從前有一個和尚在夜裡趕路,他因為出行理由急趕,以至沒有攜帶燈火,行至閉頂暗巷,伸手不見五指,不慎一個跌撞,天旋地轉,竟就失了前後方向。220Please respect copyright.PENANAl6YLrEb7RI
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此時一個人提住燈火而來,為和尚照亮了前路,和尚抬頭,看到了提燈人的無神兩眼,原來是個盲人。220Please respect copyright.PENANAqoWgykdnLv
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「盲女,你猜盲人看不見為甚麼要點燈?」畫紙上的阿彌陀佛如此問。220Please respect copyright.PENANAL5pyPS1es9
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一位盲眼老婦正一邊用香火燒化人名,一邊唸佛替兒子為人祈福積德,突然聽到佛堂有人講故事,初時嚇得手中名紙散落一地,後來摸索到原來聲音是從畫紙上發出,知道是阿彌陀佛顯靈,便誠心在蒲團跪坐聽講。220Please respect copyright.PENANAYc7qw9M2zb
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老婦謙稱自己一介盲人,不識文字,不敢打妄語。然而阿彌陀佛沒有再說半句,留下老婦獨自沉思。220Please respect copyright.PENANAKKVbaYDDBl
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她想來想去,精力耗盡便伏在壇前睡了,在沒有影像的夢裡,她又做到了典故的下半部分⋯⋯220Please respect copyright.PENANAtTRndlcmIW
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和尚問盲人看不見為甚麼要點燈。220Please respect copyright.PENANAp43sETE1qy
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盲人故弄玄虛,請和尚猜猜。220Please respect copyright.PENANAWuF6XShn1L
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和尚若有所思:「所以你是為了照亮他人,為他人點燈?」220Please respect copyright.PENANAUwb7odt12P
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盲人搖頭。220Please respect copyright.PENANANNKZJSTtUL
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和尚再想,突然嘆道:「那你一定是為他人也為了自己,因為別人見到光明,所以才不會撞上你,這光明就是佛性啊!」220Please respect copyright.PENANAGbSRPorlW2
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盲人聽完大笑,說道:「我點燈是因為火暖,我既眼盲又不是修行的人,你說的光明佛性,我通通不見,舉手之勞,各取所需而已。」220Please respect copyright.PENANAtHJFEsEsdB
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老婦驚醒,晨鳥和鳴,好在堂內燭燈香火均徹夜未滅,她托賴沒有受寒,老婦也以為阿彌陀佛顯靈是夢的一部分,沒放在心上,幾個月後,她有晚再替兒子幫人燒名,這時畫紙又說話了。220Please respect copyright.PENANAFZ8KjRsxxM
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「盲女,最終盲人與和尚都成了佛,你以為是誰先成佛?」220Please respect copyright.PENANAMdn4C95iiK
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有過經驗,老婦不再驚慌失惜,她又跪在蒲團上,誠心思量,她不是自作聰明之人,想法順理成章,和尚學佛在先,自然就覺得和尚成佛在先。220Please respect copyright.PENANAiXHjNagWLF
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「嘻!」阿彌陀佛笑說:「最終盲人成了錠光佛,又名燃燈古佛,反而那和尚,可是經歷了無量劫的學佛,才得以成為阿彌陀佛呢!解脫煩惱,不過是舉手之勞,各取所需而已。」220Please respect copyright.PENANA7gW6tKeGVj
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老婦不明白,不敢出聲。220Please respect copyright.PENANAfg2dFyJqI4
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於是佛又說了另一個簡短故事:220Please respect copyright.PENANAwtxjywTdI2
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從前在世尊釋迦牟利佛的年代,有一個夜叉女,她前世為人的時候,在王舍城的一場宴會中因跳舞跌倒而流產,眾人冷眼不顧,於是她在虛弱垂死之際立下血誓,要把王舍城的孩童食去,下世就成為了夜叉,並生了五百子女,為了實現誓言,她來到人間獵食嬰孩,以產生乳汁餵養自己的孩子。220Please respect copyright.PENANAGWcisoLgir
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很快她察覺到自己的子女數目越來越少,幾乎她每次去人間,子女就會失蹤一部分,她試過尋覓,但也不能耽誤了餵哺兒女的工作,夜叉女心存惶恐,眼白白看住親生骨肉一個一個不知所蹤,終於她只餘下了一百兒女了。220Please respect copyright.PENANAMHd31Qdi7d
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當時她繼續去到王舍城食小孩,冒住極大的心理壓力下,此行一去就食了一百個嬰兒,回來時,她的子女已一個不剩。220Please respect copyright.PENANAMK56s9wme9
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滴著無人啜飲的奶水,腹懷一肚嬰屍,夜叉女求助於佛,佛拿來五百個缽頭,請她把肚裡的碎屍吐出來,絕望之下的夜叉女照做,沒想到她每吐滿一缽腐肉,就變回了她的一個孩子,最終她吐滿了五百缽肉,得回了五百子,她解下仇怨,還得清淨,成了傳說中二十四諸天中的鬼子聖母。220Please respect copyright.PENANAPwTtbhg83u
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「盲女,如果你是鬼子母,你會像她食人子報仇嗎?」220Please respect copyright.PENANAmQfxy2S1R1
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老婦單純良善,當然覺得鬼子母殘忍,也覺得自己不會如此冷血。220Please respect copyright.PENANAK5J6j4PK8N
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「嘻!」阿彌陀佛又笑了,到尾再說:「解脫煩惱,不過是缽來張口,吐還不淨而已。」220Please respect copyright.PENANA2wucZ65yjH
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老婦自以為明白,頻頻應謝。未幾就發生了佛堂失火一事,當中情境,你我已知。220Please respect copyright.PENANA5vlJTR0C7P
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上回初提阿彌陀佛的金仙身份,此劍俠事跡卻早在故事中安插,如不怪記者腦霧引致說書太慢,相信諸位老友都有印象吳王轉世遍照轉世也扮過一次阿彌陀佛,當初遍照因為誤中鬼法而被困入畫,便借佛畫顯靈,為李承慶母親講苦集滅道十二因緣,當中有一至兩次,此盲婦提起了遍照不記得自己有說過的課題:220Please respect copyright.PENANAK7keacC5by
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盲婦口中的鬼子母傳說版本,與經典《大藥叉女歡喜母并愛子成就法》大有出入,遍照聞之詫異;220Please respect copyright.PENANAvJZ6zL0lGX
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至於盲人點燈,那大概出自猶太文化,本無佛教元素,在後世被部分華人佛教徒挪用來講佛性,不提出處也算是plagiarism了,諸位一查《The Talmud - Megillah 24b》就知道原典,所以在這個年代的遍照眼裡,盲人點燈就更加不是他所知的佛教故事了。220Please respect copyright.PENANAFPMBL0TXsC
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遍照曾覺出奇,但不多想過,故事亦隨前文所說發展。220Please respect copyright.PENANAYNmLsNKk9j
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金仙身劍不二,阿彌陀佛以佛號為劍,不受限於時空維度,只要有人專注念佛,阿彌陀佛便會現身接引,細說念佛又有分四種,以下一講只為解釋劇情,興許艱深,但求諸君隨緣看過。220Please respect copyright.PENANAnMfkVEDdEH
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常見淨土宗的佛教徒嘴念阿彌陀佛便作修行,是為「稱名」,屬第一種念佛;以眼「觀像」是另一種,但莫要有字解字,盲母雖然看不見佛像,但心中知道有幅佛畫在前,以心想像,用手觸摸一下畫紙邊緣,也算是觀像念佛了,所以阿彌陀佛才會從佛畫中顯靈為她說法;觀像念佛再深一層,叫做「觀想」念佛,修行人看完佛像立即閉眼,還至靜處,心眼觀佛,令意不轉,繫念在像,不令他念。在未有流傳佛教的世界,若心夠靜,憑空追問大德,也無不可,於是范蠡在螺山才能夠感召西師;220Please respect copyright.PENANAOS0hEjUrm5
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最後一種,叫做「實相」念佛,要如自觀身實相,觀佛亦然。境界高深難明,倒是遍照身化阿彌陀佛像,借佛口說佛法,算是取巧達成了實相念佛的條件,自此阿彌陀佛在這世界的化身之一就寄存於遍照元神裡,屬於闔閭為首的魔元神部分,經歷轉世來到現代,在飛龍灣一住所處,播起念佛機,佛畫一豎,左右邊都打直用藍筆寫了行醜怪字,右邊是「南無阿彌陀佛」,左邊是「光明遍照十方」,於是在因緣際會下,遍照元神佔了身體控制權的上風,以阿彌陀佛的身份點化了現世盲母。220Please respect copyright.PENANAsKwdbituwu
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佛預知了干將惡母劫難,在往時本意想借遍照與佛畫為媒界,講解佛理,好為盲母在事前解怨,待她發現兒子李承慶被害的真相後不至於發願變成惡母。220Please respect copyright.PENANAeUMqSDgrAr
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但解脫煩惱方法多種,也要因應聽法的人根器與狀態而調節教材深度的。220Please respect copyright.PENANA5peRE09oSx
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盲人點燈,照亮他人的利他境界是高,但太過強人所難,唯有說到利他亦能自利的功利層次,再去到舉手之勞,各取所需的便利境界,然後下降到缽來張口,吐還不淨的層次,為免說教味重,招人責怪記者自恃高深,也就不加屢述了,簡約而言,盲母是最後聽完鬼子母故事,才開始有所領悟,甚至言之鑿鑿自己不似鬼子母殘忍,但她轉世之後,還不是依樣向干將尋仇,理智上學習了道理,情感上不體會,就是如此結果,千言萬語,思來想去,以為悟了,其實未悟,在飛龍灣一次現身中,阿彌陀佛索性動之以情,三兩句說話,竟就悟了,決心接受文殊剃頭,缽來張口,了斷宿怨。220Please respect copyright.PENANAAYuwD47Iar
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因為上回在道生一世時佛舞越王御劍破碎維度,斷滅之舞自此合二為一,此回典故重溫就沒有了佛魔境象之別,所以記者亦沒有傷神去區分可能世界與正式歷史來講。下回起就要完全講到現代的事去,為了大家安心寧神,為了記者的身心靈健康,在說到魚腸劍悟道一刻前,都不會再提典故了,佛舞魔舞,暫且放在一邊,Mandy曾經很愛細蚊仔,格局很細,兩個人的故事而已。