《旅途脚印》| 答疑 ——索达吉堪布

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答疑 | Question and Answer
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闽南佛学院的法师今天问我：“佛陀成佛后能否见众生？”这是学佛之人常有的疑惑。有

人说，佛陀成佛后已无我相、众生相，自然不能见众生。又有人说，不能见众生又如何度

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9 q% ]3 s/ @% v9 y2 |+ k1 R, jA Dharma Teacher in Minnan Buddhist Academy asked me today: “Does the Buddha still perceive
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sentient beings after having attained Buddhahood?” This is a question many Buddhists often

raise. Some people say: “An enlightened Buddha has eliminated all perceptions of self and of
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  S/ X% z1 a& [- Rbeings; therefore, to him there are no sentient beings to be seen.” Still others wonder: “How can

: {* F. ^  C& ythe Buddha tame sentient beings if he does not perceive them?”
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对此问题应如此回答，佛陀成佛后于如所有智前，一切平等无碍，无相无众生；而于尽所
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有智前，能照见一切众生之起心动念，但无迷乱相，无有执著。

The answer to these questions can be stated as follows: To the enlightened Buddha, in his
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. d- u2 D2 J; Q; R: uwisdom that knows the nature of all phenomena, all appearances are indistinguishably equal; to
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him there are neither forms nor beings. In his wisdom that knows the multiplicity of all
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phenomena, the Buddha knows every thought and idea of all sentient beings; however, to him

there is neither confusion nor clinging.
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/ Y0 b8 [2 K0 C- Y6 N$ f近代藏地著名大德俄巴活佛，曾得弥勒菩萨摄受，法王如意宝曾于其前听闻过佛法。他于
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《辩宗派见解论》中引用荣索班智达的教义举例说：如同两人于一房中，其中一人做梦，

5 @8 W! W, d6 L3 ^% s- [( u另一人具他心通，而得知其梦境，但因知其为梦，而不生执著。若此时做梦之人因梦中遭
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遇恶境而生大苦恼，清醒之人可用神通入其梦境，令其消除恐怖直至苏醒。同样，佛陀也

了知众生之境现及分别念，但无相执，却能以方便法，令各种根器众生逐渐趋入解脱道。

2 k& @  ?- {" ~( D- P1 N4 [! BTulku Dewopa, once cared for by Lord Maitreya, is a renowned contemporary Tibetan siddha
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& A; r! n# c% v) D+ }from whom our Choeje (King of Dharma) Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche had received teachings. In the

  T) T2 D4 p; Vshastra Discerning the Views of Sects, the Tulku cites teachings from Pandita Rangjung as

examples: There are two persons in a room; the first person is dreaming while the second one,
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- Y! e( o2 _" S& n7 t) `who has the psychic power of knowing other minds, is awake. The second person sees the first
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! ^7 c/ H9 f4 s, g6 sone’s dream with no clinging because he clearly knows it is a dream. Should the dreamer have a

nightmare and suffer tremendously, the second person can through his miraculous power enter
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4 [. v2 l& ]. y- }8 othe dream, dispel the horror, and wake up the dreamer. In the same way, the Buddha knows
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sentient beings’ conceptual thoughts and their perceived phenomena. The Buddha has no
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attachment and, with his skillful means that suit each individual, leads all beings gradually onto

the path of liberation.

如来的智慧、功德，即使得地菩萨也不能如实了知，凡夫之分别念就更难以揣度。法称论

8 D( ]: y5 l/ B: d& }# m师云：“如来智慧不可思。”
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0 z* R9 D' A: n% mEven Bodhisattvas who have advanced to the level of bhumis cannot fathom thoroughly the

* W+ S$ q# U  @wisdom and qualities of the Tathagata, what needs to be said of ordinary people with conceptual
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minds? Master Dharmakirti says it well: “The wisdom of the Tathagata is just inconceivable.”
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对于如来之究竟智慧，应以信心与教证了知，绝非以分别念思维推理所能决断。
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Only through strong faith and scriptural evidence can one comprehend the ultimate wisdom of

" f6 [/ z9 v; ]/ K, K) f+ ]% Ythe Tathagata. It can never be resolved by the thinking and reasoning of a conceptual mind.

壬午年三月十二日 　

2002年4月24日

( G8 v' H* b6 a& g( Y, q# T: E1 e12th of March, Year of RenWu

April 24, 2002
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