第叁天 問答

　　Questions and Answers

　　問： 什麼是生命的最終目的？

　　Q: What is the ultimate goal of life

　　答： 從一切的不幸、痛苦之中解脫出來。因爲你是人類，所以有能力從痛苦當 中解脫出來；善用這個能力吧！

　　A: To come out of all the miseries. Because you are a human being, you have this faculty to come out of misery. Make use of this faculty.

　　問： 一位沒有吃素的人能在內觀之中有所成就嗎？

　　Q: Can a non-vegetarian succeed in Vipassana

　　答： 當你來參加課程時，我們只供給素食的餐點。但我們不會說，如果你不吃 素就會下地獄。因爲這不是這樣的。不過，慢慢地你會覺得不吃肉比較好，你會 了解吃葷和吃素這兩者對你的差別。素食對于你的進步會比較有幫助。

　　A: When you come to a course only vegetarian food is given. But we don”t say that if you take non-vegetarian food you will go to hell. It is not like that. Slowly you will come out of eating meat. You will understand for yourself the difference between the two. Your progress will certainly be better if you are vegetarian.

　　問： 我們如何能夠解除自卑感或優越感的情結呢？

　　Q: How can we come out of inferiority or superiority complexes

　　答： 這就是內觀的功效。每一種情結都是一種內心的不淨雜染；當不淨雜染浮 現在心的表層時，你就只是觀察、觀察它，它就會自然地消失。如果你一直壓抑 它，它將會不斷地增長；相反地，如果你縱容它，則會傷害到別人。所以既不放 縱也不是壓抑，就只是觀察；內觀將會幫助你觀察。

　　A: This is what Vipassana does. Every complex is an impurity of the mind. As that impurity comes to the surface, you observe it. You observe it, and it passes away. When you keep suppressing it, it multiplies. When you express it, you harm others. So neither express nor suppress. Just observe. Vipassana will help you to observe.

　　問： 爲何我們只觀察呼吸呢？

　　Q: Why should we work with respiration only

　　答： 呼吸是時時刻刻發生在身心當中的實相。呼吸是和你的身、心密切相關的； 而你是來解析探究你自己的身心的。所以你開始以呼吸作爲對象來觀察，之後就 會進入身心的更深層面。

　　A: Respiration is the truth. Respiration is related to your mind and matter, and you are here to make an analytical study of mind and matter. So you start with respiration, and then go to a deeper level of mind and matter.

　　問： 要能過著正確的生活，難道我們不需要神的力量嗎？

　　Q: To live a righteous life, don”t we need God”s power

　　答： 神的力量就是法的力量。法是神、實相就是神。當你與實相、與法同在時， 你就與神同在。藉由淨化你的自心，在你自身內發展神的力量。

　　A: God”s power is Dharma”s power. Dharma is God. Truth is God. When you are with truth, when you are with Dharma, you are with God. Develop God”s power within yourself, by purifying your mind.

　　問： 我常常情緒化、敏感並且充滿了焦慮。這些現象在修習內觀後是否能有所改善呢？

　　Q: I am emotional, sensitive and always full of anxiety. Can these be overcome by Vipassana

　　答： 當然，這就是修習內觀的目的––––使你從所有的痛苦之中解脫出來。焦躁和憂慮是最大的痛苦；它們存在是因爲某些不淨雜染深藏在你內心當中。因此， 當你修習內觀時，這些不淨將會浮現到表面並且消失。當然這是需要一些時間的，沒有任何魔法、奇迹或上師加持；沒有上師會將他的手放在你的頭上而使你 成爲一位解脫的人的––––這些都是不可能的。別人只能爲你指出正法的道路，而你必須自己努力走在正法的道路上，來解脫你自己。

　　A: Certainly. This is the purpose of Vipassana—to liberate you from all the miseries. Anxiety and worry are the biggest miseries, and they are there because of certain impurities deep within you, which will come on the surface and pass away. Of course it takes time. There is no magic involved, no miracle involved, no gurudom involved. No guru will put his hand on your head and make you a liberated person—nothing doing. Somebody will just show you the Path. You have to work out your own liberation. Walk on the Path.

　　問： 你是否曾經見過你的前世呢？

　　Q: Have you seen your previous birth

　　答： 在每一個時刻我都在死去，在每一個時刻我都在新生。這個過程不斷地在發生，而我不斷地觀察著它。

　　A: Every moment I am dying, every moment I am taking a new birth. This process is going on, and I keep observing it.

　　問： 在我的職業中一定會不誠實；我也不能換別的職業，因爲那會造成很大的不便。怎麼辦呢？

　　Q: My professional life involves dishonesty. I cannot take up another calling as that will cause great inconvenience.

　　答： 修習內觀，你的心力將會變得強大。現在你是你自心的奴隸，你的心不斷地強迫你去做不想要做的事。經由修習內觀，你將會有足夠的心力，而很容易地就從中解脫；然後你會找到別的職業…

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