时间：04/17/2027 04/18/2027
地点：星海禅修中心
主讲：净诚
佛法修行
宝手比丘缘
佛陀时代，舍卫国中有位大富长者的夫人生了一个儿子，孩子的相貌不仅端正殊妙、世间少有，更不可思议的是出生时双手竟各握有一枚金币，即使将金币取走，又会自然涌现。长者夫妇非常欢喜，赶紧请相师来为这个孩子看相占卜。相师见到孩子庄严殊胜的面貌，非常赞叹，问及出生时有何瑞相？长者夫妇回答：“孩子手中握有金币，并且随取随有、无有穷尽。”因此，相师为其取名为“宝手”。
日渐长大的宝手禀性贤柔，具慈悲心，不仅对父母非常孝顺，也经常欢喜布施，如果有乞丐向他乞讨，从不吝惜地将手中的金币布施给对方。一天，宝手和亲友们出城游玩，走着走着，来到了祇树给孤独园。当他见到相好庄严的佛陀，散发出的慈光就像黑暗中的太阳般光明朗耀，心中非常欢喜，立即上前顶礼佛陀，并恭敬地请求佛陀与诸大比丘能慈悲接受他的供养。这时，在佛陀身旁的阿难尊者和蔼地对宝手说：“小朋友，设斋供养佛陀与比丘们是需要钱财的，你知道吗？”
听到阿难尊者所说的话，宝手立刻伸出双手，此时金钱如雨般从他双手不断落下。于是，佛陀令阿难以宝手所供养的金钱筹办应供相关事宜；阿难尊者谨遵教诲，准备了种种饮食，供养佛陀及诸大比丘僧。供养完毕，佛陀为其宣说微妙法，宝手心开意解，当下证得须陀洹果，并升起出家修行的道心。
孝顺的宝手立刻回家向父母表明欲随佛出家修行的心愿。疼爱宝手的长者夫妇不忍让宝手失望，于是带着宝手到精舍向佛陀请求出家。慈悲的佛陀对宝手说：“善来比丘，须发自落，法服着身。”即时，宝手现沙门相，精进用功，不久，即证阿罗汉果，为诸天世人所敬仰赞叹。
看到宝手比丘如此殊胜的果报，阿难尊者及诸大比丘均非常欢喜，于是请示佛陀：“世尊，宝手比丘过去修了什么样的福报，能够感得出生在豪族大长者家，不仅手中涌现金钱，取之不尽，又能随佛出家，得道证果？”于是佛陀慈悲为大众娓娓开示个中因缘。
过去迦叶佛住世时，游化各方，度化无量众生，功德圆满之际，入于涅槃。波罗奈国的国王迦翅为了缅怀迦叶佛，于是收集了舍利，启建四宝佛塔供养。当时，有一位长者见到修建中的宝塔正在竖立大门，心生欢喜，马上就将身上仅有的一枚金钱置于门轴之下，并于塔前至诚发愿护持佛法后，才自行离去。
世尊告诉阿难及大众比丘：“由于长者至诚欢喜供养的功德，生生世世不堕恶趣，天上人中，手中常有金钱涌出，乃至今世，手中有取之不尽的金钱，并能随我出家修行、成道证果，这就是宝手比丘过去的因缘。”阿难及诸大比丘听了佛陀的开示，皆信守教诲，欢喜奉行。
Date: 04/17/2027 04/18/2027
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Jason
Dharma Talk
The Karmic Story of Bhikṣu Ratnahasta
In the time of the Buddha, in the city of Śrāvastī, the wife of a great and wealthy elder gave birth to a son. The child’s appearance was upright and wondrous, rare in the world. Even more astonishing, at birth he held a gold coin in each hand; even when the coins were taken away, new ones would naturally appear. The elder couple was overjoyed and invited a physiognomist to examine the child. Seeing the child’s dignified and extraordinary features, the physiognomist praised him and asked about auspicious signs at birth. The parents replied, “He holds gold coins in his hands, and they appear endlessly.” Thus, he was named “Ratnahasta” (Treasure-Hand).
As Ratnahasta grew, his nature was gentle and virtuous, endowed with compassion. He was filial to his parents and delighted in giving. Whenever beggars asked, he freely gave away the gold coins in his hands without reluctance. One day, while traveling outside the city with relatives and friends, he arrived at Jetavana. Upon seeing the Buddha, whose radiant compassion shone like the sun in darkness, he was filled with joy. He immediately bowed and respectfully requested that the Buddha and the great bhikṣus accept his offering. At that time, Venerable Ānanda kindly said to him, “Child, offering a meal to the Buddha and the monks requires wealth—do you understand?”
Hearing this, Ratnahasta stretched out his hands, and coins poured down like rain. The Buddha then instructed Ānanda to use these offerings to prepare the meal. Ānanda followed the instruction and prepared various foods to offer to the Buddha and the Saṅgha. After the offering, the Buddha taught profound Dharma. Ratnahasta’s mind opened, and he immediately attained the fruit of Stream-entry, giving rise to the aspiration for monastic life.
Being filial, Ratnahasta returned home and expressed his wish to renounce the household life. His loving parents, unwilling to disappoint him, brought him to the monastery to request ordination. The compassionate Buddha said, “Come, bhikṣu.” Instantly, his hair fell away, and he donned the Dharma robe. He diligently cultivated and soon attained arhatship, becoming revered by gods and humans.
Seeing such extraordinary results, Venerable Ānanda and the bhikṣus asked the Buddha, “World-Honored One, what past merit enabled Bhikṣu Ratnahasta to be born into a wealthy family, to have inexhaustible gold in his hands, and to attain the path?” The Buddha compassionately explained the causes and conditions.
In the past, during the time of Buddha Kāśyapa, when his teaching had been completed and he entered nirvāṇa, King Kāśi of Vārāṇasī collected his relics and built a jeweled stūpa in offering. At that time, an elder, seeing the construction of the stūpa gate, rejoiced and placed his only gold coin beneath the hinge, making a sincere vow to uphold the Dharma, then departed.
The Buddha told Ānanda and the assembly, “Due to that elder’s sincere and joyful offering, he was never reborn in lower realms, and in heaven and among humans, gold constantly appeared in his hands. In this life, he has inexhaustible wealth and has followed me to renounce and attain the path. This is the past cause of Bhikṣu Ratnahasta.” Hearing the Buddha’s teaching, Ānanda and the bhikṣus faithfully upheld it and rejoiced in practice.
