..續本文上一頁icted to anger or passion, these are also related to body sensations. Your addiction is to the sensations. Through Vipassana you come out of that addiction. You come out of all outside addictions also. It is so natural, so scientific. Just try and you will find how it works.
問： 是否只有人類充滿了痛苦與不幸呢？是否其它衆生就過著和諧的生活呢？
Q: Are only human beings in misery
Are other beings living a harmonious life
答： 痛苦無所不在，但其他衆生無法從痛苦當中解脫，因爲它們無法觀察到它 們自身當中的實相。自然的法則(或者也許你想要稱它爲「全能的神」)，只賦 予人類這種觀察自身實相並解脫痛苦的絕妙能力。因此，讓我們好好地利用我們 所具有的這種絕妙力量吧。
A: Misery is everywhere, but other beings can”t come out of their misery because they can”t observe the reality within themselves. Nature—or if you want to call it "God Almighty"—has given this wonderful power only to human beings, to observe the reality within ourselves and come out of misery. Make use of this wonderful power that is given to us.
問： 如果你是一位軍人，殺害敵人是否違反道德呢？
Q: It is against morality to kill an enemy if you are a member of the Armed Forces
答： 是的。但是，基于保衛國家和人民而言，軍隊是需要的。軍隊不應該只是 用來消滅敵人而已，它同時要顯示出國家的強盛，使對方甚至不會有想要侵略和 傷害自己國家人民的念頭。因此，軍隊的存在是必要的，但決不是殺戮，而是要 顯現出軍隊的強盛。如果某人侵害這個國家，第一件事要做的是警告，萬一警告 沒有用，到了絕對必要的時候，就應該采取行動。但是我們必須知道，要將軍隊 訓練成沒有忿怒與憎恨；否則他們的心會變得不平穩、不平靜，所有的決定都會 出錯。反之，如果以平穩、平靜的心，就能做出正確、良好的決定，不僅是有益 于自己也有益于他人。
A: Yes. But at the same time, the Army is necessary for the protection of the country, for the protection of the civilians. The Army should not be used just to kill others. It should be used to show the strength of the country, so that an enemy cannot have even the thought of being aggressive and harming people. Therefore, the Army is necessary. But not to kill, just to show strength. If somebody is harming the country, then the first thing is to give a warning. Otherwise, if it becomes necessary, action has to be taken. But then again, the soldiers have to be trained not to have anger, not to have animosity. Otherwise their minds will become unbalanced, all their decisions will go wrong. With a balanced mind, we can take good decisions, right decisions, which will be very helpful to us and helpful to others.
問： 心智障礙的人可否經由修習內觀而獲得自我控製呢？
Q: Can a mentally retarded person gain control over himself by Vipassana
答： 這要看情況而定。如果他無法了解所教的，那麼當然不能獲益。這個方法不是魔術，也不講奇迹。這只是一種心的訓練；就好像你做不同的健身運動來鍛鍊身體一樣，你是在做這個心的運動。一個人至少要有足夠的心智來了解修習的是什麼，並且去練習它。有些心智障礙的人曾經受益，但我們無法說每一個人都會受益。
A: It depends. If one cannot understand what is being taught, then there is no magic, no miracle in the technique. It is a mental exercise. Just as you do different physical exercises, so you do this mental exercise. One should be at least intelligent enough to understand what the exercise is, and then to practise it. There are some who have been helped, but we can”t say that everyone will be helped.
問： 爲什麼婆伽梵歌當中說要遵循 swadharma(自法)，而不是 paradharma(他法)。
Q: The Gītā says swadharma [our own Dharma] should be followed, not paradharma [the Dharma of others].
答： 這要看你如何解釋。對我而言，所謂的「自法」是指人類的法，人類具有 能夠觀察自身，並且從中解脫出來，遠離一切束縛的絕妙能力。動物是無法做到 的，一只小鳥或昆蟲就無法做到這些。如果你僅僅是活在世間，而不善用這個能力，那麼你過的是動物的生活，過的是小鳥、昆蟲的生活。你與這些衆生並沒有 什麼差別––––你過的不是合乎自法(swadharma)的生活，你過的是他法 paradharma 的生活。爲了遵循「自法」，你必須經由觀察你自身之內的實相，學習如何從束縛當中解脫出來。
A: It depends how you interpret it. To me, swadharma is the Dharma of human beings. A human being has been given this wonderful faculty to observe oneself and come out of the misery, come out of the bondage. An animal cannot do this, a bird cannot do this, an insect cannot do this. If you are just living the life…
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