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 靜思晨語--20121016《法譬如水》多貪不足是心貧

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我們人少欲知足,是天下最富有的人生,若多貪不足是心貧,最困苦的人生,富與貧在於一念心,若是少欲知足的人,他們生活很簡單,心寬念純,天地之間無不都是我們的世界。

若是所求無窮盡,不就是我們昨天所說的,「欺巧百端、希望毫利」,這種連一點點也要貪,大的貪不完,小的也不放過,所以像這樣的人生,到底造了多少業呢?
所以說這都是業、都是罪,所以應該是時時懺悔,到底我們今生已經做了嗎?今生都沒做,難免過去生中曾做過嗎?有時是現報、生報、後報,我們過去也說過了,說不定前世所做的還未報,今生也還沒有報,說不定還在來生,到底我們貪了人多少?造了多少業,過去不知道,不懂得懺悔,現在知道了,我們要趕快懺悔,懺悔無始以來,過去一直到現在,假使有的話,我們應該要日日懺悔。
每天都和大家說懺悔,接下來這段懺文又說:
又復無始以來
至於今日
穿窬牆壁 斷道抄掠
抵捍債息 負情違要
面欺心取

聽起來好像聽不大懂,但是在文字上我們應該能了解,穿窬就是挖,挖牆壁,這樣鑽過去,有的人偷、搶、劫,「搶」就是人搶人,「盜」就是侵入人家家裡去劫,這叫做強盜,「偷」是人沒看到,我們偷偷去拿,這都是有主之物,人家不允許,我們去搶、去盜、去偷,現在這就是「穿窬牆壁」,意思是說,既不是人對人搶,也不是從門進去強盜,他是用挖的,挖洞,有的人從地道一直挖進去,人不知、鬼不覺,沒人知道他在挖地道,這個地道一直挖下去,就是一直到他的對象,知道哪一家,那個地方有藏寶,或是有錢財,他已經鎖定在那裡,有的是從地道挖進去,有的就是從牆下,這樣一直挖下去,挖下去再鑽進屋裡來,再挖洞上來。
其實這在現代也有,銀行隔壁有人在建築,因為平時隔壁有人施工,所以大家都以為是工人在工作,沒想到有一天,銀行的行員到地下室時,發現金庫被人撬開了,一看,幾千萬消失了,報警來檢查,發現地下室的角落裡,有一個洞,這個洞剛好是人可以出入的,鑽這個洞,這樣一直鑽出去,就是在工地旁邊,不知道花了多久的時間,利用外面再施工混淆著,在那個地方挖牆壁、打地洞,鑽進去地下室金庫,搬走了幾千萬的現金,這就是人欺巧,很聰明,用他的頭腦測準了,下去就是金庫的地下室,利用他的利器,能有這樣的耐心,這樣的力量,這樣的頭腦去測準那個地點,這是欺巧,這是聰明犯罪,也一樣被捉到了,這就是現報,捉到就要判刑,幾年不知道,可能要很久。
失去了自由,你擁有再多,這些東西還是被人拿回去,只有一樣,不知多久的自由都失去了,將來若出獄了,失去了人格、品德,人家對他不相信,這是因貪,所以失掉了一切,這就是穿窬挖壁。

拆牆,有的人是拆牆進去,不是從門進去,不是,也有這樣在偷竊強盜,搬取人家的東西。

或是鑽身入室,挖這個東西就是,身體鑽得進去的,去偷竊,去竊取。
還有的人,有的就是「斷道抄掠」,這就是對人行搶,知道哪個人從銀行出來了,他的身上有多少東西,他就跟隨他,跟蹤,跟蹤到沒人的地方行搶,這在現代社會也很多,還有現在有保全車,從銀行載很多錢要去分行,到分行給人便利,或是從分行,今天收的錢就要載回本行,有的人知道,這輛車子的路線要如何走,他就去攔劫,擋路去搶,這叫做截斷行路,路,人家在走路的時候去將它擋住,公然光天化日去搶劫,也有這樣的,這是很強的強盜。
或是「抵捍債息」,有的人向人借錢,本來要還人家錢,借錢之前說好要利息,利息要還,本金也要還,這是大家都講好的,甚至有的人借錢簽了約,但是有的人錢借了,如何可以不必還,如何將利息折抵,連本金他都想抹消,這種人也有,但是現在可怕的是討債公司,討債公司,利息是倍數增加,有時借你十萬元,一個月可能要還三十萬,光是利息,本金不算,像這樣,在現代是一種強逼償還債務,常常看到報紙,為了逃債,有的人就去自殺,有的就去搶劫,做很多不法的事,這都是起於借錢,借錢本來要還錢,有的人就是想盡辦法,如何能逃債。
另外一種人如何能逼債,逼到人的生命逼死了,所以這種世間,為了大家不懂得守護軌道,我們若好好生活,一天吃得了多少?穿多少布?能住多寬的房子,安分守己就不必負債,不必負債就不必去向人借錢。

有的人有感情,看他有困難,會幫助他,幫助他開支票,或是房地契借他去借錢,是不是這個債務,他的朋友已經度過難關,債務還清,能夠把他借給他的房地契,能原封不動再還給他嗎?

有時候不只是不能原封不動,用他的名字,還害他負債,這種社會上有很多說不清楚的,光是債務就有很多說不清的。

這種孤負前情,過去大家都是朋友,所以朋友間借來借去,無論是有利息的,或是沒利息的,或是再做更大的人情給他,替他背書,或是給他房地契去借錢,這都是情。

但是就是違背了感情,拖累了朋友,這種違背要約,明明是我借你的,但是到後來,真正欠債的人,挑之夭夭了,不知逃到哪裡去了,所以這個債務就變成,好心的朋友要負債,這種都是欠債的事,非常複雜,所以孤負前情、違背要約,就是明明寫好了契約,卻這樣違背了,圖賴取,要如何企圖將債務一筆勾消,這都是彼此之間互相欺詐。

有的是好心而被拖累,這都是人生,雖然聰明,但是欠缺良知,我們要有良心,無論欠債也好、逼債也好,這都是很重的業,好心的人被拖累也是很悽慘。

接下來再說:
或非道陵奪
鬼神禽畜四生之物
或假託卜相
取人財寶

這段懺文,除了在人與人之間借貸,互相糾紛,造成了很多人的折磨,或是生命的威脅,或是自殺,或是全家…等等,很悲慘的事,因為債務而發生。

現在所說的是「非道陵奪」,這種不是道理的,不合理的取奪,這樣欺詐人,現在有人說金光黨,都是去找阿嬤、阿公,或是較沒知識的人,或是好心的人,或是對較貪心的人,他去告訴他,我有多少在哪裡,我現在急著用錢,我現在若能有多少,我就能解決,那些東西我看破不要了,你若能夠…等等,反正很多欺巧的事,都發生在人與人之間,欺負那種沒知識的,欺負那種有愛心的人,所以他利用種種手段,這是金光黨。
有時鈔票上面只有一兩張,下面整疊都是白紙,說要陪他去領錢,領出來真的是整疊,他很好心,不知道如何去替換的,真的被拿走,假的白紙整疊留給他,這些社會上,說不完的形象太多了,這叫做「非道陵奪」,使用這種手段,裝柔弱去取,等到發現時已經,人也不知在哪裡了,無奈啊!有的人存了一輩子的錢,就這樣被騙了,這種非道陵奪。
或是「鬼神禽畜四生之物」,鬼神有什麼東西可取的呢?神,有的人會去答謝、掛金牌,有的人就去廟裡,土地公廟、什麼廟,我們也常常聽到金牌被人偷了,或是廟裡有一些東西,值錢的也去偷,四生之物,畜物這是飼料等等,像這種也能偷,尤其是現在,現在飼料很好偷,一包一包的。
總而言之,在悟達國師的時代,他就將偷竊、強盜、欺巧、陵辱等等,非分之財去貪著、去貪取,這些他全都寫在懺文中。

所以又有「鬼神禽畜」,或是「四生之物」,所有的,不只是人,連鬼神四生之物。
「或假託卜相、取人財寶」,或假借神,或是起乩,為人卜相等等,叫人要祭拜,你要如何,這樣子欺詐,要不然就說,今年的運氣如何如何,真的有很多。

世間這種欺巧詐騙的手段,實在是無量無數,所以我們要好好培養我們的心,少欲知足,我們就能每天都很自在,富有快樂,我們不可貪,一貪,一個不小心做了,都是罪業、受苦難,所以我們要時時多用心。


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Lecturer: Master Zheng-Yan
Subject: Greed and Dissatisfaction are Poverty of the Mind (多貪不足是心貧)

When we have few desires and are content, we lead the richest lives in the world. If, instead, we are greedy and dissatisfied, then our minds are in poverty, and we live life in the poorest way. Wealth and poverty are a matter of our thoughts.

If we have few desires and are content, we will live very simply; our hearts are open, and our thoughts pure. Isn’t everything under the sky part of our world? Yes, if people are always seeking endlessly, as we just discussed yesterday, they, “cleverly cheat in 100 ways, hoping for a bit of profit.” They covet even the tiniest things. They endlessly covet large things and do not pass over small things either. With a life like this, just how much karma is created? So, we have said this is all negative karma, and it should be repented every moment.

Have we committed these wrongs in this life? If not this life, maybe we have committed them in a past life. Retribution may come this life, next life or later. In the past, we have said that perhaps the deeds from our past lives have not yet matured. In this life, we have not yet seen retribution; perhaps it will be in the next life. Just how much have we coveted from others? How much karma have we created? In the past, we did not know. We did not know to repent. But now that we understand, we need to repent at once. We need to repent for the wrongs have done from Beginningless Time until now. If we have created karma, we need to repent every day.

Each day we talk about repentance. The next passage in the repentance text says, “From Beginningless Time until now, we may have pierced the walls, blocked the path to rob people, refused to pay interest, borrowed from friends and not repaid, deceived with our face, stole with our heart.”

You may not understand it when you hear this, but in the context, we should be able to understand. Piercing is digging, digging out a wall, so as to trespass. Some people steal, rob or hijack. “To rob” means that one person robs another. “Forced entry” means breaking into another’s home; it is a kind of burglary. “To steal” is to take something when others are not looking. These acts are all taking from those who have not given permission, thus we rob, break in or steal secretly.

Now we will discuss “pierced the walls.” The meaning of this is not one person robbing another, nor is it forced entry. A hole is dug in the wall, sometimes from an underground tunnel. People do not know; it is all in secret. People do not know about the digging. The criminals continue to dig this tunnel until they reach their target. They know which parts of which houses have hidden treasures or lots of money. They have already targeted the place. Sometimes they dig in from a tunnel; sometimes they just go under a wall.

They keep digging until they have drilled under the house, then they dig their way up. Actually, this happens even now.

Next to a bank, there was a building site. Because it was under construction, everyone assumed the workers were construction workers. One day, when clerks went into the bank’s basement, they discovered the vault had been pried open, and tens of millions were missing. When the police went to investigate, they discovered a tunnel in the corner that was just big enough for people to squeeze through. They dug a hole like this from the next-door construction site. No one knows how much time they spent using the building site as a diversion, so as to dig through the earth and walls and enter the basement vault. They took tens of millions in cash. This is an example of “cleverly cheating.” The people were very intelligent and use their heads to prepare a method to enter the basement vault. They made use of their advantages. To have this kind of patience, this kind of strength and intelligence to estimate the spot is clever cheating.

These were intelligent criminals, but they were still caught. This is present-life retribution. They were caught and sentenced; I do not know how many years they served, possibly a long time. They lost their freedom. You can possess many things, but these things can still be taken by others. In the same way, many years of freedom can be taken from you. In the future, when these criminals are released, they will have lost their reputation and character. Other people will not trust them. Because of greed, they will have lost everything. This is from piercing the walls. Some people dismantle the walls rather than use the door to enter. This method is also used to steal or rob, to take others’ things.

Some people force their body in through a hole or an opening. Once in, they rob the place. There are also people who “block the path to rob people.” This means they rob people in person. They know that when people leave banks, they carry many valuables. So, they follow these people to a place where no is one around, and rob them. This is very common today. Now, there are also armored vehicles, which carry a lot of money from bank to bank. They go to small branches, and for convenience, collect money to take back to main banks. Some people know the route that such vehicles take, so they block the road and hijack the car. They create a roadblock. They block the road in front of the armored car, and rob it in broad daylight. This also happens. This very violent robbery.

Or we may have “refused to pay interest.” Some people borrow money from others. Originally, they plan to return the money. They agree that there will be interest to be repaid on top of the principle. Everyone agree upon this, and some even sign a contract. But when some people borrow money, they then try to find a way not to repay. They try to cut the interest, or even wipe out the original debt. There are people like this. But now, what is scary are loan shark. They multiply the interest. Sometimes they will loan you 100,000 dollars, and then after a month, they may want 300,000, and this is only interest, without counting the original loan. Today this is a kind of forced repayment. You often see in the papers that, in order to dodge their creditors, some people commit suicide. Other people go out and rob. They do many illegal things. This all comes from borrowing money. When you borrow money, you should repay it. But some people tire themselves out thinking of way to dodge their creditors.

Another kind of person forces people to repay, forcing them even to death. In this kind of world, people do not know to keep to the path. If we are living well, how much can we eat in one day? How much can we wear?
How big of a house can we live in? If we are content, we do not need to go into debt. Then we do not need to borrow.

Some people are empathetic. When they see someone with difficulties, they will help that person, write them a check or give them a loan against their property. When this person has overcome his difficulties and repaid the debt, will he be able to return the deed and give the property back untouched? Sometimes, not only are they unable to return it untouched, they also damage the leader’s name and property. In society, there are many complicated situations involving debt. Some people throw away their friendships. When people are friends, they may often borrow and lend to one another. Whether or not there is interest involved, or whether an even bigger favor is done by cosigning or letting someone borrow against one’s own property, this was done out of friendship.

But people go against their friendship; the burden their friends and renege on their agreement. One clearly lent to another, but when it is time to repay the person in debt runs away. No one knows where he went. Then this loan becomes the burden of the good-hearted friend. There are all matters of debt, and they are incredibly complicated. People throw away friendships and break their promises. Although there is a clearly written contract, they still refute it.

They deny it and look for a way to wipe out the loan completely. This is how friends mutually deceive each other. Some good-hearted people end up burdened with debt. In life, although people are smart, they lack conscience. We need to have a conscience. Defaulting on debt or forcing others to repay is very serious karma. It is tragic when people become burdened due to their good hearts.

Next it says, “We may have seized things illegally, objects of spirits, animals or beings of the Four Forms of Birth. Under the pretext of prophecy, we may have stolen people’s wealth.”

The previous section in the repentance text discussed conflicts from lending and borrowing, which create a lot of torment. Lives may be threatened, such as through suicide, or a family [murder-suicide], etc., all very miserable affairs. Now we are talking of “seizing things illegally.” This is unprincipled, seizing things for no reason.

Nowadays, there are con artists who
cheat people this way. They look for elderly people, people who do not have a lot of knowledge, very good-hearted people, or even some greedy people.
They tell them, “I have all these funds over here, but right now I have this problem. If right now I can get some amount of money, I will be able to resolve it, and then I can let you have the funds. So if you could just…”
Anyway, there are many tricks to deceive people. This happens in personal relationships; some abuse those who do not know better, those who have loving hearts. They make use of all kinds of tricks. These are con artists.

Sometimes they have a roll of banknotes; one or two notes are real, the rest blank paper. They accompany someone to withdraw cash. When that person unsuspectingly withdraws money, somehow the con artist switches the rolls and takes the real money, leaving the person with a stack of paper.

In our society, this phenomenon is too common. “Seizing things illegally” refers to these kinds of methods, like when people pretend to be weak in order to steal. When it is discovered, the people’s whereabouts are unknown, and nothing can be done. Some people’s entire life savings are conned from them like this, and their things are “seized improperly.”

It may be “objects of spirits, animals or beings of the Four Forms of Birth.” What do spirits have that can be taken? To thank spirits, some people hang gold metals inside the temples. In small local temples, we often hear about these medals being stolen. Or there may be other valuables in the temple that are stolen, including money.

Objects belonging to beings of the Four Forms of Birth, such as animal feed, are also stolen. Especially now,
feed is very easy to steal; it is taken by the bag.

To summarize, in Imperial Preceptor Wu-Da’s time, theft, robbery, fraud, exploitation, coveting wealth and taking improperly, were all written into the repentance text. This may have been done to “spirits, animals” or “beings of the Four Births” not only to people, but spirits and animals, too.

“Under the pretext of prophecy, we may have stolen people’s wealth.” Under the guise of a spirit, oracle bones or fortune telling, some tell people make offerings or do certain things. In this way, they deceive them. Otherwise, they might say, “This year, your luck will be such and such.” There are truly many ways to deceive people with tricks in this world. They are truly countless. We need to earnestly cultivate our minds. People who have few desires and are content can be free and at ease every day, and live with joy and abundance. We cannot be greedy. Once you are greedy and start doing things carelessly, you create negative karma and suffer the results. So we should always be mindful.
(Source: Da Ai TV 靜思晨語 法譬如水)
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