《旅途脚印》| 离贪 ——索达吉堪布

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离贪 | Banishing Lust

4 s/ _" O$ R% z3 z欲界众生除了圣者以外，都有难以对治的贪欲。世上无论男女都对异性的身体十分执著。
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All beings of the Desire Realm, with the exception of sages, are afflicted with untamable lust.
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Regardless of whether they are men or women, people in the world are quite attracted to the
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bodies of the opposite sex.

/ n; _' U4 P0 S9 u5 h世尊在因地时，为度化众生而化现为一嫖客。第一天，他赐予妓女价值昂贵的珍宝。第二

% N/ S: W4 A  S; y* d) q% h天，他给了妓女黄金做成的饰品。第三天，却赏给妓女白银做成的饰品。妓女不服，告到

. V. V. P# |5 o! Q国王处。世尊说：“她所出卖的身体，本为充满过失之物。所谓的娇躯时刻都在变质，价
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0 x; ]' X9 U5 V7 b2 M, N# Q% [值当然一跌再跌。如同陈旧凋谢的鲜花，蜜蜂也会舍弃。世间众生的感情也会变质。清晨

& K# Y! Z) O# m6 z  k韶华之时，肉体可作性欲工具。衰败老朽后，自然也会废弃。众生哪个不是喜新厌旧？一

切有为法均为刹那生灭。年少翩翩，最终也会被衰老磨蚀。而寿命终会被死亡日日侵夺。
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: f, X7 |: d9 I万法说到底尽皆无常。那些不知老病死等痛苦，毁坏自己肉身之愚者，所迷恋之女人身躯

，无非筋络下面一堆骨架而已。对此等骨肉生贪，痴迷不拔，岂非太过愚痴？有智之人哪
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: @* F% }3 {( |7 R0 Y, O. r个不知贪恋女人身体有诸多过失？”听了这番话，国王赞叹不已，妓女从此也停止了卖笑
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The Buddha, in order to tame certain beings, was once reincarnated as a brothel visitor. On the
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( p4 L7 b. ~4 B  Hfirst day, he rewarded the prostitute with valuable precious jewelry. The second day, he offered

her ornaments made of gold. The third day, he gave silver accessories instead. The prostitute
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. t5 H7 R* y7 U# r. @. ~' T5 Nexpressed discontent and appealed to the king. The Buddha’s incarnate responded: “The body

she runs her business with is filled with filth. The so-called charming body is decaying every
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moment; its worth, of course, has to come down accordingly. It is similar to how a withered

flower is deserted by the bees. Love and attraction between worldly beings likewise deteriorate.

$ C, D* s- P* ^At its prime, the body can be employed as a tool to satisfy sexual desires. As the body ages and
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! t' b0 Q7 D% x0 X2 N- x; Ddecays, of course it will be dumped. Who can be immune to craving for the new and rejecting

4 f! t! j1 K& D- q& _) y2 Othe old? All composite matters are momentarily arising and disappearing. An exuberant youth is

: D3 I1 j+ C; odestined to become senile and decrepit; the Lord of Death robs one’s lifespan each day. To say it
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explicitly, impermanence rules all phenomena. The body, be it of the indulgent fool oblivious of
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aging, illness, and death, or of the woman he craves, is nothing but sinews and vessels wrapped

" k  Q6 `$ D! _0 ?over a skeleton frame. Isn’t it utterly foolish to be helplessly infatuated with such a collection of

3 J2 t% \4 s5 {4 j3 n. S9 j. T1 Cbones and flesh? Who can claim himself as wise if he fails to see the ills of being obsessed with

the female body? ” Hearing these words, the king was greatly impressed, and the prostitute also

decided to give up her brothel life.
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如今世上也有许多贪欲旺盛之人，若深深思维这些话的涵义，也会有很大利益的。
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In this world, there are many people who are plagued by severe sexual impulses. If they take
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, V& Y* b- @. f. Btime to ponder the meaning of these words, they will be helped greatly.
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不论男人还是女人，其身体都无非是一堆不净物，其感情也是倏忽变化，飘摇不定的。沉
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湎其中，实在愚蠢之至。

Male or female, all their bodies are but heaps of filthy components; all their love relationships

are flimsy and unreliable. It is really foolish to lust after and indulge in them.
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( v5 ?' O7 [, H- Y壬午年三月十五日 　

2 i7 r4 I* E* g8 j+ _* }8 }( ]2002年4月27日

7 ]& A) ?6 R& L, p" g% d15th of March, Year of RenWu

9 u( O+ i" g% I  Z% e! d6 yApril 27, 2002