【A summary of the meaning of the previous five parts 摄彼等义】The case of pistachio offering 供开心果公案

【A summary of the meaning of the previous five parts 】- The case of pistachio offering

When he first came, I had a good impression of him; I feel … No matter whom, as long as he enters the monastery, I always have immeasurable praise. The second morning after he came, there happened to be a lay practitioner who came and offered something like pistachios, I believe. So I left them in my room. The next morning, I took them out and told him: “So and so, please take this to offer to Buddha, just do that and later take it to the dining hall.” He took it and randomly left it on the side without doing anything to it. I didn’t say anything, and half a day passed, that was what happened. Finally, I saw that it was offered, so I told him: “After this is offered, you can take it down.” He replied that the offer was made in the afternoon, so it should be left until the next day. Therefore from the time it was handed to him until the time it got to the dining hall, it was three days. When I saw this, I felt it was very pitiful, very pitiful! At that time, I thought: alas, I don’t know how to help him, yet I have to try my best.

SOURCE 来源 :

22A 21’07” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P191 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P92

日常师父法语📡22A 21’07” 手抄稿第3册P191 L5

摄彼等义 : 供开心果公案

他一来的时候，我对他印象很好，觉得这样...总是不管任何人，现在只要他肯跑到佛门当中，我总是觉得无比的赞叹。他来了第二天早晨，正好有居士们来给我什么开心果，好像，然后呢我放在我房里，第二天早晨我就拿出去，我就跟他说：[某人啊，你去供供佛，就这样，等一下拿到斋堂。]他拿了这个东西，放在那里一放，也就不管它了，那我也没有说他，又过了个半天，这样。后来总算看见供在那里，我就跟他说：[那么供好了，你收上去。]他说下午供的，要摆到明天。结果交到他手上开始，到等到斋堂上面，三天以后。我一看啊非常可惜，非常可惜！我在那个时候心里想：唉，我不晓得用什么方式能够帮他忙，但是我一定要努力去帮他忙。