身上的菌蟲作怪（2）完-宣化上人開示
身上的菌蟲作怪（2）
When the Microorganisms in the Body Make Mischief (2)
有些人偏不做好事，盡做壞事，要佔便宜。
這都是身上壞的菌蟲在搗亂，令你不發菩提心，想令你墮落。
Some people hate to do good deeds and only like to do wicked things, thinking they can gain advantages that way. This is because bad microorganisms are stirring up trouble, preventing such people from making the Bodhi resolve and causing their morals to degenerate.
有的菌蟲幫著修行人發菩提心，這是佛通的菌蟲；有的教人做善事，這是菩薩通的菌蟲。
Some microorganisms help cultivators bring forth the Bodhi resolve. These are microorganisms endowed with Buddha penetrations. Microorganisms that tell people to do good deeds are microorganisms with Bodhisattva penetrations.
我們為何要吃維他命？就為著要養這些菌蟲，把它們養得又胖又肥，雖然你不能吃它們的肉，但是它們會吃你的肉。
Why do we take vitamins? It"s to fatten up these microorganisms. We can"t eattheirflesh, but they certainly do eat ours!
在《華嚴經》上說，人的身體是由無量數的蟲子積聚而成的。你想想這麼多一串串骯髒的菌蟲，你說多麼邋遢啊！可是你還為這些菌蟲做牛做馬，為它穿好衣，吃美食，住華屋，這豈不顛倒！
TheFlower Adornment Sutrasays that a human body is composed of an infinite number of microorganisms. If you think about it, these microorganisms are very messy. Yet you continue to slave and toil on their behalf, wanting to wear nice clothes, eat fine food, and live in a luxurious place. Isn"t this delusion?
有時這些菌蟲開個會，就令你生病，找醫生治也治不好。這時，這些菌蟲就拍掌哈哈大笑，它們正在高興它們把你收拾了，你要向它們投降了。有些人偏偏不歡喜做好事，盡做壞事，想要佔便宜，這些都是由於壞的菌蟲在搗亂，不令你發菩提心，想令你墮落。你若不信，用刀把肉割開看看，過幾天這些蟲子就會活動起來了。
When the microorganisms get together, they can make you so sick that no doctor can cure you. When the microorganisms see that they have beaten you, they clap their hands and laugh in glee. Some people hate to do good deeds and only like to do wicked things, thinking they can gain advantages that way. This is because bad microorganisms are stirring up trouble, keeping such people from making the Bodhi resolve and causing their morals to degenerate. If you don"t believe it, just cut open their flesh, wait a few days, and watch those microorganisms come alive!
人真是太可憐了，視這個身體猶如珍寶；可是事實上，你喂這些菌蟲，才是無聊事呢！你們不信，我也要講；你們信，我也要講，我講來令這些菌蟲聽聽，令它們知道在這個世界上，也有人知道它們的底細。
How pathetic it is that we treasure our bodies so! It"s such a worthless cause to feed microorganisms! That"s what I say, whether you believe it or not. I"m saying it for the microorganisms to hear—I want them to know that there"s still someone in the world who knows what they"re up to!
一九八二年五月八日開示於萬佛聖城
A talk given on May 8, 1982
at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
（完 The End）
【編按】摘自《宣化上人中英開示錄（五）》，刊載於「法界佛教總會中文網站」。
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