时间：03/15/2025 03/16/2025
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
佛法修行
虚伪的伽罗呵
从前，在伽尸国的波罗奈城，有位弗卢醯婆罗门，他的门下有五百名弟子，是位人人敬重的国师。
有一天，弗卢醯家中有位佣人，生了一个儿子，名叫迦罗呵。迦罗呵从小天资聪颖、记忆力佳，凡是听过的法，都能忆持不忘。他在国师家中担任孩子们的仆人，年复一年，日复一日，直到有次和大家起了冲突，一时负气便逃离波罗奈，远走他国。
到了邻国的迦罗呵，谎称自己是耶若达多，是弗卢醯婆罗门的儿子，离乡背井，特地来向国师学习婆罗门法，国师深受感动，当场就答应他的请求。聪明伶俐的迦罗呵，在波罗奈时曾经听过婆罗门法，现在又接受国师的教导，自然表现优异，国师十分欢喜，不但指派他教授自己的五百名弟子，还把唯一的女儿许配给他。
从此以后，耶若达多的生活渐渐地丰足安乐，但是，身在福中的耶若达多，不但不知足，还常常嫌弃妻子作的饭菜不合他的口味。心地善良的妻子一点儿也不抱怨，甚至愿意学习波罗奈的饮食，以讨丈夫欢心。
后来，弗卢醯得知逃脱仆人迦罗呵的下落，便准备出国将他捉回。这天，恰巧迦罗呵与门徒外游，远远看见弗卢醯一行人迎面走来，他惊慌不已，急着打发随行的门徒离开，之后自行走到弗卢醯面前，顶礼跪拜苦苦地哀求说：「我来这里，谎称您是我的父亲，才能投靠国师学习经典，娶他的女儿，请您不要张扬我的秘密，我以后一定会侍奉您。」弗卢醯认为迦罗呵有心悔改，便不再追究，还安慰他说：「你确实是我的儿子啊！」并跟着迦罗呵一起回家。
一进家门，迦罗呵告诉家人，自己的亲人来探望大家，迦罗呵的妻子喜出望外，准备了种种佳肴招待弗卢醯。用餐完毕后，迦罗呵的妻子等到适当的时机，私下请教弗卢醯，她恭敬顶礼虚心地问：「我照三餐事奉丈夫，可是都不满他意，希望您指点，耶若达多以前在家里喜欢吃哪些菜，我愿意学习。」
弗卢醯见迦罗呵的妻子一片真诚，却苦于迦罗呵的挑剔，非常地生气，于是教她一个方法，如果迦罗呵再嫌弃饭菜难吃，就在他身旁小声地念这首偈子──无亲游他方，欺狂天下人，粗食是常食，细食复何嫌？
送走了弗卢醯，迦罗呵故态复萌，吃饭时依旧挑剔生气，待在身旁的妻子照着弗卢醯的方法，不慌不忙地诵出偈子，只见迦罗呵满脸怒气，却不敢多言。为了怕妻子揭发他的身份，从此以后，迦罗呵低声下气百般地随顺妻子，再也不敢发怒嫌弃了。
Date: 03/15/2025 03/16/2025
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Dharma Talk
The Hypocritical Kāraha
In the past, in Bārāṇasī, the capital of the Kāsī Kingdom, there was a Brahmin named Phaluhī. He had five hundred disciples under his guidance and was a highly respected royal teacher.
One day, a servant in Phaluhī’s household gave birth to a son named Kāraha. Kāraha was intelligent and had an excellent memory; whatever he heard, he could remember and never forget. He worked as a servant for the children in the royal teacher’s household, day after day, year after year. However, one day, he had a conflict with others and, in a fit of anger, fled from Bārāṇasī, escaping to another country.
In this foreign land, Kāraha falsely claimed that he was Yajñadatta, the son of Phaluhī the Brahmin, and that he had left his homeland specifically to study the Brahmanical scriptures. The royal teacher, deeply moved by his story, immediately accepted him as a disciple.
Because Kāraha had previously heard the Brahmanical teachings in Bārāṇasī, and now formally studied under the royal teacher, he performed exceptionally well. The teacher was delighted, not only appointing him to teach his five hundred disciples but also giving him his only daughter in marriage.
From then on, Yajñadatta’s life gradually became wealthy and comfortable. However, despite his good fortune, Yajñadatta was never satisfied. He often complained that his wife’s cooking did not suit his taste. His kind-hearted wife never complained, and she even learned how to cook in the style of Bārāṇasī just to please her husband.
Later, Phaluhī learned about the whereabouts of his runaway servant Kāraha and prepared to travel abroad to capture him.
One day, Kāraha happened to be traveling with his disciples when he saw Phaluhī approaching from a distance. Panic-stricken, he hurriedly dismissed his disciples, then walked alone to Phaluhī, knelt before him, and pleaded bitterly, saying:
”I came here, falsely claiming that you are my father, so that I could seek refuge under the royal teacher, study the scriptures, and marry his daughter. Please do not reveal my secret! From now on, I will serve you faithfully.”
Seeing that Kāraha was remorseful, Phaluhī did not hold him accountable but instead comforted him, saying: “You are indeed my son!” He then accompanied Kāraha back home.
Upon entering the house, Kāraha told his family that his relatives had come to visit. His wife was overjoyed and prepared a lavish meal to entertain Phaluhī.
After the meal, Kāraha’s wife found an appropriate moment to privately consult Phaluhī. With deep reverence, she knelt before him and humbly asked,
”I serve my husband three meals a day, yet he is never satisfied. I hope you can guide me—what dishes did Yajñadatta enjoy eating in his home before? I am willing to learn and prepare them for him.”
Seeing Kāraha’s wife’s sincerity, yet resenting Kāraha’s ungratefulness, Phaluhī became extremely angry. He then taught her a method—if Kāraha complained about the food again, she should softly recite the following verse beside him:
”A man without kin roams distant lands,
Deceiving all the people around.
Coarse food was once his daily meal,
Why then despise fine food now?”
After sending Phaluhī off, Kāraha quickly returned to his old ways, criticizing the food at mealtime as usual. But this time, his wife calmly recited the verse exactly as Phaluhī had taught her.
Upon hearing it, Kāraha’s face turned red with anger, yet he dared not utter a single word. Fearing that his wife might expose his true identity, from that day forward, Kāraha humbled himself, obeyed his wife in all matters, and never dared to complain about the food again.
