鲁达慈悲情怀辨考——《水浒》人伦和谐之一

一部《水浒》把108将性格写尽。其中的鲁达是个任性率直的卤莽人,既助人救人,又杀人放火,但作者却安排他放下屠刀,立地成佛,最终找到一个较完好的生命归宿。鲁达这样的仗义英雄,禅杖打尽不平路,戒刀刺向对垒人,虽五台山出家,却又不像出家人性格,除了“戒淫欲”外,杀生、偷盗、嗔怒、恶口样样没禁,却能立地成佛,这完全因为他有一腔撼天动地的慈悲胸怀,并且童心无忌。

A Textual Research & Analysis of Lu Da's Benevolence——One of the Harmonies among Human Relations in the Novel of Shuihuzhuan

The novel Shuihuzhuan fully depicts the characters of 108 figures.As one of them Lu Da is self-willed,frank and straightforward.He both hepls and rescues people and also kills people and sets fire.The writer finally arranges a better home for him to return to,letting him drop his cleaver and become a Buddha.Being a gallant hero he has a strong sense of justice and is always ready to help the needy and kill the evildoers with the monk's staff and knife.Although he goes to Mount Wutai and becomes a monk,nothing can be found in him of the features of a monk.He violates religious disciplines by killing,stealing,being angry,and using foul language except for lust.Can he really become a Buddha? Many Buddhism scholars and writers don't agree on it.The author tends to interpret its code of body & mind by trying to see through the truth from the surface from the perspective of Buddhist's doing nothing.