Tuesday, 22 October 2013

四個老婆

釋迦牟尼佛在一次法會上,講了一個故事。據說有一富翁,討了四個老婆:第一個老婆勤奮儉樸,默默勞動,這位富翁根本忘記有這個老婆的存在;第二個老婆很會 料理家務瑣事;第三個老婆美艷動人;第四個老婆聰明伶俐。有一日富翁病危,知自己死期將至,希望四個老婆肯陪伴自己,就把自己的想法告訴她們。第四個老婆 說:我不陪你!第三個老婆說:我才不跟你去!第二個老婆說:盡管我是你的老婆,可是我怕寂寞,我不陪你!第一個老婆說:既然我是你的老婆,無論你到那裡我 都跟著你。以上這個譬喻,富翁其實是你自己;第四個老婆是你的肉體,死後將與你分離;第三個老婆是你的財產,生時帶不來,死時帶不去;第二個老婆是指你的 妻子,活時兩人相依為命,死後則各自飛;第一個老婆是指本具的自性,即「佛之知見」。

故事轉載來源  

There was a man with four wives. He loved his fourth wife the most and took a great care of her and gave her the best. He also loved his third wife and always wanted to show her off to his friends. However, he was always had a fear that she might runaway with some other man. He loved his second wife too. Whenever he faced some problems, he always turned to his second wife and she would always help him out. He did not love his first wife though she loved him deeply, was very loyal to him and took great care of him. One day the man fell very ill and knew that he is going to die soon. He told himself, "I have four wives with me. I will take one of them along with me when I die to keep company in my death." Thus, he asked the fourth wife to die along with him and keep company. "No way!" she replied and walked away without another word. He asked his third wife.She said "Life is so good over here. I'm going to remarry when you die". He then asked his second wife. She said "I'm Sorry. I can't help you this time around. At the most I can only accompany you til your grave." By now his heart sank and turned cold. Then a voice called out: "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." the man looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the man said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have!"
Actually, we all have four wives in our lives.
a. The fourth wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us when w die.
b. The third wife is our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they go to others.
c. the second wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave.
d. the first wife is the our soul, neglected in our pursuit of material wealth and pleasure. It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go.

 


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