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　　things disappear.

　　心止念絕真富貴，

　　私欲斷盡真福田。

　　The mind stops and thoughts are cut off:

　　this is true wealth and honor.

　　Lust and desire are completely pared away:

　　this is the true field of blessings.

　　問：爲什麼魔沒有一個法界？

　　Question: Why don”t demons have their own Dharma Realm

　　上人答：他們好像土匪一般，是遊擊隊的性質，他們四處流竄，沒有一定的處所或人來管理。魔就像這類眷屬一樣，好像人間的土匪，土匪是人，但不是人人是土匪，所以沒有一個土匪法界。魔也是一樣，天上有天魔，阿修羅裏也有魔，在每一個法界，善的就屬于那個法界，不善的就屬于魔界，魔是遍六凡法界的，甚至于它也可以變化成四聖法界，去侵擾他們。

　　Answer: They are like bandits or guerrillas, roaming in all directions, without a fixed location or a person in charge of them. Demons are just like the bandits in the human world. Bandits are people, but not every person is a bandit. Therefore, there is no Dharma Realm of bandits. It”s the same for demons. There are demons in the heavens, and there are also demons among the asuras. The good inpiduals belong to whatever Dharma Realm they are in, while the bad inpiduals belong to the demon realm. Although demons are mostly found in the six Dharma Realms of ordinary beings, they can also transform themselves to invade and cause trouble in the Four Dharma Realms of Sages.

　　佛、魔都是一念之間，佛有慈悲心，魔有勝負心。譬如提婆達多有很強的勝負心，想跟佛爭第一，可是佛不和他爭。但是他本來自性中也有佛性，不過一時走錯路，跑太遠了，轉不過身，回不了頭，所以著魔。依照大乘理論：「佛爲教化魔故，示現魔身去教化魔。」

　　Buddhas and demons are only a single thought apart. Buddhas are kind and compassionate, while demons are competitive. For example, Devadatta was strongly competitive. He competed with the Buddha to be number one, but the Buddha did not compete with him. Basically, he also had the Buddha-nature within his own nature, but he took a wrong turn, went too far, and could not turn around and come back. He was possessed by a demon. In the Mahayana doctrine, the Buddhas may manifest as demons in order to teach and transform the demons.

　　魔是通竄于六凡法界，所以不另外立一個魔法界。它雖然通六凡和四聖，但它是假的、虛僞不實、冒牌的，這就好像人間的山大王，占山自稱爲王，或者土匪冒充軍隊，可是卻到處殺人放火，隨便害人的道理是一樣的。

　　Since demons are found throughout the Six Common Dharma Realms, they do not have a separate Dharma Realm of their own. Yet, although they exist in the Six Common Dharma Realms, they are false and unreal. They are phonies, just like the bandits in the human realm who stake out a territory in the mountains and declare themselves kings. The bandits claim to be an army, but they go around murdering, setting fires, and harming people as they please. The demons are the same way.

　　一九八二年十月二日開示

　　A talk given on October 2, 1982

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