时间：04/05/2025 04/06/2025
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
佛法修行
商贾造屋供佛
舍卫国有一位商人，因远行至外地做生意时发生意外，最后客死异乡，留下了年迈的母亲，独力抚养他的儿子。
儿子长大以后，也想象父亲一样到外地游历、做生意，看看外面的世界。祖母知道了以后，告诉他：「你的父亲就是因为到外地做生意时，发生意外，才留下我们祖孙俩相依为命，我不忍心相同的事情再次发生，造成遗憾，所以你可否在城里的市集做生意就好了？」于是，孙儿听从祖母的话，到城里寻觅合适的地点，建造新店铺，买卖营生。
年轻的商人来到城里后，发现这里的居民，个个都会虔诚供养佛陀，心中大为欣羡，思惟着：「我新造的房舍已经完工，也应当学习城里的人，以恭敬心供养佛陀。」于是，商人来到佛陀的住处，至诚顶礼世尊，恭敬启请：「尊贵的佛陀，我以新建的房舍供养您，从今以后，请佛陀入城时，可至我新建的房舍内洗手、洗钵或者休息。」商人以至诚心供养佛陀，佛陀亦慈悲地接受供养。
后来，商人往生后，超生善道，成为天人。天人为了聆听佛法，亦来到世尊面前，恭敬乞请佛陀为其开示，当下便证得须陀洹果。
比丘们知道后，请佛陀开示：「这位天人过去生是什么因缘，感得超生天界？」佛陀说：「这位天人过去生是一名商人，他把新建的店铺房舍，至诚供养佛陀，所以今生得以超生天界。身为天人后，又因求法心切，得以聆听佛法大意，所以以此善根，当下证得须陀洹的果报。」
Date: 04/05/2025 04/06/2025
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Dharma Talk
A Merchant Built a House to Offer to the Buddha
In the country of Śrāvastī, there was a merchant who encountered an accident while traveling to a foreign land for business. In the end, he passed away in a distant place, leaving behind his elderly mother, who had to raise his son alone.
When the son grew up, he also wished to travel abroad, just like his father, to explore the world and engage in trade. When his grandmother learned of his intention, she told him, “Your father met with an accident while doing business in a foreign land, leaving only the two of us to depend on each other for survival.
I cannot bear to see the same misfortune happen again, bringing more regret. Could you do business in the city’s marketplace instead?” The grandson listened to his grandmother’s advice, searched for a suitable location in the city, built a new shop, and started his business.
After arriving in the city, the young merchant noticed that all the residents devoutly made offerings to the Buddha. Deeply moved, he thought to himself, “My newly built house is now complete. I should also follow the example of the people in the city and respectfully make an offering to the Buddha.”
With this in mind, the merchant went to the Buddha’s residence, sincerely prostrated before the World-Honored One, and respectfully invited him, saying, “Venerable Buddha, I offer my newly built house to you.
From now on, whenever you enter the city, please come to my new house to wash your hands, clean your alms bowl, or rest.” With utmost sincerity, the merchant made his offering to the Buddha, and the Buddha, in his great compassion, accepted it.
Later, when the merchant passed away, he was reborn in a virtuous realm and became a celestial being. Wishing to hear the Dharma, the celestial being also came before the World-Honored One and respectfully requested the Buddha to give him a teaching. At that moment, he attained the fruit of Sotāpanna (Stream-enterer).
When the monks heard about this, they asked the Buddha for guidance: “What causes and conditions in this celestial being’s past life led to his rebirth in the heavenly realm?” The Buddha said, “This celestial being was a merchant in his past life.
Because he sincerely offered his newly built shop to the Buddha, he was able to be reborn in the heavenly realm in this life. After becoming a celestial being, his earnest pursuit of the Dharma allowed him to hear the essence of the Buddha’s teachings. Because of this virtuous root, he immediately attained the fruit of Sotāpanna.”
