第一天 問答

　　Questions and Answers

　　問： 我們如何避免業力呢？

　　Q: How can we avoid karma

　　答： 做你自心的主人。整個內觀的方法就是教導你如何成爲你自心的主人。如 果你無法主宰你的心，那麼因爲舊有的習性模式，你仍然會持續地造作這些行 爲，造作這些「業」––––這些你原本並不想做的。在理智上你了解：「我不應該 造作這些行爲」。但是，你仍然造作，因爲你無法主宰你的心。這個內觀的方法 將會幫助你成爲自心的主人。

　　A: Be the master of your own mind. The whole technique teaches you how to become your own master. If you are not the master of your mind, then because of the old habit pattern, you will keep on performing those actions, that karma, which you don”t want to perform. Intellectually you understand: "I should not perform these actions." Yet you still perform them, because you do not have mastery over your mind. This technique will help you to become the master of your own mind.

　　問： 什麼是生命最終究的目標？也就是說，和諧的生活將導向什麼呢？

　　Q: What is the ultimate goal of life

　　 That is, what does all this harmony lead to

　　答： 終究的生命，終極的目標是在此時此地。如果你一直期望未來能得到某些 事物，但卻無法于現在獲得利益，那麼這只是幻想。如果你現在已經開始經驗到此刻的和諧與安詳，那麼你將會達到目標，達到這個無時無刻都是安詳與和諧、 別無它物的目標。所以在此時此刻就要去體驗，那麼你就是真正走在正道上了。

　　A: The ultimate life, the ultimate goal, is here and now. If you keep looking for something in the future but you don”t gain anything now, this is a delusion. If you have started experiencing peace and harmony now, then there is every likelihood that you will reach the goal, which is nothing but peace and harmony. So experience it now, at this moment. Then you are really on the right path.

　　問： 一位真正如法的人要如何面對這個不如法的世界呢？

　　Q: How can a truly Dharmic person face this adharmic world

　　答： 不要嘗試去改變這不如法的世界。試著去改變你自己不如法之處，改變你的習性反應和給自己帶來痛苦的方式。就像我說過的，當某人辱罵你時，你要瞭解這個人是痛苦的，這是那個人的問題。爲何要變成你的問題呢？爲何要開始産 生忿怒和變得痛苦呢？如果你這麼做，那麼你並不是你自心的主人，而是那個人的奴隸；只要那個人想，他隨時都可讓你痛苦。你是一個痛苦的人的奴隸。你尚未了解法。做你自己的主人，那麼盡管四周有這麼多不如法的情形，你仍然可以過著如法的生活。

　　A: Don”t try to change the adharmic world. Try to change the adharma in yourself, the way in which you are reacting and making yourself miserable. As I said, when somebody is abusing you, understand that this person is miserable. It is the problem of that person. Why make it your problem

　　 Why start generating anger and becoming miserable

　　 Doing that means you are not your own master, you are that person”s slave; whenever that person wants to, he can make you miserable. You are the slave of someone else who is a miserable person. You have not understood Dharma. Be your own master and you can live a Dharmic life in spite of the adharmic situations all around.

　　問： 是否有任何快捷方式呢？

　　Q: Is there any shorter way

　　答： 你必須改變你的習性模式，你必須找到你問題的根源––––這就是最短的路徑。而問題的根源是內在而不是在外面。如果你學習如何向內深入，如果你由問 題的根源來開始改變一些事情，那麼這就是一條使你由痛苦之中解脫出來的最短路徑。

　　A: I would say this is the shortest way. You have to change your habit pattern; you have to go to the root of your problem. And the root of problem is inside, not outside. If you learn how to take a dip inside, if you start changing things at the root level, this is the shortest way for you to come out of your misery.

　　問： 請解釋，爲何有一些人並不清淨，但他們仍然覺得快樂，看起來並不痛苦？

　　Q: Some people have impurities, but they feel happy and don”t look miserable. Please explain.

　　答： 你還未進入這些人的內心世界。比如說一個人很有錢，別人可能會覺得：

　　「多快樂的人啊！看看他，他擁有如此多的財富啊！」但是你不知道的是，這個 人無法安穩地睡覺，他必須依賴著安眠藥––––他是一位非常痛苦的人啊。如果深 入你的內心，你當然可以了解你自己是如何痛苦；但是你無法透過一個人的外表，從臉上就看出他(或她)是痛苦或快樂的。痛苦是藏于內在深層的。

　　A: You have not entered the minds of these people. A person may have alot of money, and others may feel: "Such a happy person. Look, he has so much wealth." But what you don”t know is that this person can”t get sound sleep; he has to use sleeping pills—a very miserable person. You can know for yourself how miserable you are, going deep inside. You can”t understand at the external level by seeing sombody”…

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