1) Siddhartha Gautama, who would become the Buddha, was born a prince in ancient India to King Suddhodana and Queen Maha Maya. 2) After seeing an old man, sick man, and dead body during visits outside the palace, Siddhartha became aware of suffering in the world and wanted to find a way to end it. 3) Inspired by a monk he saw, Siddhartha decided to leave his life as a prince to become a monk himself and find the path to liberation from suffering.

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乔达摩佛的故事 ~ 第 1 部分

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Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha-to-be, lived more than
2,500 years ago in India. His father was the Raja of the Sakya
clan, King Suddhodana, and his mother was Queen Maha
Maya. They lived in India, in an ancient city called
Kapilavatthu (Kapilavastu), in the foothills of the Himalayas.
未来的佛陀悉达多·乔达摩 (Siddhartha Gautama) 活了超过2500
年前的印度。 他的父亲是释迦族的王王净饭王，他的母亲是摩诃摩
耶王后。 他们住在印度喜马拉雅山脚下一座名为迦毗罗卫城的古城
里。

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After many years, Queen Maha Maya became pregnant. She and her husband
were very happy about it. On the full moon day in the month of May, she gave
birth to a boy in Lumbini Park, while she was on her way to her parents’ home.
Five days after the prince’s birth the king asked five wise men to select a name
for his son. They named him Siddhartha. This name means “the one whose
wishes will be fulfilled”.
多年后，摩诃玛雅王后怀孕了。 她和她的丈夫对此感到非常高兴。 五月的满
月那天，她在回娘家的路上，在蓝毗尼公园生下了一个男孩。 王子出生五天
后，国王请五位智者为他的儿子取名。 他们给他取名悉达多。 这个名字的意
思是“愿望会实现的人”。

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Seven days after Siddhartha was born, his mother Queen Maha Maya died.
Everybody was shocked and felt very sad.
Some time later, King Suddodana married Maha Maya’s sister Pajapati Gotami
who brought Siddhartha up just like her own son.
King Suddhodana was worried because his wise advisers had predicted that if
the prince saw someone old, someone sick, a dead person, and a monk, he
would want to leave the palace and become a monk himself, instead of being a
prince.
悉达多出生后第七天，他的母亲摩诃摩耶王后就去世了。 大家都很震惊，也很伤心。
一段时间后，净饭王娶了摩诃摩耶的妹妹波阇波提乔答弥，她把悉达多像自己的儿子
一样抚养长大。净饭王很担心，因为他的贤臣预言，如果太子看到老人、病人、死人
和比丘出家，他会想自己出家出家，而不是当王子。

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Siddhartha grew up to be a gentle, very kind and compassionate
person. He always took care not to do anything harmful to any
creature. He liked to help others.
For example, one day the prince saw one of the town boys beating a
snake with a stick. He immediately stopped the boy, and told him not
to hurt the snake.
悉达多长大后成为一个温柔、善良和富有同情心的人。 他总是小心翼翼，不
做任何对任何生物有害的事情。 他喜欢帮助别人。 例如，有一天，王子看
到一个镇上的男孩在打蛇用一根棍子。 他立即阻止了男孩，并告诉他不要伤
害蛇。

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One day, Siddhartha was playing with his friends in the palace garden.
One of the boys was his cousin, Prince Devadatta. While Siddhartha
was gentle and kind, Devadatta was by nature cruel and liked to kill
other creatures. While they were playing, Devadatta shot a swan with
his bow and arrow. It was badly wounded. But Siddhartha took care of
the swan until its wounds healed. When the swan was well again, he
let it go free.
一天，悉达多和他的朋友们在宫殿的花园里玩耍。 其中一个男孩是他的堂兄提婆达
多太子。 悉达多温和善良，提婆达多生性残忍，喜欢残杀其他众生。 在他们玩耍的
时候，提婆达多用弓箭射了一只天鹅。 它受了重伤。 但悉达多悉心照料天鹅，直到
它的伤口痊愈。 当天鹅痊愈后，他放它自由了。

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Siddhartha thought deeply about what he saw around him. He learned
that although he was happy, there was a lot of suffering in life. So he
felt deep sympathy for all creatures. On one occasion during the
Plough Festival, when the king and the maids noticed that the prince
was not among the crowd, they went to look for him. They were
surprised to find the prince sitting crossed-legged, in deep meditation
under a jambu tree.
悉达多对他所看到的周围事物进行了深入的思考。 他了解到，虽然他很快乐，
但生活中有很多苦难。 所以他对众生深感同情。 有一次，在犁节期间，国
王和宫女们发现太子不在人群中，便去寻找他。 他们惊讶地发现王子盘腿而
坐，在一棵jambu树下进行深度冥想。

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Siddhartha grew up to be a handsome young man of great character.
He had a contemplative nature. He often did self-reflection.
At 16 years of age, he was now of an age to get married. To stop
Siddhartha from thinking of leaving home, King Suddhodana arranged
for him to be married to his own beautiful cousin, Princess Yasodhara.
悉达多长大后成为了一位英俊潇洒的少年。 他有沉思的天性。 他经常做自
我反省。 他16岁，到了结婚的年龄。 为了阻止悉达多出家的念头，净饭王
安排他娶了自己美丽的堂妹耶输陀罗公主。

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To stop the prince from thinking about unhappiness or leaving home,
King Suddhodana built a pleasure palace for Siddhartha and
Yasodhara. Dancers and singers were asked to entertain them, and
only healthy and young people were allowed into the palace and the
palace garden. The king did not want Siddhartha to know that
everybody gets sick, grows old and will die. But in spite of the king’s
efforts, the prince was not happy. He wanted to know what life was like
for people who lived outside the palace walls.
净饭王为了不让太子心存不快或离家出走，为悉达多和耶输陀罗建造了一座游乐宫。
要求舞者歌唱，只允许身体健康的年轻人进入宫殿和宫殿花园。 国王不想让悉达多
知道每个人都会生病、变老和死亡。 但是尽管国王努力了，王子还是不高兴。 他想
知道住在宫墙外的人的生活是什么样的。

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Eventually, the king allowed Siddhartha to go on short visits to the nearby
towns. He went with his attendant, Channa. On his first visit Siddhartha saw a
white haired, wrinkled man dressed in rags. Such a sight surprised him, as he
had never seen anyone that old before. Channa explained to him that this
man was old and that everyone will be old one day. Siddhartha felt frightened
by that and asked Channa to take him back home. At night, he could not
sleep and he kept on thinking about old age.
最终，国王允许悉达多到附近的城镇进行短期访问。 他和他的侍从车那一起去了。
悉达多第一次拜访时，看到一个衣衫破烂、满头皱纹的白发男子。 这样的景象让他
感到惊讶，因为他以前从未见过这么老的人。 车那向他解释说，这个人老了，总有
一天每个人都会老。 悉达多对此感到害怕，请求车陀送他回家。 夜里，他睡不着觉，
一直想着晚年的事情。

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Although Siddhartha felt frightened by the vision of getting old, he
wanted to see more of the world outside. On his next visit, he saw a
man lying on the ground and moaning. Out of compassion, he rushed
over to the man. Channa warned him that the man was sick and that
everyone, even noble people like Siddhartha or the king could get
sick.
尽管悉达多对变老的景象感到恐惧，但他还是想多看看外面的世界。 下一
次探访时，他看到一个男人躺在地上呻吟。 出于同情，他冲到那个人身边。
车那警告他，这个人病了，每个人，甚至像悉达多或国王这样的贵族都可能
生病。

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On the third visit, Siddhartha and Channa saw four men carrying
another man on a stretcher. Channa told Siddhartha that the man was
dead and was going to be cremated. He also said that no one can escape
death, and told the prince that everyone would die one day. When they
returned to the palace, Siddhartha kept on thinking about what he had
seen. Finally, he made a strong decision to find a way out of the suffering
of old age, sickness and death.
第三次拜访时，悉达多和车那看到四个人用担架抬着另一个人。 车那告诉悉达
多，这个人已经死了，将要火化。 还说没有人能逃过一死，并告诉太子，终有
一天人人都会死。 当他们回到宫殿时，悉达多一直在想着他所看到的。 最后，
他下了一个坚强的决定，要寻找出路来摆脱老、病、死的痛苦。

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Some time later, while the prince was riding in the garden, he saw a man in a
yellow robe. He noticed that the man looked very peaceful and happy. Channa
explained to him that the man was a monk. The monk had left his family and given
up his desire for pleasures to search for freedom from worldly suffering. The
prince felt inspired by the sight of the monk and began to want to leave home to
search for freedom in the same way. That day, his wife gave birth to a lovely baby
boy. But Siddhartha could not rejoice, although he loved the boy, because he
wanted to become a monk, and he realized that now it would be more difficult for
him to leave home.
过了一段时间，太子在花园里骑马，看见一个身穿黄袍的人。 他注意到这个男
人看起来非常平静和快乐。 车那向他解释说那人是个比丘。 比丘离开了他的家
人，放弃了对享乐的渴望，去寻求脱离世俗痛苦的解脱。 王子被和尚的目光所
鼓舞，也开始想要离家去寻找同样的自由。 那天，他的妻子生下了一个可爱的
男婴。 但是悉达多无法高兴，尽管他爱这个男孩，因为他想出家，他意识到现
在他要出家更难了。

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愿我们从佛陀的生平中得到启发
愿我们在佛法中努力以结束杜克哈
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
Credit: Text Contents adapted and edited from ‘Story of The Buddha’ (BuddhaNet)
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