【 Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels 皈依 】Offering of incense by Master Pu-chung-wa 朴穹瓦供香
【Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels】- Offering of incense by Master Pu-chung-wa
【Pu-chung-wa said, "First I gave sod incense with a sharp odor. Next I obtained sweet-smelling, long sticks of incense made from four substances to give. Now I give aromatic akaru, turuska, and the like."】
This says that in the beginning when I first began to offer, I did not have that much but I would offer to the best of my ability. So the incense that were offered then had "a sharp odour." The incense was not as good. Though they were all incense. See how the inferior incense will have a sharp odour, the inferior incense all have this. Later, gradually because one offers, the fruits will come. Therefore, he offers one
which is made from four substances, a good incense made from four substances. This kind of incense is "sweet- smelling." Now when offering, he offers akaru incense [Note: A kind of wood with lots of oil and will sink in the water.] This is the best kind, the best kind. Now when we speak of this, it is really too bad. It is the collective karma of us sentient beings. Real akaru incense, in these few years, it has been more than 10 years now, I have been looking for this. I have not found it, have not found it anymore. The akarus now are.... When I was first ordained, I still have seen that. I think I have told you once but this type of akaru is already much, much worse than what it used to be. Ah, that is our collective karma! Therefore, we must quickly strive. If you can strive, we will then have this opportunity to be issued the effects of such good things.
SOURCE 来源 :
48B 04’46” Vol 6 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P272 L4
English Lamrim Vol 1 P201
日常师父法语📡48B 04’46” 手抄稿第6册P272 L4
皈依 : 朴穹瓦供香
【又如朴穹瓦云：“我于最初供养香草，其气辛辣，次有四合长香供养，其气甘美。现在供养，若沉水香，嘟噜迦等，其气香馥。”】
说，我最初供养的时候虽然没有，但是我尽我的力量，那个时候供养的香“辛辣”。那个差的香比较差一点，就是同样的檀香，你看，那个比较差的檀香供起来比较辛辣的，差的香都有这个。以后呢，慢慢地因为他供养了，感得的果报来了，所以他有四种好香合起来的，四种合起来的好香，它这种香就“甘美”。现在要供的话，都是沉水香，最好、最好的。眼前说起来真可惜，我们众生的共业，真正的沉香，最近几年来，已经十多年来，我到处去找，找不到了，再找也找不到了。现在这种沉香都……我刚出家的时候曾经还看见过，我好像跟你们说过一次，可是这种沉香比起以前的已经差了十万八千里。唉，这是我们的共业啊！所以我们赶快努力，你能够努力的话，我们还是会有机会感得这种好东西。