Dhamma Talks

“Today is the day for presenting gifts to the nuns who have successfully passed various examinations.
Many people strive to support and honour them for their success in the exams. This means supporting Pariyatti (the study of the Dhamma).

As the Buddha taught, the Sāsana (the Buddha’s Dispensation) consists of three parts:

Thus, Pariyatti (learning) is the foundation. It is like the embankment of a lake. There must be an embankment. If there is an embankment, the water can remain within. If the water can remain within, lotuses can grow, and the lake becomes beautiful because of those lotuses.

Therefore, Pariyatti is like the embankment; Paṭipatti is like the water; Paṭiveda is like the lotus. For this reason, Pariyatti is the foundation. Learning is the foundation. If we abandon Pariyatti, we will not have sufficient knowledge to guide our practice.

For example, in the Buddha’s stories, the sages Kaladevila, Āḷāra Kālāma, and Udaka Rāmaputta were reborn in the formless realms. They could not control their jhānas to be reborn in a suitable abode—this was due to a lack of learning and a lack of instruction.

Because of these reasons, when we were young, our teachers, monks, abbots, and venerable ones would strive to gather requisites from all directions—such as robes, slippers, and so on—and offer them as gifts to the students who had passed their examinations.

Similarly, during the Buddha’s lifetime, the Blessed One offered a robe to Venerable Mahākassapa. He accepted it. After the Buddha’s Parinibbāna, Venerable Mahākassapa regarded that offering as a kind of debt from the Buddha, a debt he had to repay by convening the First Saṅgāyana (the First Buddhist Council).

So, because of this, giving such support as a tradition is not merely the giving of material things. It is also a kind of encouragement—to inspire everyone to study Pariyatti, and to perpetuate the Sāsana for future generations of disciples.

In this way, we preserve this tradition. And that is why, today, we are striving to support these learners and students, to support Pariyatti. If there is Pariyatti, there will be Paṭipatti and Paṭiveda. Thus, the world will become beautiful with the lotus of Paṭiveda—and all of this is grounded in Pariyatti.

This concludes today’s Dhamma talk.
Sādhu, sādhu, sādhu.”
Ashin Janakābhivomsa
Pa-Auk Tawya
Hlegu

 

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• “今天是为了向通过了不同考试的尼师赠送礼物的日子。
• 人们因为他们通过了考试而努力去支持、去供养（puja）。也就是说，去支持**三藏教法（Pariyatti，学习正法）**。
• 正如佛陀的教导，**佛教（Sasana，正法）**有三种：
  • •  * 一是**三藏教法（Pariyatti）**，即学习；
    •  * 二是**修行正法（Patipatti）**，即实践；
    •  * 三是**证悟正法（Pativeda）**，即通达的智慧。
• 佛教有这三种。所以，学习正法（Pariyatti）是根基，就像在湖泊中——湖泊的堤岸一样。必须有堤岸。如果有了堤岸，水就能留在里面。如果水能留在里面，就能拥有莲花，就能因为莲花而变得美丽。
• 因此，学习正法（Pariyatti）类似于湖泊的堤岸；行正法（Patipatti）就像是水；证正法（Pativeda）就像是莲花。正因如此，学习正法（Pariyatti）是根基。学习是根基。如果离开了学习正法，我们将没有足够的知识去指导修行。
• 就像在佛陀的故事里，阿私陀仙人（Kaladevila）、阿罗逻迦蓝（Alara）、郁头蓝弗（Udaka），他们转生到了无色界……因为他们无法掌控自己的禅定以转生到合适的地方，这就是因为缺乏学习，缺乏教导。
• 正因为这些原因，当我们年轻的时候，我们的老师、比库、住持和尊者们，会努力从各方收集资具，比如袈裟、拖鞋等。然后，把这些作为礼物送给通过考试的学生。
• 同样地，在佛陀时代的佛世，佛陀曾将衣物资具赠送给**大迦叶尊者（Bhante Kassapa）**。大迦叶尊者接受了袈裟。在佛陀般涅槃后，他认为这就像是一笔债务，一笔来自佛陀的债务。他需要通过主持第一次**圣典结集（Sangayana）**来偿还这笔债。
• 所以，因为这一点，作为一种传统，给予这样的支持不仅仅是赠送财物。它更是一种……一种**激励**，去鼓励大家学习正法（Pariyatti），为后代弟子延续佛教（Sasana）。
• 所以，通过这种方式，我们留存了这样的传统。也正因如此，今天我们才会努力去支持这些学习者和学生，去支持学习正法（Pariyatti）。如果有学习正法（Pariyatti），就会有行正法（Patipatti）和证正法（Pativeda）。这样，世界将会因莲花般的证正法（Pativeda）而变得美丽——而这一切都是基于学习正法（Pariyatti）。
• 这就是今天开示的全部内容。萨度，萨度，萨度（善哉，善哉，善哉）。”