沒有子息的王子Bodhirajakumara Vatthu

Bodhirajakumara Vatthu



Dhammapada Verse 157

Attanance piyam janna
rakkheyya nam surakkhitam
tinnam annataram yamam1
patijaggeyya pandito.

If one knows that one is dear to oneself, one should protect oneself well. During any of the three watches (of life) the wise man should be on guard (against evil).

1. yamam: A night is divided into three watches. According to the Commentary, the watches in this context are the three stages in Man's life, viz., childhood, youth and old age.

The Story of Bodhirajakumara

While residing at the Bhesakala wood, the Buddha uttered Verse (157) of this book, with reference to Prince Bodhi (Bodhirajakumara).

Once, Prince Bodhi built a magnificent palace for himself. When the palace was finished he invited the Buddha for alms-food. For this special occasion, he had the building decorated and perfumed with four kinds of scents and incense. Also, a long length of cloth was spread on the floor, starting from the threshold to the interior of the room. Then, because he had no children, the prince made a solemn asseveration that if he were to have any children the Buddha should step on the cloth. When the Buddha came, Prince Bodhi respectfully requested the Buddha three times to enter the room. But the Buddha, instead of moving, only looked at Ananda. Ananda understood him and so asked Prince Bodhi to remove the cloth from the door-step. Then only, the Buddha entered the palace. The prince then offered delicious and choice food to the Buddha. After the meal, the prince asked the Buddha why he did not step on the cloth. The Buddha in turn asked the prince whether he had not spread the cloth making a solemn asseveration that if he were to be blessed with a child, the Buddha would step on it; and the prince replied in the affirmative. To him, the Buddha said that he and his wife were not going to have any children because of their past evil deeds. The Buddha then related their past story.

In one of their past existences, the prince and his wife were the sole survivors of a shipwreck. They were stranded on a deserted island, and there they lived by eating birds' eggs, fledglings and birds, without any feeling of remorse at any time. For that evil deed, they would not be blessed with any children. If they had felt even a slight remorse for their deed at any stage of their lives, they could have a child or two in this existence. Then turning to the prince, the Buddha said, "One who loves himself should guard himself in all stages of life, or at least, during one stage in his life."

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 157: If one knows that one is dear to oneself, one should protect oneself well. During any of the three watches (of life) the wise man should be on guard (against evil).

At the end of the discourse, Bodhirajakumara attained Sotapatti Fruition.

沒有子息的王子

人若知道自愛，就應該妥善保護自己，在人生的三個階段裡(註1)，智者時時醒覺。 (偈157)

    菩提羅迦王子興建了一座非常壯觀的王宮。落成典禮時，他邀請佛陀前來賜福，並 接受他的供養。為了這特殊的節慶，他事先用檀香使王宮滿室生香。由於沒有子息，他就在餐廳的地板上舖設長的地毯，並私下祈願，如果他們夫妻終究有兒子的命，就請佛 陀踏上地毯。當佛陀抵達時，王子恭敬地請佛陀進入大廳，但佛陀卻駐足不前，只是望了阿難一眼，阿難明白佛陀的意思，就請王子把地毯收起來。等到王子叫人移走地毯後 ，佛陀才進入宮中，王子接著供養佛陀。飯後，王子請教佛陀，何以要求撤走地毯。佛陀反過來問王子是否曾暗中許願：如果命中註定有兒子的命，那麼佛陀就會踏上地毯？ 王子如實回答：有！佛陀告訴王子，他們夫婦今生不會有兒子，是因為他們前世所造惡業的影響，佛陀進一步說明他們前世的作為。

    在過去某一世時，王子夫婦是一次船難的唯一生還者。他們被沖上一座荒蕪的島嶼 ，只能吃鳥和鳥蛋維生，卻絲毫沒有後悔之心。他們只關心自己的生命，所以不僅自私 地摧殘無辜鳥類的生命，連它們的幼鳥也不放過。因為這些惡業，他們今生不可能有子息。如果當時有少許的悔意，他們今生就會有子孫了。

註1：指人生的青年，中年和老年三階段。

‧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། 4 September 2020




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། །


12. Attavagga

Chapter Twelve   The Self

第十二章 自己

བཅུ་གཉིས་པ་བདག་གི་ལེའུ།


157. Attānañce piyaṃ jaññā,

rakkheyya naṃ surakkhitaṃ;

Tiṇṇaṃ aññataraṃ yāmaṃ, 

paṭijaggeyya paṇḍito.


157. If one holds oneself dear, one should diligently watch oneself. Let the wise man keep vigil during any of the three watches of the night.


157.人若知自愛，則應慎護自己，像智者一樣，於人生三階段[1]之一， 保持警惕，不去作惡。

【註釋】

[1]人生三階段：指少年、中年和老年。 


157.人若知自爱，则应慎护自己，像智者一样，于人生三阶段[1]之一， 保持警惕，不去作恶。

【注释】

[1]人生三阶段：指少年、中年和老年。 


༡༥༧༽ རང་ཉིད་གཅེས་པར་སེམས་ན་ནི། །འབད་དེ་རང་ཉིད་བསྲུང་བར་བྱ། །མཚན་གྱི་ཐུན་གསུམ་དག་ཏུ་ནི། །མཁས་པས་མེལ་ཚེ་བྱེད་པར་བྱ། །


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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