《旅途脚印》| 答疑 ——索达吉堪布

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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

) x( e6 ^9 H3 v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

化众生呢？
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+ t) q- f- N  h# Q2 ]. qA 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

0 d9 o9 ]* R* |/ e) v+ braise. Some people say: “An enlightened Buddha has eliminated all perceptions of self and of
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beings; therefore, to him there are no sentient beings to be seen.” Still others wonder: “How can

the Buddha tame sentient beings if he does not perceive them?”
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. z5 e2 h+ o# k* L- A$ g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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The answer to these questions can be stated as follows: To the enlightened Buddha, in his
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! ^) ^# r7 g- j& ?! f# F. _0 d* Zwisdom 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

( _: V3 e' P- b  I' d; F3 Dphenomena, the Buddha knows every thought and idea of all sentient beings; however, to him

there is neither confusion nor clinging.

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，
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+ u0 n8 n8 z$ N7 A4 _7 S1 i" Q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

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
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3 t) u) l- O& P0 j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。

) \: m/ e. T! N5 z& _Tulku Dewopa, once cared for by Lord Maitreya, is a renowned contemporary Tibetan siddha

from whom our Choeje (King of Dharma) Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche had received teachings. In the
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shastra Discerning the Views of Sects, the Tulku cites teachings from Pandita Rangjung as
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- P. {" C0 y' u, i  [examples: There are two persons in a room; the first person is dreaming while the second one,
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who has the psychic power of knowing other minds, is awake. The second person sees the first

one’s dream with no clinging because he clearly knows it is a dream. Should the dreamer have a
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! c4 E1 z- @! {$ Y3 p# z2 Lnightmare and suffer tremendously, the second person can through his miraculous power enter

! Y: `2 K9 h- Ithe dream, dispel the horror, and wake up the dreamer. In the same way, the Buddha knows

5 p& ]' m5 z: C9 I$ N( P7 W0 ssentient 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.
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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
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师云：“如来智慧不可思。”
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Even Bodhisattvas who have advanced to the level of bhumis cannot fathom thoroughly the
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wisdom and qualities of the Tathagata, what needs to be said of ordinary people with conceptual

0 n: b# k, b% V: [$ t/ a; I% xminds? Master Dharmakirti says it well: “The wisdom of the Tathagata is just inconceivable.”

, k$ I: h" K: [8 v1 F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。

! A# `; k: o: `Only through strong faith and scriptural evidence can one comprehend the ultimate wisdom of
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/ N& h9 N6 g6 P: q$ h% S# Vthe Tathagata. It can never be resolved by the thinking and reasoning of a conceptual mind.
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壬午年三月十二日 　
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# N* J) O1 @$ g1 K12th of March, Year of RenWu

8 I$ `% k0 ]& R2 d: x& ]8 x) JApril 24, 2002
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