《淨空法師 - 學佛答問 - 香港參學同修》
地點:香港佛陀教育協會
日期:2004/10/9
編號: 第四集
檔名: 21-253-0001
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問:學佛人是不是一點酒都不能喝?
答:沒有這個說法,酒是五戒之一,但是酒的開緣特別多。所以,戒律你要懂得,每條戒有開、遮、持、犯,你要不懂的話你就不能持戒。在什麼場合當中開緣,那叫開戒,那不是破戒,這個要知道。譬如說最平常常用的,年歲大的,七十歲以上,身體衰弱,佛答應,你每餐飯喝一杯酒,幫助你血液循環,它有道理。中醫,有很多中醫藥裡用酒做藥引子,可以做。譬如平常你們烹飪的時候,做菜,酒配在菜裡面做香料,可以用。好多好多開緣,你這個要懂得,你不懂得就錯了。
我有一年到北京去訪問,住在國際旅館。正好我那一天下來的時候,在樓梯上碰到一個美國的華僑,我們也很熟悉。他娶媳婦,就在這個酒店二樓舉行,臨時看到我就把我抓去,抓去要我給他做證婚人。新娘是日本人,在北大念書的日本的學生,我說好,這是屬於國際婚姻,中日兩方面的外交跟工商業的代表不少人,所以我就去看了。他有個證婚人程思遠,程思遠現在還在不在不曉得,程思遠先生那個時候是政協副主席,請他做證婚人。臨時抓到我,也把我抓去,兩個證婚人,我們在一張桌子上坐,一僧一俗。
這宴會是臨時的,臨時就沒有辦法做素菜,那麼大的一個場合,外國人也不少,菜我吃肉邊菜,就不能顧忌了,酒我喝一杯跟大家交流。旁邊人看到,「佛教是這樣的活潑」,就不一樣了,你曉得這個宴會就度很多人。你要是那麼樣考究,人家說佛不能學,學了什麼都不方便。所以你要懂得,那些達官貴人平時見都見不到的,難得一個場合在這個地方。做證婚人一定要致詞,致詞我就講佛法,把佛法就介紹給大家,皆大歡喜。我記得那天我講完之後,頭一個遞了名片來給我的是廖承志,廖仲愷的兒子。他就來見我,非常歡喜,他說法師你講得太好了!這就是抓住機會弘法利生,你要曉得靈活運用,你可不能夠很呆板。呆板的時候,你造成那個樣子,大家畏懼,怕學佛,這樣子就不好,把人家學佛的機緣斷掉了。
*Question:* Is it true that Buddhists are not allowed to drink any alcohol?
*Answer:* This is not strictly true. While alcohol is one of the Five Precepts, there are many exceptions. The Buddhist precepts include allowances, prohibitions, practices, and transgressions, which need to be understood to properly observe them. For example, elderly people over seventy who are physically weak may drink a small amount of alcohol to aid circulation. Traditional Chinese medicine often uses alcohol as an ingredient, and alcohol can be used in cooking for flavor.
I once visited Beijing and stayed at an international hotel. There, I met an American Chinese acquaintance who was holding a wedding and asked me to be a witness. The bride was a Japanese student from Peking University. This international wedding included many representatives from diplomatic and business circles of both China and Japan. Another witness was Cheng Siyuan, then Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. I joined them at a table, where there was no time to prepare vegetarian dishes. I ate the vegetables beside the meat and drank a glass of wine to interact with others. This flexibility showed a lively side of Buddhism and made many people more open to it.
At the wedding, I gave a speech on Buddhist principles, which was well-received. Liao Chengzhi, the son of Liao Zhongkai, was the first to give me his business card and praised my speech. Such opportunities to spread Buddhist teachings should be utilized flexibly rather than rigidly, which might otherwise deter people from learning about Buddhism.
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