Saturday, December 5, 2015

Past Lifetime - Snow Mountain Kumara




In this [Dream], I was giving free healing services, a male patient sitting in this queue said to me: Dashi, you have seen many of your [Past Lifetime], but still short of a few.

At that moment, the spouse lying down on this male patient's lap sat up and said:
One of them is ..... (name of mountain) Snow Mountain Kumara.

O! truly never heard of this before. :)
Upon waking, started searching online.
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釋迦如來過去世為凡夫時,有一世入雪山修菩薩行,名為雪山大士或雪山童子。
當時,他聽到一個羅剎鬼講了前半偈(諸行無常,是生滅法),心生歡喜,欲求後半偈。

羅刹鬼不允,於是為求半偈(生滅滅已,寂滅為樂),欲捨身給羅刹鬼吃。》》
The above story is about a previous lifetime of Sakyamuni Buddha as a mortal and went into the snow mountain to cultivate Boddhisattva's Way, he is also known as Snow Mountain Da-shi or Snow Mountain Kumara.
At that time when he heard a Raksasi speaking front half of a verse -
[諸行無常,是生滅法。
All formations are impermanence, so they are dharma of production and Destruction. ]
he was heartily happy and request for the remaining half to this verse.

Raksasi didn't agree, thus he offered his body to feed the Raksasi for the balance half of this verse -
[生滅滅已,寂滅為樂。
After the dharma are gone, then this kind of quietude is joy.]
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Hahaha!
So this couple is [Raksasi]?
I will be eaten?

Hahaha!
Hilarious! Hilarious! Very Hilarious!
BUT, Raksasi actually is Indra! Didn't eat up Snow Mountain Kumara!

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Please read the following documentation:-
请阅读以下记载:

《六祖壇經‧參請機緣第六》摘錄(續)
6th Zen Patriarch Platform Sutra - Study Dialogue 6

Dialogue: 
師曰:汝何處未明?
Teacher said: Which part not clear?

曰:諸行無常,是生滅法;生滅滅 已,寂滅為樂。於此疑惑。
Reply: [All formations are impermanence, so they are dharma of production and Destruction. After the dharma are gone, then this kind of quietude is joy.]
This part doubtful/uncertain.
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The following is the explanation in plain simplified form.

六祖問:「你對這部經哪些地方有疑惑、不明瞭?」
志道說:「諸行無常,是生滅法;生滅滅已,寂滅為樂。我對這首偈有疑惑。」

在大乘佛法裡,這四句非常著名,古大德 註疏常引用,這是出在《涅槃經》第十三卷。
經中有一則公案,世尊在過去生中修道時,為半偈而捨身就是為這首偈。
**This is from Parinirvāṇa Sūtra, chapter 13. A Koan detailing World supreme one's past lifetime in Path Cultivation, scarifying his body for half a verse.

因為他出生在一個沒有佛法的時代,那時他住在雪山,帝釋天主見到這個修行人,心裡感到非常驚奇,就故意變成一個 羅剎的模樣;羅剎是惡鬼,樣子看起來非常恐怖。

來到雪山 離他不遠的地方,說了兩句話:「諸行無常,是生滅法。」

這個修行人聽到這聲音就到處找,找不到人,後來發現一 個羅剎在不遠的地方,就問羅剎:「這兩句話是不是你說 的?」
羅剎說:「是我說的。」
他說:「一首偈應當是四句, 你只有上半偈,下半偈是什麼?」
羅剎說:「我已經餓了好多天,你要我說出來,要等我吃飽。」
他說:「你吃什麼?」
羅剎說:「我吃活人的肉。」
這位修行人告訴他:「你把下面兩句說出來,我願意捨身把身體供養 你。」
羅剎說:「我怎能相信你為八個字就肯犧牲生命來供養我?」
修行人說: 「我是一個修道的人,決定沒有妄語,十方諸佛都可以為我作證。」
於是,羅剎 就為他說出後面這兩句:「生滅滅已,寂滅為樂。」

這首偈確實是《涅槃經》最重要的思想。
志道禪師對這四句有疑,確實是將《涅槃經》的中心大意掌握到。~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

中台禪寺‧中台山‧中台世界- 釋迦牟尼佛過去生為雪山童子,在 ...。。。。。。。
雪山童子咬破指頭,用血在岩石上寫下這四句話。
最後雪山童子爬上高樹向下跳,準備布施身體供養羅剎鬼,這時羅剎鬼恢復忉利天主釋提桓因的原貌,接住雪山童子,並說:
「我是來試驗你的道心,你真正是修菩薩行的人。」
The above: Snow Mountain Kumara bit his finger tips and using the blood, wrote down the 4 parts of this verse.
Then he climbed up a tall tree and jumped down, prepared to give his body in offer to Raksasi. 
At this time, Raksasi transformed back to Indra and caught hold of Snow Mountain Kumara, and said:
I am here to test you Path Heart, you are a true cultivator of Boddhisattva's way.

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Wonderful! Wonderful!


Om Guru Lian Sheng Siddhi Hom
Lama Lotuschef

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