..续本文上一页一些个小鬼在那儿怨天尤人，那股怨气、那股仇恨的心比什么都大，比原子弹、氢气弹都毒，他一定要报仇雪恨，所以现在这个世界上不是老鬼多，而是小鬼多，这一些没长成人的小鬼，到处皆是。有人到有病的时候，才知道为什么有病呢？就因为冤仇太多了。好像生癌病的人，多数都是因为杀生太多了，所以这个仇恨不能解开，就生癌病了……
Let”s take abortion for instance, which is fiercer than highway robbery. Think about it, by having an abortion, you are terminating a life before his or her body can completely take shape! With deepest enmity and greatest resentment, these little ghosts of aborted fetuses “complain about the heavens and blame other people.” Their hatred is more powerful and poisonous than atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs; they are determined to seek revenge. Given the prevalence of abortion nowadays, these little ghosts of unborn babies are everywhere, outnumbering the old ghosts in the world. Some people don”t know why they are sick. Actually, they are sick because they have caused too much animosities and resentments. For example, in most cases, people have cancer because they have taken many lives. Being unable to appease the animosities from living beings they have killed, these inpiduals end up with cancer....
堕胎、婴灵答问录
Questions about Abortion and Infant Spirits
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◎宣化上人 开示
Answered by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua 与其悔之于后，不如防之于前。
It is better to prevent problems from happening, rather than feeling regret afterwards.
问：若有些人由于经济不允许或其他因素不得已要堕胎，后果是不是一样严重？
Question: If a married couple has no choice but to get an abortion due to financial difficulties or other reasons, will the consequence be as serious
上人：既然经济不许可，根本就不应该叫她有胎的，免得会有第二种麻烦的事情。自己经济既然不许可，没有这种能力范围，为什么要等到有了问题才去想办法？要防范未然。别的好办法为什么不想？为什么一定要等到木已成舟，米已成饭，才知道已经成饭呢？每年的预算，应先打算这笔预算。
The Venerable Master: Since the financial conditions are not permitting, a pregnancy shouldn”t have happened in the first place; in this way, they can avoid the resulting trouble. Given their existing financial difficulties, why do they wait until the problem arises and then try to find a solution
They should have taken precautions against the problem from happening. Why not come up with other good ideas
As it is said, “Why wait until the wood has been made into canoe [before realizing one needs firewood to cook a meal]
” Why wait until when it”s too late to do anything
They should have included the possibility of pregnancy in their annual budget. 问：请问师父，有些未婚妈妈造成社会上很多的问题，还有堕胎……，不晓得师父对这问题，您有何看法或建议？
Question: Venerable Master, some unmarried mothers are causing a lot of social problems, and then there is abortion.... I wonder what opinions or suggestions the Venerable Master has regarding these problems. 上人：这在英文的称呼是 ”single mother” ── 这是人性的失去，所以在未婚就不守规矩了。不守规矩 ── 好像现代一般的年轻人，他们欢喜跳舞、看电影、唱歌，欢喜这些吃、喝、玩、乐，结果就把人性失去了；把人性失去了，连自己都不知道自己是人了。人应该作人事，他们尽作鬼事，偷偷摸摸地就要不守规矩，没有结婚就想试一试，结果就生了小孩子。这在西方国家是不当一回事，然而这在我们中国是觉得很羞耻的。
The Venerable Master: You are referring the problem of single mothers. Unfortunately, these inpiduals have lost their sense of humanity, so they break the rules before they get married. Nowadays, most young people like to dance, watch movies, and sing. They enjoy eating, drinking, playing, and seeking pleasure. These desires and actions lead to a loss of their humanity, to the point where they don”t even realize that they are human beings. Human beings should act like human beings, but they do things like ghosts -- covertly not obeying the rules, wanting to try things before they get married... as a result, they have a baby. Things like these may not be big deals in the West, but they are thought of as great shame in China. 所以问题就由这一念的无明而起：男的追女，女的追男……，这都是无明。有了无明，就有了行为；有了行为，就有了名色、六入、触、受……，这些都是无明造成的，由于糊里糊涂的，结果就产生了爱，继而占有欲，又生出其他的问题……直到老死，这是十二因缘法。
These problems arise due to a single thought of ignorance: Man chases after woman, woman looks for man.... Because of ignorance…
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