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xi

ke

yan

欺騙

和

虛妄不實

哪裏

容許

呢

cheating or trickiness

and

lying

how

to be acceptable

this

欺詐和虛妄的言辭，怎能容它存在？

　　If we lie or try to fool others, how can we be accepted by them

　　曾有學生這麼問﹕「在不殺、不盜、不邪淫、不妄語和不飲酒這五戒裏頭，哪個戒最難守得住？」大多數人認爲不殺最難，也很多人以爲不盜最難；其實不妄語更難！爲什麼呢？因爲生活在世俗社會的一般人，總是對殺盜淫等大惡較有戒心，對飲酒吸毒也很警惕，唯獨輕忽了妄語的要緊性，以爲既不致損身害命，更無傷大雅，于是乎信口一句話或一個玩笑，就已經破妄語戒了！不過講話雖然要誠實，爲了顧全大局或大信用，有時卻也不得不說小謊。總之，是否信實，以初發心那一念爲憑；醫生爲怕病人失去求生意志而說他得的不是癌症，不算破戒。

　　Students have asked, "Among the five precepts of no killing, no stealing, no sexual misconduct, no lying, and no taking intoxicants, which precept is the hardest to uphold

　　" The great majority of people think not killing is the hardest; ma…

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