会供时必须了解的取舍
【中英文连载—慧灯之光】
《The Right View》(146)《素食的意义》
What then should we do about the meat and alcohol offered in the ganachakra?
会供时不是有酒有肉吗？这时该怎么做呢？
If we refuse totally, we will break the vows associated with the 14 Root Downfalls of Vajrayana. Instead, we can partake of a tiny bit of meat, the size of a fly’s leg. This way，it neither means eating meat in the conventional sense nor rejecting the sacramental substance of samaya from the perspective of Vajrayana. As for alcohol, we can just dab a little with the ring finger on the lips. Acting this way will prevent us from breaking the samaya of Vajrayana or the vows of bodhisattva and pratimoksha; all three will be kept intact.
如果这时我们完全拒绝，当然会犯根本戒。但是，我们可以只吃像苍蝇腿那么大的一点点肉。从世俗来说，这根本不叫吃肉；从密宗来讲，这不是拒绝誓言物。而对于酒，只需用无名指沾一点涂到唇边就可以了。这样做，一不犯密乘戒，二不犯菩萨戒和别解脱戒，三个戒都不犯。
If you are given a big piece of meat during the ganachakra, just take a piece no larger than the size of a fly’s leg and give the rest back. If too much alcohol is poured into your palm (of course, tell them beforehand not to pour so much), just dab a little on your lips with a finger and dispose of the rest. Never allow yourself to freely chow down on chunks of meat or gulp down alcohol.
如果会供时给你一大块肉，那么你只要苍蝇腿那么大的一点儿，其他的还回去；如果在手里倒了很多酒（当然首先告诉他们不要倒那么多），只用手指头沾一点点涂到唇边，其他自行处理。绝对不允许一块块地吃肉，一口口地喝酒。
Furthermore, it is stated very clearly in the Great Perfection that the meat to be offered for the ganachakra cannot be from animals that were killed and sold in the market for human consumption as those are considered unclean. Instead, one should use the meat of animals that have died of natural causes like disease, fire, earthquake, lightening strike, etc. Only these kinds of meat are deemed clean and suitable for the ganachakra. According to the Mahayana teachings, the distinction between clean and unclean meat is this: the meat of animals killed for human consumption is unclean; those from animals died of natural causes are clean. Still, partaking of “clean” meat is not allowed. This is the view commonly held by both exoteric and esoteric Buddhism. And we should always be mindful of the proper way to prepare for the ganachakra by using only the clean meat.
另外，在大圆满里讲得也很清楚，会供时根本不能用市场上杀生得来的肉，那是不清净的，而要用因疾病、火灾、地震、雷击等自然原因死亡的肉，这才是清净的，才可以用来会供。在大乘佛教里，清净和不清净的分别是：凡是为了人要吃而杀的都是不清净的，只有因自然原因而死亡的那些动物的肉才是清净的，但也不允许吃，这是大乘显宗和密宗共同的观点。会供时需要的就是这种清净的肉，这样才如法，我们一定要注意取舍。
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