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百喻经之五一: 五人买婢共使作喻

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§51 五人买婢共使作喻

(51) a maid and her five masters

譬如五人,共买一婢,其中一人语此婢言:“与我浣衣。”

once there were five men who together bought a maid to whom one of them said, "get my clothes washed."

又有一人复语浣衣。婢语此者:“先与其浣。”后者恚曰:“我与前人同买于汝,云何独尔?”

another man also told her to do the same thing. but the maid said he would wash for whoever gave her clothes first. angrily the second man said, "since i have bought you with others, how can you wash only for the first one who gave the elder?"

即鞭十下。如是五人各打十下。

then he beat her ten strokes with a whip. thus she was whipped as much by each of the five masters.

五阴亦尔。烦恼因缘合成此身,而此五阴,恒以生、老、病、死、无量苦恼搒笞众生。

so are the five components of human bodies, which are the sources of annoyances. they whip the sentient beings with birth giving, old age, sickness, death and numerous other miseries.

注释:

  ①搒(péng):击打

白话:

譬如五个人合买了一个婢女,其中一人吩咐这婢女道:「给我洗衣裳。」另有一人也说要洗衣裳。婢女就对他说,先给前面那位洗。后说者怒道:「我与他一道买了你的,为何独独他能这样?」就鞭打她十下。其他四人也想为何他独独可以这样,于是也就各鞭打她十下。

  色、受、想、行、识这五阴也是这样。以种种烦恼为因缘合成了人这个身体,而这身体中的五阴常常用生老病死 无穷无尽的苦恼来鞭笞折磨众生。

供您思考:

从前有五个人,住在一起生活、一起工作,他们分工合作、各司其职。我们每天如此忙碌,连洗衣服的工夫都没有。真是苦呀!」张三有一天晚上休息的时候,洗涤换下来的衣服,不禁如此叹苦。「我看,我们五个人共同出钱买个婢女,而我们在工作之余,就会有些空闲的时间了。你们认为这样好么?」李四说。大家听了这个建议,感到非常满意。「那就这么决定,一起买个婢女!」

  过了两天,王五买了个婢女回来,样子大家倒也满意,既然有了称意的女婢,大家应该就有时间休息了。但事实却不然...「这些肮脏的衣服,给我拿去洗掉。」张三吩咐婢女。「今天换下的衣服也给我拿去洗。」李四也如此吩咐。继而王五等其他人,也都如此吩咐。婢女看到这样情形,实在没有办法同时洗五个人的衣服。「我先帮他洗吧!」她无奈地说。「不行,」李四暴跳如雷,生气地说:「我和他同时出钱买你回来,为什么独独要先给他洗?」他便狠狠地抽了女仆十鞭。其他四个人看到了,也不满地各抽了女仆十鞭。打得婢女体无完肤,痛苦不已。

  这五人就好像「五阴」(=五蕴=色受想行识),婢女就像是「人身」,说明「人」以烦恼因缘合成一身,而「五阴」恒以生老病死 无量苦恼笞打众生。现实人生,受着无情的五阴煎逼,悲哀苦恼,这不就像受鞭抽打的婢女么?

  人心只要接触到现实,便容易生起错乱的妄想,虽说妄想是忧愁苦恼的根源,但凡夫怎么可能没有妄想呢?外在的声色香味的物质现象,触动了内心,内心便起了波动。众生从自己的血肉之躯,到身外的财富、亲友、任何事物,都拼命地执着。结果,众生被外相的糖衣迷惑住了。换句话说,即六尘(=色声香味触法)捉弄了众生,但谁能彻底地明了?

  自己就是五蕴,五蕴空,度一切苦厄;若被五蕴所覆,便不识自己。所以人人念佛,也不识得念佛是谁,因为被五蕴所覆。

  在诸法实相内,无色的相可得,色的性就是诸法的空相,空相内无色的相可得,无楞严咒、大悲咒的字可得,亦无金刚经的文可得。无色,身便空;无受想行识,心亦空;所谓身心两亡,身空心空佛现前。就是因为我们的身体不空,故有生老病死;心不空,故有生住异灭。若身空,无生老死苦;心空,无生异灭;身心两亡,佛性现前。

摘自:《百喻新译》,圣一法师《心经讲记》

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