时间：05/02/2026 05/03/2026
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
佛法修行
阿那律尊者
在佛陀的十大弟子中，阿那律尊者被尊为「天眼第一」；而阿那律尊者最令修行人所景仰的，更是他为法忘躯的决心、惭愧忏悔的坚持，及一段开悟证果的因缘……。
出家前的阿那律是释迦族的王子，由于过去生曾供养辟支佛，所以生生世世皆感得大富大贵的福报，食衣住行一切不虞匮乏。而善根深厚的王子，并不因此耽溺于五欲之乐，在听闻到佛陀的开示后，便发心离俗，出家修行。
出家后的阿那律精进向道，谦和不憍，虽常因相貌庄严数次受到「女难」的考验，但他都不为所动，且以智慧法水浇息对方的欲念。如此的定力与修持，使年纪轻轻的阿那律得到大众所共同的尊敬及赞叹。然而有一次，在佛陀为大众开示的时候，阿那律却不慎打瞌睡，佛陀见到此状，便呵责教诫他：「像你这样放纵睡眠，只怕要落入螺蛳、蚌蛤一类的畜生道中了，一睡下去，不知多久才能听到佛的名字、听闻到佛的教法啊！」
阿那律听了佛陀的呵责十分忏悔，当下涕泪悲泣，生起了大惭愧心，并发愿从此以后要精进用功，再也不合上眼睛。慢慢地，几天过去了，阿那律的视力愈来愈差，几近失明，佛陀知道了这件事，便找神医耆婆来替他医治。耆婆诊断后，告诉阿那律：「你如果再不睡眠，让眼睛休息，势必会失明的！」甚至连佛陀也亲自劝他：「阿那律啊！所有万事万物都需要食才能留存；涅盘以不放逸为食，眼根以睡眠为食，你应该要睡眠才是。」但阿那律仍然坚持当初的誓愿，不愿把眼合上。七天过后，阿那律果真失明了，但他仍旧精进不懈，不因此而后悔忧伤。
有一天，由于阿那律无法缝补自己的衣物，他便高声喊着：「有谁要修福报啊？来帮我穿针缝衣吧！」这时，慈悲的佛陀亲自来到了他的房间，对他说：「我来修福报吧！」阿那律听出这是佛陀的声音，大为惊讶，马上起身恭敬顶礼佛陀，然后问道：「佛陀您已具足无量福报，为什么还要修福呢？」佛陀回答：「那有人会嫌福报多的呢？」听到佛陀这么说，阿那律想：「既然佛陀都如此精进修福了，更何况是像我们这样的凡夫呢！」他对佛陀的慈悲十分感恩，这时，佛陀便教导阿那律修持「乐见照明金刚三昧」，由于一心专注的缘故，阿那律当下便得了天眼，观见十方无有障碍，并证到阿罗汉果。
Date: 05/02/2026 05/03/2026
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Dharma Talk
Venerable Anuruddha
Among the ten great disciples of the Buddha, Venerable Anuruddha was honored as the foremost in the divine eye. What practitioners admire most in him is his determination to sacrifice himself for the Dharma, his steadfast repentance and sense of shame, and the causes and conditions through which he attained awakening and realization.
Before going forth, Anuruddha was a prince of the Śākya clan. Because in past lives he had made offerings to a Pratyekabuddha, he was reborn life after life with great wealth and honor, lacking nothing in food, clothing, shelter, or livelihood. Yet, despite these blessings, the prince, endowed with deep roots of goodness, did not indulge in the pleasures of the five desires. After hearing the Buddha’s teaching, he resolved to leave worldly life and enter the monastic path.
After ordination, Anuruddha diligently cultivated the path, remaining humble and free from arrogance. Although his dignified appearance subjected him several times to the temptation of women, he remained unmoved and used the water of wisdom to extinguish their desires. Such concentration and cultivation earned him widespread respect and praise at a young age. However, on one occasion while the Buddha was teaching the assembly, Anuruddha inadvertently dozed off. Seeing this, the Buddha reproached and instructed him: “If you indulge in sleep like this, you may fall into the realm of snails and clams. Once you fall asleep, who knows how long it will be before you again hear the name of the Buddha or the teaching of the Dharma?”
Hearing the Buddha’s reproach, Anuruddha felt deep remorse. With tears streaming down his face, he gave rise to great shame and made a vow that from then on he would practice diligently and never close his eyes again. As days passed, his eyesight gradually worsened until he was nearly blind. When the Buddha learned of this, he summoned the great physician Jīvaka to treat him. After examination, Jīvaka told him, “If you do not sleep and allow your eyes to rest, you will certainly go blind!” Even the Buddha personally advised him, “Anuruddha, all things require nourishment to be sustained. Nirvāṇa is sustained by non-negligence, and the faculty of the eye is sustained by sleep. You should rest and sleep.” Yet Anuruddha persisted in his original vow and refused to close his eyes. After seven days, he indeed became blind, but he continued to practice diligently without regret or sorrow.
One day, since Anuruddha could not mend his own robe, he called out loudly, “Is there anyone who wishes to gain merit? Come help me thread a needle and mend my robe!” At that moment, the compassionate Buddha personally came to his room and said, “I will gain merit.” Recognizing the Buddha’s voice, Anuruddha was greatly astonished. He immediately rose, respectfully paid homage, and asked, “World-Honored One, you already possess immeasurable merit—why do you still wish to cultivate more?” The Buddha replied, “Who would ever consider having too much merit?” Hearing this, Anuruddha thought, “If even the Buddha is so diligent in cultivating merit, how much more should we ordinary beings strive?” Filled with gratitude for the Buddha’s compassion, he listened as the Buddha instructed him in the practice of the “Vajra Samādhi of Delight in Illumination.” Because of his single-minded concentration, Anuruddha immediately attained the divine eye, seeing throughout the ten directions without obstruction, and realized the fruit of ara
