时间：07/25/2026 07/26/2026
地点：星海禅修中心
主讲：净诚
佛法修行
慈悲的马王
过去，佛陀曾生为马王，名叫「駈耶」，常在海边渡引漂流之人。当时在海的另一端，滞留了许多婬乱的女鬼，她们若见商人经过，便以魅术幻化出罗绮缤纷的城市，好似充满伎乐美食的故乡，以吸引商人驻留。为媚惑商人与其婚配，女鬼更化身成艳丽美女与其饮酒狂欢。约莫一年后，当她们感到恹腻后，则会用铁錞刺破商人咽喉，饮其血、食其肉、吮其髓，让他们痛苦而死。
马王遥睹婬鬼噬人，慈悲的流下眼泪，决定飞至彼岸，获得捣好去壳的粳米，饮食完毕后，登至山顶，高声问了三次：「有谁想要渡海返家？」商人们欢喜的説：「常听说神马駈耶会度人于危难之间，今日真的来了！」接着回答：「请慈悲渡我们过海吧！」马王说道：「当你们决定离开时，女鬼一定会带着孩子，在后面哭喊的追逐着。心生眷恋的人，必会在我离开之后，被刺破咽喉、饮血食肉。你们唯有心存正念，才能保全性命，决定离开此处的人，现在就骑上我的马背，或拉着我的头颈、鬣尾，只要你们相互扶持，一定能活着见到亲人。」相信马王的人，最后都返家与亲人团聚；而婬逸之徒、迷信鬼魅妖蛊的人，则无一幸存。由此可知，正信可以去邪知，亦保永世安康。
佛陀对比丘们说：「当时的马王駈耶就是我。菩萨应精进行道，勇往直前，趣向佛志。」
Date: 07/25/2026 07/26/2026
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Jason
Dharma Talk
The Compassionate Horse King
In the past, the Buddha was once born as a horse king named Jūya, who often stayed by the seashore ferrying and rescuing drifting people. At that time, on the other side of the sea, many lustful female demons remained. Whenever they saw merchants passing by, they would use illusion to transform into splendid cities filled with music, entertainment, and fine food, resembling a joyful homeland, to lure the merchants into staying. To further entice them, the female demons would transform into beautiful women, drinking and reveling with them. After about a year, when they grew weary, they would pierce the merchants’ throats with iron spikes, drink their blood, eat their flesh, and suck their marrow, causing them to die in agony.
Seeing from afar how the demons devoured people, the compassionate horse king wept and resolved to fly to that distant shore. After obtaining husked rice and eating, he ascended to the mountaintop and called out three times, “Who wishes to cross the sea and return home?” The merchants rejoiced and said, “We have long heard that the divine horse Jūya rescues people in times of danger. Today he has truly come!” They replied, “Please compassionately ferry us across the sea.” The horse king said, “When you decide to leave, the female demons will surely bring their children and chase after you, crying. Those who give rise to attachment will, after I depart, have their throats pierced, their blood drunk, and their flesh eaten. Only by maintaining right mindfulness can you preserve your lives. Those who decide to leave, mount my back, or hold onto my neck, mane, or tail. As long as you support one another, you will surely live to see your families again.” Those who trusted the horse king returned home and reunited with their families, while those who indulged in lust and superstition toward demons and sorcery all perished. Thus it is known that right faith removes false views and ensures lasting well-being.
The Buddha told the bhikṣus, “At that time, the horse king Jūya was myself. A bodhisattva should diligently practice the path, advance courageously, and move toward the resolve of Buddhahood.”
