..续本文上一页吃了肉类也中毒；又喷到一切鱼鳖及海里的生物，人吃海鲜就中毒，生癌症而死。他们还在人用的日用品上，都洒上慢性毒药。拿卫生纸来说，他在纸厂那地方洒上一种香水，就令人生直肠癌，百病丛生。看看以前人没有用香味卫生纸，这类的怪病就没有那么多。

　　Now there is a class of demons from the air that want to destroy the world. They are out to ruin mankind. They spray toxic vapors onto the crops, so that people who consume them become poisoned. They also spray toxins on poultry, livestock, fish, and other aquatic creatures, so that people who eat meat and seafood become poisoned, contract cancer, and die. In addition, they spray a slow-acting poison on the things we use every day. For example, the perfume used in the toilet paper causes serious diseases such as cancer of the rectum. In the past, when people didn”t use perfumed toilet paper, they didn”t contract such strange diseases.

　　现在最严重的毒，就是人人舍不了的纸币。魔在纸币上洒一种毒气，人一摸到就得了贪病。什么东西都要贪多，无论是吃、穿、住、行等等，尤其金钱更要贪多，总是想尽方法来找钱，在脑里患上贪钱的癌症，这种毒最不可救药！

　　The most serious source of poison nowadays is the “greenback” which people cannot bear to part with. The demons spray their poison onto the dollar bills, so that as soon as people touch them, they become avaricious. They are greedy for more of everything, whether it is food, clothes, housing, or activities. They are especially greedy for money, and they rack their brains trying to think of ways to get it. Their brains are poisoned with greed for money, and no medicine can save them.

　　在三千大千世界里，因为有万佛在万佛圣城，才可以使毒气远离。在这个地方学佛法的人，不贪、不争、不求、不自私、不自利，所以不会中钱毒。又不吃肉，所以肉类的毒也不能侵入。(编按：后来又加了不打妄语，成为六大宗旨。)

　　However, because of the ten thousand Buddhas at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, there is still a way to avoid these poisons in this universe. The people who study the Dharma at this place aren”t greedy, don”t fight, don”t seek anything, aren”t selfish and don”t want personal gain. [Editor”s note: Later “not lying” was also added, making the Six Guide-lines.] Thus, they won”t be poisoned by money. They don”t ingest the poisons in meat.

　　因为只吃斋，蔬菜是天然植物，本身有一种解毒的力量，所以无论妖魔鬼怪洒什么毒，等会儿就会自然解毒：所以吃蔬菜，是健康长寿最好的保证！

　　Since they eat only natural vegetarian food, they have natural antidotes in their bodies which can neutralize poisons. No matter what kind of poison the demons and monsters spray, it is soon neutralized in their system. Therefore, being vegetarian is the best way to ensure health and long life.

　　现在我对你们说过之后，诸位想想自己有没有这几种毛病？若有，就赶快改，不要再贪、争、求、自私、自利，你能把这五种毛病除去，就不会中毒。

　　Now that I have told you this, you should ask yourselves whether you have these faults. If you do, you should quickly change: Stop being greedy, stop fighting, stop seeking, stop being selfish and stop wanting personal gain. If you can eliminate these five faults, you can avoid being poisoned.

　　还有最要紧的，是把你自己的垃圾扫去，就是把恨、怨、恼、怒、烦扫尽。谁有这些，就还没有把垃圾收拾干净。你的自性若是干净的，就不恨人、不怨人、不恼人、不怒人、不烦人。

　　Another most important thing is to clean up your own garbage. Sweep away all of your resentment, hatred, vexation, anger, and afflictions. If you still have these, you haven”t dumped your garbage yet. If your own nature is clean, you will not hate or resent people, be vexed by people or get angry with them, or trouble them.

　　所以凡是我的皈依弟子，无论出家弟子或在家弟子，真正对我有信心的人，就要改善自己的习气毛病，清干净自己的垃圾桶。这样子，在这个末法时代，就能借着你的光，支持世界多一个时期。这个世界早晚会毁坏的，但若有人真正修行，这世界就多添一股正气，减少一股邪气；多一股佛势力，少一股魔力。

　　Therefore, whether you are a left-home person or a layperson, if you have taken refuge with me and truly have faith in me, you must reform your bad habits and faults and empty out your garbage can. Then, in this Dharma-ending Age, the world can borrow your light and hold out a little longer. Sooner or later, this world will be destroyed. However, people who truly cultivate can increase the proper energy and decrease the deviant energy in the world. They can increase the Buddhas” power and decrease the demons” power.

　　你们不要把我的话当做耳边风，因为它是很重要的，切实关系到现在的问题。

　　Don”t let my words pass by your ears like the wind, because they are very important. They have a real, direct connection with today”s problems.

　　一九八二年九月三十日开示

　　A talk given on September 30, 1982

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