(１８)現在我們該談談佛陀。我提出的問題是：

　　“佛陀禮敬誰？”

　　18) Now we shall say something about the Buddha. The question has been asked,

　　18) “To whom did the Buddha pay homage

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　　佛陀自己的答案是：“禮敬法，也禮敬如法如律的僧團。”(泰本巴利藏第２１冊，２７頁)。行止如律、修行如法就是具有如法如律的實質，佛陀因此禮敬“法”和如法如律的“僧團”。值得我們深思的是：佛陀也有禮敬的對象——“法”和行止如律、修行如法的“僧團”。

　　THE BUDDHA”S OWN answer was that he paid homage to the Dhamma and he paid homage to a Sangha community with exemplary qualities. A Sangha community who conduct themselves well and practise properly can be said to possess exemplary qualities. So the Buddha respected the Dhamma and a Sangha community of exemplary qualities. We ought to give thought to the fact that even the Buddha himself paid homage to the Dhamma, and if all the members of a community of bhikkhus conducted themselves well and behaved properly as a group, the Buddha paid homage to them as well.

　　這種禮敬可應用于現在泰國或世界各地，也就是我們必得禮敬“法”，連最尊貴的人(佛陀)都禮敬“戒律”和如法的“僧團”，我們當然也該如此。

　　This can be applied to behaviour at the present time, in our own country Thailand or anywhere in the world. This means we ought to respect the Dhamma. If even the most exalted person paid respect to the training rules and communities that practised well, surely so should we.