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大正藏第 17 册 No. 0748 佛说护净经 No. 748 佛说护净经 失译人今附东晋录 往昔，佛共阿难行，遇值一池，东西四十里，南北四十里，深四十里。池中有虫，其形似科蚪，形黑如墨。 佛语阿难：“识此池中虫不？” 答言：“不识。” 佛语阿难：“此池中虫者，十方世界大众僧，食不净食，堕此臭秽粪屎池中，常食不净，五百万世中受此苦恼竟；后五百世中复堕饿狗中，常食不净；复堕猪中，五百世常食不净；复堕蜣螂中常食不净。亦五百世得出为人，常生贫穷家，衣不覆形，食不充口，常食糠饭，恒饥不足。” 佛语诸比丘：“有如是者，受罪尤苦，无量无边。诫语后世末法中诸比丘不可不慎，一切众僧有住止处，作不净食，不足往食。欲净食者，一切白。衣食如法，着衣持钵，称四威仪，如法往造乞，是真比丘，除其邪命，如法活命。 “佛不妄言，福报如影响。往昔比丘，新得阿罗汉有结业身，有便利患，夜闇上厕。见一比丘在厕边呻吟，阿罗汉语是比丘：‘汝本好用意人，云何堕饿鬼中呻吟如是？’饿鬼比丘答言：‘我饿渴来久，五百余年不见浆水，正欲趣厕用食不净，护厕鬼神铁杖打我，不得近厕。忆念 现代汉语译本 《佛说护净经》 失译人今附东晋录 往昔，佛与阿难一同行走，遇到一个池塘，东西长四十里，南北宽四十里，深四十里。池塘里有虫子，形状像蝌蚪，颜色黑如墨。 佛问阿难：‘你认识这池塘里的虫子吗？’ 阿难回答说：‘不认识。’ 佛告诉阿难：‘这些池塘里的虫子，是十方世界的大众僧侣，因为吃了不干净的食物，堕落到这充满臭气和粪便的池塘中， постоянно 食用不净之物，要经历五百万世的苦恼；之后还要在五百世中转生为饿狗， постоянно 食用不净之物；再转生为猪，五百世 постоянно 食用不净之物；又转生为蜣螂， постоянно 食用不净之物。即使经过五百世后能够转世为人，也常常出生在贫穷的家庭，衣不蔽体，食不果腹，只能 постоянно 吃糠咽菜， постоянно 饥饿。’ 佛告诉众比丘：‘像这样的人，所受的罪业极其深重，无量无边。告诫后世末法时代的各位比丘，不可不谨慎。一切僧众居住的地方，如果做了不干净的食物，就不要去吃。想要吃清净的食物，一切都要光明正大。穿衣吃饭都要如法，穿好袈裟，拿着钵，遵守四种威仪，如法地去乞食，这才是真正的比丘，去除那些以邪命为生的人，如法地生活。’ ‘佛不打妄语，福报就像影子一样跟随。从前有位比丘，新证得阿罗汉果位，但还有宿业之身，有大小便的需求，夜晚黑暗中去厕所。看见一位比丘在厕所旁边**，阿罗汉对比丘说：‘你本来是个很有修行的人，为什么会堕落到饿鬼道中**变成这样？’饿鬼比丘回答说：‘我饥渴已久，五百多年没有见过浆水，正想去厕所吃些不干净的东西，护厕鬼神用铁杖打我，不让我靠近厕所。’
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English version The Buddha Speaks of the Sutra of Protecting Purity Lost in translation; now appended to the Eastern Jin record. In the past, the Buddha was walking with Ananda when they encountered a pond, forty *li* (Chinese mile) in length east to west, forty *li* in width north to south, and forty *li* in depth. In the pond were insects, shaped like tadpoles, as black as ink. The Buddha said to Ananda, 'Do you recognize the insects in this pond?' Ananda replied, 'I do not recognize them.' The Buddha told Ananda, 'These insects in the pond are the *sangha* (community of monks) from the ten directions of the world, who, because they ate impure food, have fallen into this stinking and excrement-filled pond. They constantly eat impure things and will endure this suffering for five million *kalpas* (eons); after that, for five hundred *kalpas*, they will be reborn as hungry dogs, constantly eating impure things; then reborn as pigs, constantly eating impure things for five hundred *kalpas*; and then reborn as dung beetles, constantly eating impure things. Even after five hundred *kalpas* when they are able to be reborn as humans, they will constantly be born into poor families, with clothes that do not cover their bodies and food that is not enough to fill their mouths, constantly eating bran and always hungry.' The Buddha told the *bhikkhus* (monks), 'Those who are like this suffer extremely severe sins, immeasurable and boundless. I admonish the *bhikkhus* in the future Dharma-ending Age to be cautious. In all places where the *sangha* resides, if impure food is made, do not eat it. If you wish to eat pure food, everything must be done openly and properly. Wear your robes and carry your bowl, observe the four dignities, and go to beg for food in accordance with the Dharma. This is a true *bhikkhu*, removing those who live by wrong livelihood, and living righteously.' 'The Buddha does not speak falsely; blessings follow like a shadow. In the past, there was a *bhikkhu* who had newly attained *Arhatship* (one who has attained Nirvana) but still had a karmic body. He had a need to relieve himself and went to the toilet in the dark of night. He saw a *bhikkhu* beside the toilet **. The *Arhat* said to this *bhikkhu*, 'You were originally a person with good intentions; how did you fall into the realm of hungry ghosts ** like this?' The hungry ghost *bhikkhu* replied, 'I have been hungry and thirsty for a long time, and have not seen any liquid for over five hundred years. I was just about to go to the toilet to eat some impure things, but the toilet guardian spirit struck me with an iron rod, preventing me from approaching the toilet.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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本曾作比丘，知僧事时，是用触众僧净食，以不净食食众僧，故致此殃。’遇值阿罗汉善知识，阿罗汉为比丘僧中烧香咒愿，即免饿鬼，还复人道。” 佛语诸比丘：“不可不慎，一切不得触众僧净食。佛不虚言，福报如影响。十八地狱经中出罪福，此饿鬼本从人道中来，以不清净手，触众僧净器；以不净手，触沙门净食。以不净食，着沙门净食中。以不净食，食众僧故，后五百世中，堕饿鬼中，常食不净。欲趣厕上食粪，于时厕神手捉铁杖打之，令不得近。此鬼食人脓血、涕唾及荡涤恶汁，常伺捕妇女产血不净，以为饮食。复经五百世，堕猪狗蜣螂之中，常食臭粪不净。受斯苦剧，累世如此，于百千劫，无有出期，难得解脱，痛不可言。 “以不净手触男根，或触女根，触沙门净器，触沙门净食。以不净食，着沙门净食中；以不净食，食众僧故，致此殃。一切人肉眼不知罪福。自今以后，欲得福祐，佐众僧作食，以清净手，捉众僧净器，净手淘米，及以净米，着众僧净食中者，得福无量。自今以后，以此为常，一切众人普使闻知：一切檀越，施设法会，供斋调度，持斋者得食，不持斋者不得食。此饭一日持斋，得六十万世余粮。不持斋者，六十万世堕饿鬼中。何以故？此信施难销故。宁吞热铁丸，不食 现代汉语译本：‘我过去曾做比丘（bhikkhu，佛教出家男众），掌管僧团事务时，曾用不洁之物触碰众僧的洁净食物，或者用不洁的食物供养众僧，因此招致这样的灾祸。’后来遇到一位阿罗汉（arhat，断尽烦恼，证得解脱的圣者）善知识，阿罗汉在比丘僧团中焚香祝愿，他才得以脱离饿鬼道，重返人道。 佛告诉众比丘：‘不可不谨慎啊！一切都不得触碰众僧的洁净食物。佛所说真实不虚，福报和业报就像影子一样紧随其后。《十八地狱经》中记载了罪业和福报，这个饿鬼原本是从人道中来的，因为他用不清净的手触碰众僧的洁净器皿，用不洁净的手触碰沙门（śrāmaṇa，出家修道者）的洁净食物，将不洁净的食物放入沙门的洁净食物中，用不洁净的食物供养众僧，所以在后来的五百世中，堕入饿鬼道中，常常食用不洁之物。当他想要去厕所吃粪便时，厕神会用铁杖击打他，使他无法靠近。这个饿鬼食用人的脓血、鼻涕唾液以及洗涤污物的污水，常常伺机捕捉妇女生产后的不洁之血，作为食物。再经过五百世，他会堕入猪、狗、蜣螂之中，常常食用臭粪等不洁之物。承受这样剧烈的痛苦，累世都是如此，在百千劫中，没有脱离之期，难以得到解脱，痛苦难以言说。 ‘因为用不洁净的手触摸男根或女根，触摸沙门的洁净器皿，触摸沙门的洁净食物，将不洁净的食物放入沙门的洁净食物中，用不洁净的食物供养众僧，所以招致这样的灾祸。一切人肉眼凡胎，无法得知罪业和福报。从今以后，想要获得福佑，就帮助众僧准备食物，用清净的手拿取众僧的洁净器皿，用干净的手淘米，以及将干净的米放入众僧的洁净食物中，这样就能获得无量的福报。从今以后，以此为常，让所有人都普遍知晓：一切檀越（dānapati，施主），举办斋会，供养斋饭时，负责调度的人应该规定，持斋的人才能得到食物，不持斋的人不能得到食物。因为这顿饭如果一日持斋，就能得到六十万世的余粮。不持斋的人，六十万世会堕入饿鬼道中。为什么呢？因为信徒的布施难以消化。宁愿吞下烧红的铁丸，也不要食用'
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English version: 'I used to be a bhikkhu (Buddhist monk), and when I was in charge of the sangha's (monastic community) affairs, I used unclean things to touch the sangha's pure food, or I fed the sangha with impure food, which led to this disaster.' Later, he met an arhat (one who has extinguished all defilements and attained liberation) who was a good teacher, and the arhat burned incense and made vows in the bhikkhu sangha, so he was able to escape from the preta (hungry ghost) realm and return to the human realm. The Buddha told the bhikkhus: 'You must be careful! You must not touch the sangha's pure food. The Buddha's words are true and not false, and blessings and retribution follow like shadows. The Sutra of the Eighteen Hells records sins and blessings. This preta originally came from the human realm because he used unclean hands to touch the sangha's pure utensils, used unclean hands to touch the śrāmaṇa's (ascetic) pure food, put unclean food into the śrāmaṇa's pure food, and fed the sangha with unclean food. Therefore, in the next five hundred lifetimes, he fell into the preta realm and often ate unclean things. When he wanted to go to the toilet to eat feces, the toilet god would strike him with an iron rod, preventing him from approaching. This preta eats human pus and blood, mucus and saliva, and sewage from washing dirty things. He often seeks to capture the unclean blood of women after childbirth as food. After another five hundred lifetimes, he will fall into pigs, dogs, and dung beetles, and often eat smelly feces and other unclean things. He endures such severe suffering, and it is like this for many lifetimes. For hundreds of thousands of kalpas (eons), there is no time to escape, it is difficult to be liberated, and the pain is unspeakable. 'Because of touching a man's or woman's genitals with unclean hands, touching the śrāmaṇa's pure utensils, touching the śrāmaṇa's pure food, putting unclean food into the śrāmaṇa's pure food, and feeding the sangha with unclean food, this disaster is caused. All people with mortal eyes cannot know the sins and blessings. From now on, if you want to obtain blessings, help the sangha prepare food, use clean hands to take the sangha's pure utensils, use clean hands to wash rice, and put clean rice into the sangha's pure food, then you will obtain immeasurable blessings. From now on, let this be the norm, and let everyone know it: all dānapati (donors), when holding a dharma assembly and offering alms, those in charge of scheduling should stipulate that only those who observe the precepts can receive food, and those who do not observe the precepts cannot receive food. Because if you observe the precepts for one day with this meal, you will receive six hundred thousand lifetimes of surplus food. Those who do not observe the precepts will fall into the preta realm for six hundred thousand lifetimes. Why? Because the alms of believers are difficult to digest. It is better to swallow hot iron balls than to eat' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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此饭。吞热铁丸，须臾间耳，食此信施，久受大苦，五百万世中受饿鬼苦。 “诸有设食之处，一切如法作斋，不得怀挟余残食，归给妻子。若食此饭，若腋底挟担，后五百世，常挟热铁轮，左腋底入从右腋底出。一切斋饭，不可不慎，一米化作热丸。 “一切贤者施设福会，于先尝啜此食，都作残食，唐作此会，不如不作。何以故？诸天不欢，鬼神不喜。此人于先尝者，亦五百世中受饿鬼苦。自今已后，欲得福者，如法作斋食，可得福德，诸天欢喜，百神庆悦，天神拥护。经不虚言，福报如影响。” 佛说护净经 现代汉语译本： ‘这饭啊，（吃了）就像吞下烧红的铁丸，只是片刻的事，但吃了这些信徒布施的食物，要长久地遭受巨大的痛苦，五百万世中都要承受饿鬼的苦难。 ‘所有设置斋饭的地方，都要如法地进行斋戒，不得怀藏剩余的食物，带回家给妻子儿女。如果吃了这些饭，或者夹在腋下携带，后五百世中，要常常被热铁轮夹住，从左腋下进入，从右腋下出来。一切斋饭，不可不谨慎，一粒米都会化作烧红的铁丸。 ‘一切贤者设置福会，如果先尝一口这些食物，都变成了残食，白白地举办这些法会，不如不举办。为什么呢？因为诸天不欢喜，鬼神也不高兴。这先尝食物的人，也要在五百世中遭受饿鬼的痛苦。从今以后，想要获得福报的人，如法地制作斋饭，就可以获得福德，诸天欢喜，百神庆贺喜悦，天神拥护。经典所说不是虚假的，福报就像影子跟随形体一样。’ 《佛说护净经》
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English version: ‘This food, (if eaten) is like swallowing a red-hot iron ball, only for a moment, but eating this food offered by believers will cause one to suffer great pain for a long time, enduring the suffering of a hungry ghost for five million lifetimes. ‘In all places where food is offered, the offering should be done according to the Dharma, and no leftover food should be kept and brought home to one's wife and children. If one eats this food, or carries it under one's arm, in the next five hundred lifetimes, one will constantly be clamped by a hot iron wheel, entering from the left armpit and exiting from the right armpit. All vegetarian meals must be treated with caution, as a single grain of rice can transform into a red-hot iron ball. ‘If all virtuous people set up gatherings for blessings, and first taste this food, it all becomes leftover food. Holding these gatherings in vain is worse than not holding them at all. Why? Because the devas (gods) are not pleased, and the ghosts and spirits are not happy. The person who tastes the food first will also suffer the pain of a hungry ghost for five hundred lifetimes. From now on, those who wish to obtain blessings should prepare vegetarian meals according to the Dharma, and they will obtain merit and virtue, the devas will rejoice, the hundreds of spirits will celebrate with joy, and the heavenly gods will protect them. The scriptures do not speak falsely, and the reward of blessings is like a shadow following a form.’ The Buddha Speaks of the Sutra of Protecting Purity --------------------------------------------------------------------------------