The Forty-Two Chapters of the Buddhist Sutra: The Wisdom of Learning Buddhism and Practice

佛说四十二章经：学佛修行的智慧宝典

amitabha. The Forty-Two Chapters Sutra is simple and convenient, and you can understand it at a glance.

----Zhuge Changqing

The Chinese culture is vast.

Chinese classics are like stars.

China has many treasures of wisdom to promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

These wisdom treasures of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are all great wisdom left by ancient and modern sages.

We are grateful to Confucius, Laozi, Sakyamuni and other immeasurable sages.

Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Yehui culture are like sweet springs that nourish people's hearts.

Zhuge Changqing's wisdom and sages' books are broad concepts, such as:

Confucian universities, the doctrine of the mean, the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, the Book of Songs, Shang Shu, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, the Spring and Autumn Annals, disciple rules, and the Three-character Classic;

Taoism's Tao Te Ching, the Supreme Sensation, the Qingjing Sutra, the Beidou Sutra, the Book of Changes, the Yellow Emperor's Internal Sutra, Yu Jingyi's Meeting with the Kitchen God, the Jade Calendar Treasure Notes, etc;

The Buddhist Heart Sutra, Vajra Sutra, Dizang Sutra, Fahua Sutra, Huayan Sutra, Shurangama Sutra, Forty-two Chapters Sutra of Buddha Saying, the Sixth Ancestor Tanra, and the Fourth Sutra of Liaofan, etc. The Bible of Jesus Christ, etc. The Quran of Mohammed Islam.

These treasured books are the basis for enlightenment, change of fate, promotion of life happiness, and promotion of results.

On the way to practice, Zhuge Changqing recommended you to see a treasure of wisdom of practice.

This treasured book is an inspirational classic, which is concise, easy to understand, easy to learn, inspiring and full of positive energy.

The Forty-Two Chapters Sutra of Buddha is also the first Buddhist sutra to enter China.

In the process of studying Buddhist culture, Zhuge Changqing found that many Buddhist masters and Chinese scholars positioned the first Buddhist scripture in China as the Forty-Two Chapters of Buddhist Scripture, and often recommended practitioners to read and reflect carefully.

After reading the Sutra of the Forty-Two Chapters of the Buddha, I felt that the text of the Sutra was concise, understandable and clear at a glance. Maybe it was the arrangement made by the Buddha in advance.

Zhuge Changqing recommends that those who are destined have time to read the Forty-Two Chapters of the Buddha Sutra several times, and you will gain a lot. The Forty-Two Chapters of Buddha Saying is also like a mirror, which allows you to find out your shortcomings and make a rapid leap.

"Chapter 42" refers to other items once they have passed; The meaning of this passage is divided into 42 paragraphs.

"Sutra" refers to Sutra in Sanskrit. This Yunqi Sutra can be called Sutra for all the truth that Buddha says. This sutra is named 42 Chapters Sutra because it contains 42 paragraphs of scriptures, which capture the Buddha and say all the great righteousness of cause and effect.

1、 The first Buddhist sutra in China: The Forty-Two Chapters of Buddhist Saying Sutra

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Everything is chance. The Forty-Two Chapters Sutra, the first Buddhist sutra in China. Why is entering China a classic? Because this sutra is about the basic method of practice.

Zhuge Changqing believes that after reading it carefully several times, you will suddenly realize a lot.

It comes from a dream of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This led to the story of "White Horse Carrying Sutra" and White Horse Temple.

The forty-two chapters of Buddhist scriptures are simple and convenient. They can be understood at a glance and point directly at the heart of the people, so that people can quickly understand the essence of Buddhist wisdom.

For example, the Buddha directly told all living beings that they regard ten things as good and ten things as evil.

What is ten?

Body three, mouth four, and mind three.

The third is killing, stealing and lusting.

Four aspects of mouth: two tongues, evil mouth, false words, and beautiful words.

There are three meanings: jealousy, cloning and ignorance.

If ten things do not follow the holy way, they are called ten evil deeds. If it is evil, it is ten good deeds wait.

One night in the 10th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 69), Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty had a dream and saw a fairy with a golden body shining like the morning glow, surrounded by sunlight, flying from afar and landing in front of the hall.

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. This is the chance! The Buddha said that the merit and virtue sutra of tower building said that "all laws are born by reason, and all laws are destroyed by reason". Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty dreamed of the Buddha. This is the chance in the dark.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was very happy. The next day, he went to court and told his dream to the ministers and asked who was sacred. Tai Shi Fu Yi is knowledgeable and versatile. He told Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty: I heard that there was a god who was enlightened in western India, known as Buddha, who could fly in the void, surrounded by sunlight, and you might dream of Buddha. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was very interested in Fu Yi's words.

So they sent 13 envoys to the Western Regions, including Qin Jing, Yin, and Wang Zun. Cai Yin and Qin Jing traveled across mountains and rivers to reach the country of Tianzhu. People in India welcomed China's envoy to ask for Buddhist scriptures.

There are two Shamen (senior monks) in Tianzhu, one named Shumo Teng and the other named Zhu Fang, who helped Cai Yin and Qin Jing get some Buddhist principles. Later, at the invitation of Cai Yin and Qin Jing, he decided to come to China.

Three years later, they came to Luoyang together, brought back scriptures and Buddha statues, and began to translate part of the Buddhist scriptures, which is said to be the current version of the Forty-Two Chapters Sutra.

At the same time, the first Buddhist temple in China was built in Luoyang, the capital of China, which is now Luoyang White Horse Temple (built in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty). This temple was named after the white horse carrying the Buddhist scriptures and statues at that time, and the white horse temple also became the "ancestral court" and "source of Buddhism". Zhuge Changqing: Many historical relics and legends come from the historical stories of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Luoyang White Horse Temple is the first temple in China.

2、 The Sutra of the Forty-Two Chapters of the Buddha is a treasure of wisdom for practice. It is like a mirror of practice. It guides your practice and encourages you to continue to improve.

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. We are grateful for the great wisdom left by Sakyamuni Buddha.

It is suggested that those who have a chance to read it several times, and you will make a great leap in wisdom.

If you are slack on the way of practice, if you are confused on the way of practice, if you are unable to observe the precepts, then look at the Buddhist Sutra of Forty-two Chapters, which is the treasure book of practice. After reading it, you will suddenly understand and leap.

The content of the Sutra of the Forty-Two Chapters of the Buddha: Chinese translation of Kasyamaten and Zhufrang in the Eastern Han Dynasty

The Blessed One has become a thinker. Silence is the best way to leave. Live in great meditation, and lower all evil ways. In the Luye Garden, turn the wheel of the Four Noble Dharma, and pass through five people, such as Kausachen Ru, to preach the truth. Once again, there are all the doubts mentioned by the monks. The order of the Blessed One is enlightened one by one, and the palm is closed to honor the promise, and the order is obeyed.

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. This chapter describes the process of Buddha becoming Buddha and spreading the Dharma.)

Buddha's saying: to leave one's family and become a monk, to know one's heart and reach one's foundation, and to understand the law of inaction, which is called Shamen. Always practice the 250 precepts, enter and stop the purity, and become an Arhat. Arhats can fly and change, rob life span and move the world; The second is Anaham, Anaham, the end-of-life spirit god, who testified to Arhat for nineteen days; The second is Sitohan, and the second is Sitohan; The second is Xutuohuan. Those who have Xutuohuan have seven deaths and seven lives, which proves that Arhat. Those who have lost their love, such as their limbs, should not be reused.

(Zhuge Changqing: In this chapter, Buddha explained in simple words what is Shaman, what is Arhat, and how Arhat practices.)

Buddha's saying: Monk Shaman, who has no desire to love, knows the source of his heart, reaches the Buddha's deep understanding, and understands the law of inaction. There is no gain inside, no demand outside, and the heart is not tied to the Tao, and no graduation. Without thinking and doing, it is not practice, not proof, not experience, but respect the most, and its name is Tao.

(Zhuge Changqing: The Buddha explained in simple words that if you want to succeed in practice, you must break your desire to love

Know the original pure heart, understand the wisdom of Buddha, and suddenly realize the law of inaction.)

Buddhist saying: Shave your hair and become a shaman. Those who receive the Dharma will die and beg for enough money. If you eat in the middle of the day and sleep under the tree, be careful not to do it again. Love and desire are those who fool people.

(Zhuge Changqing: The Buddha pointed out in simple words that the cultivators should maintain a pure heart, not be greedy for worldly things, and always be diligent in practice. Tell the cultivators that there are two things that hinder the cultivation - love and desire. Work hard on breaking love and lust.)

Buddhist saying: All living beings regard ten things as good and ten things as evil. What is ten? Body three, mouth four, and mind three. The third is killing, stealing and lusting. Four aspects of mouth: two tongues, evil mouth, false words, and beautiful words. There are three meanings: jealousy, cloning and ignorance. If ten things do not follow the holy way, they are called ten evil deeds. If it is evil, it is ten good deeds.

(Zhuge Changqing: Buddha used simple words to remind people to do good deeds and accumulate virtue at all times. Do a good job of ten good deeds and get rid of ten evil deeds, so that they can always keep the heart of doing good deeds and accumulate virtue and keep in the atmosphere of doing good deeds and accumulate virtue.)

Buddha's saying: People have many mistakes and don't regret them. Sin comes and goes, like water returning to the sea, and gradually becomes deep and broad. If a person has a fault, he will understand the wrong, change the evil and do good, and the crime will disappear. If you sweat from illness, you will gradually recover from ear damage.

(Zhuge Changqing: The Buddha reminds people in simple words that they should repent their sins more often. As long as they have the heart to abandon evil and do good deeds at all times, your sins will be eliminated.)

Buddha's saying: When the evil man hears good, he will disturb him. You should refrain from breathing and be free from anger and blame. Those who are evil are evil.

Buddha's words: Someone heard that I kept the Tao and practiced great kindness, so he scolded the Buddha. Fomo is wrong. Stop scolding. He asked, "If a son obeys others with courtesy, and they don't accept it, will courtesy belong to him?"? He replied, "Go home.". Buddhist saying: I don't accept the scolding of my son today. I will take the blame on myself. The voice still echoes, and the shadow follows the shape. It is inevitable to leave. Be careful not to do evil.

Buddha's saying: The evil man who harms the sage still looks up to heaven and spits, but spits not to heaven, but also falls from himself; Against the wind, the dust will not reach the other side, but will return to you. Holy cannot be destroyed, but evil will destroy itself.

Buddha's saying: If you have heard about love of the Tao, it will be difficult to understand the Tao.

Buddha's saying: When you see people practicing the Tao, you will be happy to help them, and you will be greatly blessed. Shaman asked, "Is this blessing complete?"?

Buddha's saying: For example, the fire of a torch is divided by thousands of people, and cooked food is used to eliminate the dark. This torch is the same as the past, and so is happiness.

Buddha's saying: It is better to eat a good man than to eat a bad man; A good meal is better than a good meal; The five precepts of rice are ten thousand, and it is better to eat a meal in the Huan River; It is better to eat a million Xutuohuan than to eat one Situohan; It is better to have a meal of ten thousand stanhams than a meal of one anahams; It is better to eat one hundred million arhats than to eat one hundred million arhats; It is better to eat a billion Arhats than to eat a Buddha; It is better to feed the Buddhas of the first and third generations than to feed the Buddhas of ten billion; It is better to eat hundreds of billions of Buddhas for three generations than to eat without thinking, living and practicing without certificate

Buddhist saying: People have twenty difficulties: it is difficult to give in poverty, and it is difficult for noble people to learn Tao. It is difficult to give up your life and die. It is difficult to live in the Buddha world and endure lust and lust. See whether it is good or not, and ask for difficulties. There is no danger when there is a robbery. It is difficult to learn widely and study widely, but it is difficult to kill me slowly. It is difficult not to learn lightly, but to act equally. It is difficult to be good at knowledge, not to blame. It is difficult to learn from nature, but it is difficult to follow others. It is difficult to see the situation without moving, but it is difficult to understand it well.

(Zhuge Changqing: Why can't many people's fate be changed? Because many people don't want to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. In fact, it's very simple to change fate. As long as you do good deeds and accumulate virtue, your fate will change naturally.)

Shamen asked the Buddha: What is the reason for knowing the fate and meeting it?

Buddhist saying: You can reach the Tao if you keep your mind clean. For example, grinding the mirror, removing the dirt and storing it clearly, breaking the desire without seeking, should be fatalistic.

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Buddha Sakyamuni reminds people that as long as they are pure and continue to make progress, they will naturally return to their own Buddha nature. The Buddha nature returns, which is like a mirror in an instant, looking at the Dharma world and seeing everything)

Shamon asked the Buddha: Which is the best and which is the greatest?

Buddhist saying: Those who practice the Tao and keep the truth are good, and those who have the will and the Tao are great.

Shamon asked the Buddha: Which is the most powerful and which is the brightest?

Buddha's saying: endure humiliation and do not bear evil, but also increase health and safety. Ninjas have no evil, they must be respected, and their heart will be destroyed, and they will be pure and clean. There is no heaven and earth. Today, we have everything in ten directions. We can see everything, know everything, and hear everything.

Buddha's saying: People who are passionate about love and do not see the Tao, such as clear water, will stir it with their hands, and no one will see it. People's love and desire are intertwined, and their hearts are turbid, so they don't see the Tao. You, Shamon, should give up love and lust, and the way is visible.

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Why is it difficult for many people to achieve positive results? The core reason is that they can't let go of love. Love will make people's heart become turbid, and will make the mirror of the heart become turbid. If their heart is turbid, they will stay away from becoming Buddha and becoming Tao.)

Buddhist saying: When a man sees the Tao, such as holding a torch, enters the chamber of the nether world, the nether world will perish, and the Ming will remain alone. If you learn the truth of the Tao, you will die if you don't know it, and it will always exist.

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Being open-minded is like lighting a torch to illuminate the darkness.)

Buddhist saying: I have no thoughts, no actions, no words, no practice. Those who meet are close, while those who are confused are far away. Their words and opinions are not bound by things. They are very close, and they are lost in a minute.

Buddha's saying: Look at heaven and earth, read very much, look at the world, read very much, look at spiritual awareness, that is, Bodhi. If it is knowledge, you will be ill.

Buddha's saying: When you read the four big names in your body, each of them is famous, and none of them is me.

Buddha's saying: People follow their desires and seek fame. They are famous. They are dead. They are greedy for fame, but do not learn Tao. For example, burning incense, although people smell incense, the incense will burn, and the fire that endangers the body will be behind.

Buddha's saying: Wealth and lust depend on people. For example, if the blade has honey, it is less than the beauty of a meal. If children lick it, they will suffer from tongue cutting.

Buddhist saying: People are in the house of their wives, which is more than prison. There is a period of release in prison, and the wives have no desire to stay away. Love in color, not afraid to drive away. Although there is a tiger in the mouth, the heart is willing to fall and drown in mud, so it is called a mortal. Get through this door and come out of Arhat.

Buddha said: Love and lust are nothing more than lust. The lust of lust is nothing but lust. It depends on one thing. If we use the two things together, the people of the whole world will not be able to act as Tao.

Buddhist saying: A man who loves is like a torch. If he goes against the wind, he will burn his hands. The god of heaven offered the jade daughter to the Buddha to destroy the Buddha's will.

Buddhist sayings: What are you doing? Go, I don't need to. The more reverent the god is, the more he asks for the meaning, and the Buddha interprets it, the more he gets the fruit of Xutuohuan.

Buddhist saying: The man who is the Tao is like a tree in the water. It does not touch the two sides, is not taken by people, is not covered by ghosts and gods, is not inhabited by migratory flows, and is not corrupt. I protect this wood and decide to go to the sea. People who learn Taoism are not confused by lust or enchanted by evil spirits. If I protect this person, I will get the Tao.

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Buddha Sakyamuni used wood to float in the water as a metaphor to remind people that as long as they persevere, they will reach their destination. On the path of practice, we must adhere to the end.)

Buddhist saying: Be careful not to believe your intentions, and your intentions are not to be trusted. Be careful not to have sex meetings, and sex meetings will bring disaster. I believe your will when I get Arhat.

Buddha's saying: Be careful not to look at women, nor to share words. If you talk with them, you will miss them. As Shaman, I am in the turbid world. I should be like a lotus, not muddy. The elderly are like mothers, the elderly are like sisters, the young are like sisters, and the childish are like children. They are born to break away from their minds and eliminate evil thoughts.

(Amitabha. The Buddha Sakyamuni Buddha created a method to get rid of sexual immorality. If your heart is lustful and lustful, you can think like this: the older one is like your mother, the older one is like your sister, the younger one is like your sister, and the younger one is like your child. If you think like this, the sexual immorality will stop immediately)

Buddhist saying: A man who is a Taoist must avoid fire if he is hay. When a Taoist sees desire, he must be far away.

Buddhist saying: Some people suffer from obscenity and want to break the yin.

The Buddha said: If you break the yin, it is better to break the heart. The heart is like a meritorious Cao, and if the meritorious Cao stops, all who follow it will rest. There is more evil than evil. What's the benefit of breaking Yin!

The Buddha said: desire is born in your mind, meaning is born in your mind, and the two hearts are silent, neither color nor action.

Buddhist sayings: This verse is said by the Kasyapa Buddha.

Buddhist saying: People are worried from love, and worried from fear. If they are away from love, they are worried from fear!

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Sakyamuni Buddha repeatedly reminded people to stay away from lust and lust, and to keep quiet, so that they can achieve quickly. Look at the world, how many practitioners have destroyed their life's morality because of lust and lust. Amitabha, those who practice in the world are always cautious.)

Buddha's saying: A man is a Taoist. For example, if one man fights with ten thousand people, he will go out with armor. The mind may be timid, or retreat halfway, or fight to death, or win and return. When learning the Tao, Shamen should stick to his heart, be progressive and brave, be fearless of the former situation, break down the demons, and achieve the Tao.

Shamon recited the last teachings of the Buddha at night. His voice was sad, and he felt regretful. The Buddha asked him, "Why did you do it when you were at home?" The Buddha said, "Love to play the piano." The Buddha said, "How about the slow string?" The Buddha said, "Don't sing." "How about the fast string?" The Buddha said, "The sound is dead." "How about the slow string?" The Buddha said, "The sound is universal." "The same is true for Shamen to learn the Tao. If his mind is adjusted, the Tao can be obtained. If the Tao is violent, his body is tired when he is violent, his mind is angry when he is tired, his mind is angry when he is angry when he is doing it, and his actions are gone when he is doing it, and his sin will be added when he is doing it. But if he is clean and happy, the Tao will not be lost."

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Buddha Sakyamuni reminded people that on the way to learn Buddhism, they should not be too anxious, too tight, or too loose, and should be appropriate. Just like Confucius said, "the way of the middle way", keep a normal mind, and work naturally. If you are persistent in your heart, you will easily fall into 50 evil situations.)

Buddha's saying: If people forge iron, remove the dross and make a tool, the tool is fine. Those who learn the Tao should remove the dirt in their heart and be clean when they walk.

(Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Buddha Sakyamuni pointed out that practice is like forging iron, removing dregs, leaving essence, you are essence, essence is Buddha and Bodhisattva.)

Buddha's saying: It is difficult for people to leave the evil way; If you have to be a man, it is difficult to be a woman; If you are a man, it is difficult to have six; It is difficult to be born in China with six roots; Born in China, it is difficult to be worthy of Buddhism; Since it is worthy of Buddhism, it is difficult to meet the Tao; It is difficult to have faith when you have met the Tao; It is difficult to develop Bodhi's heart when one is confident; It is difficult to cultivate Bodhicitta without certificate.

Buddha said: The Buddha is thousands of miles away from me. If you remember my precepts, you will get the Tao fruit; Around me, although we are common, if we do not obey our precepts, we will not get the way. (Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Buddha Sakyamuni reminded people that only by observing the precepts can we achieve something. If we do not observe the precepts, it will be difficult to achieve.)

Buddha asked Shaman: How many rooms are human lives? Answer: In a few days. Buddhist saying: Son has never heard of Tao. Then asked a shaman: How many rooms are there? Answer: Between meals. Buddhist saying: Son has never heard of Tao. Then asked a shaman: How many rooms are there? Answer: Breathing room. Buddhist saying: Good, I know!

Buddhist sayings: Those who learn Buddhism and Taoism should believe everything that Buddha says. For example, if you eat honey, both sides are sweet.

Buddha's saying: Shamon is like grinding cattle. Although the body is in line with the Tao, the mind is not. If the mind is in line, what is the use of the Tao.

Buddha's saying: A man who is a Taoist should walk in the deep mud like an ox. I am extremely tired and dare not look around. If I leave the mud, I can rest. Shamon should observe the lust, which is more than the mud. He can avoid suffering by thinking straight.

Buddha's saying: I regard the position of a prince as if it had passed through the dust; See the treasure of gold and jade as rubble; Look at the clothes of the rich and simple as my silk; Look at the great universe as a chebula; Look at the water in the lake, such as applying enough oil; Look at the side door, like a treasure gathering; Seeing nothing as superior is like a dream of gold and silk; Look at Buddhism and Taoism as if they are in front of you; Meditation, such as Xumi column; Seeing Nirvana, like watching in the day and night; Look straight, like the six dragon dance; Treat equality as one; See Xinghua as a four-hour tree. (Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. The Buddha Sakyamuni reminded people that everything in the world of mortals is like a dream and a bubble. Life is short. At that time, stop evil and do good, promote the law and benefit life, benefit the society, benefit mankind, and live independently, and then become a real man.)

The great monks, hearing what the Buddha said, rejoiced in pursuing it.

Zhuge Changqing wishes that the people in the world will use the Forty-two Chapters of the Buddha Sutra as a mirror of spiritual cultivation and inspiration, always encourage themselves to move forward, continue to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, promote the law and benefit life, continue to calm the heart, enlighten wisdom, and finally achieve rich human blessings and Buddha results.

Don't do any evil, follow all good deeds, persevere, and respond to all requests. Come on, everyone!

Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to work with like-minded people in the world to "inherit traditional Chinese culture, promote good morality, revitalize China, and benefit the world".

阿弥陀佛。佛说四十二章经，简单方便，一看就懂，修行宝典也。

---- 诸葛长青

  中华文化，浩如烟海。

  中华经典，犹如星辰。

  中国有许多智慧宝典，推动中华民族实现伟大复兴。

  这些儒家、道家、佛家智慧宝典，都是古今圣贤留给我们的大智慧。

  我们感恩顶礼孔子老师、老子老师、释迦牟尼佛老师等无量圣贤。

  中华儒释道耶回文化，犹如甘甜泉水滋润人们心田。

   诸葛长青这里所说的智慧宝典、圣贤书籍，是广泛的概念，譬如：

  儒家的大学、中庸、论语、孟子、诗经、尚书、礼记、易经、春秋、弟子规、三字经等；

  道家的道德经、太上感应篇、清静经、北斗经、周易、黄帝内经、俞净意公遇灶神记、玉历宝钞等；

  佛家的心经、金刚经、地藏经、法华经、华严经、楞严经、佛说四十二章经、六祖坛经、了凡四训等等。耶稣基督的圣经等。穆罕默德伊斯兰教的古兰经等。

    这些宝典，是开悟智慧，改变命运，促进人生幸福、促进果报的基础。

    修行路上，诸葛长青推荐大家看一部修行智慧宝典。

      这部宝典就是内容简洁、一看就懂、一学就会、令自己为之一振、让自己充满正能量的励志经典----《佛说四十二章经》。

   《佛说四十二章经》，也是进入中国的第一部佛经。

  诸葛长青在研究佛教文化过程中，发现，诸多佛学大师、国学大师把进入中国的第一部佛经定位在《佛说四十二章经》，时常推荐修行者仔细阅读反思。

  拜读《佛说四十二章经》，感到佛经文字简练、一看就懂、一看就明，或许是冥冥中，佛祖提前做好的安排。

  诸葛长青推荐有缘者有时间，拜读几遍《佛说四十二章经》，你会收获很多。《佛说四十二章》也仿佛是一面镜子，让你找出自己的缺点，快速实现飞跃。

  “四十二章”者，一经之别目；以此经分段为义，有四十二段故。

   “经”者，梵语修多罗，此云契经，凡佛所说真理皆可曰经。此经以四十二段经文，摄佛说一切因果大义，故名四十二章经。

     一、进入中国的第一部佛经：《佛说四十二章经》

  诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。一切都是机缘。佛说四十二章经，进入中国的第一部佛经。为何进入中国是这部经？因为这部经，是讲述了修行的基本方法。

  诸葛长青认为，认真看几遍，你会忽然顿悟许多。

  来自于东汉汉明帝的一个梦境。有此产生了“白马驮经”、白马寺故事。

  佛说四十二章经，简单方便，一看就懂，直指人心，使人迅速顿悟佛教智慧精华。

   譬如：佛祖直接告诉众生：众生以十事为善，亦以十事为恶。

   何等为十？

   身三、口四、意三。

  身三者：杀、盗、淫。

  口四者：两舌、恶口、妄言、绮语。

  意三者：嫉、恚、痴。

   如是十事，不顺圣道，名十恶行。是恶若止，名十善行耳......等等。

  东汉永平10年（公元69年）的一天晚上，汉明帝做了一个梦，看到一位神仙，金色的身体像朝霞一样闪闪发光，身上有日光环绕，飘飘荡荡从远方飞来，降落在大殿前。

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。这就机缘啊！佛说造塔功德经里说“诸法因缘生，诸法因缘灭”一切都是机缘。汉明帝梦到佛像，这就是冥冥之中的机缘啊。

  汉明帝非常高兴。第二天上朝，他把自己的梦告诉众大臣，询问是何方神圣。太史傅毅博学多才，他告诉汉明帝：我听说西方天竺（印度）有一位得道的神，号称佛，能够飞身于虚空中，全身环绕着日光，君王您梦见的大概是佛。汉明帝对傅毅的话很感兴趣。

  于是便派使者羽林郎中秦景、蔡愔（yin）、博士弟子王遵等13人去西域。蔡愔和秦景跋山涉水，到达了天竺国。天竺国的人听到中国派来使者求佛经，表示欢迎。

  天竺有两位沙门（就是高级僧人），一位叫摄摩腾，另一位叫竺法兰，帮助蔡愔和秦景得到了一些佛教的义理。后来在蔡愔和秦景的邀请下决定前来中国。

  三年后，他们一同来到洛阳，带回经书和佛像，开始翻译一部分佛经，相传是现传的《四十二章经》。

  同时在首都洛阳建造中国第一座佛教寺院，即今天的洛阳白马寺（始建于东汉永平十一年）。这一寺院是以当时驮载经书佛像的白马而得名，而白马寺也成为佛教的“祖庭”和“释源”。诸葛长青：很多历史遗迹、历史传说，来自于儒释道的历史故事。洛阳白马寺，是中国第一座寺庙。

   二、《佛说四十二章经》是修行的智慧宝典，犹如修行宝镜，指导自己的修行，鼓励自己持续精进。

  诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。我们感恩佛祖释迦牟尼佛为人类留下的大智慧。

  建议有缘者抽时间拜读几遍，你会智慧大飞跃。

    如果你修行路上懈怠了，如果你修行路上迷惑了，如果你修行无法遵守戒律，那就看看这部修行宝典《佛说四十二章经》吧，看了你会恍然大悟，瞬间飞跃。

   《佛说四十二章经》经文内容：东汉迦叶摩腾、竺法兰汉译

    世尊成道已，作是思惟。离欲寂静，是最为胜。住大禅定，降诸魔道。於鹿野苑中，转四谛法轮，度憍陈如等五人，而证道果。复有比丘所说诸疑，求佛进止。世尊教敕，一一开悟，合掌敬诺，而顺尊敕。

  (诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。本章讲述佛祖释迦牟尼佛成佛弘法过程。)

    佛言：辞亲出家，识心达本，解无为法，名曰沙门。常行二百五十戒，进止清净，为四真道行，成阿罗汉。阿罗汉者，能飞行变化，旷劫寿命，住动天地；次为阿那含，阿那含者，寿终灵神，上十九天，证阿罗汉；次为斯陀含，斯陀含者，一上一还，即得阿罗汉；次为须陀洹，须陀洹者，七死七生，便证阿罗汉。爱欲断者，如四肢断，不复用之。

  (诸葛长青：佛祖在本章，用简单语言阐述了什么是沙门、什么是阿罗汉、阿罗汉如何修行。)

    佛言：出家沙门者，断欲去爱，识自心源，达佛深理，悟无为法。内无所得，外无所求，心不系道，亦不结业。无念无作，非修非证，不历诸位，而自崇最，名之为道。

  (诸葛长青：佛祖用简单语言阐述了，要想修行成功，就要断欲去爱

认识本来清净心，通达佛的智慧道理，顿悟无为法。)

    佛言：剃除须发，而为沙门。受道法者，去世资财，乞求取足。日中一食，树下一宿，慎勿再矣。使人愚蔽者，爱与欲也。

  (诸葛长青：佛祖用简单语言指出，修行者要保持清净心，不贪红尘物质，时刻精进修行。告诉修行者，障碍修行的两件事---爱、欲。要在断爱去欲上下功夫)

  佛言：众生以十事为善，亦以十事为恶。何等为十？身三、口四、意三。身三者：杀、盗、淫。口四者：两舌、恶口、妄言、绮语。意三者：嫉、恚、痴。如是十事，不顺圣道，名十恶行。是恶若止，名十善行耳。

  (诸葛长青：佛祖用简单语言提醒人们，要时刻行善积德。做好十善、去掉十恶，让自己时刻保持行善积德的心、保持在行善积德的氛围中。）

   佛言：人有众过而不自悔，顿息其心。罪来赴身，如水归海，渐成深广。若人有过，自解知非，改恶行善，罪自消灭。如病得汗，渐有痊损耳。

   (诸葛长青：佛祖用简单语言提醒人们，要多多忏悔自己罪业，只要发心弃恶从善、时刻多做行善积德，你的罪业就会消灭。）

  佛言：恶人闻善，故来扰乱者，汝自禁息，当无瞋责。彼来恶者，而自恶之。

  佛言：有人闻吾守道，行大仁慈，故致骂佛。佛默不对，骂止。问曰：子以礼从人，其人不纳，礼归子乎？对曰：归矣。佛言：今子骂我，我今不纳，子自持祸，归子身矣。犹响应声，影之随形，终无免离，慎勿为恶。

   佛言：恶人害贤者，犹仰天而唾，唾不至天，还从己堕；逆风扬尘，尘不至彼，还坌己身。圣不可毁，祸必灭己。

   佛言：博闻爱道，道必难会，守志奉道，其道甚大。

   佛言：睹人施道，助之欢喜，得福甚大。沙门问曰：此福尽乎？

   佛言：譬如一炬之火，数千百人各以炬来分取，熟食除冥，此炬如故，福亦如之。

   佛言：饭恶人百，不如饭一善人；饭善人千，不如饭一持五戒者；饭五戒者万，不如饭一须陀洹；饭百万须陀洹，不如饭一斯陀含；饭千万斯陀含，不如饭一阿那含；饭一亿阿那含，不如饭一阿罗汉；饭十亿阿罗汉，不如饭一辟支佛；饭百亿辟支佛，不如饭一三世诸佛；饭千亿三世诸佛，不如饭一无念无住无修无证之者

   佛言：人有二十难：贫穷布施难，豪贵学道难。弃命必死难，得睹佛经难。生值佛世难，忍色忍欲难。见好不求难，被辱不瞋难。有劫不临难，触事无心难。广学博究难，除灭我慢难。不轻未学难，心行平等难。不说是非难，会善知识难。见性学道难，随化度人难。睹境不动难，善解方便难。

  （诸葛长青：为什么很多人命运无法改变？因为很多人不愿行善积德啊。实际上改命运很简单，只要行善积德，命运自然会改变的）

   沙门问佛：以何因缘，得知宿命，会其至道？

   佛言：净心守志，可会至道。譬如磨镜，垢去明存，断欲无求，当得宿命。

   （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛提醒人们，只要内心清净，持续精进，自然回归自身佛性。佛性回归，瞬间犹如明镜，观照法界，洞察一切）

   沙门问佛：何者为善，何者最大？

   佛言：行道守真者善，志与道合者大。

   沙门问佛：何者多力，何者最明？

   佛言：忍辱多力，不怀恶故，兼加安健。忍者无恶，必为人尊，心垢灭尽，净无瑕秽，是为最明。未有天地，逮於今日，十方所有，无有不见，无有不知，无有不闻，得一切智，可谓明矣。

   佛言：人怀爱欲，不见道者，譬如澄水，致手搅之，众人共临，无有睹其影者。人以爱欲交错，心中浊兴，故不见道。汝等沙门，当舍爱欲，爱欲垢尽，道可见矣。

  （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。为何很多人很难修行成正果？核心原因就是放不下爱欲。爱欲会让人内心变得浑浊，会让人心镜子变得污浊。内心浑浊，则远离成佛成道。）

   佛言：夫见道者，譬如持炬，入冥室中，其冥即灭，而明独存。学道见谛，无明即灭，而明常存矣。

  （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。明心见性，犹如点燃火炬，照亮黑暗。）

   佛言：吾法念无念念，行无行行，言无言言，修无修修。会者近尔，迷者远乎，言语道断，非物所拘，差之毫厘，失之须臾。

   佛言：观天地，念非常，观世界，念非常，观灵觉，即菩提。如是知识，得道疾矣。

   佛言：当念身中四大，各自有名，都无我者，我既都无，其如幻耳。

   佛言：人随情欲，求於声名，声名显著，身已故矣，贪世常名，而不学道，枉功劳形。譬如烧香，虽人闻香，香之烬矣，危身之火，而在其后。

   佛言：财色於人，人之不舍。譬如刀刃有蜜，不足一餐之美，小儿舔之，则有割舌之患。

   佛言：人系於妻子舍宅，甚於牢狱，牢狱有散释之期，妻子无远离之念。情爱於色，岂惮驱驰，虽有虎口之患，心存甘伏，投泥自溺，故曰凡夫。透得此门，出尘罗汉。

   佛言：爱欲莫甚於色，色之为欲，其大无外，赖有一矣，若使二同，普天之人，无能为道者矣。

   佛言：爱欲之人，犹如执炬，逆风而行，必有烧手之患。天神献玉女於佛，欲坏佛意。

   佛言：革囊众秽，尔来何为？去，吾不用。天神愈敬，因问道意，佛为解说，即得须陀洹果。

   佛言：夫为道者，犹木在水，寻流而行。不触两岸，不为人取，不为鬼神所遮，不为洄流所住，亦不腐败。吾保此木，决定入海。学道之人，不为情欲所惑，不为众邪所娆，精进无为。吾保此人，必得道矣。

  （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛用木头在水中漂流打比喻，提醒人们，只要持之以恒，必会到达目的地。修行道路上，一定要坚持到底。）

  佛言：慎勿信汝意，汝意不可信，慎勿与色会，色会即祸生。得阿罗汉已，乃可信汝意。

   佛言：慎勿视女色，亦莫共言语，若与语者，正心思念。我为沙门，处於浊世，当如莲华，不为泥污。想其老者如母，长者如姊，少者如妹，稚者如子，生度脱心，息灭恶念。

  （阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛创造了去掉邪淫方法。如果内心淫念大，色心重，你可以这样想：年龄大的像自己母亲，稍大的像自己姐姐，年轻的想自己妹妹，幼小的犹如自己孩子。你这样想，邪淫之心立刻就会停止）

   佛言：夫为道者，如被干草，火来须避。道人见欲，必当远之。

   佛言：有人患淫不止，欲自断阴。

   佛谓之曰：若断其阴，不如断心，心如功曹，功曹若止，从者都息。邪心不止，断阴何益！

   佛为说偈：欲生於汝意，意以思想生，二心各寂静，非色亦非行。

   佛言：此偈是迦叶佛说。

   佛言：人从爱欲生忧，从忧生怖，若离於爱，何忧何怖！

    （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。释迦牟尼佛反复提醒人们，要远离情欲、色欲，要保持清静身心，如此才会迅速成就。看人世间，多少修行者，因为情欲色欲而毁掉了一生道行，阿弥陀佛，缘天下修行者时刻谨慎啊）

   佛言：夫为道者，譬如一人与万人战，挂铠出门。意或怯弱，或半路而退，或格斗而死，或得胜而还。沙门学道，应当坚持其心，精进勇锐，不畏前境，破灭众魔，而得道果。

   沙门夜诵迦叶佛遗教经，其声悲紧，思悔欲退。佛问之曰：“汝昔在家，曾为何业？”对曰：“爱弹琴。”佛言：“弦缓如何？”对曰：“不鸣矣。”“弦急如何？”对曰：“声绝矣。”“急缓得中如何？”对曰：“诸音普矣。”佛言：“沙门学道亦然，心若调适，道可得矣。於道若暴，暴即身疲，其身若疲，意即生恼，意若生恼，行即退矣，其行既退，罪必加矣。但清净安乐，道不失矣。”

    （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛提醒人们，学佛路上，不能着急，不能太紧、也不能太松，要保持适当。犹如孔子讲的“中庸之道”，保持平常心，功到自然成，如果内心执着着急，就容易陷入五十阴魔情况）

   佛言：如人锻铁，去滓成器，器即精好。学道之人，去心垢染，行即清净矣。

  （诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛指出，修行就像打铁，去掉渣滓，剩下精华，你就是精华，精华就是佛菩萨。）

   佛言：人离恶道，得为人难；既得为人，去女即男难；既得为男，六根完具难；六根既具，生中国难；既生中国，值佛世难；既值佛世，遇道者难；既得遇道，兴信心难；既兴信心，发菩提心难；既发菩提心，无修无证难。

   佛言：佛子离吾数千里，忆念吾戒，必得道果；在吾左右，虽常见吾，不顺吾戒，终不得道。（诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛提醒人们，遵守戒律，才会有所成就。如果不遵守戒律，就很难成就啊）

   佛问沙门：人命在几间？对曰：数日间。佛言：子未闻道。复问一沙门：人命在几间？对曰：饭食间。佛言：子未闻道。复问一沙门：人命在几间？对曰：呼吸间。佛言：善哉，子知道矣！

   佛言：学佛道者，佛所言说，皆应信顺。譬如食蜜，中边皆甜，吾经亦尔。

   佛言：沙门行道，无如磨牛。身虽行道，心道不行，心道若行，何用行道。

   佛言：夫为道者，如牛负重，行深泥中。疲极，不敢左右顾视，出离淤泥，乃可苏息。沙门当观情欲，甚於淤泥，直心念道，可免苦矣。

   佛言：吾视王侯之位，如过隙尘；视金玉之宝，如瓦砾；视纨素之服，如敝帛；视大千界，如一诃子；视阿耨池水，如涂足油；视方便门，如化宝聚；视无上乘，如梦金帛；视佛道，如眼前华；视禅定，如须弥柱；视涅盘，如昼夕寤；视倒正，如六龙舞；视平等，如一真地；视兴化，如四时木。（诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。佛祖释迦牟尼佛提醒人们，红尘一切犹如梦幻泡影。人生苦短，当时刻止恶行善，弘法利生，造福社会、造福人类，自度度人，方为真正大丈夫）

   诸大比丘，闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。

     诸葛长青愿天下有缘者以《佛说四十二章经》为修行励志明镜，时刻激励自己奋力前行，持续行善积德、弘法利生，持续清静内心、开悟智慧，最终取得丰硕的人间福报、佛界果报。

    诸恶莫作，众善奉行，持之以恒，有求必应。大家加油！

  诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“传承国学、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

(Zhuge Changqing: zhuge8031@163.com ）

Zhuge Changqing mailbox：

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

（诸葛长青：zhuge8031@163.com）

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2Zhuge Changqing's Three Golden Keys to Changing Destiny

2诸葛长青改命运三把金钥匙诸葛长青施食仪轨 （十五步简洁版）

3Zhuge Changqing's Greeting Ritual (15 Steps Concise Version)

3 诸葛长青施食仪轨 （十五步简洁版）

4How to repent: the ritual of repentance and the method of repentance (full version)

4   如何忏悔：忏悔仪轨忏悔方法（完整版）

5How to read the Dizang Sutra: Methods for reciting Dizang Sutra (complete version)

5 如何念地藏经：念地藏经仪轨方法（完整版）

6How to release? The ritual of releasing life

6怎样放生？放生仪轨

7Zhuge Changqing's Repentance Culture: A Case Study of Repentance Methods for Changing Destiny

7诸葛长青忏悔文化：改变命运忏悔方法案例

8Free Life Culture: Free Life Culture in Ancient China

8放生文化：中国古代的放生文化

9Shocking photo of feeding: Buddha, Bodhisattva and Dharma Protector come to the scene

9施食震撼照片：佛菩萨护法神亲临现场

10Feeding Rite Return: the return is changed to simple return

10施食仪轨回向：回向修改为简洁回向