..續本文上一頁d: “Those who have gained their human bodies are like the amount of sand in my palm, while those who have lost their human bodies are like the amount of sand on earth.” The number of people living in the world seems measureless and limitless. However, how do you know that the number of people who have lost their human form is not countless times more than that
從前死亡的人沒有現在那麼多，現在死于風災、火災、汽車、飛機失事、戰爭、核子爆炸的人也無法統計。而且這些死亡的人，失了人身後，很可能不再做人，或者投生去做螞蟻、蚊子、猛獸－－這個數目又怎麼能拿出科學證據呢？
The number of people who died in the past is less than that of the present. Nowadays, it is hard to estimate the number of people who died due to tornados, fire, car accidents, plane crashes, wars, and nuclear explosions. In addition, it is most likely that once these people lost their human form, they won”t be reborn as human. They could be reborn as ants, mosquitoes, or wild beasts. How can we prove this number scientifically
父母生育孩子，怎麼忽然就有知覺呢？這些問題都是最根本的問題，但一般人卻忽略而不去研究。雖然現在人口暴增，但失人身的衆生比從前多，從前沒有那麼多螞蟻、蚊蟲及其他害蟲，你怎知濕生、化生、卵生的衆生不是人變的呢？
After a baby is born, how can he or she suddenly have consciousness and feelings
These are fundamental questions that ordinary people ignore and fail to research for the answers. Although there is a great increase in human population now, living beings that have lost their human form are more than before. In the past, there were not so many ants, mosquitoes, bugs and other pests. How do you know that these living beings born from moisture, by transformation or from eggs are not human beings in their prior lives
人失去人身後，性化靈殘，一個人的靈魂，能化成好幾種動物，甚至化成八萬四千蚊蟲。因爲智慧分薄了，所以變成冥頑不靈。若想再恢複人身，就要在“化學工廠”裏重新化煉，可能需要一段漫長的時間。 After a person loses his human body, his nature will change and his spirit will be pided. For example, the spirit of one human being can be transformed into many kinds of animal, even eighty-four thousand mosquitoes. Because his wisdom is being pided into many bodies, the resulting beings are dull and stubborn. If he wants to regain his human body, he would need to be “transformed and re-smelted” as if in a chemical factory, the process of which probably would take a long time. 還有一點，人結婚多一次，死後他的靈魂就要被分割多一截。譬如，一個女人曾跟多少男人結婚，死後便有電鋸把她的靈魂割成多少段，分給這些男人；男人若跟很多女人結婚，果報也是如此。另一個大問題是墮胎，墮胎就是失去人身，現在單是因墮胎而死亡的人，就比活著的人多啦！
Another point is, every time a person gets married, his spirits will be pided into one more piece after his death. For instance, depending on how many times a woman marries during her life, after death, her spirit will be pided into as many pieces as if by an electric saw and shared among her ex-husbands. The retribution is the same if a man has married many times. Another big problem is abortion. When fetuses are aborted, they lose their human bodies. Nowadays, people who died because they were aborted exceed the number of people who are alive! 至于無情的衆生，能不能恢複靈性呢？可以的，若遇著適當的人對它說法，如“生公說法，頑石點頭。”也可以恢複靈性，但要遇著聖人、羅漢，才有這個機緣。
Regarding insentient beings, are they able to recover their spirits
Yes, if they meet an appropriate person who speaks the Dharma to them. Such was the case “when Master Dao Sheng spoke the Dharma, the stone nodded in agreement.” However, only when the insentient beings encounter sages or Arhats, can they have such an opportunity.
誠念地藏菩薩超業障
Reciting Earth Store Bodhisattva”s Name Sincerely Can Eradicate Karmic Obstacles
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◎宣化上人．于萬佛聖城
A Talk Given by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas 有一分功就有一分果，地藏王菩薩知道你誠心念他的名號，他就超度你的業障。
With every ounce of effort, there is a corresponding amount of harvest. When Earth Bodhisattva knows that you are reciting his name sincerely, he will eradicate your karmic obstacles.
直心是道場，不論出家人在家人，在什麼情形之下都應該老老實實的，不可以打妄語，不可以行險僥幸，不可以投機，或者拍馬。在什麼情形之下都要用真實的心，不用委屈求全的心。真實的心，就是要修行，要不妨礙其他的人，不障礙其他的人…
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