(１８)现在我们该谈谈佛陀。我提出的问题是：

　　“佛陀礼敬谁？”

　　18) Now we shall say something about the Buddha. The question has been asked,

　　18) “To whom did the Buddha pay homage

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　　佛陀自己的答案是：“礼敬法，也礼敬如法如律的僧团。”(泰本巴利藏第２１册，２７页)。行止如律、修行如法就是具有如法如律的实质，佛陀因此礼敬“法”和如法如律的“僧团”。值得我们深思的是：佛陀也有礼敬的对象——“法”和行止如律、修行如法的“僧团”。

　　THE BUDDHA”S OWN answer was that he paid homage to the Dhamma and he paid homage to a Sangha community with exemplary qualities. A Sangha community who conduct themselves well and practise properly can be said to possess exemplary qualities. So the Buddha respected the Dhamma and a Sangha community of exemplary qualities. We ought to give thought to the fact that even the Buddha himself paid homage to the Dhamma, and if all the members of a community of bhikkhus conducted themselves well and behaved properly as a group, the Buddha paid homage to them as well.

　　这种礼敬可应用于现在泰国或世界各地，也就是我们必得礼敬“法”，连最尊贵的人(佛陀)都礼敬“戒律”和如法的“僧团”，我们当然也该如此。

　　This can be applied to behaviour at the present time, in our own country Thailand or anywhere in the world. This means we ought to respect the Dhamma. If even the most exalted person paid respect to the training rules and communities that practised well, surely so should we.