时间：06/06/2026 06/07/2026
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
佛法修行
舍己利生的净儿
从前有一户以屠杀羊只为业的人家，家中蓄养的羊将近上百头，事业可以算是全镇上数一数二的。夫妻俩到老年时才得一子，将他取名为「净儿」，他们对此儿自然是宠爱有加，希望孩子快快长大，能够赶快把家业托付给他。
日子一天一天地过去。家门前的梨树花儿，开了又谢，谢了又开。十几个寒暑后，净儿长大了，不但一表人才、相貌堂堂、净洁如玉，心地更是慈悲柔软。老夫妻俩看到孩子已经长大成人，心中十分欢喜，商议之后，决定带着净儿去参观家中的屠宰事业，顺便将这些技术、家业都托付给净儿。
「净儿，我老了，没太大力气，希望有个帮手，现在你要仔细看着，学着如何持刀，如何分解羊只。」老父信心十足地说。
然而，当善良的净儿看到羊只临死前的挣扎与哀鸣，心中有如刀割，忧愁地恳求着老父：「亲爱的父亲，这些羊跟我们一样有感受、有生命、会痛苦，我们停止这个屠宰的事业，换其他的工作好吗？」
「开什么玩笑？我们不但有上百只的羊群，而且也是镇上屠宰业中最成功的，我怎么可能说转行就转行！」老父态度坚定地回答着。
当天晚上，老夫妻俩就商议出一个妙计──一一定要让柔弱的净儿有勇气持刀宰羊！
老夫妻俩选了一天，做了巧妙的布置。这一天，他们将净儿和一头羊、一把利刃，同时锁在屋内，并恐吓净儿说：
「如果不将羊杀了，就不让你出来见天日，也不让你吃东西！」
就这样，一天一夜、二天二夜、三个昼夜过去了……。
老夫妻俩很高兴地来验收成果。但，万万没想到──
羊儿仍活着，净儿却命绝已久。他们发现地上留了一封遗书，里面写着：
「我如果将羊杀了，便终身要操刀从事杀生的行业。我怎能因爱惜个人的性命而杀害无以数计的无辜生命？所以，我决定持刀自杀。亲爱的双亲请你们不要难过，净儿为了救护这些羊群而死，心中很安乐没有一丝怨悔，也希望您们能够好好照顾自己，停止屠宰的工作。」
也因为净儿这样舍身护生的善行，死后便成就得生天上的善果。
Date: 06/06/2026 06/07/2026
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Dharma Talk
Jing’er, Who Sacrificed Himself to Benefit Living Beings
Long ago, there was a family whose livelihood depended on slaughtering sheep. They kept nearly a hundred sheep, and their business was considered one of the most successful in the town. The couple did not have a son until they were old, and they named him Jing’er. Naturally, they cherished him dearly and hoped he would grow up quickly so that they could pass their business on to him.
Day after day passed. The pear blossoms before their house bloomed and faded, then bloomed again. More than ten years went by, and Jing’er grew into a handsome and dignified young man, pure as jade in appearance. More importantly, he possessed a kind and compassionate heart. Seeing that their son had become an adult, the elderly couple was overjoyed. After discussing the matter, they decided to take Jing’er to see the family slaughtering business and teach him the trade so that he could inherit it.
“Jing’er,” his father said confidently, “I am getting old and no longer have much strength. I need someone to help me. Watch carefully now and learn how to hold the knife and how to butcher the sheep.”
However, when the kind-hearted Jing’er saw the sheep struggling and crying before death, his heart felt as if it were being cut by a knife. Filled with sorrow, he pleaded with his father:
“Dear Father, these sheep are just like us. They have feelings, lives, and the ability to suffer. Could we stop this slaughtering business and find another way to make a living?”
“What nonsense!” his father replied firmly. “We not only have nearly a hundred sheep, but we also run the most successful slaughtering business in town. How could I simply change professions?”
That night, the elderly couple came up with what they thought was a clever plan—to force gentle Jing’er to gain the courage to kill sheep.
They chose a certain day and carefully arranged everything. They locked Jing’er, a sheep, and a sharp knife together inside a room and threatened him:
“If you do not kill the sheep, we will not let you out, nor will we give you any food!”
Thus one day and one night passed, then two days and two nights, then three full days and nights.
The elderly couple happily came to see the result they expected. But to their complete shock, the sheep was still alive, while Jing’er had been dead for some time.
On the ground, they found a farewell letter. It read:
“If I kill this sheep, I will spend my entire life carrying a knife and engaging in the trade of taking lives. How could I value my own life so highly that I would destroy countless innocent lives? Therefore, I have chosen to take my own life instead.
Dear Father and Mother, please do not grieve. I die to protect these sheep, and my heart is peaceful, with not the slightest regret. I also hope that you will take good care of yourselves and stop the work of slaughtering.”
Because of Jing’er’s compassionate act of sacrificing himself to protect living beings, after death he obtained the meritorious result of being reborn in the heavenly realms.
