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　　" The old cultivator said, "I”m still not angry." Then the King of Kalinga raised his jeweled sword and sliced off the cultivator”s two feet. Having cut off his four limbs, he asked, "Aren”t you angry

　　" The old cultivator said, "I”m still not angry. How can I prove it

　　 If I”m angry at you, then my limbs will not grow back. If I am not angry, then my hands and feet will grow back, and I will be just as I was before. That will be proof that I have no anger." After the old cultivator (Shakyamuni Buddha in the stage of cultivation) spoke these words, his hands and feet actually did grow back as before.

　　這天龍八部、護法善神，一看歌利王這麼惡，把老修行四肢給斷了。于是就大顯神威，下雹子打歌利王。歌利王也知道厲害了，看老修行有這麼大的神通變化，于是跪到老修行面前求忏悔。老修行就發願說：「我若不成佛，就沒有什麼可說的了。我若有一天成佛，我就先度你成佛。你若不開悟不成佛，我也不成佛。」因爲這樣子，所以佛成佛了，就到鹿野苑，先度這個憍陳如。這老修行，就是釋迦牟尼佛，憍陳如就是歌利王。

　　When the gods, dragons, and the rest of the eight pisions of Dharma-protecting good spirits saw how the King of Kalinga had viciously cut off the old cultivator”s limbs, they manifested their spiritual might and sent down hailstones to pelt the King. Seeing how devastating the consequences were and witnessing the old cultivator”s spiritual transformations, the King knelt before the cultivator and begged to repent. The old cultivator then made a vow, "If I don”t become a Buddha, then there”s nothing to be said. But if one day I do attain Buddhahood, then I will first come and teach you to become a Buddha. If you don”t get enlightened and become a Buddha, then I won”t become a Buddha either. Therefore, after the Buddha attained Buddhahood, he went to the Deer Park to save Ajnatakaundinya first. The old cultivator was a former incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha, and the King of Kalinga was a former incarnation of Ajnatakaundinya. Because the Buddha made that vow in his past life, he wanted to save the person who had treated him the worst.

　　那麼我們聽見這一段公案，誰對我們愈不好，我們要發願，成佛的時候要度他。不要說：「你對我這麼不好，等我成佛的時候，一定教你先下地獄。」不要發這種願。

　　Having heard this story, if we are treated badly by someone, we should make a vow to save him after we attain Buddhahood. Don”t think, "You”ve been so mean to me. When I become a Buddha, I”m going to make you fall into the hells." Don”t make that kind of vow.

　　那麼佛到了鹿野苑，爲五比丘叁轉四谛*輪。

　　When the Buddha arrived at the Deer Park, he turned the Dharma Wheel of the Four Holy Truths three times for the five Bhikshus.

　　初轉四谛法：

　　此是苦，逼迫性。

　　此是集，招感性。

　　此是滅，可證性。

　　此是道，可修性。

　　The first turning:

　　This is suffering, it”s nature is oppression;

　　This is accumulation, it”s nature is enticement;

　　This is cessation, it”s nature is that it can be realized.

　　This is the Way, it”s nature is that it can be cultivated;

　　二轉四谛法：

　　此是苦，汝應知。

　　此是集，汝應斷。

　　此是滅，汝應證。

　　此是道，汝應修。

　　The second turning:

　　This is suffering, you should know it;

　　This is accumulation, you should cut it off;

　　This is cessation, you should realize it;

　　This is the Way, you should cultivate it.

　　叁轉四谛法：

　　此是苦，我已知，不複更知。

　　此是集，我已斷，不複更斷。

　　此是滅，我已滅，不複更滅。

　　此是道，我已修，不複更修。

　　The third turning:

　　This is suffering, I already know it and need not know it again;

　　This is accumulation, I have already cut it off and need not cut it off again;

　　This is cessation, I have already realized it, and need not realize it any more;

　　This is the Way, I have already cultivated it and need not cultivate it any more.

　　佛說完了這叁轉四谛*輪，就說：「憍陳如，你現在在這兒被客塵來麻煩，你不得到解脫。」憍陳如一聽這「客塵」兩個字，他就開悟了。什麼叫做「客」呢？客，就不是主人。什麼叫做「塵」呢？塵，就是不幹淨的東西。我自性就是主人，自性是清淨的。所以他當時就開悟，叫「解本際」，就是明白本來的道理了。

　　After speaking the Four Holy Truths, the Buddha said, "Ajnatakaundinya, you are troubled by the guest-dust and have not obtained liberation." When Ajnatakaundinya heard the words "guest-dust" he became enlightened. What is meant by "guest"

　　 The guest is not the host. What is meant by "dust"

　　 The dust is something impure. The self…

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