2011-10-03 20:10:18香光

《法句經》故事──魔波旬企圖慫恿佛陀

《法句經》〈第二十三品 象品〉
在患難的時候,得遇善友是一件好事;
知足,是一件好事;
生命即將結束時,能具足功德是一件好事;
能夠解除所有苦,是一件好事。(偈331)
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今生能禮敬、照顧母親是件好事;
今生能禮敬、照顧父親是件好事;
今生能禮敬、照顧沙門是件好事;
今生能禮敬、照顧聖者(註)是件好事。(偈332)

老年時,仍然能夠持戒是件好事;
具有正信是件好事;
智慧具足是件好事;
不造作惡業是件好事。(偈333)
(註)「聖者」:指佛陀、阿羅漢等
‎331. Good are friends when need arises; good is contentment with just what one has; good is merit when life is at an end, and good is the abandoning of all suffering (through Arahatship).
332. In this world, good it is to serve his mother, good it is to serve his father, good it is to serve the monks, and good it is to serve the holy men.
333. Good is virtue until life’s end; good is faith that is steadfast; good is the acquisition of wisdom; and good is the avoidance of evil.
ref:
http://nt.med.ncku.edu.tw/biochem/lsn/newrain/canon/Khuddaka/ec-dhp.html
◎《法句經》故事──魔波旬企圖慫恿佛陀

  有一次,佛陀在喜馬拉雅山附近居留時,發現很多百姓受到暴虐君主不公平的統治,他心想,是否有法子可以使這些君主能公平、如法地善待百姓。魔波旬明白佛陀的心思後,就慫恿佛陀當國王。   

  佛陀對魔波旬說:「邪惡的魔波旬!你的教法和我的大不相同,你無法左右我。人應該警覺那些口口聲聲要幫助我們,而實際上卻處處為自己利益打算的『朋友』。」

──摘自《法句經故事集》達摩難陀法師著‧周金言譯