學佛（菩薩戒）弟子為何不能養寵物 Why shouldn't Buddhists own pets（中英文字幕 English subtitle） --美佛寺性仁法師Venerable Xingren

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學佛的菩薩戒弟子是不能養寵物的，有四個原因，聽我慢慢道來。
There are four reasons why Bodhisattva preceptees shouldn't own pets.
2020.06.15 宣講於洛杉磯美佛寺
我們學佛人，尤其是一個受了菩薩戒的弟子，為何我們不能養寵物呢？理由有這麼幾個。聽我跟大家慢慢道來。第一個理由，寵物會讓我們分心。我們一旦有了寵物之後，我們是需要有這個責任心，有義務去照顧好牠們。會讓我們產生一種執著心，會讓我們有掛礙，會讓我們放不下。我曾經遇到這麼一個居士，這個居士現在已經往生了。他生前，養了一隻狗。這個是一個單身的居士，一生當中沒有結婚，也沒有兒女。他的一生當中，可以說是跟這隻狗孤獨終老。對這隻狗用情很深很深。他的一生也算是很平靜。沒有大波大浪，沒有大起大落。平時，除了修行，除了念佛，每天就是遛遛狗甚麼的。看他念佛的功夫，我感覺還是相當地不錯。境界也相當地高。臨命終時的前幾天，我記得清清楚楚。我去探望他，去幫他開示，做最後的開示。他各方面看起來也算是挺平穩的。但是到了最後的關鍵時刻，要往生的時候，突然間冒出來，突然間從嘴巴裡面冒出來：『狗狗，狗狗』甚麼的。然後臉色驚慌失措，突然間大變。最後一口氣卡住了，然後就離開了這個人世間。誠然，這個就是一個典型的例子。臨命終時的最後一刻，他被他的這隻愛狗，給牽絆住了。結果自己弄得死不瞑目。我覺得非常地可惜。這個是我們佛弟子不能養寵物的第一個原因。第二個原因，寵物會讓我們造殺業，會損害我們的慈悲心。這話怎麼講呢？我們大家知道，這些寵物，像貓啊狗啊甚麼的，牠們平時吃的是甚麼呢？牠們平時吃的是甚麼東西呢？牠們吃的是一些小動物。我們要給牠吃肉，要給牠吃魚。要買種種的葷食給牠們吃。但是我們作為一個學佛弟子，尤其是作為一個菩薩戒的弟子，我們如果去買肉去買魚給牠們吃，那我們自然而然就造了殺生之罪。這個很傷害我們的慈悲心。對長養我們的慈悲心，是非常不利的。這個是我們佛弟子不能養寵物的第二個理由。第三個理由，我們如果一旦養了寵物，我們整天會跟畜生為伍。這個會影響我們智慧的開啟。一般像這些寵物，牠們都是畜生來的。大家知道，畜生之所以為畜生，牠們最大的特點就是愚癡。當然也有一些小動物，牠們是非常聰明的，畢竟少數。大多數的畜生，牠們都是愚癡無知的。牠們為甚麼今生淪為畜生？為甚麼在畜生道當中當畜生？在六道輪迴當中作為一個動物，那就是因為牠們的愚癡。我們學佛之人，我們的目的非常明確。我們的目標一清二楚。我們就是要為了破除我們的愚癡。為了要增長我們的智慧，為了是要脫離六道輪迴。但是作為一個學佛人，我們如果去養寵物的話，我們每天會跟這些寵物，會跟這些畜生走得很近。每天跟牠們住在一起，吃在一起，玩在一起。我跟大家講，說得難聽一點，我們每天跟這些畜生混在一起，不分你我。俗語說得好：近朱者赤，近墨者黑。時間久了之後，久而久之，我們會染上這些畜生的習氣和毛病。我跟諸位同修講，你現在養狗，將來不一定投胎為狗。你現在養貓，將來也不一定下輩子變成貓。但是，有一點需要特別注意的是，我們每個人，對於寵物的這種過分執著，過分的牽掛，過分的喜歡，過分依賴的話，這個將來對我們投胎，對我們下輩子的投胎，多多少少會起著作用的，會影響我們的。所以特別喜歡狗的，來生很有可能投生為狗。特別喜歡貓的，來生很有可能投胎成一隻貓。這個都是今生的一些習氣所影響成就的。都是一些與生俱來的習氣，儲藏在我們的八識心田當中。所以佛法講，跟誰在一起，非常非常重要。從哪裡來，到哪裡去。這個是佛法講的，隨習往生。你想要知道將來要到哪裡去，那我們問我們現在的習氣，問我們現在的喜好。如果我們現在每天跟畜生打交道，跟畜生在一起。那我們將來投胎到畜生道的機會，可能就很大。我曾經認識一位法師，他講話的時候，特別喜歡張牙舞爪的。喜歡兩隻手搭在人家的肩膀上，並且動個不停。像小狗那樣地，兩隻手在動個不停。這個動作和習氣，讓我感覺非常非常地奇怪。有這麼一次偶然的機會，我到他的精舍，得知他出家了之後，養了一隻小狗。平時跟這個小狗住在一起，吃在一起，玩在一起。跟這個小狗打交道久了，自然而然染上了小狗的一些習氣和毛病。造成他有時候跟人家講話的時候，有時候就會自然而然地，就會把手搭在人家肩膀上，然後動個不停。我跟諸位同修講，我們作為一個學佛弟子，我們今生之所以要學佛，我們就是要慢慢去斷除我們的習氣，斷除我們的一些毛病。而不是去增加更多的習氣和牽掛來的。我們每天學佛，就是要學會看破放下一些東西。而不是每天在不斷地提起更多揪心的事情，更多煩惱的東西。讓我們沒完沒了。這個不是一種有智慧的做法。這個是第三個原因。第四個原因。我們學佛人，時間特別重要。時間上是不允許我們去養寵物的。我們沒有時間浪費。我們所剩下的時間，已經不多了。大家應該有這種危機感。作為一個真正的學佛人，一個受了菩薩戒的學佛弟子，我們平時除了工作，除了生活，除了照顧家人，人生當中除了吃喝拉撒睡以外，學佛修行的時間，本來已經很少很少。我們每天都感覺自己沒有時間去完成我們的功課。我自己就是一個典型的例子。我為甚麼晚上不吃飯？一開始，不是我喜歡過午不食，不是的，f不是這個原因。而是我這個人特別懶惰，懶得很。我覺得這個煮飯，弄吃的，太浪費我的時間了。自己煮好了之後，還要去刷鍋，還要去洗碗，然後搞清潔衛生。一大堆的事情，沒完沒了，太浪費時間了，太謀財害命了。當然現在我晚上不吃已經形成一種習慣。已經習以為常。吃了反而有時候會特別難受。不吃東西，晚上念佛晚上打坐，效果特別好。晚上睡眠也特別好睡。我不知道大家是否有這種感覺。我經常感覺，我自己照顧自己都已經很累很累了，我哪有時間去照顧那些寵物。我跟諸位同修講，照顧這些寵物，貓啊狗啊甚麼的，要需要很多的時間。人家生病了，我們要帶牠去看病。狗需要每天出去散步，我們要帶它去散步。我們哪有這麼多時間？我覺得還是我們多留一些時間給我們自己修行吧。所以正因為以上的種種原因，所以菩薩戒的戒條明文規定：『不能長養狸貓豬狗』。就是不能養貓養狗，也不能養寵物。我們如果去養寵物，那你如果是一個菩薩戒弟子的話，那你就犯了一條輕垢罪。當然菩薩戒每一條都有開遮持犯。這一條戒，也不例外。它是有開緣的。如果我們遇到的是流浪貓、流浪狗，這些小動物如果是實在可憐得很，需要我們的救護。那我們可以懷著慈悲心，我們可以去關心牠們，去拯救牠們。這個是不犯戒的。但是我們救了牠們之後，最好還是把牠們給轉送出去。你不要自己老是留著養，然後生起了喜愛之心，產生感情。最後耽誤自己，影響自己修行，影響自己最後的往生。那這個就太沒有智慧了，太划不來了。感恩大家的慈悲，阿彌陀佛！

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@CLNY-zz5jd 8 ай бұрын

感恩法師慈悲發心把最重要的人生大事給大家知道 '隨念隨習隨重 '都會受寵物影響浪費人身/生

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性仁法师讲的有理，多一事不如少一事，阿弥陀佛，🙏🙏🙏

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地藏菩薩當年也有啼聽守候！！

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@AmericanBuddhistFellowship 4 жыл бұрын

We Buddhists, especially Bodhisattva preceptees, why can't we own pets? There are a few reasons. Let me go through them with you. First of all, pets distract us. Once we own pets, we need to take the responsibility and the obligation to take care of them. It will give us a sense of persistence, it will make us worry, and it will make us unable to let go. I have met a Buddhist layman who had passed away. Before he died, he had a dog. He wasn't married and had no children in his life. We can say that in his whole life he had nobody but the dog with him. He had a close relationship with this dog. His life was quite calm. Nothing big happened. Generally speaking, besides practicing and chanting Buddha's name, walking the dog was what he did every day. Talking about his practice, I felt it was pretty good. His chanting meditation ability was also quite high. A few days before he passed away, I remember clearly. I went to visit him, to give him the final teaching. He seemed to be quite stable in all aspects. But at the last critical moment, when he was about to die, he suddenly came out with: "Dog, dog". Then his face panicked and suddenly changed. That was his last breath, and then he left the world. Well, this is a typical example. At the very last moment of his life, he was impeded by his beloved pet dog. As a result, he didn't die in peace. I felt it was a pity. This is the first reason why our Buddhist disciples cannot own pets. Secondly, we make bad karma for owning pets. This damages our compassion. Why? As we all know, pets, like cats and dogs, what do they usually eat? They eat small animals. We feed them meat and fish. We buy all kinds of meat for them. But as Buddhist disciples, especially as Bodhisattva preceptees, if we buy meat or fish to feed them, then we naturally make bad karma. This hurts our compassion. It is very unfavorable for cultivating compassion. This is the second reason why our Buddhist disciples cannot own pets. The third reason is that once we own pets, we then are staying with animals all the time. This will affect the development of our wisdom. Generally, pets are animals. We know the reason why animals are animals is that they are ignorant. Of course, there are some very smart animals, but really just a few. Most animals are foolish and ignorant. Why are they animals this life? Being an animal in the six reincarnations is because of their ignorance. For us Buddhists, our purpose is very clear. Our goal is clear. We just want to get rid of our ignorance. In order to increase our wisdom, in order to leave from the six reincarnations. But as Buddhists, if we own pets, we will be close to these pet animals every day. We will live with them every day, eat together, play together. I tell you that, seriously, when we stay with these animals every day. As the saying goes: those who are close to Vermillion are red, those who are close to Ink are black. After a certain period, over time, we will be infected with the habits and problems of these animals. I tell you fellow disciples it's true that if you have a dog now, you will not necessarily be born into a dog in the future. If you have a cat now, you will not necessarily become a cat in your next life. However, one thing that needs special attention is that if we are overly attached, overly concerned, overly fond of, and overly dependent on pets, this will have impact on us in the future and our future lives, more or less. It will affect us. Therefore, if you like dogs very much, it is very likely that you will be reborn as a dog. Those who like cats very much are likely to be born into a cat in their future lives. It is influenced by some habits of this life. They are all innate habits that are stored in our Eighth Consciousness Storage. So the Buddha's Dharma tells us that who you are with is very, very important. Where are we from, where are we going to. This is what the Buddha's Dharma tells us: going with habits. If we want to know where to go in the future, then we look at our current habits and our current preferences. If we now stay with animals every day, be with them, then we may have a greater chance of being reborn as animals in the future. I also know a monk. When he talks, he especially likes to bare his teeth and wave his hands around. He likes to put both of his hands on others' shoulders and he moves a lot, like a puppy, his hands are always moving. This made me feel very, very strange. One day, I went to his place and learned that after he had become a monk he had got a puppy. He lives with this puppy, eat together, play together. After living with this puppy for a long time, naturally he got some habits from the puppy. As a result, sometimes when he talks to others, he naturally puts his hands on people's shoulders, and keeps moving. I tell you fellow disciples. As Buddhist disciples, the reason why we want to learn Buddhism in this life is that we should gradually remove our bad habits and remove some of our problems. not adding more bad habits and problems. We learn Buddhism every day, just to learn to see through and put down something, instead of constantly remind ourselves with more worrying things and more troublesome things every day, endlessly. This is not a wise approach. This is the third reason. The fourth reason is that for us Buddhists, time is especially important. Time does not allow us to own pets. We have no time to waste. We just have little time left. Everyone should have this sense of urgency. As a true Buddhist, a Buddhist disciple who has taken Bodhisattva precepts, in addition to working and living, in addition to taking care of family members, and eating, drinking, and sleeping in our lives, the time for learning or practice is very little. Every day we feel that we have no time to complete our practice. I myself am a typical example. Why don't I eat dinner in the evening? In the beginning, it wasn't because I liked to skip dinner, no, not for this reason. It was just because I am very lazy and I am too lazy to cook. I think cooking or preparing meals is just a waste of my time. After cooking, you have to do the dishes and clean up. A whole lot of things. countlessly, it's a waste of time and my life. Of course now skipping dinner has become a habit. I'm used to it. If I eat at night, it is very uncomfortable. If I don't eat at night, the effect of chanting Buddha's name or meditation is very good. My Sleep is very good as well. I don't know if you feel the same way. I often feel that it's already a lot of work just taking care of myself, so how can I have time to take care of those pets? I tell you, fellow disciples, that taking care of these pets; cats, dogs and the like, takes a lot of time. If they are sick, we need to take them to see a vet. The dog needs to go for a walk every day, we have to take it for a walk. How can we have so much time? I think we should leave some more time for ourselves to practice. Therefore, because of the above reasons, the rules of the Bodhisattva Precepts clearly stipulate that cats or dogs cannot be owned. No cats or dogs, no pets. If we own pets, if we are bodhisattva preceptees, we have violated a minor precept. Of course, every bodhisattva precept includes exceptions, covering, upholding and violation. This precept is not an exception. It has conditions for exceptions. If we encounter stray cats or dogs, if these small animals are really pitiful, need our help, then we should be compassionate to take care of them, and save them. There is no violation when it comes to Bodhisattva precepts. But after we rescued them, it is better to find someone or somewhere to send them to. You don't want to always keep them and build up a relationship with them. It eventually will impact yourself, affect your practice, and affect your rebirth to the Pureland. Then this would be too unwise and not worthy. Thank you for your compassion, Amitabha!