學佛要戒菸!
摘自《大佛頂首楞嚴經淺釋》十番顯見,剖妄出真
◎一九六八年宣化上人講述於美國加州舊金山佛教講堂
什麼叫「無緣大慈」呢?慈運無緣,誰和你最沒有緣,同你不好;你應該用慈悲心來待他,對他最慈悲。我對你們講,我說:一個人就是一切人,一切人就是一個人;「One is all(一是全部),all is one.(全部是一),這就叫「同體大悲」。譬如你有困苦,我就認為好像我的困苦一樣,所以我想法子,無論如何把你的困苦艱難給消除了!
所以我常常看我的皈依弟子有的抽香菸的,我就希望他把香菸戒除去,好和佛能接上氣。如果你不戒了香菸,你那兒吞雲吐霧的──吞,這麼吞一口雲彩;吐,吐出一口霧去,那麼佛放光,也被你這個雲霧給遮住了。所以我希望每一個我的皈依弟子,真想要學佛的人,把這種毛病要趕快戒除了最好;如果你不戒除,我就認為這種痛苦、這種不合法的行為,像在我身上一樣。為什麼?我本著佛「同體大悲」這種精神,所以我不希望每一個人有毛病;要每一個都沒有毛病了,都做一個完人。什麼叫「完人」?就是完全的一個好人。你們哪一個不做完全的好人,我就覺得我不是好人,我和你是一樣的。因為這樣子,我願意做個好人,所以我必須要想法子令你也做個好人,這就是「同體大悲」。現在每一個人若都這樣存心,這個世界就沒有爭戰,也沒有鬥爭,什麼都沒有了!
◎ 可不可以抽煙?
◎ Is smoking allowed?
摘自《為什麼要受持五戒?》宣化上人開示
好像有一個人到外面抽香菸。回來我問他﹕ 「你抽了幾支香菸?」 「我沒有抽啊!」 「有人看見你抽了嘛!他來告訴我的。」 「噢!那,我就抽一個。」
Another example is a person who went outside to smoke. When he came back, I asked him, 「How many cigarettes did you smoke?」 「I didn’t smoke.」 he said. 「Some people saw you.」 I replied. 「Oh. I smoked one cigarette," he said.
你看,他先是說他沒抽,以後又說抽一個。我說﹕ 「你現在還有幾個?」 「現在還有三個。」 「那七個到哪去了?」 「這…這…I don’t know.我不知道。」 我拿一個棍子照他頭就「啪」打一下, 「你知不知這是什麼?你覺不覺得痛?」 「覺得痛。」 「你覺得痛,為什麼你要講大話?」 「這…這戒律上沒有說戒菸的。」 「你讀過戒律了嗎?戒律上沒有說戒菸,你一定知道嗎?那個煙就包括在酒裡面。」 「啊!我不知道。」
You see. He said he didn’t smoke and then said he smoked one cigarette. I said, 「How many cigarettes have you got left?」 「Three.」 「Where are the other seven?」 「Well…, I don’t know.」 I picked up a club and hit him right on the head--Pow! 「Do you know what this is? Does it hurt?」 「Yes.」 「Yes? Then why did you lie?」 「Well…the Vinaya doesn’t prohibit smoking.」 「Have you studied the Vinaya? Do you know for sure that it doesn’t prohibit smoking? Smoking is included in the precept against taking intoxicants.」 「Oh! I didn’t know.」
人抽的煙味道最不好,不單外面的味道不好,就是身裡裡面的味道也不好,尤其是菩薩、善神護法,一發覺你有煙味,就不保護你了。你就是有多大的功德,祂也不管你了!你就會遇到很多意外的事情。
The smell from smoking is terrible. Not only does it make a person smell bad outside, it also makes the inside of his body smells bad. Bodhisattvas and Dharma-protecting good spirits will not want to protect you when they find out you smell like smoke. No matter how much merit and virtue you may have, they will leave you alone and many accidents will happen to you.
不要說別人,我們這兒有一個人偷著抽香菸,所以就遇到很危險的事情,這就是因抽香菸所引起,不過他自己到現在還不知道。
We don’t have to talk about others; currently there is one person among us who smoked stealthily and caused a very dangerous incident to occur. It happened because he was smoking, but he still doesn't realize it.
抽香菸的人死了之後,會下火焰地獄。火焰地獄專門給抽菸的人預備的,誰抽就煙有機會去。若是戒了煙,就和火焰地獄斷往還;若不戒,將來就有份的。人不知道這個厲害,就亂來;你知道了就不會做了。抽菸這個問題比喝酒還厲害。
People who smoke will fall into the hell of Flames after they die. The hell of Flames is especially prepared for smokers. Whoever likes to smoke has the chance to go down there. If you refrain from smoking, you will avoid the path that leads to the hell of Flames. If you don’t, however, you may end up there in the future. People do not know the seriousness of such matters and do whatever they like. When you understand, you will not do it. Smoking is a more severe problem than drinking.
為什麼釋迦牟尼佛沒說戒,煙只說戒酒呢?因為那時候人還不會抽,煙在佛住世時,沒有人懂得抽菸。
Why didn’t Shakyamuni Buddha prohibit smoking but disallowed drinking? It is because during that time when the Buddha was in the world no one knew about smoking.
出自:法界佛教總會中文網站
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