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        百喻經之二四: 種熬胡麻子喻

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        §24 種熬胡麻子喻

        (24) to cultivate the boiled sesame

        昔有愚人,生食胡麻子,以為不美,熬而食之為美。便生念言:“不如熬而種之,后得美者?!?/p>

        once upon a time, a stupid man who, after eating the raw sesame, found it not as tasty as the boiled kind. he said to himself, "i would boil the sesame before cultivating it. this way i could produce better sesame."

        便熬而種之,永無生理。

        he then boiled and cultivated it as he had planned. however, the attempt failed altogether.

        世人亦爾。以菩薩曠劫修行,因難行苦行,以為不樂,便作念言:“不如作阿羅漢,速斷生死,其功甚易?!焙笥蠓鸸?,終不可得。如彼灼種,無復生理。世間愚人,亦復如是。

        so are the people at large who consider it difficult to follow bodhisattva's practice, due to the strict requirement of eternities of the strenuous efforts. finding no pleasure, they think that it will be easier for them to become arahant's by cutting quickly off the transmigration, without realizing that they would never attain buddhahood that way, just as the boiled seed that would never grow.

        this is just like the story of the stupid who tried to cultivate boiled sesame.

        注釋:

        ①胡麻子:即芝麻。在我國西北地區(qū),有些地方把油用亞麻也叫做胡麻,其子亦可食,油渣可作飼料。

        ②菩薩曠劫修行句:菩薩,為菩提薩埵的簡稱。意譯為覺有情、高士等,其主要含義是:立志修持大乘教義,以智慧上求覺悟,下利眾生,以求佛果的佛教修行者。此外,在封建社會,朝廷也賜名給有聲望的大德高僧菩薩的稱號。在世人中對于有德高僧亦尊稱為菩薩。曠劫,十分久遠的歲月年代。佛教對此有不同解釋。劫,梵文音譯為“劫波”,魯迅先生有“度盡劫波兄弟在,相逢一笑泯恩仇”的詩句,這里的“劫波”引伸義為災難。大體上劫分為大劫、中劫、小劫。歲月經過約八萬四千年稱為一增,既一小劫,再過約八萬四千年稱為一減,又是一小劫;一增一減合為一中劫;一大劫共包括八十個中劫,其中又分成、住、壞、空四個時期,每個時期各包括二十個中劫。全句意為:追求佛果的修行者經過漫長的歲月信守不渝。

        ③熬:炒。

        源流:

          《菩提資糧論》卷四:如被燒種子,雖置地中,水澆日暖,終不能生。(《中華大藏經》第二十九冊第四六八頁)

          《法苑珠林》卷二十三:事等破瓶,義同焦種,亦如多羅(綿),既斷,寧可重生。析石已離,終無還合。(《大正藏》第五十三冊第四十五頁)

        白話:

        從前有個愚蠢的人,生吃胡麻子,覺得味道不好,就把胡麻子煮熟了吃,感覺味道很好。他想到,“不如把胡麻子煮熟后種到地里,以后就會得到美兜暮樽??!庇謔薔桶閻罅說暮樽又值攪說乩錚比揮澇兌渤げ懷齪樽永礎?/p>

        世上也有這樣的人,以為追求佛果的修行者要經過漫長的歲月并信守不渝,這是非常艱難的苦行,沒有樂趣,就產生了這樣的想法:“不如修證阿羅漢果,很快地脫離在人世間生死的輪回,修證的功夫比較容易把握?!苯Y果以后再想成就更高的佛果,就不可能達到了。好像把煮熟的種子播到地里,是不可能生長的道理一樣。世上愚昧的人,也是如此。

        辨析:

        一分耕耘,一分收獲。世上的事都是由許多條件或者因果構成的,種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆,撒什么種子開什么花。只憑借主觀想象,是不能代替客觀事物本身的。取巧的想法,走捷徑的心理都不能代替事物發(fā)生、發(fā)展變化的每一個具體環(huán)節(jié)。佛學中對此認識是有見地的,它對于信徒的要求是能徹底的解脫,這種解脫可以認為具有自由的內涵。

        另外,附帶講一句,本文中所談到的“佛果”是指達到徹底“滅”除,包括肉體、精神的“涅槃”境界,是一種“無我”的存在。
                          (摘自《百喻經注釋與辨析》荊三隆 邵之茜著)

        供您思考:

        圣法法師在《百喻故事廣釋》里說:人有善良的人,也有兇惡的人。有仁慈有德的人,也有奸詐陰險的人,只是一念的善念惡念的差別。古人說:“世人孰無過,改非為圣賢”。不能改過向善的人,即永遠無光明的前途。都是缺乏善的業(yè)因。一個人要有謙虛改過的美德,心里就有光明,若是固執(zhí)奸詐,就如沒有門窗的房子,清鮮的空氣都透不進來,也沒有陽光,變成死寂的房屋,人即不能久住。

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