六字大明咒 The Six-Character Great Bright Mantra 上宣下化老和尚开示 Venerable Master Hsuan Hua's Dharma Talks 唵‧嘛‧呢‧叭‧弥‧吽 OM MANI PADME HUM ◎三藏法师宣化上人‧讲述於一九七一年 LECTURE GIVEN BY TRIPITAKA MASTER HSUAN HUA, 1971 你能常诵持这〈六字大明咒〉，就有六道光明能把六道轮回的黑暗变成光明。 If you are able to constantly recite the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra, th ere will be six paths of light changing the darkness of the six destinies into brightness. 这六个字，叫〈六字大明咒〉，每一个字都会大放光明。 　 These six characters together make up the Six Character Great Bright Mantra; e ach one individually is able to emit brilliant light. 　 密宗是专门研究咒语和它的意思。佛教分成五宗：禅，教，律，密，净。禅宗就是参禅打 坐；教宗就是讲经说法；律宗就是严净毘尼，弘范三界，就是专持戒律的；密宗，密就是 秘密的，彼此互不相知；净土宗，就是专持名号，念这个「南无阿弥陀佛」 这六字洪名，这叫净土宗。 　 Mantras and their meanings are studied in the Secret School, one of the five s chools into which the principles of the Buddha's teachings are divided: 1) the Dhyana School; 2) the Teaching School; 3) the Vinaya School; 4) the Secret School; 5) the Pure Land School. The Dhyana School teaches constant investigation of dhyana meditation; the Tea ching School, lecturing sutras and speaking dharma; the Vinaya School, exclusi ve maintenance of moral prohibitions: "awesome, majestic, and pure in vinaya, great models for the three realms". Then there is the Secret School. Secret me ans "no mutual knowing". The Pure Land School teaches the exclusive mindfulnes s and recitation of "Na Mo A Mi T'o Fo", the "Vast Six Character Name". 　 这五宗里边，有的人就说禅宗最高，有的人就说教宗最高，有的人又说律宗最高，修密宗 的，就说我密宗最高，修净土法门的，就说净土法门这是最第一了、最高了。实际上，这 个法是平等的，没有高下──是法平等，无有高下。所谓高，就是个人私见，自己欢喜哪 一种，就说哪一种是高。 　 Some people say the Dhyana School is highest of the five. Others claim that th e Teaching School, or the Vinaya School, is highest. Cultivators of the Secret School say, "The Secret School is supreme". Practicers of the Pure Land Dharm a-door say, "The Pure Land Dharma-door is first, it is superior". Actually, Dh arma is equal; there is no high or low. "Highest" is everyone's own personal o pinion; whatever school you like you claim it to be the highest. 　 现在我们讲这个密宗。一般人所知道的密宗，就是喇嘛教。其实密宗不是秘密的，在这个 显教里头，显密圆通──显教里头也有密宗，好像〈大悲咒〉、〈六字大明咒〉都是密， 〈楞严咒〉那更是密。所谓「密」，就是彼此不知道。 　 Now I will explain the Secret School. What most people understand to be the Se cret School is actually Lamaism. In fact, the Secret School is not secret. Wit hin the "explicit" teaching, the manifest and secret perfectly penetrate. The "explicit" teaching also includes the Secret School; for example, the Great Co mpassion Mantra, and the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra both belong to the Secret School. The Shurangama Mantra is even more secret. "Secret" is just "no mutual knowing". 　 那麽，不明白的人就认为这个秘密的东西是最好的，因为它不是公开地传。有一些不懂佛 法的人，就更神乎其神，说：「这不能讲给你听了，我这密宗啊，密宗不能讲给你听。」 你不能讲给人听，为什麽你又要说呢？为什麽又要说「我不能讲给你听」啊？你根本就是 密宗，就是不说就好了，为什麽又要说我不能说给你听──我不能讲给你听，你不能讲这 又是讲了。你不能讲这是不是讲？这也是讲。这为什麽他要这样说呢，就因为他不明白佛 法，根本就不知道什麽叫「密宗」。 　 Ignorant people say that secret things are the best. Why? Because they are sec ret, and not publicly transmitted. So people who don't understand the Buddhadh arma speak of the supernatural and mysterious saying, "Oh! I can't tell this t o you! It's from the Secret School, and it can't be spoken for you to hear!" I f they can't speak of it to others, why mention it? Why do they say they can't talk about it? If it's really the Secret School, and it's best not to speak o f it, why do they say, "I can't tell you"? Their "not talking" is just talking about it. Is this "refusal to speak of it" speaking of it or not? Yes, it's s peaking of it. Why do they talk this way? Because they don't understand the Bu ddhadharma, and are completely unaware of what the Secret School is. 　 所谓「密宗」，我现在告诉你们，这个咒啊，并不密。所谓密宗，就是你念这个咒啊，有 你的灵感，我不知道；我念这个咒呢，就有我的灵感，你不知道。这彼此互不相知它的功 能──它的功能和它的力量，不知道，这叫密宗。并不是这个咒是密宗，那个咒的力量才 是密。这是密宗的意思。 　 Now I will tell you about the Secret School. Mantras are not secret. The Secre t School is the magical response which comes from your recitation of mantras; I can't know your response. I recite mantras and have my magical response, and you do not know of it. This is "no mutual knowing". The ability and power are unknown, and therefore are called the Secret School. It's not mantras, but th e power of mantras that is the Secret School. This is the meaning of the Secre t School. 　 那个咒，既然是密了，你就不应该传给人。你传给另外一个人，这已经不密了。同样的， 六祖和惠明有这麽一番对答： 惠明：「上来所说，密意，若有秘密嘛，还有比这秘密的吗？」 六祖：「与汝说者。即非密也。汝若返照。密在汝边。」 　 If mantras are really secret, they should not be transmitted to other people; for if you transmit a mantra to someone else, it is no longer secret. It is th e same as the Sixth Patriarch's answer to Hui Ming's question: "He (Hui Ming) further asked, 'Apart from the above secret speech and secret m eaning, is there yet another secret meaning?' Hui Neng said, 'What has been spoken to you is not secret. If you reverse the illumination, the secret is on your side."' 　 你看，这说的明明白白的嘛，你能说出来的就不密了，能传给你已经不密了。你要是密就 不应该传。密在汝边嘛，密在你那个地方。这就是说的这个秘密。 　 Speak it and it is not secret. Take a look; he said it very clearly. Once spok en, it is no longer secret. The "secret" is that which is not transmitted. If it can be transmitted, it is not "secret". The "secret" can not be transmitted ; it is on your side; it is where you are. 　 我相信就是密宗的法师，他也对这个密宗怎麽样解释法他不知道，他只以为这咒是秘密的 。但是什麽咒都可以传给人，什麽咒都可以说，没有不可说的咒；要不可说的他就没有法 子传给你，是不是啊？我们讲这个真理，因为它可以传给你，这就不是密宗了，这就不是 密了。 　 I don't believe that Secret School Dharma Masters understand how validly expla in "secret" dharma. They simply think that mantras are secret, but all mantras can orally transmitted to people; there are no mantras, which cannot be spoke n. If they couldn't be spoken, there would be no way to transmit them. Isn't t hat right? We are now speaking true principle. If it is transmittable, it is n ot secret--it is not the Secret School. 　 密，没有法子传的。那个密就是那个力量。没有人有法子告诉你说这个咒有什麽力量，你 念怎麽样怎麽样的；如人饮水，冷暖自知，所以你自知，旁人不知道，所以这叫做「密」 。那个力量是个密，那个感应是个密，那个功能是个密，并不是那个咒是个密。现在你们 大家都明白了吗？ 　 Because the "secret" is un- transmittable, I say that the "secret" is the mant ra's power, and there is no way anyone can tell you about it. No one can say, "This mantra has this power, and when you recite it such and such will happen. " There is no way to tell you. It is like a man drinking water; he himself kno ws whether it is hot or cold. The "secret" is that which you know and others d on't. The strength is secret, the response is secret, the function is secret; it is not the mantra that is secret. Now does everyone understand? 　 那些不明白佛法的人，一定认为我说的不对。我说的不对，我也要这麽样说；你说的对， 你就没有法子这麽样说，你根本不懂你怎麽会这麽样说。我更不懂，我更糊涂，不过以前 我师父教我教得很明白的，所以把我这个糊涂人也变成会说密宗的〈六字大明咒〉了。 　 Those who don't understand the Buddhadharma must have thought that I have spok en incorrectly about this dharma. Incorrect or not, I will still speak this wa y. Say I am right...there is no way for you to say that. Since you fundamental ly do not understand this dharma, how can you say that I understand. I don't u nderstand; I'm even more muddled. Previously, however, I had a teacher who tau ght me with great clarity so that I understood, and this confused person chang ed into one who could speak and explain the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra according to the Secret School. 　 这个密宗，分成五部──东西南北中。东方是金刚部，是护持正法的；宝生部是南方；莲 花部是西方；羯磨是北方；佛部是中央。要有时间哪，这个〈楞严咒〉讲这五部讲得最详 细。 　 The Secret School is separated into five divisions, East, West, North, South, and Center. In the East is the Vajra Division, which protects and maintains th e proper Dharma. In the South is the Jeweled Birth Division; the West, the Lot us Flower Division; the North, the Karma Division; and in the Center the Buddh a Division. If there were more time...the Shurangama Mantra explains these fiv e divisions in great detail. 　 所以世界上，要有一个念，会念〈楞严咒〉，这个魔王也不敢出现的；要没有人会念〈楞 严咒〉了，这个三千大千世界这个魔王啊就都会到世界上来了。为什麽呢？没有人管他了 ，这五部就都不工作了，所以魔王就出世了。要有一个人会诵〈楞严咒〉，魔王也不敢出 世，所以我们希望多一点人念〈楞严咒〉。我们第一个暑假班，我第一个考试就要考〈楞 严咒〉，看看谁把〈楞严咒〉能先背得出。结果就有两个人考上合格了，後来又有许多人 会诵咒了。那麽现在讲这个〈六字大明咒〉。 　 If there is one person who can recite the Shurangama Mantra, the demon kings c annot manifest in the world. If no one is able to recite it, demons can enter all of the three thousand great thousand world systems. Why? Because no one wa tches over them; no one works in the five divisions, so the demons are able to enter the world. If one person, however, can recite the Shurangama Mantra, de mons do not dare enter. It is just because of this that we hope more people wi ll learn to recite the Shurangama Mantra. During the first summer session, the first test was to recite the Shurangama Mantra from memory, and in fact two p eople were able to do so. Later, many more were able to recite the mantra. It was just for this reason. Now I will talk about the Six Character Great Bright Mantra. 　 第一个是「唵」。你诵这「唵」字的时候，一切鬼神都要合起掌来了，都要这样子。合起 掌干什麽呢？守规矩啊，要循规蹈矩。你诵这一个字，一切鬼神就都不敢捣乱了，他们都 不敢不听命了。这叫「引申」义，就是引起来以下所说的这个咒，所以凡是说咒的时候， 先说这字。 　 The first character is "nan (Sanskrit: om)". When you recite "nan" once, all g hosts and spirits must place their palms together. Why do they put their palms together? To maintain the rules and regulations. Conforming to the regulation s, they follow the correct way. Recite this one character and all ghosts and s pirits do not dare rebel and create confusion; they do not dare disobey orders . This has the meaning of leading, i.e. lead to the mantra to be mentioned bel ow. This is the first sound in the mantra. 　 「嘛呢」，就是牟尼。这个牟尼是梵语，翻译过来叫「智寂」，以这个智慧来明白这一切 的道理，还要寂灭无生。又有一个翻译，叫「离垢」，离开这一切的尘垢。这个好像一个 如意宝珠似的，最清净，没有一切的染污。这个如意宝珠能生长一切的功德，可以随心满 愿，就有这麽好处。 　 "Ma ni (Sanskrit: mani)" means "wisdom silence". Using wisdom one is able to u nderstand all principles, and thus is able to be silently extinguished, withou t production. It is also defined as "separating from filth" which means leavin g all dust and filth. It can be compared to the "precious as-you-will pearl" w hich is extremely pure, with no defilement. Whatever excellence you wish to br ing forth, if you have the "precious as-you-will pearl" it can be done. It can also fulfill your wishes in accord with your thoughts. Every vow you make wil l be fulfilled. These are its benefits. 　 「叭弥」，本来那个应该读叭特弥。翻译过来是光明圆觉，又翻译成莲花开，就是观世音 菩萨的妙心，能以圆满俱足、无碍，这是叭弥。 　 "Pa mi (Sanskrit: padme) actually should read "pa t'e mi". It means "light per fectly illuminating", and is also defined as "the opening of the lotus". It is analogous to the wonderful lotus flower, which can complete, perfect, and ful fill, without obstruction. It is the wonderful mind of Avalokitesvara Bodhisat tva. This is "pa mi". 　 「吽」字，是「出生」义，什麽都可以从这个吽字生出来。又是「拥护」义，念这个字那 护法善神就来拥护你了；又有这个「消灾」义，你有什麽灾难，诵这个字就能免了。又有 这个「成就」义，你无论求什麽，都可以成就的。 　 Next comes "hung ( Sanskrit: hum) which means "put forth". Anything at all can be born from this character "hung". It also means "to protect and support". R ecite this character and all Dharma protectors and good spirits come to suppor t and protect you. It also means "eradicating disasters". Recite this characte r and whatever difficulties there are will be eradicated. It also means "succe ss"; whatever you cultivate can be accomplished. 　 一念这个〈六字大明咒〉，无量诸佛、无量菩萨、无量护法金刚，都常常拥护你。所以观 音菩萨说完这〈六字大明咒〉之後，就有七亿那麽多的佛来拥护围绕。这个〈六字大明咒 〉的力量是不可思议，这种功能也不可思议，这种的感应道交也不可思议，所以这叫密宗 。要是详细说，那是无量无边的意思，说不完。那麽简单地今天晚间给大家讲一讲。 　 Recite the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra once, and the immeasurable Buddha s, Bodhisattvas, and Vajra Dharma protectors constantly support and protect yo u. Therefore, when Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva finished saying this Six-Charact er Great Bright Mantra, there were seven million Buddhas who came to support, protect, and surround him. The strength and function of the Six-Character Grea t Bright Mantra are inconceivable, the intertwining of the response and way un imaginable; therefore it is called the Secret School. If one were to explain i n detail, the meanings would be immeasurable and unlimited; they cannot be com pletely spoken. So tonight I will just make a simple explanation for everyone. 　 我可以告诉你一点，不可说的秘密神力。为什麽我说这不可说呢？根本我说的，这万分之 一也没有。是什麽呢？你能常诵持这〈六字大明咒〉，就有六道光明能把六道轮回的黑暗 变成光明。那麽这种的力量，是要你专心去诵念才得到这种的三昧。不单六道轮重播大光 明，在这个十法界，也变光明藏。我希望每一个人都忙里偷闲的来诵持这〈六字大明咒〉 。 　 Now I will tell you a little of that which cannot be told of the Secret School 's strength. Why do I say "of that which cannot be told"? Because my talking d oes not even contain one ten—thousandth part of it. What is it? If you are ab le to constantly recite and maintain the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra, th ere will be six paths of light changing the darkness of the six paths into bri ghtness. It is necessary that you turn your mind to one when reciting this man tra to obtain this type of samadhi. Then, not only will the six paths put fort h light, but all of the ten dharma realms will become the "great light bright treasury". So now we know that the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra has great strength. I hope that everyone will set aside time from his or her activities to recite the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra. --

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