A PowerPoint Presentation based on a Verse and the accompanying story from the Dhammapada. This presentation imparts good Dhamma teachings on Kamma, mind, intention and the consequences of actions. The texts are in English and Chinese. Dedicated to my Hokkien Dhamma Class at PBHP, youth members and all practicing Buddhists For the Video with audio narration and explanation in Hokkien, please go to the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL3J3sPFaNA

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From
The
Dhammapada
Verse
124
摘
自
《
法
句
经
》
第
124
节
The Story of Kukkutamitta
恶果来自恶意
Kukkutamitta 的故事

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At Ràjagaha in North India there was
once a rich man’s daughter who had
attained sotàpatti fruition (First Stage of
Sainthood) as a young girl. One day,
Kukkutamitta, a hunter, came into town
in a cart to sell venison. Seeing
Kukkutamitta the hunter, the rich young
lady fell in love with him immediately;
she followed him, married him and lived
with him in a small village.
在印度北部的王舍城，曾经有一个富人的女
儿，她年轻时就证得了初果。 一天，猎人
库库纳米塔 (Kukkutamitta) 驾着手推车进
城卖鹿肉。 富家小姐一见猎人库古阿米多，
立刻爱上了他。 她跟着他，嫁给他，和他
一起住在一个小村庄里。
Rajagaha

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As a result of that marriage, seven
sons were born to them and in the
course of time, all the sons got
married.
One day, the Buddha surveyed the
world early in the morning with His
supernormal power and found that
the hunter, his seven sons and their
wives were due for attainment of
sotàpatti fruition. ( the first stage of
Sainthood)
由于那次婚姻，他们生了七个儿子，随
着时间的推移，所有的儿子都结婚了。
一天，佛陀在清晨以神通力普查世界，
发现猎人、他的七个儿子和他们的妻子
都将获得须陀罗果。 （成圣第一阶段）

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So, the Buddha went to the place where
the hunter had set his trap in the forest.
The Buddha put his footprints close to
the trap and seated Himself under the
shade of a bush, not far from the trap.
When the hunter came, he saw no animal
in the trap; he saw the footprints and he
guessed that someone must have come
before him and let out the animal.
于是，佛陀前往森林中猎人设下陷阱的
地方。 佛陀把他的脚印放在陷阱附近，
并在离陷阱不远的灌木丛中坐下。 猎人
来了，发现陷阱里没有动物。 他看到了
脚印，猜想一定是有人走在他前面，把
动物放了出来。

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So, when he saw the Buddha under the shade
of the bush, he assumed that Buddha was the
man who had freed the animal from his trap
and he flew into a rage.
He took out his bow and arrow to shoot at the
Buddha, but as he drew his bow, he became
immobilized and remained fixed in that
position like a statue. His sons came and found
their father; they also saw the Buddha at some
distance and thought He must be the enemy of
their father.
因此，当他在灌木丛的阴影下看到佛陀时，
他认为佛陀就是将动物从陷阱中解救出来的
人，他勃然大怒。他拿出弓箭要射佛，但他
一拉弓就不动了，像一尊雕像一样固定在那
个位置。 他的儿子们来找他们的父亲； 他们
还远远地看到了佛陀，认为佛陀一定是他们
父亲的仇人。

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All of them took out their bows and
arrows to shoot at the Buddha, but they
also became immobilized and remained
fixed in their respective postures. When
the hunter and his sons failed to return
home, the hunter’s wife came into the
forest with her seven daughters-in-law.
Seeing her husband and all her sons
with their arrows aimed at the Buddha,
she raised both her hands and shouted,
“Do not kill my father.”
他们都拿出弓箭向佛陀射去，也都不
动了，保持着各自的姿势不动。 当
猎人和他的儿子们无法回家时，猎人
的妻子带着她的七个儿媳来到了森林
里。 见夫子众箭，皆指佛，举双手
喊：“勿杀我父。”

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When her husband heard her words, he
thought, “This must be my father-in-law”,
and her sons thought, “This must be our
grandfather” and thoughts of loving-
kindness came into them. Then the lady
said to them, “Put away your bows and
arrows and pay obeisance to my father.”
The Buddha realized that, by this time, the
minds of the hunter and his sons had
softened and so he willed that they should
be able to move and to put away their bows
and arrows.
丈夫闻言，心想：“这一定是我的公公”，
儿子们也想：“这一定是我们的爷爷”，慈
心生起。 ”妇人曰：“收弓箭，拜我父。 佛
陀意识到此时猎人和他的儿子们的心已经
软化了，所以他希望他们能够移动并收起
弓箭。

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After putting away their bows and arrows,
they paid homage to the Buddha and the
Buddha expounded the Dhamma to them.
In the end, the hunter, his seven sons and
seven daughters-in- law, all fifteen of them,
attained sotàpatti fruition.
Then the Buddha returned to the
monastery and told Venerable Ananda and
other monks about the hunter
Kukkutamitta and his family attaining
sotàpatti fruition in the early part of the
morning.
他们收起弓箭后，顶礼佛陀，佛陀为他们
说法。 最后，猎人与他的七个儿子和七个
儿媳，共十五人，都证得了须陀罗果。 然
后佛陀回到寺院，告诉阿难尊者和其他比
丘，猎人库古阿米多和他的家人在清晨证
得须陀罗果。

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The monks then asked the Buddha, “Venerable, the wife of the hunter is a
sotàpanna,. (One who has attained the first stage of Sainthood.) Is she not
guilty of taking life; she had been getting things like nets, bows and arrows
for her husband when he went out hunting?” To this question the Buddha
answered, “Monks, the sotàpannas do not kill, they do not wish others to
get killed. The wife of the hunter was only obeying her husband in getting
things for him.”
Then the Buddha uttered the Verse 124 in the Dhammapada.
比丘们于是问佛：“尊者，
猎人的妻子是须陀洹。
（初成圣者。） 杀生无
罪？ 丈夫外出打猎时，她
一直在为丈夫准备网弓箭之
类的东西？” 对于这个问
题，佛陀回答说：“比丘
们，须陀洹不杀生，他们不
希望别人被杀。 猎人的妻
子只是服从她的丈夫为他取
东西。” 然后佛陀说出《法
句经》中的第 124 颂。

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“If a person has no wound in his palm,
that person can carry poison in his
hand. This is because the poison will not
get absorbed into that person’s system.
In the same way, to a person who has no
bad intention and has not committed an
evil action, there are no evil
consequences.”
Dhammapada Verse 124
“如果一个人的手掌没有伤口，那
么这个人可以在他的手中携带毒药。
这是因为毒药不会被那个人的系统
吸收。 同样的，一个人没有恶意，
没有作恶，也没有恶果。”
法句经第 124 节

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一切众生都珍视和热爱自己的生命。
愿我们不杀死他们或使他们受到伤害痛苦。
The End
结束
With Metta,
Brother
Oh Teik Bin
All sentient beings value and love their lives dearly.
May we not kill them or cause them hurt and misery.