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Proper Dharma Seal

妙法蓮華經淺釋
The Dharma Flower Sutra with Commentary
卷四安樂行品第十四
Roll Four, Chapter Fourteen: Happily-Dwelling Conduct

宣化上人講 Commentary by the Venerable Master Hua
國際譯經學院記錄翻譯 Translated by the International Translation Institute
修訂版 Revised version

亦復不近五種不男之人。

「亦復不近五種不男之人」:這五種不男之人有人知道嗎?有人知道講來聽一聽。有沒有人?果寧。(果寧:不知道。)有沒有人知道?快一點講。果護知道嗎?(果護:我不知道。)為什麼你不知道?他們有人知道沒有?果逸知道嗎?(果逸:不知道。)果修?(果修:不知道。你沒有教我。)你們受戒就應該學過啊,受戒的時候,審戒時問這個。果先知道嗎?不知道?噢!難怪你們這個西方人盡搞同性戀啊,就是因為不知道這個問題。現在,同性戀都合法了,你們女人就快沒有飯吃了。你知道嗎?女人就要沒有飯吃了,沒人養了,沒人要了,所有的男人呢都要男人作老婆了,不要女人了;女人沒有用了,也沒有人要這個女人來生孩子的。這可太慘了,very bad!你怎麼笑呢?應該cry(哭)。你看!女人就快沒有用了。

「亦復不近五種不男之人」:這個不是男人有五種。那麼不是男人是女人嗎?也不是女人。有五種也不是男人也不是女人。你說他是男人嘛,他又不能幹男人的事情;你說他是女人嘛,他又不能幹女人的事情,所以這五種叫不男。以前沒有說他是不女,那麼我現在給他取個名字也叫五不女;不男不女,你說這是個什麼東西?這簡直就不是個人。這是個廢物,於世界上一點用都沒有的,就是吃飯的東西。他也不能幫助女人生小孩子,他也不能本身作女人來生小孩子,你說這是不是對世界沒有什麼幫助的,這種人?有五種,第一的叫「生」,就生死那個「生」。什麼叫生呢?因為這個人,生來在母親肚子裡邊他就變成一個也不是男人,也不是女人。生出來了,也沒有男根,也沒有女根;沒有男根沒有女根,就是也不能做男人的事情,也不能做女人的事情。男人是幫助女人生小孩子,女人她自己本身會生小孩子,他生出來就不能做這個他所應該做的事情,這叫一個「生」,生來就不可以。為什麼他這樣子呢?這個因果,你們要知道,就因為在往昔他歡喜同性戀;或者女人單和女人來戀,或者男人和男人來戀,或者他又戀戀男人又戀戀女人。這麼樣子,所以他就搞得也不是個男人,也不是個女人;有形而無根--有這個人的形,但是沒有人的這種的根,這叫「生」。

第二就是「鍵」。這個鍵,有的是有男根的,但是把男根割去了。有的是有男根的,但是他生病爛去了,生了一種瘡,把這個男根給它爛去了。女人也是這樣子,這叫一個「鍵」。第三種不男的人叫「妒」。怎麼「妒」呢?他見著男的,他生一種妒嫉心,變成男的了。可是他變是變成男的,有這種的心理,但是做不了事情,不能人道。有的時候,他又見到女人,他生一種妒嫉心,他又變成個女人,但是也不能人道,這叫一個「妒」 。第三種就妒嫉的那個妒。

第四種就是「變」。前面的那個妒,他是見到男人他變女人,就想這個淫欲心;見到女人他變成個男人,生這種淫欲心,這是妒。或者見到男人他變男人,見到女人變女人,這都是一種由妒嫉心來現出這種的形相。這第四種叫變。這個變就是變化的那個「變」。這個變不是見到男人他才變男人,見到女人他才變女人,不是的,他自己就會變。自己等一陣間,譬如十二點鐘他是個男人,到一點鐘又變成個女人,不用見著這個男女,他自己就會變了。等到兩點鐘,或者三點鐘,或者五點鐘,他又變上一個男人,所以這叫男不男,女不女。這種情形,是什麼道理他變成了這樣?也就是男女同性戀;男的同男的搞同性戀,女的和女的搞同性戀,或者男的用自己行這個淫欲,或者女的自己對自己行這種淫欲。做這種的事情,將來就會受這種果報,變成也不男,也不女。你說他是男的,他沒有男根,你說他是女的,沒有女根;他又可以變成男,又可以變成女的,變是變了,但是不能行人道,沒有這種的能力。這是第四種。所以研究佛法你才能懂得這種道理,不研究佛法的人,根本就不知道這五種不男,五種不女。

待續


Sutra:
Further, they do not draw near to the five kinds of unmanly men or become friends with them.

Commentary:
Further, they do not draw near to the five kinds of unmanly men.
Does anyone know what the five kinds of unmanly men are? No? No wonder homosexuality is so prevalent in the West. No one is aware of the problem. Now homosexuality is legal. Pretty soon women will be without anyone to support them—no one will want them—and they will be left to starve. Men will want other men to be their spouses; they won't want women. Women will then be useless to them; men won't even want them to bear their children. It will be that bad. You shouldn't be laughing about this situation; you should be crying, for you see, women will soon be useless.

"Further, they do not draw near to the five kinds of unmanly men." There are five kinds of unmanly men. If they are unmanly, does that mean they are women? No, they aren't women. There are five kinds of people who are neither male nor female. You can't call them men, because they can't conduct themselves as men do. And you can't call them women, because they cannot do the things that women do. These are the five kinds of unmanly men. They have never been called "unwomanly women" before, but now I'm giving them the name "five kinds of unwomanly women."

What kinds of beings are neither male nor female? They can hardly be considered people. They are of no use whatsoever in the world; all they know how to do is eat. They cannot help women bear children, and they cannot bear children themselves. So isn't it true that they don't benefit the world much?

The Five Kinds of Unmanly Men

1. Unmanly from birth. While still in the womb, such people did not develop as either male or female; and when they were born, they did not have male organs or female organs. They can neither fulfill the man's role of fathering children, nor can they fulfill the woman's role of bearing children. Such people are born into the world unable to fulfill their proper functions. You need to know the cause and effect involved in becoming like that. It comes from practicing homosexuality, lesbianism, or bisexuality in past lives. And so in this life, such people have the appearance of men or women, but they do not have the corresponding sexual organs, and are therefore neither male nor female.

2. Unmanly through dysfunction. In some cases, such people had male organs but were castrated. Some developed diseases that destroyed their male organs. The same thing may happen in the case of female organs.

3. Unmanly through jealousy. When they see a man, they become jealous and "turn into" a man. The change takes place in their minds only, however, and they cannot conduct themselves as a man would. Sometimes when they see a woman, they become jealous of the woman and "turn into" a woman. But they are incapable of functioning as a woman would. They assume their sexual identity mentally as a result of the emotion of jealousy.

4. Unmanly through physical transformation. Such people do nottransform into a man only when they see a man, or transform into awoman only when they see a woman. They can make the changeby themselves. For instance at noon, the person is a man, but atone o'clock he changes into a woman. He doesn't need to seeother men and women to bring about this change. Then at twoo'clock or three o'clock or five o'clock, he turns back into a man.This is called being a man, but not a man; being a woman, but nota woman. How does this happen to people? It comes about because of the past practice of homosexuality—men with men andwomen with women. Or if men or women practice masturbation,in the future they will have this retribution of being neither malenor female. You can't say they are men, because they don't havemale organs; and you can't say they are women, because theydon't have female organs. Yet they "change" into women or men.Even though they change, they cannot conduct themselves as menor as women.

You have to study the Buddhadharma to understand this principle. Those who don't investigate the Buddhadharma don't ever learn about the five kinds of unmanly men or five kinds of unwomanly women.

To be continued

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