时间：11/06/2027 11/07/2027
地点：星海禅修中心
主讲：净真
佛法修行
欢喜赞叹自利利他
一日，佛陀与常随弟子一千二百五十人前往舍卫城弘法。佛陀尚未进城，五百天人早已吹拂香风于各街道巷弄中，使污秽臭粪等不净物自然隐没于地；不仅如此，还以香雨飘送润泽街道，并且散花供养，城内处处清香洁净。
舍卫城的国王、大臣及人民见到如此瑞相，知道佛陀将要进城，大众立即放下手边的工作，欢喜扫地、散花或燃香，也有人以布铺地、解发覆地、持举幡盖，或演奏音乐、表演舞蹈，欢迎佛陀的到来。
佛陀与众比丘一行进城时，大众皆一心合掌，至诚恭敬地瞻仰佛陀的庄严相好。当时有一位婆罗门见此场景，虽想买香花供养佛陀，却因贫困无法圆满心愿，于是随众在欢迎行列中，以最清净恭敬之心迎接佛陀的莅临。当婆罗门见到佛陀时，以偈赞叹说：
“表容紫金耀，三十二相明，
一切众生类，睹者莫不欢。
见佛心踊跃，忧愁皆销除，
永度生死海，稽首礼大安。”
这时佛陀欣然而笑，五色光从口中出，每道光芒又散发出无数道光明，光光顶端皆有七宝莲花，莲花上亦有化佛遍照十方；下至诸大地狱，上至三十三天，无处不在佛光照拂中。三千世界诸天人民，见佛光明莫不踊跃，纷纷离开宫殿，来到佛前；当中有听经闻法得度者，有见其光明得度者，有闻化佛说法得度者，亦有寻光来至佛所而得度者。而在地狱受苦的众生，亦因此暂时解脱；畜生禽兽善心增长，不相伤害；饿鬼道众生得百味美食，悭心不起。更有无量众生盲者得视、聋者得听、哑者能语、驼背者能挺直、行动不便者能行，身体有疾病者悉皆除愈，牢狱系闭者全获解放。而大千世界诸天人民，见此瑞相，内心无不欢喜清净，有人证得初果、二果、三果、阿罗汉，有人证得辟支佛，也有发大乘心，于菩提道上坚住不退转，得道证果者不可称计。
佛光遍照十方，最后绕佛三匝，还入世尊眉间。阿难见此殊胜景象，长跪合掌请示佛陀：“世尊，诸佛如来无因缘是不会身放毫光、破颜微笑的，今日世尊以何因缘微笑？希望世尊能慈悲为我们开示。”佛陀告诉阿难：“你有看到那位以偈赞佛的婆罗门吗？他以极清净虔诚的心赞叹如来。往后十三劫中，天上人间自然受生，不堕三涂八难之处，相貌端严、辩才无碍、智慧明达，人人赞叹。日后出家修行，将成就辟支佛果，名为‘欢悦’。”
大众听闻开示后，法喜充满，歌咏称扬赞佛的殊胜功德。
Date: 11/06/2027 11/07/2027
Location: Star Ocean Meditation Center
Teacher: Jason
Dharma Talk
Joyful Praise: Benefiting Oneself and Others
One day, the Buddha and his constant retinue of one thousand two hundred and fifty bhikṣus went to Śrāvastī to teach the Dharma. Before the Buddha entered the city, five hundred devas had already caused fragrant winds to blow through all streets and alleys, so that impurities such as filth and excrement naturally sank into the ground. Moreover, fragrant rain fell, moistening and purifying the roads, and flowers were scattered as offerings, filling the city with purity and fragrance everywhere.
When the king of Śrāvastī, his ministers, and the people saw such auspicious signs, they knew the Buddha was about to enter the city. They immediately laid down their work, joyfully swept the streets, scattered flowers, and burned incense. Some spread cloth on the ground, some loosened their hair to cover the earth, some raised banners and canopies, while others played music or performed dances to welcome the Buddha’s arrival.
When the Buddha and the bhikṣus entered the city, everyone joined their palms in reverence and gazed upon the Buddha’s majestic marks with utmost sincerity. At that time, a Brahmin saw this scene. Although he wished to buy incense and flowers to offer to the Buddha, he was too poor to fulfill his intention. Thus, he joined the welcoming crowd with the purest reverent mind. When he beheld the Buddha, he praised him in verse:
“Your form shines like purple gold,
The thirty-two marks are clear.
All beings who behold you
Are filled with joy.
Seeing the Buddha, the mind leaps up,
All sorrow is extinguished.
Eternally crossing the ocean of birth and death,
I bow to the Great Peace.”
At that moment, the Buddha smiled gently. Five-colored rays of light emerged from his mouth, and each ray emitted countless further rays. At the tip of each light appeared a seven-jeweled lotus, upon which manifested Buddhas illuminating the ten directions. From the great hells below up to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven above, all places were bathed in the Buddha’s light.
All devas and humans in the three-thousandfold world, upon seeing this radiance, rejoiced greatly and left their palaces to come before the Buddha. Among them were those who attained liberation by hearing the Dharma, those who attained liberation upon seeing the light, those who attained liberation upon hearing the teachings of the manifested Buddhas, and those who attained liberation by following the light to the Buddha.
Beings suffering in hell were temporarily released; animals developed wholesome minds and ceased harming one another; hungry ghosts obtained hundred-flavored food and their greed was extinguished. Countless beings became cured: the blind gained sight, the deaf could hear, the mute could speak, the hunched became upright, those unable to walk regained movement, and all illnesses were healed. Prisoners were freed from bondage.
Seeing these auspicious manifestations, all devas and humans in the great trichiliocosm felt joy and purity in their minds. Some attained the first, second, third fruits, or Arhatship; some attained Pratyekabuddhahood; others aroused the Mahāyāna aspiration and became firmly established on the path of enlightenment, with countless beings attaining realization.
The Buddha’s light then illuminated the ten directions, circled the Buddha three times, and reentered between the World-Honored One’s eyebrows. Ānanda, seeing this extraordinary scene, knelt with joined palms and asked, “World-Honored One, the Tathāgatas do not smile or emit light from their bodies without cause. What is the cause and condition for your smile today? May the World-Honored One compassionately explain for us.”
The Buddha said to Ānanda, “Do you see that Brahmin who praised the Buddha in verse? With an extremely pure and sincere mind, he praised the Tathāgata. In the next thirteen kalpas, he will be born naturally in heaven and among humans, and will not fall into the three evil realms or the eight difficult conditions. His appearance will be dignified, his eloquence unobstructed, and his wisdom clear. All will praise him. In the future, when he leaves home to cultivate the path, he will attain Pratyekabuddhahood and be named ‘Joyful Delight.’”
Upon hearing this teaching, the assembly was filled with Dharma joy, and they sang and praised the Buddha’s supreme virtues.
