Why Would I Be Reborn as a "Ghost"?我为什么会变成“鬼”

Описание: in Buddhism we know there are six realms according to Lord Buddha that we can take rebirth in在佛教中 我们知道根据佛陀的教义 有六道我们可以投生轮回the highest realm is the realm of the gods then the Demi gods then humans and those are the three upper realms最高的是天界 其次是阿修罗界 然后是人界 这三者属于上三道three lower realms (ngen dro sum) is hell hungry ghosts or spirit realm and animals 下三道（三恶趣）为地狱道 饿鬼道与畜生道then within those realms there are many many divisions many types of hells cold and hot different types of spirits many many types alright在这些道中又有众多细分 例如地狱有寒热之别 鬼魂种类繁多 其余道亦是如此spirits in general are beings that have no form鬼魂通常是指没有固定形体的存在they travel at the speed of thought它们以意念的速度游走they can pass through physical material objects like walls and doors它们可以穿透墙壁 门扉等实体物质they can fly they can go underground they can go inside water它们能飞行 遁地 入水they can appear in the dark through the day in the night它们能在黑暗 白昼或夜间显现they can appear anywhere at the speed of thought它们能以意念的速度在任何地方显现so what happens is spirits the main cause is miserliness and selfishness其主要成因是悭吝与自私so when a spirit takes rebirth from miserliness or selfishness因此 当众生因悭吝或自私而投生为鬼魂时then they abide in that state it could be for hundreds of years even thousands of years它们便会长久处于这种状态 可能持续数百年甚至数千年some spirits take rebirth through to a lot of anger before they die有些鬼魂则是因生前积聚了深重的嗔恨而投生此道something was done to them that made them very angry它们生前遭遇的某些事情使其产生了极度的愤怒or some spirits take rebirth as spirits because something violent was done to them or something unfinished was done另有些鬼魂是因为生前遭受暴行 或心愿未了而投生此道or they have a lot of attachment towards wealth or some possession or towards a room or towards a person或者是因为他们对财富 某件物品 某个场所或某个人怀有强烈的执着there are many many many reasons why beings take rebirth as spirits众生投生为鬼魂的原因是多种多样的animals also can take rebirth as spirits not just humans不仅是人类 动物也可能投生为饿鬼and spirits they live for varied lives they can live for thousands of years hundreds of years even a few minutes鬼魂的寿命也千差万别 有的能活数千年 数百年 有的甚至只有短短几分钟so what happens is a spirit when they take rebirth as a spirit usually it's not from good causes所以 众生投生为鬼魂 通常并非源于善因it's not from good motivation it's not from good thinking这并非出于良善的动机或正面的心念a spirit incarnation or taking a rebirth as a spirit usually is considered negative投生为饿鬼 通常被视为一种负面的转世so therefore taking rebirth as a spirit is one of the three lower types of taking rebirth因此 投生为饿鬼属于三种低等转世之一so we call that ngen dro sum所以我们称之为"三恶趣"