered only a short discourse and returned to the Jetavana monastery. The king had expected a lengthy discourse of appreciation, and so he was very sad because the Buddha had been so brief. The king wondered if he had failed to do something which should have been done, and so he went to the monastery.

On seeing the king, the Buddha said, "Great King! You should rejoice that you have succeeded in making the offering of the unrivalled charity (asadisadana). Such an opportunity comes very rarely; it comes only once during the appearance of each Buddha. But your minister Kala had felt that it was a waste, and was not at all appreciative. So, if I had given a lengthy discourse, he would get more and more dissatisfied and uncomfortable, and in consequence, he would suffer much more in the present existence as well as in the next. That was why I preached so briefly."

Then the Buddha added, "Great King! Fools do not rejoice in the charities given by others and go to the lower worlds. The wise rejoice in other people's charities and through appreciation, they share in the merit gained by others and go to the abode of the devas".

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 177: Indeed, misers do not go to the abode of the devas; fools do not praise charity; but the wise rejoice in charity and so gain happiness in the life hereafter.

供養比賽


慳吝者無法升天，愚癡的人不讚嘆布施；智者時時隨喜，處處安樂。(偈177)


　　波斯匿王有一次盛大供養佛陀和眾多比丘。後來，他的百姓為了和他競爭，而舉辦更大的供養大會。國王和百姓之間的競爭就此持續不斷。最後，末利皇后想出一個計畫。她請國王興建一座盛大的帳蓬，帳蓬中間，擺設十隻裝滿各式各樣檀香和香水的船，再準備幾百隻馴服的大象為比丘撐白傘，同時，提供飲食服務的是公主。百姓們沒有公主、白傘也沒有大象，就無法繼續和國王競爭了。當一切準備就緒之後，供養的無遮大會正式展開。進食之後，國王把大會所有的東西都供養給佛陀。

　　 國王的兩位大臣也在現場，其中一位大臣非常高興，讚嘆國王能夠如此慷慨布施佛陀和眾多比丘，他也認為只有國王才能舉辦無遮大會，並且把功德與所有眾生共享。總而言之，這位大臣非常高興國王能舉辦這無人能比的布施。相反地，另一位大臣則認為國王不過是在浪費財富而已，他認為眾多比丘應供後，就會回精舍睡覺。

　　進食後，佛陀環視所有參與大眾，也知道第二位大臣的想法。佛陀明白，如果再說冗長的隨喜，第二位大臣會更不滿意，所以出於對他的憐憫，只說了簡短的隨喜，就回精舍去了。但預期佛陀會用更長的時間表示謝意和隨喜的國王，對佛陀簡短的隨喜感到失望。國王懷疑自己是否遺漏了什麼事情，因此決定前去請教佛陀。

　　佛陀看見國王來時，告訴國王：「偉大的國王！你應該高興能夠舉辦無人能比的布施大會。這種布施的機會難得，每一佛住世時，只有一次這樣的無遮大會。但你的一位大臣卻認為是一種浪費，一點也不贊同這樣的布施大會。如果我說較長的隨喜，他會更加不滿意，而造作更多的惡業。這就是我的隨喜如此簡潔的原因。」

　　佛陀接著說：「國王！愚人不知隨喜別人的布施，因此會墮落到比人間差的境界。智者隨喜他人的布施，也因為這份珍惜，他們分享別人的功德，而往生天界。」


‧摘錄自‧《法句經‧故事集》達摩難陀法師著


Daily Reading of Buddhist Scriptures 每日讀佛經 ཉིན་རེར་དམ་ཆོས་ཀློག་པ། 23 September 2020



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Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhasa

禮敬 世尊 阿羅漢 等正覺者（三稱）

南無本師釋迦牟尼佛（三稱）


Dhammapada

《法句經》

ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཚིགས་སུ་བཅད་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ་བཞུགས་སོ། །


13. Lokavagga

Chapter Thirteen   The World

第十三章  世間

བཅུ་གསུམ་པ་འཇིག་རྟེན་གྱི་ལེའུ།


177. Na ve kadariyā devalokaṃ vajanti, 

bālā have nappasaṃsanti dānaṃ;

Dhīro ca dānaṃ anumodamāno, 

teneva so hoti sukhī parattha.


177. Truly, misers fare not to heavenly realms; nor, indeed, do fools praise generosity. But the wise man rejoices in giving, and by that alone does he become happy hereafter.


177.吝嗇者是不會生天的，愚者是不會讚嘆布施的；只有智者喜歡布施， 故能在來世得到快樂。


177.吝啬者是不会生天的，愚者是不会赞叹布施的；只有智者喜欢布施， 故能在来世得到快乐。


༡༧༧༽ སེར་སྣ་ཅན་དག་མཐོ་རིས་མི་འགྲོ་སྟེ། །བླུན་པོ་རྣམས་ནི་སྦྱིན་པར་བསྟོད་མི་བྱེད། །འོན་ཀྱང་མཁས་པ་སྦྱིན་ལ་དགའ་བ་སྟེ། །དེ་ཙམ་གྱིས་དེ་ཕྱི་མར་བདེ་བར་འགྱུར། །


Ratana Sutta

Discourse on the Jewels

《三寶經》


1. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，但願一切眾生都快樂，願他們細心聆聽我說。

2. 因此一切眾生請諦聽，應向眾人類散播慈愛，他們日夜來供養你們，故應精勤地保護他們。

3. 無論在這世間或其他世間(這是指天界、梵天界或其它世界系)的任何財寶，或在天界的任何殊勝珠寶，都沒有和如來(佛陀)同等的。在佛陀裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

4. 寧靜的釋迦牟尼已徹悟滅盡、離欲、不死與殊勝。沒有任何東西能和法同等。在法裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

5. 至上佛所讚歎的清淨被稱為無間隔的􏰈。找不到和此􏰈同等的東西。在法裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

6. 具德者讚歎的八種人組成四雙，他們這些應供者是如來的弟子。布施給他們會帶來大果報。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

7. 以穩固的心透徹地修行，在喬達摩(佛)的教法裡不再有貪欲，他們已證應證之法。進入了不死，他們輕易地享受所證悟的寧靜。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

8. 正如深置地裡的柱子不能被四風動搖，我說，已經徹見聖諦的善士也是如此。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

9. 清楚地觀照由擁有深奧智慧者善巧教導之聖諦的人，無論他們多麼放逸，也不會有第八次投生。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

10. 對於證得知見者，有三法已被他斷除，即身見、疑與如果他有的戒禁取見。他已完全解脫了四惡道，絕對不會造六種大惡。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

11. 無論他透􏰉過身或口或意所造的任何惡業，他都不會覆藏它，所謂見道者絕不會這麼做。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。 以此真實語願得安樂。

12. 佛陀所教、導向涅槃、帶來最高等利益的至上法，就像夏天第一個月的樹林盛開著花。在佛陀裡有此殊勝寶。 以此真實語願得安樂。

13. 至上者、知至上者、給予至上者、帶來至上者教導無比至上法。在佛陀裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

14. 舊的已滅，新的不再生起，他們的心不執著未來生，有的種子已滅，他們不再生起對生命的慾望。那些智者像燈(滅那樣)熄滅。在僧團裡有此殊勝寶。以此真實語願得安樂。

15. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，禮敬 人天尊敬的如來佛，願得安樂。

16. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，禮敬 人天尊敬的如來法，願得安樂。

17. 任何來此聚會的眾生，無論是住在地上或天空的，禮敬 人天尊敬的如來僧，願得安樂。


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