观世音菩萨为什么不肯收无尽意菩萨供养的璎珞？

　　【无尽意菩萨白佛言：世尊，我今当供养观世音菩萨。即解颈众宝珠璎珞，价值百千两金而以与之，作是言：仁者,受此法施珍宝璎珞。时观世音菩萨不肯受之。无尽意复白观世音菩萨言：仁者,愍我等故,受此璎珞。】佛陀刚教导我们要一心供养观世音菩萨, 无尽意菩萨马上就把脖子上挂的价值很昂贵的众宝珠璎珞，毫无吝惜地摘下来供养观世音菩萨。“众宝珠璎珞”为什么叫“法施”？因为这是一种恭敬供养的法，所以叫法施，观世音菩萨却不肯收。“无尽意复白观世音菩萨言：仁者，愍我等故，受此璎珞。”这里无尽意菩萨的口气有变化了，前面祂说“受此法施”，表示我这是一种修法，三轮体空修供养法, 所以叫法施。观音菩萨不要, 这个时候祂不说法施了, 说“愍我等故,受此璎珞”——您悲悯悲悯我们吧，收下这些璎珞给我们结一个缘吧。这里观世音菩萨不肯收，不是说祂架子大, 而是因为有佛在旁边。就像爸爸妈妈在身边, 别人说: 孩子, 我给你糖吃，小孩子看看爸爸妈妈，爸爸妈妈不开口，有教养的小孩是不会伸手去接的。观世音菩萨这里也是尊重佛的意思，同时也表明，无尽意菩萨也越来越如法了。

Eternal （Lecture on the Guan Yin Bodhisattva Universal Door）（67）

By Master Chuanxi

Aksayamati Bodhisattva said to the Buddha, ‘World-Honored One, I shall make offerings to Guan Yin Bodhisattva now. Then he took a necklace adorned with numerous precious gems, worth a hundred or a thousand taels of gold from his neck, and presented it to Guan Yin Bodhisattva, saying, ‘My venerable Sir, please accept this necklace of precious gems as an offering of Dharma.’ Guan Yin Bodhisattva was unwilling to accept it at that time. Aksayamati Bodhisattva said to Guan Yin Bodhisattva again, ‘My venerable Sir, please pity us and accept this necklace of precious gems.’

As soon as the Buddha taught us that we should worship Guan Yin Bodhisattva wholeheartedly, Aksayamati Bodhisattva generously offered his luxurious necklace made of precious stones that he wore around his neck to Guan Yin Bodhisattva. Why is this kind of offering called the offering of Dharma? Because it is a practice done in respect to the Dharma. However, Guan Yin Bodhisattva was unwilling to accept it. Aksayamati Bodhisattva then said to Guan Shi Yin Bodhisattva again, ‘My venerable Sir, please pity us and accept this necklace of precious gems.’ Aksayamati has changed his wording. Earlier, he was saying it was his offering of Dharma which is a kind of practice in which the giver, the taker and the item being offered are all empty. Therefore,it is called the offering of Dharma. Now, he hopes the Bodhisattva can have mercy on them and take the necklace so that they are able to create a connection with Him. The reason why Guan Yin Bodhisattva didn’t accept the necklace was not because He was ignorant. but because the Buddha was around. This is like when a child with good manners is offered a candy and wants to take it, but because his parents are there, he will not take unless he has the permission of his parents. All these showed Guan Shi Yin’s respect to the Buddha, and at the same time it was also demonstrating that Aksayamati Bodhisattva’s offering became more in accordance with Dharma now.

——摘自《永恒的甘露》传喜法师开示录

爱出者爱返，福往者福来。随喜转载，功德无量。