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Footprints on the Journey —The Diary of Khenpo So Dargye
法布施即是为其他众生讲经说法，如果发心纯正，则其功德很大。《人非人冬波请问经》云：“佛白阿难曰：‘法布施可灭烦恼，财布施得身体坚固。欲灭烦恼之人行法布施，具息灭贪、瞋、痴，增上智慧等三十二功德。’”
Giving Dharma means leading others to spiritual practice by explaining the Dharma, transmitting the texts and so forth. If done with pure intentions, it is extremely meritorious, as it says in The Sutra Requested by Kijnara Tongpor: “The Buddha told Ananda, ‘By giving Dharma, one pacifies afflictive emotion; by offering material goods, one begets strong physique. Those who aspire to subdue their negative emotions should practice giving Dharma, an act confers thirty-two good qualities—conquering lust, animosity, and ignorance; gaining wisdom, and so on.’”
时常为人讲经说法，是大布施。甚至对一两个人宣讲一偈，功德也不可思议。《弥勒请问经》云：“佛告弥勒：‘若人以七宝遍满恒河沙数三千大千世界，供养十方诸如来，又若人以慈悲心宣讲一偈，前者之功德不及后者千百万分之一。’”可见法布施利益之深远。
To explain Dharma to others frequently is an act of great offering. Even explaining a single verse to one or two persons will generate inconceivable merit. The Sutra Requested by Maitreya says: “The Buddha said to Maitreya, ‘Suppose someone had filled the seven precious things with as many world systems as there are grains of sand in the Ganges River and would give them as a gift to the Tathagatas of ten directions; and suppose that someone else, with a compassionate heart, would illuminate but one stanza of Dharma to others. Then the heap of merit begotten by the former does not approach a billionth part of that of the latter.’” It is obvious then, giving Dharma creates immense benefit.
在汉地，宣说佛法成了法师的专利，其他人都碍口识羞，仿佛宣说佛法也成了丢人现眼的事，真是荣耻不分的邪见。《无垢称经》云：“佛告梵天曰：‘此法门中宣说一偈，乃大布施。’”《般若八千颂》云：“无论善男子、善女人，令人阅读、忆念、受持，功德不可思议。”且不论为人宣讲佛法，即使劝说别人翻阅经书，其功德也不可衡量。
In Han Chinese, teaching Dharma has become the exclusive domain of Dharma Teachers; others tend to feel embarrassed and keep their mouths shut, as if illuminating the Dharma would make a spectacle of oneself. This is a wrong view in distinguishing honor from disgrace. As the Sutra of Stainless Praise puts it: “The Buddha told the Brahma: ‘To take from the discourse on Dharma but one stanza and illuminate it in full detail to others is a great giving.’” In A??asāhasrikā Praj?āpāramitā Sutra (Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines), the Buddha says: “Suppose a son or daughter of a spiritual heritage causes others to read discourses of Dharma, to bear it in mind or practice on it; it would on the strength of that act beget a great heap of merit, immeasurable and incalculable.” Setting aside the act of explaining the Dharma to others, even advising others to read or browse the scriptures alone will generate immeasurable merit.
世间的孝敬，以身语奉养父母为先；释迦佛子，则以成道利生为无上之报恩。为人宣讲佛法，度脱六道有情，使其永出苦难，即可报答无始以来生生世世无量父母生养教化之宏恩。
Worldly tradition deems serving respectfully one’s own parents with body and speech the foremost filial piety; the Buddha, as a son, has performed the supreme piety by attaining enlightenment and benefiting beings. Therefore, we should also strive to spread the Dharma such that all beings in the six realms are freed from suffering once and for all. In this way we can repay the vast kindness of our innumerable parents of our past lives for giving us life and raising us.
为了普天下的有情，承担起续佛慧命的重担，是我们不可推卸的责任。
In order to benefit beings in limitless worlds, we should bear the load to ensure the continuity of the Buddha’s doctrines; it is a responsibility none of us should shirk.
壬午年六月初一
1st of June, Year of RenWu
2002年7月11日
July 11, 2002
http://www.buddhistweb.org/index.ph...e-diary-of-khenpo-sodargye/3144-giving-dharma
法布施即是为其他众生讲经说法，如果发心纯正，则其功德很大。《人非人冬波请问经》云：“佛白阿难曰：‘法布施可灭烦恼，财布施得身体坚固。欲灭烦恼之人行法布施，具息灭贪、瞋、痴，增上智慧等三十二功德。’”
Giving Dharma means leading others to spiritual practice by explaining the Dharma, transmitting the texts and so forth. If done with pure intentions, it is extremely meritorious, as it says in The Sutra Requested by Kijnara Tongpor: “The Buddha told Ananda, ‘By giving Dharma, one pacifies afflictive emotion; by offering material goods, one begets strong physique. Those who aspire to subdue their negative emotions should practice giving Dharma, an act confers thirty-two good qualities—conquering lust, animosity, and ignorance; gaining wisdom, and so on.’”
时常为人讲经说法，是大布施。甚至对一两个人宣讲一偈，功德也不可思议。《弥勒请问经》云：“佛告弥勒：‘若人以七宝遍满恒河沙数三千大千世界，供养十方诸如来，又若人以慈悲心宣讲一偈，前者之功德不及后者千百万分之一。’”可见法布施利益之深远。
To explain Dharma to others frequently is an act of great offering. Even explaining a single verse to one or two persons will generate inconceivable merit. The Sutra Requested by Maitreya says: “The Buddha said to Maitreya, ‘Suppose someone had filled the seven precious things with as many world systems as there are grains of sand in the Ganges River and would give them as a gift to the Tathagatas of ten directions; and suppose that someone else, with a compassionate heart, would illuminate but one stanza of Dharma to others. Then the heap of merit begotten by the former does not approach a billionth part of that of the latter.’” It is obvious then, giving Dharma creates immense benefit.
在汉地，宣说佛法成了法师的专利，其他人都碍口识羞，仿佛宣说佛法也成了丢人现眼的事，真是荣耻不分的邪见。《无垢称经》云：“佛告梵天曰：‘此法门中宣说一偈，乃大布施。’”《般若八千颂》云：“无论善男子、善女人，令人阅读、忆念、受持，功德不可思议。”且不论为人宣讲佛法，即使劝说别人翻阅经书，其功德也不可衡量。
In Han Chinese, teaching Dharma has become the exclusive domain of Dharma Teachers; others tend to feel embarrassed and keep their mouths shut, as if illuminating the Dharma would make a spectacle of oneself. This is a wrong view in distinguishing honor from disgrace. As the Sutra of Stainless Praise puts it: “The Buddha told the Brahma: ‘To take from the discourse on Dharma but one stanza and illuminate it in full detail to others is a great giving.’” In A??asāhasrikā Praj?āpāramitā Sutra (Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines), the Buddha says: “Suppose a son or daughter of a spiritual heritage causes others to read discourses of Dharma, to bear it in mind or practice on it; it would on the strength of that act beget a great heap of merit, immeasurable and incalculable.” Setting aside the act of explaining the Dharma to others, even advising others to read or browse the scriptures alone will generate immeasurable merit.
世间的孝敬，以身语奉养父母为先；释迦佛子，则以成道利生为无上之报恩。为人宣讲佛法，度脱六道有情，使其永出苦难，即可报答无始以来生生世世无量父母生养教化之宏恩。
Worldly tradition deems serving respectfully one’s own parents with body and speech the foremost filial piety; the Buddha, as a son, has performed the supreme piety by attaining enlightenment and benefiting beings. Therefore, we should also strive to spread the Dharma such that all beings in the six realms are freed from suffering once and for all. In this way we can repay the vast kindness of our innumerable parents of our past lives for giving us life and raising us.
为了普天下的有情，承担起续佛慧命的重担，是我们不可推卸的责任。
In order to benefit beings in limitless worlds, we should bear the load to ensure the continuity of the Buddha’s doctrines; it is a responsibility none of us should shirk.
壬午年六月初一
1st of June, Year of RenWu
2002年7月11日
July 11, 2002
http://www.buddhistweb.org/index.ph...e-diary-of-khenpo-sodargye/3144-giving-dharma
