When we give, what is it that we are giving away? The practice of
generosity is for letting go of selfishness and deluded self-views. If
we are lost in selfishness it shows we don't genuinely care for
ourselves, don't know how to really love ourselves. But with this
practice of giving such attitudes are cleansed, leaving a heart of
compassion towards all being without exception.
- Venerable Ajahn Chah
昨夜,听了个关于布施僧侣的故事。(这是南传原始佛教的说法。)
原本在早期的释迦佛时代并没有所谓僧侣只可吃食化缘得来或人们供养的食物,直到某天的一个事件。
话说有个比丘是住在坟场一带的。某天,有个妇女拿了祭拜母亲的食物放在坟前祈祷。当时那比丘也恰巧肚子饿了便直接伸手拿了那些祭品来吃。结果,妇女看见了便很生气的骂该比丘何以那么没礼貌,在没得到允许下便拿人家的食物来吃食呢?因为她并不想供养该比丘啊。
当释迦佛知道这事件后便对所有僧侣立下了一个戒律,谓所有的僧侣们每天只能吃食化缘得来或人们供养的食物,绝对不可自己随意拿未得到施舍的食物吃食,就算是从树上掉下的果子,若未得到他人的给予也一样不可吃食。因此,才出现了僧侣化缘、人们对僧侣布施供养的情景。
Sadhu Sadhu Sadhu~ (^-^)
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