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慧解脫(65)
修摩提女士說道 : 有一次,尊者舍利弗入王舍城乞食,看見路邊一棵大枯樹,即在該樹下端坐,並對隨行比丘說,「若有比丘修習禪思,得神通力,心得自在,欲令此枯樹成地,即時為地。」( 見雜阿含第494經 ) 尊者舍利弗神通力如意,心想事成,把枯樹變成一片大地。然而,光憑心想,就能事成 ?
尊者作出解說,謂「此枯樹中有地界,是故,比丘得神通力,心作地解,即成地不異。」( 見同上 )
又謂,此枯樹中有水界、火界、風界乃至金界、銀界,是故,比丘得神通力,心作水、火、風乃至金、銀解,即成水、火、風乃至金、銀不異。( 同上 ) 尊者如何知道枯樹中有地界、水界、火界、風界乃至金、銀界 ? 修摩提女士提起 : 一時,地神生惡見,謂地中無水、火、風。世尊遂前往糾正,謂地中有水、火、風。但地大多,故地大得名。如是地神接受世尊教誨後,往告水神,謂水中有地、火、風。但水大多,故水大得名。水神接受地神的教正後,偕地神往告火神,謂火中有地、水、風。但火大多,故火大得名。火神接受地神、水神的教正後,地神、水神、火神一同往告風神,謂風中有地、水、火。但風大多,故風大得名。( 見長阿含卷20世記經忉利天品 ) (*註)
尊者知地中有水、火、風,知水中有地、火、風,知火中有地、水、風,知風中有地、水、火。故謂枯樹中有地界、水界、火界、風界乃至金、銀界。故謂,尊者禪思得神通力,其乃建立於正確知識。
唯,尊者如何降伏其心 ?
*註 : We see that what we called water, by condensation, I suppose,
becomes stone and earth, and this same element, when melted and dispersed,
passes into vapor and air. Air, again, when inflamed, becomes fire, and again,
fire, when condensed and extinguished, passes once more into the form of air,
and once more, air, when collected and condensed, produces cloud and mist---and
from these, when still more compressed, comes flowing water, and from water
comes earth and stones once more----and thus generation appears to be
transmitted from one to the other in a circle. Timaeus 49 b-d.
略譯
: 水經由壓縮變成岩石和大地,融解、擴散成泡沫和空氣。空氣燃燒變成火。火受壓縮、熄滅,再次成為空氣形態。更次,空氣聚集、壓縮,產生雲和霧---雲和霧這些氣體再予擠縮,就成流動的水----如是世世代代呈現從此轉化成彼的循環。
(取材自Alex Pan's Digest) Alex Pan TheWalker
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