..續本文上一頁ndha-body, everything is pitch-black, and it is unable to see anything. But if it has a parent-child affinity with its potential father or mother (i.e., having shared karma), even if it were tens of thousands of miles away, it would see a little point of light when its potential father and mother are having intercourse. As soon as its ignorance arises, no matter how far away it may be, strength like a powerful magnet will draw it into the womb! This process is described by the Shuragama Stura as “Love flows out toward its object, and so, on the strength of shared karma, a seed is drawn into the womb during intercourse.” 受胎後的第一個星期叫“羯羅藍”，意思是“凝滑”，就是凝結成牛奶似的東西。第二個星期叫“遏蒲昙”，就是由凝滑，變成一種胞形了。以後就逐漸行成身形了。
The kalala stage refers to the first week of embryonic development. The word “kalala” means “slippery coagulation,” a form coagulated like milk. The second week of development is called the arbuda stage when the coagulated form takes on a globular shape. After this stage, the embryo gradually develops into the shape of a human body.
“十二因緣”中說“無明緣行”，無明就是男人、女人生出一種愛意來，然後就有房事。“行緣識”，有了兩性的行爲，然後就有一種識，這就是“納想爲胎”這個識；這時候，就是中陰身投胎了。也就是說，這時就有生命了！所以孩子和父母間都有一種特殊的因緣，即使是蒙古症的子女，也都有一種特別的業緣必須要了。
According to the Twelvefold Conditioned Arising, “Ignorance is the condition for karmic activity.” In this context, ignorance refers to the emotional love that arises between a man and a woman, which leads to sexual intercourse. “Karmic activity is the condition for consciousness;” after sexual intercourse begins, a consciousness arrives, which is “a seed (i.e., consciousness) is drawn into the womb during intercourse.” At this time, the intermediate skandha-body becomes an embryo. In other words, a life has come into being! There is a special kind of primary and secondary causes that exist between parents and their child. Accordingly, special karmic causes must exist for the parents to have a child with Down”s Syndrome.
以前沒有超音波，受什麼胎，都生下來。現在有超音波一照，喔，是蒙古症，就把他拿掉！以爲是拿掉日後的煩惱。其實，通常這種緣，不是一個好緣來的，但是你必須要了它，如果父母不了了它，又把他殺了，這就會更增加彼此之間的惡緣。這惡緣，或許來世的時候就更厲害。如《楞嚴經》所提的“十二類生”中，有一種衆生叫做“非無想”，這種衆生並不是沒有思想，而是思想不正常。譬如枭鳥生出後，就會把媽媽吃了，用媽媽的血肉來養自己。還有科學也發現一種甲蟲會吃它媽媽。
Before there was ultrasound tests, people gave birth to the fetus they carried. Now with ultrasound, people can discover that their fetus has Down”s Syndrome, and abort the fetus. By doing so, they think they are avoiding troubles in the future. Usually the affinity between the deficient fetus and the parents is unwholesome. However, the parents need to accept this. If instead of giving birth to the child, the parents kills him or her, this action will increase the unwholesome affinity between the parents and the child. This negative affinity probably will be even worse in their future lives. According to the Shurangama Sutra, among the twelve categories of living beings, there is one category called “beings that lack and do not lack thoughts.” It does not mean that those living beings don”t have any thoughts; rather, they have abnormal thoughts. For example, after its birth, an owlet would devour its mother and nourish itself with its mother”s body and blood. Science has also found a small beetle (Micromaltus debilis) that eats its mother.
爲什麼它要吃媽媽呢？因爲在過去生，它們有很深的怨仇，例如恩將仇報，過去子是母的恩人，可是母或許用種種方法將他弄死，讓他死不瞑目，又沒有辦法訴冤，所以他這一世生爲其子，就要把媽媽吃掉。諸如此類，這其中都有一種的因緣果報。可是世間上的人不明白因果，所以以爲有問題的胎，就可以墮掉；這可以說是雪上加霜。基本上這一種胎，不應該墮掉的，而是要了了這種業緣。
Why does the bird or the beetle eat its mother
There was great enmity between the mother and the child in their past lives. For example, in the past, the child was the mother”s benefactor. However, instead of being gratef, ul, the mother thought of various ways to kill her benefactor. The mother finally succeeded, and the benefactor died with everlasting regret, with no means to address his or her grievance. Therefore, i…
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