| [ Buddhism ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): Dason () 날 짜 (Date): 1996년08월21일(수) 04시37분19초 KDT 제 목(Title): Sgala who worshipped every direction The discourse on a layman's duties One morning, the Buddha left the Bamboo Grove to go into Rajagaha. On His alms round, He saw a young man called Sigala, all dripping wet as though he had just taken a bath. This man was bowing down in each of the four directions - East, South, West and North, to the sky abve and to the ground beneath his feet. The Buddha stopped and asked the young man what he was doing. "This was my father's last wish just before he died. My father advised me to do this to keep away evil from the four directions, from above and below." "It is the right thing to do, to keep your father's advice which he gave you as his last wish, but you must not take your father's words literally," said the Buddha. "Your father did not intend that you should actually bow down in this way." Then the Buddha explained the real meaning of worshiipping the directions: "To worship the East really means to respect and honour your parents. To worship the South means to respect and be obedient to your teachers. To worship the West means to be faithful and devoted to your wife. To worship the North means to be pleasant and charitable to your friends, relatives and neighbours. To worship the sky means to look after the material needs of religious persons such as the monks and ascetics. To Worship the earth means to be fair to your servants, giving them work according to their abilities, paying them fair wages, and providing them with medical care when they are sick. It is by doing these that one can keep away from evil." The Buddha also advised Sigala another fourteen evills to avoid. There are four evils of conduct which should be avoided: Killing, stealing, sexual misconduct and telling lies. Then there are four evil motives which make people perform evil actions: partiality for being biased and prejudiced, enmity, foolishness and fear. Finally, avoid the six ways of wasting one's wealth: drinking intoxication drinks, roaming about the streets until late at night, spending too much time at airs and thinking too much about entertainments, gambling, associating with evil friends, and being lazy. Young Sigala listened with respect to this advice and he suddenly remembered that when his father was alive he had often told him what a good teacher the Buddha was. Although he tried to get Sigala to go and listen to the Buddha, Sigala had always given excused that it was too troublesome, he had no time, he was tired, or he had no money to spend on the monks. He confessed this to the Buddha and asked Him to accept him as His follower. He promised that from now on, he would keep his father's dying wish, but in the correct way as was taught to him by the Buddha. 탐내지 말고 속이지 말며, 갈망하지 말고 남의 덕을 가리지도 말며, 혼탁과 미혹을 버리고 세상의 온갖 애착에서 벗어나, 무소의 뿔처럼 혼자서 가라. |