《楞严经》是照妖镜
The Shurangama Sutra Is a Demon-spotting Mirror
◎一九八八年十一月九日开示于台湾高雄元亨寺
A talk given on November 9, 1988, at Yuan Heng Monastery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
南无萨怛他
苏伽多耶
阿罗诃帝
三藐三菩陀写
南无萨怛他
佛陀俱胝瑟尼钐
南无萨婆
勃陀勃地
萨多鞞弊
南无萨多南
三藐三菩陀俱知南
娑舍啰婆迦
僧伽喃
南无卢鸡阿罗汉多喃
南无苏卢多波那喃
南无娑羯唎陀伽弥喃
南无卢鸡三藐伽多喃
三藐伽波啰
底波多那喃
南无提婆离瑟赧
南无悉陀耶
毗地耶
陀啰离瑟赧
舍波奴
揭啰诃
娑诃娑啰摩他喃
南无跋啰诃摩尼
南无因陀啰耶
NA MO SA DAN TUO
SU QIE DUO YE
E LA HE DI
SAN MIAO SAN PU TUO XIE
NA MO SA DAN TUO
FO TUO JU ZHI SHAI NI SHAN
NA MO SA PO
BO TUO BO DI
SA DUO PI BI
NA MO SA DUO NAN
SAN MIAO SAN PU TUO JU ZHI NAN
SUO SHE LA PO JIA
SENG QIE NAN
NA MO LU JI E LUO HAN DUO NAN
NA MO SU LU DUO BO NUO NAN
NA MO SUO JIE LI TUO QIE MI NAN
NA MO LU JI SAN MIAO QIE DUO NAN
SAN MIAO QIE BO LA
DI BO DUO NUO NAN
NA MO TI PO LI SHAI NAN
NA MO XI TUO YE
PI DI YE
TUO LA LI SHAI NAN
SHE PO NU
JIE LA HE
SUO HE SUO LA MO TUO NAN
NA MO BA LA HE MO NI
NA MO YIN TUO LA YE
方才读的这一遍，这是〈楞严咒〉的前边二十八句，这二十八句是教我们「皈依尽虚空遍法界，一切诸佛、一切菩萨、一切声闻、缘觉、一切诸天」。那么最后那个「南无因陀啰耶」，这一句就是我们中国人所说的玉皇大帝。所以不懂佛法的人，他说：「玉皇大帝那是道教的，我们不要拜他。」他不知道这玉皇大帝就是这个帝释天；可是我们做佛的弟子，也要恭敬他，也要来摄受他。在〈楞严咒〉这前一段，这也是护持三宝的一段，所以念上这一段咒的时候，一切的妖魔鬼怪他都要退避三舍；不止退避三舍，他要退到他所不能退的那个地方去。
What I just recited was the first twenty-eight lines of the Shurangama Mantra. These twenty-eight lines tell us to take refuge in all the Buddhas, all the Bodhisattvas, all the Hearers, all Those Enlightened by Conditions, and all the gods throughout empty space and the Dharma Realm. The last line, "Na mo yin tuo la ye," refers to what Chinese people call the Jade Emperor. Those who do not understand the Buddhadharma say, "The Jade Emperor belongs to Daoism. We shouldn”t bow to him." They don”t realize that the Jade Emperor is just Lord Shakra. As Buddhist disciples, we should also respect him and gather him in. This first section of the Shurangama Mantra is the section for protecting and supporting the Triple Jewel. Therefore, when this section is recited, all the demons, goblins, ghosts, and other strange creatures flee far away. They retreat as far as they can go.
所以我们在佛教里头，如果有一个人能在这个世界上念〈楞严咒〉，这妖魔鬼怪他都不敢公然出现于世；如果一个人也没有了，也没有人会背〈楞严咒〉了，这时候妖魔鬼怪他们都出现于世了。他们在这个世界上为非作歹，一般人也不认识他们了。现在因为有人会念〈楞严咒〉，所以妖魔鬼怪他不敢公然出现于世。你念这一段咒文，有四句话可以来表达这段咒文的意思。这四句话说的：
Therefore, in Buddhism it is said that if there is even one person in the world who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, then the demons, goblins, ghosts, and all the other weird creatures will not dare to openly show themselves in the world. If not even one person can recite the Shurangama Mantra from memory, then at that point all the demons, goblins, ghosts, and all the other weird creatures will appear in the world. They will wreak havoc, but no one will recognize them. Right now, since there are still people who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, the demons, goblins, ghosts, and all the other weird creatures don”t dare to openly show themselves in the world. There is a verse which expresses the meaning of this section of mantra.
千朵红莲护住身，
坐驹骑着墨麒麟，
万魔一见往远躲，
济公法师有妙音。
A thousand red lotuses protect one”s body.
As one sits astride a black unicorn.
Seeing this, the myriad demons go away to hide.
Dharma Master Ji Gong had this wonderful sound.
「千朵红莲护住身」：我们佛教都知道这个莲华，有千朵红莲来护持你这个身。
「坐驹骑着墨麒麟」：你一念这个咒，你这个持咒的人是坐到一个麒麟的身上。
「万魔一见往远躲」：他都跑了，不敢面对这种大威德的相。我们人人都知道佛教里头有一位济公，当初济公就是专用这一段咒文的，所以说「济公法师有妙音」。这是这一段咒文大概的意思，那么至于要详细说呢，这个〈楞严咒〉是妙不可言的。所以说：
奥妙无穷实难猜，
金刚密语本性来；
楞严咒里有灵妙，
五眼六通道凡开。
A thousand red lotuses protect one”s body. A thousand red lotuses come to protect your body.
As one sits astride a black unicorn. When you recite the mantra, you are sitting astride a unicorn.
Seeing this, the myriad demons go away to hide. They all flee, because they are afraid to face such awesome virtue. We all know about the character Ji Gong in Buddhism…
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