时间：08/15/2026 08/16/2026
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
佛法修行
猕猴与猎人
过去在一座深山里，住着一只猕猴，这只猕猴不但有过人的力量，更有着出众的智慧，同时心中时时怀着普济众生的悲愿。
有一天，猕猴爬上树梢采集果子，远远地看到有个猎人被困在深谷之中，并且发出哀号求救的声音。猕猴听到了求救声，便悲伤地流泪说道：「我曾经誓愿成佛，就是为了要济度众生，今天我如果不救这个人，他必定会因此而死……」。
因此，猕猴就攀着崖壁到了谷底，将猎人一肩背负在身上，沿着草藤丛生的崖壁攀爬上山，踉跄地移到平缓的坡地，并且慈悲诚恳地规劝说道：「你为了捕杀生灵，不慎跌入山谷，今日好不容易才获救；希望你能藉此得到教训，改过自新，切莫再造业捕杀动物、屠害生灵了。」
饥寒交迫的猎人躺在草地上喘气休息，却完全不顾猕猴苦口婆心的一番劝言，心里头不停地盘算着：「先前在山谷底当中，因为没有食物而快要饿死；而如今枯躺在这片草皮上，也还是只有饿死的份。倒不如，一股作气将猕猴杀来吃，就可以保全住自己的性命」。剎时，恩将仇报的猎人早已拿起石头，往猕猴的头顶砸了过去！
猕猴对此突如其来的攻击毫无防备，血流遍地、惊吓欲起，但却不支倒地；此时，受到突击的猕猴，心中虽有着万分的惊讶，却毫无悔恨，反倒更加慈悲地怜悯猎人如此心怀恶行、不知悔改的举动，并为他感到悲伤难过。于是，猕猴便说道：「我今日无缘度化此人，但愿他来世能时时蒙受佛菩萨的慈光加被，信受佛法而得度。」
在此篇故事当中的猕猴，就是佛陀在修菩萨道时的前生，而山谷中的猎人就是提婆达多。
Date: 08/15/2026 08/16/2026
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Dharma Talk
The Monkey and the Hunter
Long ago, deep within a mountain forest, there lived a monkey. This monkey not only possessed extraordinary strength but also remarkable wisdom. Above all, it constantly cherished the compassionate vow to benefit and save all living beings.
One day, while climbing to the top of a tree to gather fruit, the monkey saw from afar a hunter trapped in a deep ravine, crying out desperately for help.
Upon hearing the hunter’s cries, the monkey wept sorrowfully and said:
“I once vowed to attain Buddhahood for the very purpose of saving all beings. If I do not rescue this man today, he will surely die here.”
Determined to save him, the monkey climbed down the steep cliff into the valley. Carrying the hunter upon its back, it painstakingly climbed the rocky cliff covered with vines and grass. Exhausted and stumbling, it finally reached a level hillside.
With sincere compassion, the monkey earnestly advised the hunter:
“You fell into this ravine while hunting and taking the lives of other creatures. Now that you have finally been rescued, I hope this experience will teach you a lesson. Please repent and change your ways. Never again create evil karma by hunting animals and taking innocent lives.”
The hunter, exhausted from hunger and cold, lay upon the grass trying to catch his breath.
Yet he completely ignored the monkey’s heartfelt advice.
Instead, he secretly thought:
“Earlier, I was nearly starving to death down in the ravine because there was no food. Even now, lying here on this hillside, I will eventually starve anyway. I might as well kill this monkey and eat its flesh to save my own life.”
In an instant, the ungrateful hunter picked up a large stone and hurled it at the monkey’s head.
The monkey was completely unprepared for the sudden attack. Blood streamed from its head. Though shocked and attempting to rise, it collapsed to the ground.
Even after suffering such a cruel betrayal, the monkey felt no regret.
Instead, it became even more compassionate toward the hunter, grieving that he remained so deeply consumed by evil intentions and incapable of repentance.
The monkey gently said:
“Today I have been unable to transform this man. May he, in future lives, always receive the compassionate light and protection of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, develop faith in the Dharma, and ultimately attain liberation.”
In this story, the compassionate monkey was a previous life of Shakyamuni Buddha while cultivating the Bodhisattva Path, and the hunter in the ravine was Devadatta.
