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1、WhyShouldWeReceiveandUpholdtheFivePrecepts? 上宣下化老和尚开示LecturesbytheVenerableMasterHsuanHua◎不要错过受五戒的机会 ◎DON'TMISSTHECHANCETORECEIVETHEFIVEPRECEPTS受五戒、八戒的人,都叫“优婆塞”、“优婆夷”,受过菩萨戒,就叫“菩萨”。本来只有出家人受菩萨戒,但因菩萨是自利利人的,所以在家人也可以受菩萨戒。 Peoplewhoreceivethefiveprecepts,ortheeig
2、htprecepts,arecalled“Upasaka”(formen)or“Upasika”(forwomen).IftheytaketheBodhisattvapreceptsthentheyarecalledBodhisattvasofinitialresolve,becausetheyaremakingacommitmenttoupholdtheBodhisattvapreceptsandfollowtheBodhisattvapath.Left-homepeoplereceiveanduphold
3、theBodhisattvaprecepts.ButsinceBodhisattvasofinitialresolvearepeoplewhowishtolearnhowtobenefitboththemselvesandothers,laypeople,too,canreceivelayBodhisattvaprecepts.在佛教,受戒是很要紧的,想受戒的人,不要错过机会。 InBuddhism,receivingandupholdingpreceptsisveryimportant.Whentherei
4、sanopportunitytodoso,peopleshouldnotmisstheopportunity. 你受一戒也可以,受两戒也可以,受三戒也可以,受四戒、五戒也可以,受八戒也可以,但是不能受十戒;在家人不能受十戒,十戒是沙弥戒,可以受菩萨戒,十重四十八轻戒。 Apersoncanreceiveoneprecept,twoprecepts,threeprecepts,fourprecepts,orfiveprecepts.Hecanalsoreceiveeightpreceptsbutheisnot
5、eligibletoreceivethetenprecepts,asthosearereservedforshramaneras(novicemonks)andshramanerikas(novicenuns).ButyoucantakeBodhisattvaprecepts,thetenmajorandforty-eightminorprecepts. 受一戒叫“少份戒”;受两戒叫“半份戒”;受三戒叫“多份戒”;受五戒叫“全份戒”。 Receivingonepreceptiscalledtaking“am
6、inimumshareoftheprecepts,”Receivingtwopreceptsiscalledtaking“ahalfshareoftheprecepts,”Receivingthreepreceptsiscalledtaking“amajorityshareoftheprecepts,”Receivingfivepreceptsiscalledtaking“afullshareoftheprecepts.”譬如你不能不杀生,不能戒杀戒,你可以受不偷盗的戒。你欢喜饮酒,好像我有个酒徒弟,不愿受“
7、酒”戒,你不受酒戒可以受其他的戒。“我喜欢讲大话,这个‘妄语戒’我不能受。”你可以受其他四戒。“我不能戒杀戒,有时候蚂蚁小蚊虫,在无意中我会伤了它们的生命。如果受戒再犯戒,那更有罪了。”那你可以不受杀生戒,这随你自己的意思。受一戒、两戒、三戒、五戒都可以,不要错过这个机会! Ifsomeonehasaproblemwithreceivingthepreceptofnotkillingbeings,thenthatpersoncanrefrainfromreceivingthatpreceptandcanrec
8、eivethepreceptofnotstealing.Ifsomeonelikestodrink,likemywine-drinkingdisciplewhodidn’twanttotakethepreceptprohibitingtheconsumingofintoxicants,thenthatpersoncanrefrainfromreceivingthepreceptprohibiting