第二部分 支持战争?!
我们可以从《佛说大方便善巧经》中看到菩萨“杀一救百”的故事;而同样在戒律中也有同样的开许。 菩萨,是菩提萨缍的简译,梵文bodhi-sattva, 意思是“觉有情”,从上求佛道,下化众生而得名,也可解说为求大菩提的有情。菩萨的发心,是值得可尊可敬的,因为世间善法,依佛菩萨而有;——所以菩萨为一切善法的根源。菩萨依悲心所受持的菩萨戒,正是菩萨“以大悲为根本,以方便而至究竟”的实践,而菩萨戒中对杀生戒中的开许,对我们的论题便起到举足轻重的指导意义。例如《瑜伽菩萨戒》的第九“性罪不共戒”中,就有在某些情况下,对杀人的开许,甚或颠覆某个政权,这都是菩萨以慈悲与智慧所行的方便。在戒文中是说菩萨见恶人造恶业,不忍他恶业成功而最终受地狱果报,因此菩萨杀生,免除恶人造下恶业,采取的是杀少救多,杀坏救好的方法,菩萨因为这份悲心的杀生,反而会成就菩萨的佛道。 杀生,本来是属于恶业;不杀生,才能长养善根功德,直至到达涅盘妙果。为什么在某些教证中出现了相反的表现呢?这是因为佛教“万法唯心”的道理。 在The Dhammapada中说: All (mental) states have mind as their forerunner, mind is their chief, and they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts, with a defiled mind, then suffering follows one even as the wheel follows the hoof of the draught-ox. All (mental) states have mind as their forerunner, mind is their chief, and they are mind-made. If one speaks or acts, with a pure mine, happiness follows one as one’s shadow that does not leave one. |