不奉行佛法的弘法比丘Padhanikatissatthera Vatthu

 Padhanikatissatthera Vatthu

Dhammapada Verse 159

Attanance tatha kayira
yathannamanusasati
sudanto vata dametha
atta hi kara duddamo.

Verse 159: One should act as one teaches others; only with oneself thoroughly tamed should one tame others. To tame oneself is, indeed, difficult.

The Story of Thera Padhanikatissa

While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (159) of this book, with reference to Thera Padhanikatissa.

Thera Padhanikatissa, after taking a subject of meditation from the Buddha, left for the forest with five hundred other bhikkhus. There, he told the bhikkhus to be ever mindful and diligent in their meditation practice. After thus exhorting others he himself would lie down and go to sleep. The young bhikkhus did as they were told. They practised meditation during the first watch of the night and when they were about to go to bed, Padhanikatissa would get up and tell them to go back to their practice. When they returned after meditation practice during the second and third watches also he would say the same thing to them.

As he was always acting in this way, the young bhikkhus never had peace of mind, and so they could not concentrate on meditation practice or even on recitation of the texts. One day, they decided to investigate if their teacher was truly zealous and vigilant as he posed himself to be. When they found out that their teacher Padhanikatissa only exhorted others but was himself sleeping most of the time, they remarked, "We are ruined, our teacher knows only how to scold us, but he himself is just wasting time, doing nothing." By this time, as the bhikkhus were not getting enough rest, they were tired and worn out. As a result, none of the bhikkhu made any progress in their meditation practice.

At the end of the vassa, they returned to the Jetavana monastery and reported the matter to the Buddha. To them the Buddha said, "Bhikkhus! One who wants to teach others should first teach himself and conduct himself properly."

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 159: One should act as one teaches others; only with oneself thoroughly tamed should one tame others. To tame oneself is, indeed, difficult.

At the end of the discourse those five hundred bhikkhus attained arahatship.


不奉行佛法的弘法比丘


人應該言行合一，克己的人才能調伏別人，事實上，克己甚難。(偈159)


  帕達卡提舍尊者從佛陀得到禪修的題目後，與一大群比丘到一處森林去禪修。他忠告這些比丘在禪修時要正念現前，同時要精進努力。忠告之後，他自己卻躺下來睡覺。這些年輕的比丘遵照他的指示，精進禪坐。

  初夜時，他們精進禪坐。當他們準備休息時，尊者卻起床，要他們繼續禪坐。中夜與後夜時分也是如此－－每當他們要休息時，尊者就要他們繼續禪修。所以他們的心念無法安寧下來，也無法收攝心念、精進禪修，甚至無法複誦經文。

  有一天，他們決定調查尊者自己是否如他所說的那麼精進。當他們發現尊者只知告誡別人，而自己大部份的時間都在睡覺時，他們如此議論著：「我們的老師只知道訓誨我們，自己卻無所事事，白白浪費時光！」這些比丘由於缺乏足夠的休息，所以都很疲倦，禪修上都沒有進步。

  結夏安居結束後，他們回祇樹給孤獨園向佛陀報告所發生的事情，佛陀告訴他們：「比丘們！若要教導別人，應該先教導自己，並且言行能如法。」

‧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། 6 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།


159. Attānaṃ ce tathā kayirā, 

yathāññamanusāsati;

Sudanto vata dametha, 

attā hi kira duddamo.


159. One should do what one teaches others to do; if one would train others, one should be well controlled oneself. Difficult, indeed, is self-control.


159.教導者必須言行合一，自己先馴服自己，才好去馴服別人。馴服自己的確困難啊！


159.教导者必须言行合一，自己先驯服自己，才好去驯服别人。驯服自己的确困难啊！


༡༥༩༽ གལ་ཏེ་གཞན་དག་འདུལ་འདོད་ན། །རང་ཉིད་ངེས་པར་དུལ་བ་དགོས། །གཞན་ལ་གདམས་པ་རང་གིས་བྱ། །རང་ཉིད་འདུལ་བ་དཀའ་བ་ཡིན། །


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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