佛陀與惡魔的故事 ～魯米
One day Buddha was in his cave, and Ananda, Buddha’s assistant, was standing near the entrance. Suddenly he saw Mara, the evil one, coming. Mara walked straight to Ananda and told him to announce his visit to Buddha.
有一天佛陀在他的⋯⋯山洞裡，他的助理，阿難，站在洞口。突然他看見瑪拉，惡魔，往山洞走來。瑪拉直走到阿難面前要他通告一下他來拜訪佛陀。
Ananda said, “Why have you come here? You were defeated by Buddha under the Bodhi tree. Go away! You are his enemy!”
阿難說：「你為什麼要來這裡？你已經在菩提樹下被佛陀打敗了。走開，你是他的敵人！」
Mara began to laugh. “Did you say that your teacher has told you that he has enemies?” That made Ananda very embarrassed. He went in to announce Mara to Buddha.
瑪拉笑開了：「你的意思是說你的老師告訴過你他有敵人？」這使阿難非常困窘。他進去通知佛陀瑪拉來訪。
“Is it true? Is he really here?” Buddha went out in person to greet Mara. He bowed and took his hands in the warmest way. “How have you been? Is everything all right?”
「是真的嗎？他真的在這裡嗎？」佛陀親自出來向瑪拉致意。他鞠躬並以最殷切的方式牽他的手：「近來好嗎？一切可都安好？」
After they sat down to tea, Mara said, “Things are not going well at all. I am tired of being a Mara. You have to talk in riddles, and if you do anything, you have to be tricky and look evil. I’m tired of all that. But the worst part is my disciples . Now they are talking about social justice, peace, equality, liberation, nonduality, nonviolence, all that. It would be better if I hand them all over to you. I want to be something else.”
在他們坐下喝茶之後，瑪拉說道：「事情一點也不順利。我厭倦作一個瑪拉了。講話時你得打啞謎，如果你做事，不管是什麼事，你都必須是狡猾且看起來邪惡。我厭倦了這一切。但最糟糕的部分是我的徒弟，他們現在談的竟然是社會正義、和平、平等、解放、非二元性、非暴力之類的。如果我把他們都交給你一定會比較好。我想作別的。」
Buddha listened with compassion. “Do you think it’s fun being a Buddha? My disciples put words in my mouth that I never said. They build garish temples. They package my teachings as items for commerce. Mara, you don’t really want to be a Buddha!”
佛陀帶著慈悲聆聽。「你以為作佛陀就很好玩嗎？我的徒弟把我從未說過的話說成我講的。他們建造的寺廟過於華麗。他們將我的教導當商品打包。瑪拉啊，你真的不會想要當一個佛陀的。」
One day Buddha was in his cave, and Ananda, Buddha’s assistant, was standing near the entrance. Suddenly he saw Mara, the evil one, coming. Mara walked straight to Ananda and told him to announce his visit to Buddha.
有一天佛陀在他的⋯⋯山洞裡，他的助理，阿難，站在洞口。突然他看見瑪拉，惡魔，往山洞走來。瑪拉直走到阿難面前要他通告一下他來拜訪佛陀。
Ananda said, “Why have you come here? You were defeated by Buddha under the Bodhi tree. Go away! You are his enemy!”
阿難說：「你為什麼要來這裡？你已經在菩提樹下被佛陀打敗了。走開，你是他的敵人！」
Mara began to laugh. “Did you say that your teacher has told you that he has enemies?” That made Ananda very embarrassed. He went in to announce Mara to Buddha.
瑪拉笑開了：「你的意思是說你的老師告訴過你他有敵人？」這使阿難非常困窘。他進去通知佛陀瑪拉來訪。
“Is it true? Is he really here?” Buddha went out in person to greet Mara. He bowed and took his hands in the warmest way. “How have you been? Is everything all right?”
「是真的嗎？他真的在這裡嗎？」佛陀親自出來向瑪拉致意。他鞠躬並以最殷切的方式牽他的手：「近來好嗎？一切可都安好？」
After they sat down to tea, Mara said, “Things are not going well at all. I am tired of being a Mara. You have to talk in riddles, and if you do anything, you have to be tricky and look evil. I’m tired of all that. But the worst part is my disciples . Now they are talking about social justice, peace, equality, liberation, nonduality, nonviolence, all that. It would be better if I hand them all over to you. I want to be something else.”
在他們坐下喝茶之後，瑪拉說道：「事情一點也不順利。我厭倦作一個瑪拉了。講話時你得打啞謎，如果你做事，不管是什麼事，你都必須是狡猾且看起來邪惡。我厭倦了這一切。但最糟糕的部分是我的徒弟，他們現在談的竟然是社會正義、和平、平等、解放、非二元性、非暴力之類的。如果我把他們都交給你一定會比較好。我想作別的。」
Buddha listened with compassion. “Do you think it’s fun being a Buddha? My disciples put words in my mouth that I never said. They build garish temples. They package my teachings as items for commerce. Mara, you don’t really want to be a Buddha!”
佛陀帶著慈悲聆聽。「你以為作佛陀就很好玩嗎？我的徒弟把我從未說過的話說成我講的。他們建造的寺廟過於華麗。他們將我的教導當商品打包。瑪拉啊，你真的不會想要當一個佛陀的。」
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