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汝當先覺。不入輪迴。迷惑不知。墮無間獄。
「汝當先覺」：阿難，你應該先覺悟、先明白這種的道理，「不入輪迴」：如果你能覺悟這種魔的境界，就不會上魔的這個圈套，而到魔王的眷屬裏邊去。「迷惑不知」：如果你若不覺悟呢？那就毫不客氣，「墮無間獄」：一定要墮落到無間地獄去的，一點人情沒有的。
阿難當知。是十種魔。於末世時。在我法中。出家修道。或附人體。或自現形。皆言已成正遍知覺。
「阿難當知」：阿難！你應該要知道「是十種魔」：在前面講的，想陰所發生的這十種陰魔的境界。「於末世時」：尤其在這個末法時代，「在我法中」：在我佛法裏邊，「出家修道」：或者他出家修道，「或附人體」：或者這個魔王附到人的身上。「或自現形」：或者他自己現出來自己這個魔王的神通，現出種種的形相，或者現佛身，或者現菩薩身，或者現阿羅漢身，或者現天人的身。這魔王什麼身他都可以現的。所以「皆言已成」：他們都說他已經成了什麼呢？「正遍知覺」：正遍知也就是佛。覺，有正知，有遍知。什麼叫正知呢？知道心包萬法，這是正知；也知道萬法唯心，這是遍知。有真正的正知正見，這是佛，叫正遍知。可是這個魔也冒充佛，說他也是正遍知了。
那麼在釋迦牟尼佛入涅槃的時候，佛就叫魔王來，吩咐魔王說：「你呀，規規矩矩的啦！你以後都要守規矩的，不要不守規矩。」魔王說：「我守規矩？守你的規矩？好！到你末法的時候，我就穿你的衣服，吃你的飯，往你那飯鍋裏屙屎，在你那裏邊破壞你的法！」佛聽見這話，就憂愁落淚了，說：「我真是沒有辦法呀！你使這個方法是最毒了。」
這所謂「獅子身中蟲，自食獅子肉」。獅子身上的蟲子，牠吃獅子身上的肉，這就是表示末法時代魔強法弱，魔王最多了。所以我們修道的人，切記要小心！什麼叫魔王呢？這魔王就是與人不同的，你看他那個樣子魔裏魔氣的，就是個魔王，他很特別的，這也是魔王的表現。
上人於1983年1月補述：末法是魔強法弱的時候，《永嘉大師證道歌》上說得很清楚，「嗟末法，惡時世，眾生福薄難調制，去聖遠兮邪見深，魔強法弱多怨害，聞說如來頓教門，恨不滅除令瓦碎。」嗟末法就是嗟嘆，嘆息這個末法的時候。惡時世，在這個惡劣的時候，妖怪邪魔都出現於世了。
電腦是一個最大的妖怪，電視是個小妖怪。這個小妖怪就幫著這個大妖怪，這個大妖怪就要把所有的人都吃了，使令所有的人都失業了，沒有工作了。這叫「嗟末法，惡時世」，這個時世真惡劣。眾生無福，眾生一天到晚那麼緊張，人人都搞得有心臟病。沒有心臟病，就有肝臟病；沒有肝臟病，就有肺病；沒有肺病，就有脾病；沒有脾病嘛，就有腎病。這心肝脾肺腎，什麼病都來了，就都是中了妖怪的這種邪氣。中毒中得太深了，所以把眾生搞得這麼多病痛都出來了，沒有福了。
你以為看電視、聽電話、聽收音機，玩電腦這是很好的。不知這個令心肝脾肺腎都受傷了，將來搞得人都不是人，鬼也不是鬼了。那麼這樣子，這世界就該壞了，所以我們人生在這個眾生無福難調制的時候，是不容易教化的，你叫他不要看電視，他一定要看；你教他不聽收音機，他還一定要聽；你教他不聽音樂，他偷偷摸摸去聽。這個時代就這樣地壞，這樣地壞啊，搞得眾生顛顛倒倒的，難調制。
待續
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You should be aware of
this in advance and not get caught up in the cycle of transmigration.
If you are confused and do not understand, you will fall into the
Relentless Hells.
Ananda, you should be aware of this in advance, understand the
principle involved, and not get caught up in the cycle of
transmigration. If you are aware of the demonic state, you won’t fall
into the demon’s trap. You won’t end up in the retinue of demons. But
if you are confused and do not understand, there will be no politeness
involved. It’s certain you will fall into the Relentless Hells. You
will not be shown the slightest favor.
Ananda,
you should know that in the Dharma-ending Age, these ten kinds of
demons may leave the home-life to cultivate the Way within my Dharma.
They may possess other people, or they may manifest themselves in
various forms. All of them will claim that they have already
accomplished Proper and Pervasive Knowledge and Awareness.
Ananda, you should know that, especially in the
Dharma-ending Age, these ten kinds of demons, the ones that appear in
the ten demonic states associated with the thinking skandha, may leave
the home-life to cultivate the Way within my Buddhadharma. They may
possess other people. The demon kings may possess other people, or they
may manifest themselves in various forms. They may display their
spiritual powers as demon kings and manifest all kinds of forms. They
may appear as Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, or gods. Demon kings can
manifest in any kind of body. All of them will claim that they have
already accomplished Proper and Pervasive Knowledge and Awareness.
“Proper and Pervasive Knowledge” refers to the Buddha, who has both
proper knowledge and pervasive knowledge. “Proper knowledge” means
knowing that “the mind produces the myriad dharmas.” “Pervasive
knowledge” means knowing that “the myriad dharmas are the mind itself.”
When someone has genuine proper and pervasive knowledge and views, he
becomes a Buddha, One of Proper and Pervasive Knowledge. However,
demons pretend to be Buddhas and claim to have attained proper and
pervasive knowledge.
When Shakyamuni Buddha was about to enter Nirvana,
he summoned the demon king and commanded him, “You should abide by the
rules. Follow the rules from now on. Don’t violate them.”
The demon king replied, “So you want me to follow
your rules? Fine. During the ending age of your Dharma, I will wear
your garments, eat your food, and defecate in your alms bowl.” His
meaning was that he would destroy the Dharma from within.
When the Buddha heard that, he was worried. He
wept and said, “There’s really nothing I can do about you. Your method
is the most poisonous, the most destructive.”
There is the saying: “The parasites on the lion’s
body eat the lion’s flesh.” This means that in the Dharma-ending Age,
the demons are strong and the Dharma is weak. There are a lot of demon
kings. Therefore, cultivators must be very careful. What are demon
kings like? In general, they are different from ordinary people. They
have a demonic energy about them. There is something unusual about
them, which reveals that they are demon kings.
[January 1983] The Dharma-ending Age is a time
when the Dharma is weak and demons are strong. The Song of
Enlightenment by Great Master Yongjia says very clearly:
Alas! In the evil time of the Dharma-ending Age,
Living beings have few blessings; it is difficult to train them.
Far indeed from the Sages of the past,
their deviant views are deep.
Demons are strong, the Dharma is weak;
many are the wrongs and injuries.
Hearing of the door of the Tathagata’s Sudden Teaching,
They regret not destroying it as they would smash a tile.
“Alas” expresses a regretful sighing about the
Dharma-ending Age. The evil time means this time is very evil and vile.
All the monsters are appearing in the world.
The computer is one of the biggest monsters, and
television is a small monster. The small monster helps the big one out,
and the big monster wants to devour all the people. It wants
to take people’s jobs away. This is a very evil age. Living beings have
no blessings. They are tense and nervous from morning to night, and
people suffer from diseases of the heart, liver, lungs, spleen, and
kidneys. Such diseases strike people because they are infected with
deviant energy. They have been poisoned too deeply.
You think it’s nice to watch television, to talk
on the phone, to listen to the radio, and to play with the computer,
but you don’t realize the harm that these things do to your heart,
liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. They cause people to act inhuman and
ghosts to act unlike ghosts. That’s a sign that the world is starting
to go bad. We have been born in a time when living beings have no
blessings and are difficult to teach. You may advise them not to watch
television or listen to the radio, but they insist on doing those
things. Tell them not to listen to music, but they listen on the sly.
It’s not easy to teach the upside down living beings in this terrible
age.
To be continued
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