A Presentation of the life story of a nun disciple of the Buddha - foremost in wisdom. The texts are in English and Chinese. For the Video with audio narration and explanation in Hokkien, please check out the Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-oh1trE8s4

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Khema Theri 的故事
修女智慧第一

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Khema was born into a royal family from the land of Magadha, India.
She was extremely beautiful and fair. When she reached an
appropriate age, she became one of the chief consorts of King
Bimbisara. King Bimbisara was a Sotapanna, a stream-enterer and a
dedicated Buddhist. He donated his own bamboo grove to the
Sangha. With great respect, he looked after the monks.
Khema 出生于印度摩揭陀国的一个皇室家庭。她非常美丽和白皙。 当她到
了适当的年龄时，她成为了宾比萨拉国王的主要妃子之一。 毗毗沙罗王是
一位 Sotapanna、一位入流者和一位虔诚的佛教徒。 他将自己的竹林捐赠
给僧团。 他非常尊重地照顾僧侣。

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Even though Khema was married to a devout Buddhist and heard
marvelous things about the Buddha, she was afraid to see Him. She
identified herself as a very beautiful person and was concerned that
the Buddha would fault her for her vanity, embarrassing her in front of
others.
So, everyday, she would watch as many servants and attendants
carried trays, platters of food, and other offerings to the Sangha.
尽管赫玛嫁给了一位虔诚的佛教徒，并且听说了有关佛陀的奇妙事迹，但她还是害
怕见到他。 她认为自己是一个非常美丽的人，担心佛陀会因为她的虚荣心责备她，
让她在别人面前丢脸。所以，每天，她都会看到许多仆人和侍从端着托盘、食物和
其他供品给僧团。

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King Bimbisara was very ashamed that even though he was the King and
a chief patron of the Buddha, his main consort would not visit the
Buddha. This caused him considerable stress.
King Bimbisara came up with a plan. He hired a group of singers to
position themselves near Khema’s window and sing about the beauty,
peacefulness and harmony in the Bamboo Grove Monastery.
毗毗娑罗王很惭愧，虽然他是国王，是佛陀的首席护法，但他的正妃却不去
拜访佛陀。 这给他带来了很大的压力。宾比萨拉国王想出了一个计划。 他
聘请了一群歌手将自己定位在Khema的窗户附近，并在Bamboo Grove
Monastery中唱出美丽，宁静与和谐。

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Since Khema loved the beauty of nature, she decided to visit the
Bamboo Grove. Khema dressed in her finest clothes and adornments.
Upon arriving at the Bamboo Grove Monastery she was astonished at
its beauty and majesty.
Owing to the aura of a supreme Buddha, she was especially drawn to
the hall where the Buddha was preaching.
由于Khema喜欢大自然的美丽，她决定参观竹林。 Khema 穿
着她最好的衣服和装饰品。 到了竹林寺，她就被它的美丽和威
严所震撼。由于无上佛的气息，她特别被佛陀开示的大殿所吸
引。

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The Buddha, reading her thoughts, used his psychic powers to
conjure a perfectly beautiful young woman sitting beside him fanning
him.
Khema was entranced by the woman’s beauty. She thought,
“I have never seen anyone so beautiful in all my life. I do not have
even a fraction of this woman’s beauty. People say the Buddha
disparages beauty, but surely they are mistaken.”
佛陀读懂了她的想法，用他的神通召唤了一个完美的年轻女子坐在他身边为
他扇风。Khema 被女人的美丽迷住了。 她想，“我这辈子都没见过这么漂
亮的人。 我连这个女人的美貌都没有。 人说佛贬美，实是误会。”

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Then, suddenly, before her very eyes, Khema watched as the
beautiful woman aged.
She changed from a vibrant youth into a middle aged woman, and
then into an old woman with wrinkled skin, gray hair and broken
teeth. Finally, the old woman fell lifelessly to the floor.
Khema was shocked.
然后，突然，在她的眼前，Khema看着美丽的女人变老了。她从一个充满
活力的青年变成了一个中年妇女，再到一个皮肤皱巴巴、头发灰白、牙齿断
掉的老妇人。最后，老妇人毫无生气地倒在了地上。 凯玛惊呆了。

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She thought, “If someone who possesses that much more beauty than
me will eventually become that lifeless husk, what will happen to me? I
will surely share that same fate.”
The Buddha read her mind and said, “Khema, behold this mass of
elements. It is diseased, impure and always decaying. Filthy liquids
constantly trickle and ooze out of it. Only fools would desire such a
thing.”
她想：“如果一个比我拥有那么多美丽的人，最终会变成那个死气沉沉的躯壳，我
会怎么样？ 我一定会分享同样的命运。”佛陀读懂了她的心意并说：“Khema，看
这大量的元素。 它是病态的、不纯的并且总是腐烂的。 肮脏的液体不断地涓涓细流
并从中渗出。 只有傻瓜才会想要这样的东西。”

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Khema internalized the Buddha’s teachings. Instead of thinking of
others as fools, she saw that she was the real fool. All this time, she
considered her body to be pure, beautiful and desirable. But now, she
acknowledged that she had personal evidence of how dirty her body
really was. Each and every day she had to clean it and dispose of the
waste that came out of it.
Khema 内化了佛陀的教义。 她没有把别人当傻子，而是看到自己才是真正
的傻子。 一直以来，她都认为自己的身体是纯洁、美丽和令人向往的。 但
现在，她承认她有个人证据证明她的身体真的有多脏。 她每天都必须清理
它并处理掉它产生的废物。

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Yet, until now, she chose to ignore this truth and pretend that her body
was pure, precious and desirable.
She released her attachment to that fallacy and accepted the obvious
truth that she had already known. This release established her as a
Sotapanna.
The Buddha, sensing that she had become a Sotapanna, but knowing
that she had the potential for further enlightenment, continued His
sermon.
然而，直到现在，她还是选择了无视这个事实，假装自己的身体是纯洁的、珍贵的、
令人向往的。她释放了对那个谬论的执着，接受了她已经知道的显而易见的事实。
此版本确立了她作为 Sotapanna 的身份。佛陀察觉到她已成为一名空行者，但知道
她有进一步证悟的潜力，继续他的布道。

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He said, “The wise will cut off their attachment to lust and become
indifferent to the pleasures they have renounced.”
Khema further internalized this teaching. Her desires did not lead to
true pleasure. They led to suffering. Nothing that she desired was
permanent.
Nothing that she desired led purely to pleasure. Everything included
suffering.
他说：“智者会断掉对贪欲的执着，对他们已经放弃的快乐变得漠不关
心。”Khema 进一步内化了这一教义。 她的欲望并没有带来真正的快乐。
他们导致痛苦。 她想要的一切都不是永恒的。她想要的任何东西都不会带
来纯粹的快乐。 一切都包括苦难。
无常
附件引线到受苦

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Nothing that she desired was truly under her power to control.
Therefore, attachment to desires would lead her not to pleasure but to
true suffering.
With this understanding, she released all desires and became an
Arahant, a fully liberated being.
Khema, now an arahant, had unlocked her full potential and spiritual prowess
she developed over many lives.
她想要的一切，都不是真正在她的掌控之下。 因此，对欲望的执着不会导致她走向
快乐，而是走向真正的痛苦。有了这个了解，她释放了所有的欲望，成为了一个阿
罗汉，一个完全解脱的人。 Khema，现在是一位阿罗汉，释放了她全部的潜力和精
神力量她在许多生命中发展。
Suffering
痛苦
Impermanence 无常
Non-Self
无我

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With her new abilities unlocked, she used her wisdom to discern that
being an arahant she would renounce her worldly life and seek
ordination.
She returned to King Bimbisara and told him that she had now
become an Arahant after hearing the Buddha’s sermons. King
Bimbisara was very happy for her and gave her permission to join the
order of nuns.
随着她的新能力的解锁，她用她的智慧辨别作为一个阿罗汉，她将放弃她的
世俗生活并寻求出家。她回到毗毗娑罗王那里，告诉他在听了佛陀的开示后，
她现在已经成为阿罗汉了。 毗毗娑罗王为她感到非常高兴，准许她加入修
女的行列。

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Khema returned to the order of nuns and received a proper ordination
from both the Sangha of monks and the Sangha of nuns.
Khema Theri, along with Uppalavanna Theri, were known as the
foremost of all nuns.
Khema Theri was known as the foremost of all nuns in wisdom, much
like the Venerable Sariputta was among monks.
Khema 回到尼姑的秩序并接受了适当的戒律出自僧众僧伽和尼姑僧
伽。Khema Theri 和 Uppalavanna Theri 被称为所有修女中最重要
的。Khema Theri 被认为是所有尼姑中最智慧的，就像 Sariputta
尊者在僧侣中一样。

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无明、贪爱和执着是苦的根本原因。
愿我们战胜贪、瞋、痴——魔的邪恶。
热心地在佛法中努力达到涅槃。
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin
The End
结束