佛门中尽大孝之道
[278] [The] Path Of Fulfilling Great Filiality Within Buddhism
惟我释子，以成道利生为最上报恩之事。
Only we, Śā[kyamuni Buddha’s] disciples, [are] with accomplishing [the] path [to] benefit beings as [the] supreme practice of repaying kindness.
且不仅报答多生之父母，并当报答无量劫来四生六道中一切父母。
Moreover, not only repaying [the] fathers [and] mothers of many lives, [there] also should [be] repaying [of] all fathers [and] mothers [from] immeasurable kalpas since, [with the] four [types of] births within [the] six paths.
[Note 1: Four types of births (四生): (i) womb birth (胎生), (ii) egg birth (卵生), (iii) moisture birth (濕生), (iv) manifested birth (化生).]
[Note 2: Six paths (六道): (i) hell path (地狱道), (ii) hungry ghost path (饿鬼道), (iii) animal path (畜生道), (iv) human path (人道), (v) asura path (阿修罗道), (vi) heavenly path (天道).]
不仅于父母生前而当孝敬，且当度脱父母之灵识，使其永出苦轮，常住正觉。故曰释氏之孝，晦而难明者也。
Not only for fathers [and] mothers, while living then, should [there be] filial respect, moreover, [there] should [be] delivering [and] liberating of [the] spiritual consciousnesses [of] fathers [and] mothers, [to] enable them [to] exit suffering’s wheel, [and to] constantly abide [in] Right Awakening. Thus saying that filiality of [the] Śā[kya] clan, [is] obscure and difficult [to be] obvious.
虽然，儒之孝，以奉养父母为先者也。若释氏辞亲出家，岂竟不顾父母之养乎？
Even so, [the] filiality of Confucianism, [is] with that attending [to and] supporting [of] fathers [and] mothers as foremost. If [the] Śā[kya] clan [has] taking leave [of] parents [for] leaving [the] house[hold life], how can [it], in the end, not look after [the] supporting of fathers [and] mothers?
夫佛制，出家必禀父母，若有兄弟子侄可托，乃得禀请于亲，亲允方可出家，否则不许剃落。
That [the] Buddha regulated, [is that those] leaving [the] house[hold life] must report to [their] fathers [and] mothers [first. Even] if [there] are brothers, [sisters], children, nephews [and nieces who] can [be] relied on, [there] also must [be] reporting [to] ask [for permission] from [their] parents. [With their] parents’ consent, then can [they] leave [the] house[hold life]. Otherwise, [they are] not allowed [to] shave [and] drop [their hair].
其有出家之后，兄弟或故，亲无倚托，亦得减其衣钵之资，以奉二亲。
[There] are those after leaving [the] house[hold life, with] brothers [and sisters] perhaps deceased, [with] parents without [anyone] to rely upon, also obtaining less [from] their provisions of robe [and] alms bowl, with [the rest for] presenting [to their] two parents.
所以长芦有养母之芳踪。
Therefore, Chánglú had virtuous traces of supporting [his] mother.
（宋长芦宗颐禅师，襄阳人。少孤，母陈氏鞠养于舅家。及长，博通世典，二十九岁出家，深明宗要。后住长芦寺，迎母于方丈东室，劝令念佛求生净土，历七年，其母念佛而逝。事见《净土圣贤录》）
([The] Sòng [Dynasty’s] Chánglú’s Chán Master Zōngyí [was a] Xiāngyáng person. [When] young orphaned, [by his] mother Chén Shì brought up at [his] maternal uncle’s home. Growing up, extensively proficient [in the] world’s classics, [at] twenty-nine years old leaving [the] house[hold life, with] deep understanding [of the] essential teachings. Later dwelling [at] Chánglú Monastery, [he] received [his] mother at [the] Abbot’s eastern abode, encouraging [and] leading [her to be] mindful [of the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)] [to] seek birth [in his] Pure Land. Passing through seven years, his mother [with] mindfulness [of] Buddha then departed. [On this] matter, see ‘Record [Of] Pure Land’s Noble Sages’)
道丕有葬父之异迹。
Dàopī had unusual miracles [of] burying [his] father.
（道丕，唐宗室，长安人。生始周岁，父殁王事。七岁出家。年十九，世乱谷贵，负母入华山，自辟谷，乞食奉母。次年往霍山战场，收聚白骨，虔诵经咒，祈得父骨。数日，父骨从骨聚中跃出，直诣丕前。乃掩余骨，负其父骨而归葬焉。事见《宋高僧传》）
(Dàopī, [from the] Táng royal clan, [was a] Cháng’ān person. [When] born, just [at] one year [old, his] father died [during a] royal matter. [At] seven years old, [he] left [the] house[hold life. At the] age [of] nineteen, [with the] world chaotic [and] grain expensive, [he] carried [his] mother [to] enter Huàshān [i.e. Mount Huà], personally abstaining [from] grain, begging [for] food [to] present [his] mother. [In the] next year, [he] went towards Huòshān’s [i.e. Mount Huò] battlefield, [to] collect [and] gather white bones, [and] devotedly recited sūtras [and] mantras, praying [to] obtain [his] father’s bones. Several days [later, his] father’s bones from [the] bones gathered within jumped out, directly going, [to] distinguish [themselves] before [him]. Thus burying [the] other bones, [he] carried his father’s bones and returned [to] bury [them. On this] matter, see ‘Sòng [Dynasty’s] High Monastics’ Biographies’)
故经云：「供养父母功德，与供养一生补处菩萨功德等。」
[Thus does a] sūtra say, ‘Making offerings [to one’s] father [and] mother’s meritorious virtues, with making offerings [to a] One Lifetime [To] Replacement Position’s Bodhisattva’s meritorious virtues [are] equal.’
亲在，则善巧劝谕，令其持斋念佛求生西方。
[If your] parents [are] living, then skilfully encourage [and] instruct, [to] lead them [to] uphold veg[etari]an fasting, [and] mindfulness [of the] Buddha[‘s name to] seek birth [in his] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss] [西方极乐世界].
亲殁，则以己读诵修持功德，常时至诚为亲回向。
[If your] parents [are] deceased, then with one’s studying [and] reciting [of sūtras and the Buddha’s name’s] practices’ meritorious virtues, often sincerely for [your] parents dedicate [them].
令其永出五浊，长辞六趣。忍证无生，地登不退。
Leading them [to] forever exit [from the] five defilements, [to bid] long farewell [from the] six realms. [With] forbearance [that has] realised non-birth, [and] ground [that has] ascended [to] non-retrogression [in Pure Land].
[Note 3: Six realms (六趣): Also called the six paths (六道): (i) hell path (地狱道), (ii) hungry ghost path (饿鬼道), (iii) animal path (畜生道), (iv) human path (人道), (v) asura path (阿修罗道), (vi) heavenly path (天道).]
[Note 4: Five defilements (五浊): (i) kalpa’s defilement (劫浊), (ii) views’ defilement (见浊), (iii) afflictions’ defilement (烦恼浊), (iv) sentient beings’ defilement (众生浊), (v) lifespans’ defilement (命浊).]
尽来际以度脱众生，命自他以共成觉道。
[To the] utmost [of the] future period, with deliverance [and] liberation [of] sentient beings, instruction [of] oneself [and] others, [with all] together accomplishing awakening’s path.
如是，乃为不与世共之大孝也。
Thus, then is [the] great filiality that [is] not with [the] world common.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（正编）：佛教以孝为本论；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Treatise [On The] Buddha’s Teachings With Filiality As Root;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百七十八则）：八、释普通疑惑：论出家（第二十七则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (278th Short Section): 8th [Chapter]: Explanations [On] Common Doubts [And] Confusions: Discussion [On] Leaving [The] Household [Life] (27th Short Section)
[Ref: #278 / 8.27]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
相关典籍
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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