佛是人嗎？Is the Buddha a Person？

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網友：您好！請問佛是人嗎？學誠法師：可以閱讀佛本生故事。釋迦牟尼佛誕生於古印度迦毗羅衛國的藍毗尼（今尼泊爾境內），是歷史上的真實人物。Q:Greetings! Is the Buddha a person?A:You can r...

網友：您好！請問佛是人嗎？學誠法師：可以閱讀佛本生故事。釋迦牟尼佛誕生於古印度迦毗羅衛國的藍毗尼（今尼泊爾境內），是歷史上的真實人物。
Q:Greetings! Is the Buddha a person?
A:You can read 「The Jataka Tales.」 Shakyamuni Buddha was born in Lumbini (now Nepal), Kapilavastu in ancient India, and was a real person in history.
網友：我不懂佛但又很好奇，您能給我講講關於佛嗎？學誠法師：佛是徹底圓滿的覺悟宇宙人生真相的人，任何人只要依照佛陀告訴我們的方法前行，終都可以達到與他相同的境界。
Q:I don t know much about Buddha but I am curious about him. Can you tell me something about him?
A:A Buddha is a person who has completely realized the ultimate truth of the universe. Anyone who applies his teachings, will attain the same realization as he did.

網友：佛為何物，有形抑或無形？
學誠法師：比如手機信號，彌布周圍空間，看不見、摸不著，但藉助手機為媒介，便可以接受到許多信息。有形與無形並非矛盾。通常所說的佛陀，是指釋迦牟尼佛，即應化於我們這個時空的化身，他是引導我們覺悟的導師。
Q:What is the Buddha? Does he have a form?
A:Take a cell phone signal as an example, it is all pervasive, invisible and intangible. Yet information can be received if you use a cell phone as a medium. Form and formlessness are not contradictory. Generally speaking, the Buddha refers to Shakyamuni Buddha, namely, the embodiment of the teacher who guided us to enlightenment in this age.
網友：佛陀當初在古印度出世，經歷了出家、修行和覺悟的過程，那是示現這一切的是佛的化身還是真身？學誠法師：佛有法、報、化三身。法身為理體，遍滿虛空；報身為無量功德莊嚴之圓滿身，為地上菩薩所現；化身為地前菩薩、聲聞緣覺，乃至一切人天五趣所現。古印度悉達多太子修行而成之釋迦牟尼佛，是化身佛。
Q:Shakyamuni Buddha was born in ancient India and had undergone a process of renunciation, cultivation and enlightenment there. Who was manifesting all these, the true Buddha or his transformation body?
A:A Buddha has three kinds of existence: dharma, reward and transformation bodies. Dharma body refers to the omnipresent existence of the law of nature. Reward body refers to the dignified and perfect existence of immeasurable merit, which is manifested by the first bhumi bodhisattva or above. Transformation body is the existence manifested by bodhisattva below the first bhumi, hearers, those enlightened to conditions and all five destinies. Shakyamuni Buddha, whom by practice the prince Siddhartha of ancient India had become, had a transformation body.
網友：我想問一下對我們世人來說佛應該是什麼？我們應該怎麼處理信佛和信己的關係呢？學誠法師：佛是一個遠離一切怖畏的人、一個智慧極高又非常慈悲的人，是一個指路者、精神導師。信佛、學佛就是為了追隨自我的覺悟之道。
Q:As people, how shall we perceive the Buddha? Shall we believe in him or believe in ourselves?
A:A Buddha is a person who has conquered all fears and attained complete wisdom and compassion. He is a guide and a spiritual teacher. To believe in and learn about Buddhism is to embark on a path of self-enlightenment.
來源：學誠法師的微博
Source：Microblogs of Ven. Master Xuecheng
翻譯：北京龍泉寺翻譯中心
Translated by: Beijing Longquan Monastery Translation Center
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