《旅途脚印》| 莲藕 ——索达吉堪布

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莲藕 | Lotus Root
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$ t3 d  i/ X3 R! a7 D同伴买回几节白嫩的莲藕，放在桌上，勾引着我的食欲。见我很感兴趣，他便将莲藕生长
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的因缘、功效一一向我传授。听后方知藕具有很高的药用价值，生食能清热润肺，凉血行
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瘀；熟吃可健脾开胃，止泻益血，安神健脑，具有延年益寿之功效。和这种见多识广的人
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" X/ O8 |. b' r& V在一起，真的很愉快。孔子曰：“三人行，必有我师。”从他那里的确学到不少知识。
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My friend bought several lotus roots and left them on the table. These whitish roots looked
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; _9 P0 B+ t% v. ^  R. `5 T8 Mtender and appetizing. To satisfy my curiosity, my friend told me about the growth conditions
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and usage of lotus root. I learned only after listening to him that the root has remarkable

medicinal value. Eaten raw, it clears heat and nourishes the lung, cools the blood and promotes
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circulation; eaten cooked, it tones the spleen and stimulates appetite, it is antidiarrheal as well

$ K2 x) o" }) M% \+ U9 t  O$ das blood-enriching, mood-calming, and brain-invigorating; finally, it can promote a long, healthy

; ]' R/ ?2 K4 y; d2 {- hlife. I am happy to be in the company of such a knowledgeable friend. Confucius says: “We can
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learn something from anyone.” I did learn a lot from him.

! c! V9 }0 |$ t: ~5 y藕生于污泥而一尘不染，中通外直，不蔓不枝，“中通”代表其谦逊的品德，“外直”代
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" q; D2 U% s; |0 c/ r表其正直的个性，“不蔓不枝”说明其不具分别念，不向外攀缘的特点。所以自古就深受

人们的喜爱。世间的很多名流都很喜爱它，诗人韩愈曾有“冷比霜雪甘比蜜，一片入口沉

疴痊”之赞。汉代司马相如的《上林赋》中也有“与波摇荡，奄薄水渚，唼喋青藻，嘴嚼
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菱藕”的记载。
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The lotus root grows in the mud but is unsullied; it is hollow and straight and has no lateral
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# B) Q! z# G. J. ~) M! jbranches or tendrils. The hollow center signifies its virtue of humility; its straightness symbolizes

0 q( s5 J% R$ x3 `its upright and firm personality; its lack of lateral branches and tendrils illustrates it has no
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5 V7 r# _" ^' P" E7 Odiscursive thoughts or outward clinging. The lotus root has been well appreciated since ancient
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times and it is very popular among famous personages. Poet Hanyu praised it in this way: “Cool
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as frost and sweet as honey, imbibe one piece and all ailments are gone.” Sima Xiangru of the
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1 z6 S# P, w% ZHan Dynasty had this description in his the Ode to Imperial Garden (Shanglin): “Flocks of water

& x6 M  s, W  d& D0 lbirds alight on the surface of the river and drift gently with the tide, some other birds perch on
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the sandy islets thick with weeds. They twitter and chirp while pecking at algae and water grass,

or enjoy chewing water chestnuts and lotus roots.”
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+ n& [% F: H  E( K同时，莲藕也是前辈许多修行人苦修时的食品。

" E) L5 W. y: h8 ^( D  D; FIn addition, the lotus root was the food that had sustained many ancient practitioners through

their ascetic discipline.
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《释尊广传》中曾记载，释迦牟尼佛在因地时，曾转世为一婆罗门，当他在山上苦修时，

主要的食物就是莲藕。

! \0 E0 v/ |6 ~% Z- G' ^The Great Biography of the Buddha tells that when the Buddha was a Brahmin ascetic practicing
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+ u# U1 U* h2 o! Y5 }0 p: P' o, B, N7 }2 Zin the mountains, his main source of sustenance was the lotus root.
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莲藕真是好东西，具有不可思议的加持力。吃它，对身体有帮助；学习它的精神，对心有
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帮助。可谓一举两得。世上还有什么食物比它更好呢？今后，我要多吃莲藕，因为它是佛

陀曾加持过的食物。
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! @3 n: ]* p) O4 h/ b& cIndeed the lotus root is an amazing thing endowed with magical potency. Eaten as a food, it is a
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/ i$ k# v( t2 i' D3 |healthy diet; emulating its spirit, we are uplifted. What other food is superior to it, conferring

' Z# N# C) d8 V* x4 Wtwo benefits in one? From now on I’ll eat more lotus root, as it is a food blessed by the Buddha.
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壬午年三月二十六日　

2002年5月7日

! K1 T1 N7 }# S0 [& j# x. {# X2 y6 M26th of March, Year of RenWu
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! n) r$ ^" I5 ]2 b- e9 ?: X7 cMay 7, 2002
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