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　　things disappear.

　　心止念绝真富贵，

　　私欲断尽真福田。

　　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.

　　问：为什么魔没有一个法界？

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

　　上人答：他们好像土匪一般，是游击队的性质，他们四处流窜，没有一定的处所或人来管理。魔就像这类眷属一样，好像人间的土匪，土匪是人，但不是人人是土匪，所以没有一个土匪法界。魔也是一样，天上有天魔，阿修罗里也有魔，在每一个法界，善的就属于那个法界，不善的就属于魔界，魔是遍六凡法界的，甚至于它也可以变化成四圣法界，去侵扰他们。

　　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、魔都是一念之间，佛有慈悲心，魔有胜负心。譬如提婆达多有很强的胜负心，想跟佛争第一，可是佛不和他争。但是他本来自性中也有佛性，不过一时走错路，跑太远了，转不过身，回不了头，所以着魔。依照大乘理论：「佛为教化魔故，示现魔身去教化魔。」

　　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.

　　魔是通窜于六凡法界，所以不另外立一个魔法界。它虽然通六凡和四圣，但它是假的、虚伪不实、冒牌的，这就好像人间的山大王，占山自称为王，或者土匪冒充军队，可是却到处杀人放火，随便害人的道理是一样的。

　　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开示

　　A talk given on October 2, 1982

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