..续本文上一页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.” 受胎后的第一个星期叫“羯罗蓝”，意思是“凝滑”，就是凝结成牛奶似的东西。第二个星期叫“遏蒲昙”，就是由凝滑，变成一种胞形了。以后就逐渐行成身形了。
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.
“十二因缘”中说“无明缘行”，无明就是男人、女人生出一种爱意来，然后就有房事。“行缘识”，有了两性的行为，然后就有一种识，这就是“纳想为胎”这个识；这时候，就是中阴身投胎了。也就是说，这时就有生命了！所以孩子和父母间都有一种特殊的因缘，即使是蒙古症的子女，也都有一种特别的业缘必须要了。
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.
以前没有超音波，受什么胎，都生下来。现在有超音波一照，喔，是蒙古症，就把他拿掉！以为是拿掉日后的烦恼。其实，通常这种缘，不是一个好缘来的，但是你必须要了它，如果父母不了了它，又把他杀了，这就会更增加彼此之间的恶缘。这恶缘，或许来世的时候就更厉害。如《楞严经》所提的“十二类生”中，有一种众生叫做“非无想”，这种众生并不是没有思想，而是思想不正常。譬如枭鸟生出后，就会把妈妈吃了，用妈妈的血肉来养自己。还有科学也发现一种甲虫会吃它妈妈。
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.
为什么它要吃妈妈呢？因为在过去生，它们有很深的怨仇，例如恩将仇报，过去子是母的恩人，可是母或许用种种方法将他弄死，让他死不瞑目，又没有办法诉冤，所以他这一世生为其子，就要把妈妈吃掉。诸如此类，这其中都有一种的因缘果报。可是世间上的人不明白因果，所以以为有问题的胎，就可以堕掉；这可以说是雪上加霜。基本上这一种胎，不应该堕掉的，而是要了了这种业缘。
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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