时间：07/04/2026 07/05/2026
地点：星海禅修中心
主讲：净诚
佛法修行
人说王纵暴喻
曾经有一个国家的人民，批评国王施政的过失：「国王非常暴虐残酷，不用法理来治国。」这些话传到国王耳里，国王听到以后非常瞋恚忿怒，并没有仔细查明这些话究竟是谁说的，只听信了身旁奸邪谄媚的臣子，便捉拿了一位忠诚贤明的大臣，并剖开脊背，挖取他身上百两的肉。不久，有人向国王证明这位贤明的大臣从未说过这样的话，国王心中生起后悔，于是派人送给这位贤臣千两的肉，让他用来填补背脊。可是这位贤臣被活生生的剖挖之痛，实在难以忍受，因此夜晚都在痛苦的呻吟、哀叫。国王听到了，就问他：「你为何还苦恼的叫唤？我挖取你身上百两的肉，已经十倍还给你，你还不满意吗？何必这样的苦恼！」旁边有人回答：「大王！譬如有人被砍断头颅，即使再得到一千个头颅，但断头者也不可能不死。所以，大臣虽然得到十倍的肉，也不能消除被割身肉的痛苦啊！」
愚痴的人也是如此，不畏惧后世的苦果恶报，只贪图现世眼前的享乐，苦切逼迫众生受各种苦楚煎熬；然后再藉由施给财物，希望能抵消自己的罪业，得到福报。就如同这位国王，剖开大臣背脊挖肉，虽然用更多的肉补偿，希望能免去大臣被挖肉之痛，那是不可能的。
Date: 07/04/2026 07/05/2026
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Jason
Dharma Talk
The Parable of a Tyrannical King Judged by the People
Once, the people of a certain country criticized their king’s governance, saying, “The king is extremely cruel and tyrannical and does not rule according to principles or law.” When these words reached the king, he became furious and enraged. Without carefully investigating who had spoken them, he believed the deceitful and flattering ministers around him. He then seized a loyal and wise minister, split open his back, and cut out one hundred liang of flesh from his body. Soon after, someone proved to the king that this virtuous minister had never spoken such words. The king felt remorse and sent one thousand liang of flesh to the minister to fill his back. However, the pain of being cut alive was unbearable, and the minister groaned and cried in agony every night. Hearing this, the king asked, “Why do you still cry in suffering? I took one hundred liang of flesh from you and have repaid you tenfold. Are you still not satisfied? Why such distress?” Someone beside him replied, “Great King! It is like a person whose head has been cut off—even if he is given a thousand heads, he cannot avoid death. Likewise, although the minister has received ten times the flesh, it cannot remove the suffering of having his flesh cut away.”
The ignorant are also like this. They do not fear the painful retribution of future lives, but only crave immediate worldly pleasures, harshly oppressing beings and subjecting them to suffering. Then they attempt to give wealth in hopes of offsetting their misdeeds and gaining merit. Just like this king, who cut flesh from his minister’s back and tried to compensate with more flesh, hoping to eliminate the suffering caused—this is impossible.
