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此名修行失於方便。悟則無咎。非為聖證。若作聖解。則有一分。常憂愁魔。入其心腑。手執刀劍。自割其肉。欣其捨壽。或常憂愁。走入山林。不耐見人。失於正受。當從淪墜。
「此名修行失於方便」：這個名字就是修行失於方便。他不明白這個方便法門，所以就生出這種執著。生出這種執著時，「悟則無咎」：如果明白，就沒有問題了。「非為聖證」這不是聖證。
你們聽到經典這個道理，切記不要亂打妄想，不要說自己又要死了，或者又沒有什麼了；你常常這樣想，就會招這種魔的。這
個世界這種魔很多很多的，所以不要打妄想
，不要隨便亂講話；你一打這個妄想，就有這種魔來侵犯你。魔到你身上，你就受不了了！你那時候就不自由了，想不死都不可以的。
「若作聖解，則有一分常憂愁魔」：憂愁也有魔的，為什麼你憂愁？你若開佛眼了，你看這個人沒發脾氣的時候，沒有鬼；一發脾氣，這鬼就來幫著他發脾氣了，說：「發大一點，發大一點！Make
more trouble！〈多惹點麻煩！〉就從後邊來幫助你發脾氣。你不相信？我講的是真話；你要是不信，就
慢慢試試看！「入其心腑」：到他身上了。
「手執刀劍，自割其肉」：我不是講過那個王孝子嗎？就是我以前講的常仁大師。王孝子在墳上守孝，有一次他在定中看見他
一個外甥，被土匪捉去了；捉去，這個土匪就要槍斃他外甥。他相離十五里路，那個土匪一開槍打的時候，他在定中這麼用手往外一搪，這個槍就沒有打上他的外甥，他外甥就跑了！可是在默默中，也是有一個要命鬼。
這個土匪為什麼把他外甥綁去？就是預備要命的，默默中有個要命鬼，有這種因果。那麼現在沒有打死他外甥，這個命沒有要去，所以要命鬼就找王孝子去了。可是也拿王孝子沒有辦法，這鬼怎麼樣啊？就找他弟弟王三爺，這鬼附到王三爺身上了，王二爺就自己拿著一把大刀，到墳上去找王孝子，就要把這第二的弟弟殺了。
到了墳上，很奇怪的，這個鬼拿著刀這麼比著，要砍王二爺的頭，但是拿刀的手落不下來。王孝子這個時候就一味念《金剛經》，他那時候也不講話了。正在這個時候呢
，就是誰呢？就是我的師父〈常智大師〉，
那時候他還沒出家呢，他心裏就著急忙慌得不得了，覺得像不知有什麼事，心裏不安寧了。「啊！是不是孝子墳上有事情了？
」於是乎他就跑到墳上去，一看，果然王二爺拿著刀自己要殺頭。王孝子就寫幾個字說，你去買一點燒紙〈中國人給死人燒的紙〉，
我給他念經超度，這裏頭有一個鬼，想怎麼樣怎麼樣......。」 那麼王孝子就念經超度他 ，以後才沒有事。
所以，這就是這種魔。不過這鬼因為是想要命，不是修行有這種魔。但也可以說是修行有這種魔，就是因為王孝子修行多管閒事，就招來這種魔要殺他的兄弟。鬼殺王孝子殺不了，因為他有定力，也不打妄想，那麼沒有辦法他，鬼就找他的弟弟去。
待續
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Sutra:
This is called "cultivating, but losing expedients." If he
understands, then there is no error. This experience does
not indicate sagehood. But if he considers himself a sage,
then a demon of chronic depression will enter his mind. He
may take up knives and swords and cut his own flesh, happily
giving up his life. Or else, driven by constant anxiety, he
may flee into the wilderness and be unwilling to see people.
Lacking proper samadhi, he will certainly fall.
Commentary:
This is called "cultivating, but losing expedients."
Since the person does not understand the Dharma-doors of
expedient means, he develops this attachment. After
developing it, if he understands, then there is no
error, no problem. This experience does not
indicate sagehood. This does not mean he has become a sage.
Having heard these principles in the Sutra, you should be
extremely careful not to casually indulge in random
thoughts. Do not start thinking that you want to die, or
that you cannot get what you want. If you keep thinking like
that, you will attract this kind of demon. There are a great
many of them in the world, so you should not indulge in
random thoughts or speak carelessly. If you do, this demon
may possess you. When that happens, you will not be able to
endure it. You will not be free, and even if you do not want
to die, there will be no way to avoid it.
But if he considers himself a
sage, then there will be a demon of chronic depression.
So you think you're depressed? Depression also
involves demons. Why are you depressed or angry? If you have
opened the Buddha Eye, you see that when a person is not
angry, there is no ghost, but as soon as he gets angry, a
ghost comes to goad him on, saying, "Get angrier, get
madder! Make more trouble!" Behind the scenes, it urges you
to lose your temper. Even if you don't believe me, what I am
saying is true. If you do not believe it, just take your
time and try it out.
The demon will enter his mind
and possess his body. He may take up knives and
swords and cut his own flesh. Did I not tell you
about Filial Son Wang (Great Master Chang Ren), who
practiced filiality beside his parents' graves? Once, while
in samadhi, Filial Son Wang saw that bandits had captured
his nephew and were about to shoot him. Filial Son Wang was
about five miles away. But just as the bandit was about to
pull the trigger, from within samadhi he used his hand to
ward off the gun so that the shot missed his nephew, who was
able to escape. Behind this incident there was a ghost that
wanted the nephew's life, and it had caused the bandits to
tie the boy up and try to kill him. Those were the causes
and effects involved. When Filial Son Wang thwarted the
ghost in its efforts to kill his nephew, the ghost went
after Filial Son Wang, but could not do anything to him.
Then it went to find his younger brother, Wang Erye, and
possessed him instead. Taking a knife, the brother went to
find Filial son Wang at the graveside, intending to commit
suicide in front of him.
The ghost wanted to kill the younger
brother, but strangely, as it held the knife poised, ready
to behead the younger brother, it could not bring the hand
down. Meanwhile, Filial Son Wang was reciting the Vajra
Sutra and holding a vow of silence. As he recited it
silently, my teacher (Great Master Chang Zhi), who had not
yet left the home-life, felt very agitated, as if there were
some crisis. He felt trepidation and could not put his mind
at ease. He wondered, "Is there something going on with the
Filial Son by the grave?" He rushed over there immediately
to take a look, and sure enough, Wang Erye was holding a
knife about to behead himself. Filial Son Wang wrote a few
words telling my teacher, "Buy some paper for burning.
(There is a Chinese custom of burning paper for the dead.) I
will recite Sutras for the ghost and liberate it. There is a
ghost involved here, and it wants to do such-and-such."
After Filial Son Wang recited Sutras and liberated the
ghost, there were no more problems.
On the one hand this is an example of the
demon under discussion. But in this case the ghost came
because it wanted someone's life, not because of
cultivation. But you could also say it is from cultivation.
Because Filial Son Wang cultivated and got too involved in
someone else's business, he ended up with this kind of demon
trying to kill his younger brother. The ghost couldn't kill
Filial Son Wang because he had samadhi power and did not
have any false-thinking. The ghost couldn't do anything to
him, so it went after his younger brother.
~ To be continued
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