时间：10/24/2026 10/25/2026
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
佛法修行
晨所睹见 夜则不现
一天，阿难尊者欲至舍卫城托钵乞食，远远地便看见城门外有许多男子聚集一处，有的跳舞、有的唱歌、有的演奏乐曲，玩得不亦乐乎。当阿难尊者结束托钵，打算出城回去时，却发现早上还在高歌热舞的一名男子，竟然已经死去，其它人皆围绕在他身旁号啕大哭。阿难尊者见此景象，心想：「唉！这无常也来得太快了，早上我入城乞食时，这名男子还像天人般欢喜地唱歌跳舞，怎么马上就受到无常鬼的召唤，结束了生命！」
阿难尊者回到祇园精舍，顶礼佛陀后恭敬地长跪，合掌问道：「世尊，今日我入城托钵时，看见许多男子于街上载歌载舞，尽情欢乐，没想到等我出城时，其中一名男子已经命终，众人皆在旁号哭不舍。我心想：『无常怎会如此迅速，早上进城还看到他高兴地歌舞，没想到一会儿的时间，无常就已示现。这件事情实在非常奇怪且前所未闻。』」
佛陀告诉阿难尊者：「这件事情有何奇特呢？过去我所遇过的事情，都比你今天看到的还更加特别啊！」佛陀又说：「昔日，我入城乞食时，同样也看到一名男子于街上载歌载舞，自我娱乐，等我托钵完准备回去时，仍见那名男子沉浸于歌舞之中。」阿难尊者不解地问：「世尊，这很正常啊，有什么值得奇怪呢？」佛陀接着说：「生命无常迅速，就像风一般难以控制，更何况是驾御它。无常是生命的真相，众生反以无常为奇特；你听到这样的事情，却认为没什么值得好奇怪的，代表你还不懂得无常的道理。」于是佛陀为了使弟子们能明白无常究竟之理，便作了一首偈子告示大众，希望将此正法流传后世，令广大众生皆能拥有正知正见：
「晨所睹见，夜则不现，昨所瞻者，
今夕则无。我今少壮，无所恃怙，
少者亦死，男女无数。
Date: 10/24/2026 10/25/2026
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Dharma Talk
Seen in the Morning, Gone by Night
One day, Venerable Ānanda went to Śrāvastī to receive alms. From a distance, he saw many men gathered outside the city gate. Some were dancing, some were singing, and others were playing musical instruments. They were all enjoying themselves immensely.
After Venerable Ānanda had finished his alms round and was preparing to leave the city, he discovered that one of the men who had been joyfully singing and dancing that very morning had already died. The others were gathered around him, weeping bitterly in grief. Seeing this scene, Venerable Ānanda thought to himself, “Alas! Impermanence has come so swiftly. When I entered the city for alms this morning, this man was as joyful as a heavenly being, singing and dancing with delight. Yet in such a short time, he has already been summoned by the spirit of impermanence, and his life has come to an end.”
Venerable Ānanda returned to Jetavana Monastery. After paying homage to the Buddha, he respectfully knelt with palms joined and asked, “World-Honored One, today, when I entered the city for alms, I saw many men singing and dancing in the streets, delighting in their pleasures. Yet when I left the city, one of those men had already passed away, and everyone around him was weeping in sorrow. I thought to myself, ‘How can impermanence come so suddenly? When I entered the city this morning, I saw him happily singing and dancing, yet in only a short while, impermanence had already manifested itself. This is truly extraordinary and unlike anything I have ever witnessed before.'”
The Buddha said to Venerable Ānanda, “What is so extraordinary about this? The things I have encountered in the past were even more remarkable than what you saw today.”
The Buddha continued, “Once, when I entered a city on my alms round, I also saw a man singing and dancing in the streets, amusing himself. After I had finished collecting alms and was preparing to return, I still saw that same man immersed in his singing and dancing.”
Venerable Ānanda asked in confusion, “World-Honored One, that seems perfectly ordinary. What is so remarkable about it?”
The Buddha replied, “Life is impermanent and passes with great swiftness, like the wind, which cannot be controlled, much less mastered. Impermanence is the true nature of life, yet sentient beings regard impermanence itself as something extraordinary. When you heard of the first incident, you thought it was remarkable, yet when you heard the second, you thought there was nothing unusual about it. This shows that you have not yet truly understood the principle of impermanence.”
Then, in order to help His disciples fully understand the ultimate truth of impermanence, the Buddha spoke this verse to instruct the assembly, hoping that this Right Dharma would be passed down to future generations so that countless beings might develop right understanding and right view:
”What is seen in the morning may no longer appear by night.
The one seen yesterday may be gone this very evening.
Though I am now young and strong, I have nothing upon which to rely.
The young also die—countless men and women alike.”
