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【不退心莊嚴迦樓羅王，得勇猛力入如來境界解脫門】：你看迦樓羅王是不退心的，他不是被幾個蝨子一咬，就受不了。遇到境界要認識，認識境界就不被境界轉，不認識境界就被境界所轉。不退心莊嚴迦樓羅王，這個迦樓羅王，他遇到甚麼逆的境界，就是不好的境界，他都不退心。有人誹謗他，他也不生煩惱，也不退心。 有人對他怎樣不好，他也不退菩提心。菩提心永不退轉，所以這一位迦樓羅王是永不退心莊嚴迦樓羅王。莊嚴，不但不退心，而且還要精進，還要莊嚴諸佛國土。這迦樓羅王得勇猛力，因為他不退心就得到勇猛力。勇猛精進，這個「勇」就是無論有甚麼困難，他都不怕，一定要勝利。「猛」，勇猛，就是力量，那怕任何的天魔外道想要來和他鬥爭，他也一定會勝利的，這就叫勇猛力。【入如來境界解脫門】，因為他有勇猛力，他永不退心，所以就遂心滿願，能入如來境界，佛的境界，得到佛的境界這種解脫門。
今天，果佑在這兒現身說法，本來在他沒結婚以前，多少次說要求出家。頭一次他見我的時候就說要出家，但是以後不知道入了甚麼「解脫門」，又不出家了。但是現在又想要出家，那麼想要出家和不出家，這個人不知道是一個，是兩個？是兩個人，或者是一個人？如果是一個人，為甚麼做兩件事？若是兩個人，為甚麼又要做一件事？有研究的必要。最近兩個結婚的，今天晚上沒有來聽經，你講一講這個道理是好的，本來早幾天就應該講了，但是最近結婚的果耀和果勇每天晚上都來聽經，這個公案不應該教他們聽見。今天晚間他們沒有來，你可以現身說法。因為當你結婚的時候，搞得有些出家人就要還俗了。這一次果耀和果勇結婚，又有出家人打妄想，所以你今天現身說法，說說結婚的快樂，叫他們打多一點妄想，所以叫你講一講這個道理，你這個因緣。
這個迦樓羅王他也不是迦樓羅，是管迦樓羅的，所以叫王。為甚麼說不是迦樓羅呢？他是現迦樓羅身而教化迦樓羅，他本來已經是菩薩，迦樓羅王及前邊那個緊那羅王，都是菩薩示現的。
【大海處攝持力迦樓羅王，得入佛行廣大智慧海解脫門】：大海處，他的智慧猶如大海，攝持力攝持眾生，把一切眾生都攝持到佛法上來，大海處攝持力迦樓羅王是這個迦樓羅王的名字。他得入佛行，能深入佛的行門，修行佛的法門。廣大智慧海，佛的法門就是廣大智慧海，修這種廣大智慧海，得這一種的解脫門。
【堅法淨光迦樓羅王，得成就無邊眾生差別智解脫門】：堅，是堅固。法，是佛法。淨，是清淨。光，就是光明。這一位迦樓羅王在因地的時候，求法的心非常堅固，所謂難行能行，難忍能忍。以這種堅固心來求佛法，而得到清淨光明，所以他的名字就叫堅法淨光迦樓羅王。他得到一種三昧，一種境界，叫甚麼呢？「成就無邊眾生」，所有的眾生有所求，一定會隨心滿願，一定會有成就的。不但成就一個眾生，而且成就所有一切的眾生，成就一切眾生甚麼呢？差別智。這個「差」應該讀作「疵」，但是一般人卻讀成差不多的「差」。差別也就是「分別」。分別智有兩種講法，一種是，每一類眾生有他自己所應有的智慧，所以，叫「差別智」，眾生的種類不同，所以他的智慧也不同。每一種類有每一種類的智慧，這是一個講法。還有另一說法，就是一切眾生，每一類眾生，都應該得到他們所應該得到的智慧，即「差別智」慧。佛是「一音演說法，眾生隨類各得解」，所以講差別的智慧就是在不同的時候。那麼又可以說這個「差別智」就是擇法眼，能用差別的智慧來選擇自己所歡喜的法門，自己所相應的法門，所以這也叫差別的智慧，這一位堅法淨光迦樓羅王，他得到這種解脫門。
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Sutra:
The Garuda King Non-Retreating Mind Adornment obtained the liberation door of courageous might to enter the state of a Thus Come One.
Commentary:
The Garuda King in this passage has a Non-Retreating Mind. He wouldn't be unable to take a few flea bites. When you encounter a state, you must recognize it. Then you won't be turned by the state. Otherwise, the state will turn you. No matter what unpleasant, opposing state confronts this Garuda King, he doesn't retreat. If people slander him, he doesn't become afflicted or discouraged. As badly as people might treat him, he does not turn back from his resolve for Bodhi. His determination to achieve Bodhi is irreversible. His name includes the word
Adornment because not only is he non-retreating, he is vigorous. In addition, he wishes to adorn all Buddhas' lands. Because he never turned back from his resolve, this Garuda King
obtained the liberation door of courageous might, valiant vigor. However great the difficulty, he's not afraid. He is determined to overcome it. He will come out victorious no matter what heavenly demon or externalist tries to fight with him. His valiant might and irreversible resolve enable him to have things be as he wishes. He is able to
enter the state of a Thus Come One, the state of a Buddha. He obtained that liberation door.
Today a disciple illustrated the Dharma in his own person. He has asked to leave home over and over again. The first time he saw me, that was his request. But afterwards, I don't know what "door to liberation" he entered, but he didn't leave home. I don't know if the person who wants to leave home and the one who doesn't leave home are the same person or two different people. If it's one person, why does he want to do two different things? But if it's two different people, why do they want to do one thing? This has to be researched. It's interesting that the couple who just got married didn't come tonight and hear about this person's marital problems. Actually, it would have been better for him to have talked about this a few days ago. Usually that couple comes to lecture every night. We shouldn't let them hear his story, and right when he told it, they didn't come. When he got married, some left-home people felt like returning to lay life. And when the newlyweds were married this time, some left-home people had false thinking. Now he has given his personal testimony concerning so-called married bliss, to add to their false thinking. That's why I had him talk about his experience.
Note that the Garuda Kings are not garudas. They watch over garudas, which is why they are called kings. Why do we say this? It because they appear in the bodies of garudas to teach and transform garudas; but basically they are already Bodhisattvas. The Garuda Kings being discussed now, and the Kinnara Kings discussed before, are all manifestations of Bodhisattvas.
Sutra:
The Garuda king Great Sea-Location Power to Gather in and Sustain obtained the liberation door of entering the vast, great sea of wisdom of the conduct of a Buddha.
Commentary:
The next Garuda King is named
Great Sea-Location Power to Gather in
and Sustain. He has wisdom like the great sea, and he has the power to gather all living beings into the Buddhadharma and sustain them there.
He obtained the liberation door of entering the vast, great sea of wisdom of the conduct of a Buddha. He can deeply enter the doors of practice of a Buddha and cultivate the Buddha's Dharma-doors, the Buddha's Dharma-doors being the sea of vast, great wisdom. He obtained that door of liberation of cultivating the ocean of the vast expanse of wisdom.
Sutra:
The Garuda King Pure Light of Solid Dharma obtained the liberation door of bringing the differentiated wisdom of boundlessly many living beings to accomplishment.
Commentary:
When the Garuda King Pure Bright Light of Solid and enduring Buddhadharma was on the casual ground, his resolve to seek the Dharma was especially solid. As the saying goes:
He was able to practice what is hard to practice,
And able to endure what is hard to endure.
Since he sought the Buddhadharma with that kind of solid resolve, he obtained pure light. That's why his name is "Garuda King Light of Solid Dharma.
"He obtained the liberation door, a kind of state of samadhi, called
bringing the differentiated wisdom of boundlessly many living beings to accomplishment. Whatever living beings may be seeking, he is sure to fulfill their wishes, and bring them to accomplishment. He does this not just for one living being, but for all living beings. What is accomplished is differentiating wisdom. The Chinese character "cha" should be pronounced "chr" when it means "differentiated" or "differentiating", as here. There are various interpretations of this wisdom. The first is that each living being has his or her own special kind of wisdom, the wisdom he or she should have. Since each type of being differs from the others, the wisdoms differ too, every category of being having the wisdom which belongs to that category. Another explanation is that each type of living being obtains a different kind of wisdom, the wisdom which each kind of being should obtain.
The Buddha speaks the Dharma with a single sound,
Living beings understand it according to their kind.
In these cases, the translation is "differentiated" in the sense of "different." But a further interpretation is possible, namely that the word should be "differentiating," referring to the Dharma-Selecting Eye. One is able to use discernment, differentiating wisdom, to select the Dharma doors which one likes and from which one Obtains a response. The Garuda King Pure Light of Solid Dharma achieved that kind of door of liberation. |
