【星期三小故事】“提着钵等” | [Wednesday Stories] “Stood and wait”

【星期三小故事】“提着钵等”

 

龙普杏。普陀迦偌，谭芭篷佛寺，清道

 

故事： “就提着钵等”

 

在佛历2488年的雨安居前，龙普杏来到了东北那空帕侬府的浪卡山（现在是浪卡山国家公园，Phu Langka National Park）那年的雨安居，龙普杏就在这座山上度过。

 

浪卡山和另外一座名为辣暗山（Phu Ranga）是那空帕侬府内的两座大山。龙普杏曾经在辣暗山上短住过，山上有一间深林道场，附近也有村庄，所以在山上修行时不必为食物烦恼。但浪卡山却恰恰相反，山上没有深林道场，就连村庄也没有。整座山上根本没人住。

 

龙普杏步行上这座山时，除了很多的野生动物，途中都没碰到任何人。后来在山上度过雨安居期间，龙普杏说有几次到了深夜还能听到老虎在帐篷附近出没，有时甚至还听得见老虎的吼叫声。

 

在这里修行时，龙普杏说最缺乏的就是水和食物。因为附近连个村庄都没有，有时托钵了九天十天都是空手而归。在那年代，如果要到最靠近浪卡山的村庄都需要走好几天的路才能到。所以龙普杏根本没办法天天去村里托钵。

 

作者：“既然山上没村民，当师父你托钵没人供养时，怎么办?”

 

龙普杏：“就提着钵等”

 

作者： “那师父你好几天都没进食对吧？”

 

龙普杏：“还有得吃”

 

作者：“那是谁来供养饭菜给师父呢？”

 

龙普杏：* 龙普杏微微笑没回答 *

 

作者：“是附近的村民来送饭菜给师父吗？”

 

龙普杏：“不是村民。那时山上根本没人，只有我一人在那座山上住”

 

龙普杏在浪卡山上短住有好几个月（一个雨安居是三个月）但是至今没人知道是谁在山上供养了师父。

 

故事来自：Nang Sue Photiyan, 第5集, 51到53页

 

[Wednesday Stories] “Stood and wait”

 

In the period before Vassa (3 months period) in BE2488, Luang Pu Sim travelled to Nakhon Phanom province and took up residence at Langka Mountains (Now known as Phulangka National Park). Luang Pu Sim then decided to spend his Vassa there for that year.

 

Langka Mountain along with Ranga Mountain are two of the mountains in Nakhon Phanom province. Luang Pu Sim had spend a previous Vassa on Ranga Mountain, and it was condusive as there was a forest hermitage and villages on the mountain, so food was not a major problem. But Langka Mountain was the total opposite, there were no forest hermitage and not a single village on this mountain.

 

On his way up the mountain, Luang Pu Sim realized other than wild animals, there were not a single human in sight. Luang Pu even recounted on some nights during his stay there, he could hear tigers pacing around his tentage and could hear them howling loudly.

 

While staying on this mountain, water was scarce and food was even more limited. Because of the lack of villages, there were occasions when Luang Pu would go on almsround and receive nothing for 9 to 10 days straight. In those days, the closest village was afew days walk from the mountain, so it was close to impossible for Luang Pu to go on his daily almsround there.

 

Author: “Luang Pu, when you went on almsround and received nothing, what would you do?”

 

Luang Pu Sim: “I’ll just stand there and wait with my alms bowl”

 

Author: “Luang Pu, you were able to go for days without food?”

 

Luang Pu Sim: “I still managed have food”

 

Author: “Who gave Luang Pu the food? Did someone came to offer?”

 

Luang Pu Sim: * Luang Pu smiled and did not reply *

 

Author: “Was it the villagers that came to offer food?”

 

Luang Pu Sim: “It wasn’t villagers that came to offer me food. When I was staying there, there weren’t any villagers on the mountain, I was all alone.”

 

In the end, Luang Pu spend many months staying on Langka Mountain. But no one knew who or what came to offer Luang Pu Sim food while he was staying there.

 

Story taken from: Photiyan Magazine, volume 5, page 51 to 53