關於 地藏十齋日 ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

今天因為車子後玻璃碎裂的緣故，所以改搭晚上的車回台南，結果下午我哥突然接到一通電話後，就問我要不要跟一對夫婦一起去供僧？

「好啊，當然好！」我從床上跳起來說。

開了七八分鐘的車就抵達了，離我家超近，但我卻從來沒來過這間寺院，寺廟位於卑南要往初鹿的半路上，是個實修道場，裡面人不多但全都精進無比，整個下午都看到居士們在三步一拜的在繞塔朝山，從下午兩點直到我們離開都沒停過。

而參拜了大雄寶殿後，見到了住持慧希法師，法師是為很慈祥的比丘尼，先在齋堂跟我們開示，也讚歎大家能接觸佛法真的因緣福慧具足，也說了很多佛經的小故事給我們聽。

接著師父帶我們到地藏殿參拜，裡面巨大又莊嚴的菩薩像讓人看了無比讚歎，此時她恭敬的拿出一盒香粉，捏成月牙形點燃。

「這什麼香？也太...好聞又特殊無比？！」我內心驚訝，因為我記憶庫裡沒有這個味道，讓我隔著口罩也聞到濃郁的香氣，但我無法用任何一種形容詞或類似的味道來表達香的味道。

「師父這是甚麼香啊？我們自己也有在製香，但怎麼都沒聞過這個味道？」尤一起來供僧的夫婦合掌問師父。

「喔，這個啊，是牛頭栴檀！」師父點完香後，恭敬的向地藏菩薩禮拜，我們也一起拜了下去。

禮拜完後，夫婦又問：「牛頭栴檀？我們製香這麼久，還真是第一次聽到，是藥香嗎？」

「不是唷，這是我某天夢裡，看見一位天人來到我面前，我問他有什麼事嗎？祂說祂從天上帶來了三根牛頭栴檀香來給我供佛，放在西廂房的門口，說完祂就消失了！」

「後來呢？」我們都很好奇後續。

「後來我一醒來，馬上跑去西廂房門口一看，果真三根很粗的木頭整齊的放在門口，我就把木頭收好，部分研磨成粉末，點燃後供佛！佛經裡記載這個牛頭栴檀是最佳的浴佛供佛的材料之一，但世間真正的牛頭栴檀聽說好像都沒有了，所以天人才特別帶來。」師父說。

「哇，我還真的第一次聽到看到，也是第一次聞到...看來我車壞掉不是因為障礙，而是因為能聞到這稀有珍奇的香味，也能一起供佛，終於明白我留下來的緣故！」我跟我哥說，說完馬上再禮佛三拜，接著繞塔三匝。

師父出家前曾在北投發生過嚴重的車禍，她只是在田埂旁看人插秧，但朋友騎車不慎撞到她的小腿，結果送了兩間醫院都說要截肢，她內心大喊：「截肢後我未來怎麼出家？不行，我不能截肢。」

於是她就飛到美國找她哥哥，到了美國的第二天，她就見到了觀音菩薩(不知是在夢裡還是現實師父沒說)，菩薩當著她的面說：「你就起來走看看吧！」

當時坐在輪椅上，之前都被診斷應該要截肢才能保命的她，就馬上站了起來走了幾步後，她就一直走到今天了！

師父說她自己沒甚麼修行，也沒什麼功德，都是藉由佛菩薩加持力，所以只能精進念佛拜佛誦經持戒來報佛恩，所以她每天早上三百拜，中午三百百拜，晚上三百拜，佛號一千，地藏菩薩聖號一千，還有其他工作與各種早晚課午供...

二十六年如一日，而徒弟與信眾們看到住持如此精進，也不敢放逸懈怠，全都一起如實修行。

我則把身上全部現金全供養給三寶，用所有插畫粉絲與大百解成員的名義，希望大家也能得到最大的利益和福德。

而我們下一站則拜訪了我第一位皈依師父，宏悟老和尚，他獨具在初鹿牧場的後山裡，九十幾歲的年紀，老和尚跟淨空法師、聖嚴法師是同期戒師兄弟，實修念佛法門，本來跟我家住在同一社區，因此結緣皈依，而老和尚現在最大期盼就是再辦一次佛七，最後閉生死關，生死關就是閉關後直到往生都不出關房。

老和尚一個人在家在山裡種菜，自己煮飯，自己做早晚課，自己敲鐘打木魚，希望越少人去找他越好，但還是偶爾會去探望他，幫他帶一些藥品上去，或是開車帶他去醫院回診。

但因為時間不夠，就沒跟老和尚詳談太久，也怕耽誤老和尚做晚課的時間，所以我們就供僧完就離開。

但我突然想到剛剛我已經把身上所有現金都供養了，現在身無分文怎麼辦？

啊！上次木星儀式我有用一個紅包戴裝了3600在裡面做儀式，後來就當發財金放在包包暗袋，馬上拿出來供養老和尚。

老和尚客氣的說認識那麼久，不用啦，他夠用夠用...但我說這是我跟所有粉絲的心願，希望老和尚能給我們機會造福田，他才點頭收下。

沒想到，因為車子壞了，多了一個下午的時間，我能有這麼棒的機緣，真的是最好的安排阿阿阿阿阿！

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後記

我後來在網路上查了牛頭栴檀香，
相關的介紹如下：

【牛頭栴檀香】
世界上最寶貴、最奇妙的「香」，是佛住世時印度的「牛首栴檀香」。

首楞嚴經卷三曾說：

「此香若復燃於一銖（二十四銖重為 一兩 ），室羅筏城四十里內，同時聞氣」。因為世間除了佛的福德之外，再沒有人堪當受用那種妙香，所以在佛滅度之後，那種檀木也就不復出現了。—這真是一件「不可思議」的事。

世上最寶貴奇妙之香，是産自於印度的一種名爲“牛頭旃檀”的檀香，又被稱爲赤旃檀或牛首旃檀。
此香出自印度的摩羅耶山，其山峰的形狀類似牛頭，因此便將這種栴檀稱爲牛頭旃檀。

在《華嚴經》上也曾有記載說：「摩羅耶山，出旃檀香，名曰牛頭」。書上說此香“爲旃檀中最香者，且亙久不朽”，由此也可見此香之珍貴。可誰又會想到，如此珍貴難得之香，卻生長于伊蘭林中。那麽伊蘭是何物哪？佛教辭典上說：“伊蘭，臭木名，其味惡如腐屍，薰四十由旬，花紅豔可愛，若誤食之，發狂而死。旃檀香木，生此林中。”

據《觀佛三昧海經》中的記載，伊蘭與旃檀都生長在摩羅耶山中，但與香妙無比的牛頭旃檀所不同的是，伊蘭所散發出的卻是猶如死屍一般惡臭，而牛頭旃檀就生長在伊蘭林中。平日裏人們是看不到牛頭旃檀的，只有到了仲秋月圓之時，牛頭旃檀才會成熟長成旃檀樹，發出無比奇妙之香味。

此時人們聞到只有牛頭旃檀的香氣，卻聞不到伊蘭的惡臭氣味。也因此在經論中，經常用香味上妙的牛頭旃檀來比喻無上菩提，而用惡臭的伊蘭來比喻衆生的無明煩惱。

但令人覺得不可思議的是，在佛涅磐之後，這種牛頭旃檀便從世間消失了，再也沒有出現過。

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啊啊啊啊，難怪我完全無法形容這香的味道，因為從沒聞過，就好像如果我一輩子從沒吃過奶油麵包，突然你讓我聞到...我也無法從我味道資料庫裡面找到適合的比喻或是形容詞一般。

但牛頭栴檀的味道，我無法比喻，只能說聞到的感覺，首先是一股很濃郁的香味，你的嗅覺會瞬間被這香味吸引，然後就是綿延不絕的持續與韻味，味有很多層次但都是讓人愉悅歡喜的味道，而且我聞了一陣子後，身體寒毛居然瞬間豎起，當時我以為是自己可能打了個冷顫，但當下沒有冷風更無冷氣，外面非常熱，可能毛細孔也在大口品嚐著這從來沒聞過的好味道吧？

而且本來有點鼻塞的我，聞到後我也覺得鼻孔透氣度大增，隔著口罩也能聞到相當濃郁的香氣。

直到我們走出地藏殿，還是一直聞到陣陣香味，我本來以為是殘留在口罩或是鼻腔黏膜上的殘味，但在戶外無人處脫下口罩聞幾口，果真跟在地藏殿裡聞到的一樣濃郁！

嗯，牛頭栴檀原來長在惡臭無比的伊蘭林裡，但他的香味卻能蓋過伊蘭的腐爛惡臭，而且文中說到牛頭栴檀只會在仲秋月圓時才會成熟冒出香味，而今天我剛好就是中秋月圓日聞到牛頭栴檀，真的無比的巧合，這是很棒的吉祥徵兆，我覺得自己也要更精進實修，才能從這五濁惡世的惡臭裡稍微去掉一點味道吧。

謝謝我的車車，謝謝犧牲的玻璃，謝謝師父無私點燃珍貴的牛頭栴檀供佛，我們才能有幸順勢聞到珍貴夢幻香味。

師父那邊是實修道場，所以一般不辦法會也不接遊客，所以如果不是要參加他們嚴格佛七或其他法事，通常不建議前往打擾，我也不曾看到他們的招牌或是路標，難怪在台東三十九年我也第一次知道，我家附近有這麼棒的聖地。

好了，接下來今天是幸運馬蹄鐵的儀式，也是月光菩薩、福德正神土地公的聖誕日，就以今日所聞之牛頭栴檀香的歡喜供養眾神佛，願這塊土地上的人們都健康幸福，有著同理心、慈悲心、抹去無明煩惱、燃起智慧光明之燈、在這信仰自由的土地上，我們都能珍惜，也互相尊重。

感謝一切，感謝你們看完。

接下來我好想用珍貴的香來做一場上供儀式，也幫大家迴向，讓大家一起參與。

(圖中的月牙香粉就是牛頭栴檀香)

【佛光山早課】

夜宿高雄佛光山舒適的「麻竹園賓館」, 夜晚山上十分寧靜， 九點我就上床了，在萬萬籟俱寂的佛光山睡得很沉。

我曾在日本、韓國投宿過寺廟，前者叫「宿坊」，後者叫「Temple Stay」，麻竹園的水準完全可以與之媲美。一進房門, 洗手間分開兩邊，乾濕分離，兩個雙人床像是商務飯店標準。

一大早五點起床，天還是濛濛光，早起的鳥兒已經嘰嘰喳喳。走去大雄寶殿，滿禎法師已經在門口等候我們了，然後列隊在大殿外。前面就是廣闊空曠的「成佛大道」，我在廿多年前就被這裡的氣勢磅礴而震撼。

仔細欣賞「大雄寶殿」四個大字雄渾有力，看上去熟口熟面，似曾相識，原來是張大千的親筆墨寶。慈悲的星雲法師早已開放了版權，任由天下寺院免費借用，山寨A貨這個金字招牌, 無任歡迎。左右的對聯已經預告了殿內供奉的是三寶佛。

上聯為「兜率娑婆去來不動金剛座」，「兜率娑婆」，說明釋迦牟尼佛從兜率內院降誕到娑婆世界來，「去來不動金剛座」，法身如如不動地坐到中間的金剛座上。　

下聯為「琉璃安養左右同尊大法王」, 「琉璃安養」，琉璃世界的藥師佛、安養淨土的阿彌陀佛，「左右同尊大法王」就是兩旁就是藥師佛和阿彌陀佛。

大雄寶殿正中央端坐釋迦牟尼佛，左右端坐著藥師佛和阿彌陀佛，四週牆上共有14800小洞，各奉佛像一尊，光明燈一盞，莊嚴肅穆。

到了五點半，法師們、佛學院學生們及佛子們排隊，魚貫而入大殿,，男女眾分開席地而座。先誦《爐香讚》三遍，再誦讀《地藏菩薩本願經》。唱誦完畢，就步行去可以容納二千多人的齋堂過堂吃早餐。早餐十分豐富，菜乾粥以及紅豆、菠菜、蘿蔔乾等。

早餐後滿禎法師帶我們去散步逛曼陀羅園，這裡還有一條美食街，當時尚早還未開門。曼陀羅園種滿了各色漂亮的玫瑰花、充滿童趣的十二生肖小沙彌石雕，令人忍俊不禁。佛光山真的很大，還有一個「草食動物園」，這裡還有一隻漂亮的孔雀開屏歡迎我們!

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野放台灣五十餘年，貪狼獨坐，三方四正殺破狼格局，少年多舛，白手起家，隨展覽雲遊四海，如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返，遂設幻影堂自詡堂主，一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」，常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純，彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘，了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝，雖非仙人，亦無道骨，初聞離垢地生清淨心，但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠，待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》，心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到，意識死神隨伺在側，人生苦短，如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解，蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜，聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃，甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎，禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘，台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜（佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教＆大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教＆天德教、慈惠堂＆勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……）、神棍橫行（依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫），因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜，但地獄造景稀少，後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人，各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味，意境乖張溢於言表，造型扭曲非常人所能塑也，然匠心獨運、自成一格，專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美，絲毫不輸喬托（Giotto di Bondone，1267～1337）乃至米開朗基羅（Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564）矣。

創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱，雖主祀四面佛，儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊，可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像，安太歲自不在話下，甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深，1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍，行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關，只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地，十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台，粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格，尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂，該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯（包青天），陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解，求破懸案者眾，逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸，全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中，四周環繞墓地，適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮（1971）地府則是首座電動地府，規模精小但驚嚇度破表，略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍，出自已故台南大道長金登富之作，而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外，乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面，尊尊栩栩如生，續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道，造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」（阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像）旁設靜態十殿閻羅（1970年代初），雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存，續往上行可抵「證菩提道－釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區，一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時，琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心，世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路，但因緣果報無法逆轉，昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加，還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺，遂以缽盛救度五百族人，最終卻化為血水，佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力，因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐，目犍連遂展神通救渡，但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火，佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日，於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾，因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌，既渡亡魂也自懺悔。

台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗，不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂（1979年興建，1983年開放)，燈光絢爛、聲響駭人，獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」，至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形，睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪，觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生（胎、卵、濕、化）回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」，轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」，窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」，直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿，皆為極犯，另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」（查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司）後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事，依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺（紫河車）」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載，人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」，經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫，犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄（阿鼻地獄）」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主，統轄十殿閻羅，逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。

人類居於五趣（阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄）雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界，犯十惡業（殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴）者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」（欲界、色界、無色界）二十八天？凡人無此意識，別說能破「十二因緣」（無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死）還滅門，更別想斷除「四聖諦」（苦、集、滅、道）集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑（五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑），了悟「五蘊」（色、受、想、行、識）本空、「十二入」（眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法）空、「十八界」空，破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執，生十一處「善心所」（信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害），降二十六處「惡心所」（貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知），須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。

地獄可能空滅嗎？若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪，地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土？若能證空性何處現地獄？

地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間，老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心，然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所，惡性所及實無可根除，礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層，乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷，暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄，心多妄念，妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間，會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉，我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄，三魂七魄尚不足以出竅，驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧，豈不謬哉？

病毒肆虐年半有餘，全球確診者逼近一億八千萬，枉死者近四百萬，堪比戰爭規模，望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空，唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。

姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節

Postscript

I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.

In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).

Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.

Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.

Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.

The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.

June 2021,

Yao Jui-chung

開元寺位於廣東省潮州市開元路。前身為荔峰寺，唐代開元二十六年(738年)敕建開元寺，元代稱“開元萬壽禪寺”，明代成“開元鎮國禪寺”，清代以後“開元鎮國禪寺”與“開元寺”並稱，加額“萬壽宮”，俗稱開元寺一直沿用至今。該寺自建立以來，歷代均有維修。原占地100畝，現存20.3畝，一向為歷朝祝福君主、宣講官府律令之所。以地方寬敞、殿閣壯觀、聖像莊嚴、文物眾多、香火鼎盛而名聞遐邇，為粵東地區第一古刹，有“百萬人家福地，三千世界叢林”之美譽。是中國著名的佛教寺院。整座寺院保留了唐代平面佈局，又凝結了宋、元、明、清各個不同朝代的建築藝術，香火鼎盛。 “文革”期間，開元寺曾遭嚴重破壞，1982年海外僑胞、港澳同胞捐資，進行全面維修，使開元寺重現昔日風采。2001年6月25日，開元寺被列入第五批全國重點文物保護單位。 西元738年，崇信佛教的唐玄宗下詔以當時的年號“開元”為名，在全國十大州郡各建一座寺廟。是全國僅存的四大開元寺之一。這座千年古寺占地面積約20000平方米，整座寺院既保留了唐代的佈局，又凝結了宋、元、明、清各朝各代的建築藝術。距開元寺一百多米的路邊，還保存著僧人們使用過的古井。天王殿，是開元寺的主要建築，至今仍保留著宋代的建築風格，也是中國古代木結構建築的傑作。整座殿堂全部用當時最好的木料架築，構件之間的拼接，毫無錘鑿痕跡，始終不受氣候的影響而嚴絲合縫。從天王殿的32根石柱計算，應為九開間，而 大殿實際面闊有十一開間，進深四間，和北京故宮的太和殿一樣的面闊。 “天王殿裡面那些斗拱應該也是很科學的，日本奈良有個東大寺，他們一直找不到它的祖庭是在什麼地方。後來同濟大學的專家教授們到了潮州才發現，這裡就是原來日本奈良東大寺，它那基本佈局就是參考我們潮州開元寺的。佛教在中國唐代達到了最盛期，以佛教為紐帶，中國和一些信奉佛教的國家來往密切。許多國家的學問僧、求法僧來到中國研習佛法。在開元寺裡供奉著一座紅銅寶鼎，上面有漢文題款：開元寺禪堂香爐一座永遠供養三韓弟子任國祚，這是開元寺曾經培訓朝鮮僧人的實物見證。當年的開元寺裡，來自不同國家的僧侶們在這裡研習佛法，開元寺成為中外佛教文化交流的重要場所。 經宋元明清及今，先後十次大規模修建，其建築格局大致分為三部：中軸為照牆、山門、天王殿、大雄寶殿、藏經樓、玉佛樓。東側為客堂、地藏閣、五觀堂、香積廚、齋堂、僧舍、不俗精舍、祖堂。西側為方丈室、觀音閣、慧業堂、僧舍、雲水堂、諸天閣、形成寵大的四合院式古建築群。其主要殿閣均為木石材料，憑木榫緊密銜接，用龍頭斗拱迭起支撐，層層向上散開，最多達十一層，承受殿頂的巨大壓力，殿頂為四重簷、雙滴水，有鴟尾和雙龍奪寶裝飾，琉瓦彩甍丹牆，蔚為壯觀。經歷一千二百餘年地震、海潮、颱風、雷電、冰雹等自然災害，以及歷代戰亂、人為摧殘而又不斷修建，至今仍保持著唐宋宮殿式莊嚴肅穆的建築風格。據當代古建築專家考證:日本著名東大寺佛殿的宋代建築模式，與現在開元寺天王殿一模一樣，證實了天王殿為宋代建築，具有很高的研究價值，經常有國內外的建築學院組織師生至此觀摩學習，被譽為“古代建築藝術明珠”。

(English version below)

今天，2018年9月9日，農曆七月三十日，就是隔幾年才能夠見到的「南無大願地藏王菩薩」的聖誕。

吾虔心地告訴妳你們，外面的傳說是不確實的。「南無大願地藏王菩薩」確實是幽冥教主，更是一位大菩薩，所以就會有很多的護法金剛圍繞著祂。祂在地獄境界裡，有祂的淨土，名為「翠微淨土」。

佛經記載，誰祇要在家裡供奉祂，不但沒有魍魎魑魅、鬼怪事情，反而還能夠得到以下這十大功德利益：

如果妳來世不願再做女兒身，瞻禮祂供奉祂就能夠得男兒身。

夜夢平安、氣色顏好、不遇盜賊，等等等。

所以在今天，大家可以先沐浴，可以齋戒就齋戒，在客廳的沙發，或壇城前坐端正合掌，恭唸「南無大願地藏王菩薩」，7、21、49、108、1080遍，越多越好。可迴向給自身、家庭、父母或需要幫助的人，比如在醫院的病人，都會得到很大的加持，而能夠如意圓滿。

祝福大家一切吉祥圓滿。

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Today, 9 September 2018, also the 30th day in the 7th Lunar Month, is the Holy Birthday of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Namo Di Zang Wang Pu Sa) which occurs every few years.

Please hear my sincere words that the rumours you heard are unfounded. The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is indeed the Lord of the Netherworld, but also a Great Bodhisattva surrounded by many Dharma Protectors. His Pure Land, named Cui Wei Pure Land, is in the Netherworld

According to the Scriptures, anyone who enshrine the statue of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva at Home will receive protection against malevolent spirits and reap the 10 merits:

If you do not wish to be born as a woman in your next life, you can pay respect and make offerings to His statue.

You enjoy peaceful sleep, good appearance, protection against theft, etc.

Thus everyone can perform this auspicious recitation today. First, please bath yourself and observe vegetarian diet if possible. Seat yourself comfortably on the living room sofa or in front of the altar in straight posture and with your palms together. Recite “Namo Di Zang Wang Pu Sa” 7 times or 21, 49, 108 times. You will reap more merits if you recite a higher number. After the recitation, you may dedicate the merits generated to yourself, your family and parents, or another person who needed help, such as a patient in the hospital. The recipient will receive great empowerment and blessings.

I wish for everyone auspicious tidings.

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【禪心】盂蘭盆節，佛歡喜日，供養三寶，報父母恩！
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農曆七月十五日是摩訶目犍連超度他母親的一個紀念日。
他母親在生時，不信三寶，殺了許多魚鱉蝦蟹，又慳吝不肯施捨，因為這些罪過，而墮餓鬼地獄。

目犍連尊者趕快送飯給他母親吃，她左手遮著飯，右手將飯放進口中；但飯一入口就馬上變為火炭，不能吞食。尊者往求於佛，佛告訴他應設齋供養十方自恣僧（自恣是在僧團結夏安居的最後一天，對眾懺悔的儀式）。
因為他們德行大，有威神力能使現在父母、七世父母和六親眷屬得出三途。

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盂蘭盆的意思“盂蘭”是梵語，意思是“解倒懸”。這就好像我們人倒掛起來一樣，是很辛苦的，所以現在給他解開。
給誰解開呢？給我們過去的父母、祖先解開這個倒懸。我們誰也不知道，過去的父母、祖先是有功，或者是有過？有功的，固然是或者生到極樂世界，或者生到天上去，或者又生到人間做總統、做皇帝，這都不一定的。

那麼要是有過呢？
就或者墮地獄，或者轉餓鬼，或者變成畜生，這也都不一定的。農曆七月十五日是摩訶目犍連超度他母親的一個紀念日。他母親在生時，不信三寶，殺了許多魚鱉蝦蟹，又慳吝不肯施捨，因為這些罪過，而墮餓鬼地獄。

目犍連尊者趕快送飯給他母親吃，她左手遮著飯，右手將飯放進口中；但飯一入口就馬上變為火炭，不能吞食。尊者往求於佛，佛告訴他應設齋供養十方自恣僧（自恣是在僧團結夏安居的最後一天，對眾懺悔的儀式）。
因為他們德行大，有威神力能使現在父母、七世父母和六親眷屬得出三途。

任何人，若覺得自己脾氣很大，無明火太重，由這就知道你的過去父母、祖先沒有離苦得樂，所以他整天幫著你發脾氣，叫你造罪業，好快一點和他在一起。那麼你有這種感覺，就應該在這一天，做功德，來超度他們。超度他們，皆離憂苦，罪障消除。

我們在這一天要能供養三寶，這功德是勝過平日好幾百萬倍！七月十五供僧的意義《贊僧功德經》雲：諸法因緣生，安住希求意念中，為彼悉作何祈願，即得如是之成果。經云：僧如大地，能長養一切善法功德。又云：殊勝妙寶大德僧，長養眾生功德種，能與人天勝果者，無過佛法僧三寶。

齋僧的功德
1．儀表端正，容顏暐麗，人人見之歡見。
2．氣力蓋世，精神滿足，承事十方諸佛，無有疲勞。3．生天人間，壽命久長，康健無惱，命終之時，自然受生，不被病苦所纏。
4．事事安樂，不逢災逆，心想事成，無有困厄。
5．音聲清雅，容動三千大千世界；口常說清淨妙法，通達無礙，聞者無不信受而行。

近代禪門宗匠虛雲老和尚云：“佛、法二寶，賴僧寶扶持，若無僧寶，佛法二寶無人流布，善根無處培植，因此齋僧功德最大。 ”目連救母佛典《盂蘭盆經》中記載這麼一個故事，釋迦牟尼的十大弟子之一目連（亦稱目鍵連）得到神通後，想報答父母的養育之恩，他用神通眼觀察，看到已逝去的母親在鬼道中受苦，瘦得皮包骨頭不成人形。

目連十分傷心，於是用缽盛飯，用自己的神力送給母親吃，但是飯剛送到他母親手中，尚未入口即化為灰燼。目連無奈，請求佛陀幫助救救他的母親。佛陀說：“你母親罪孽深重，你一人救不了，要靠十方僧眾的道力才行，你要在七月十五日眾僧結夏安居修行圓滿的日子裡，敬設盛大的盂蘭盆供，以百味飲食供養十方眾僧，依靠僧眾的力量，救出你的母親。”
目連依尊師的指點，母親真的脫離了餓鬼道。佛陀還說：“今後凡佛弟子行慈孝時，都可於七月十五日佛喜歡日，備辦百味飲食，廣設盂蘭盆供，供養眾僧，這樣做既可為在生父母添福添壽，又可為已逝的父母離開苦海，得到快樂，以報答父母的養育之恩。”

願所生父母，或今存在，或已終亡，隨其所居，遂彼生處。唯願阿彌陀佛，觀世音菩薩，大勢至菩薩，光明照公，願力攝持，三障消除，五根成立，發菩提願，修淨土因。
存者得滿極齡，終歸寶剎；亡者即捐諸趣，便托蓮胎。
伏願我等孝順之心，深入至道之法，當來諸佛會中，同作應身眷屬。南無阿彌陀佛南無大願地藏王菩薩！





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