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答： 這就是內觀要教導你的。觀察你的忿怒，你就會從中解脫。而要觀察你的 忿怒，你要先學習如何觀察你的呼吸以及如何觀察你身體上的感受。
A: This is what Vipassana will teach you. Observe your anger, and you will come out of it. And to observe anger, you learn how to observe your respiration, and how to observe your sensations.
問： 對于繁忙于事業的人而言，他們的時間很少，如何能修習內觀呢？
Q: How can professionals, who have less time, practise meditation
答： 內觀對于這些人而言顯得更爲重要！在家人忙于生活，因爲他們生活中有 很多的責任，必須面對生活之中種種的變化；因此，他們當然就非常需要內觀禅 修。因爲生活中的起伏不定，使得他們心亂；如果他們修習內觀，那麼他們就能 以較好的心態來面對生活，可以作出對自己非常有幫助的––––良好、正確的決定。內觀對于忙于事業者、主管人員、以及所有擔負著責任義務的人們，都是有 相當大的裨益的。
A: Meditation is all the more important for professionals! Those who are householders, who have responsibilities in life, need Vipassana much more, because they have to face situations in life where there are so many vicissitudes. They become agitated because of these vicissitudes. If they learn Vipassana, they can face life much better. They can make good decisions, right decisions, correct decisions, which will be very helpful to them. For professionals, executives, and other people with responsibilities, Vipassana is a great boon.
問： 你相信輪回嗎？
Q: Do you believe in rebirth
答： 我的相信與否對你是沒有幫助的。不斷地禅修吧！你就會達到看清你自己 的過去及未來的這種階段；到那時候才相信吧。不要因爲是你的老師說的就相信，否則你將只是盲目地依附在老師的權威之下，而這是有違正法的。
A: My believing or not believing will not help you. Meditate, and you will reach a stage where you can see your past, and you can see your future. Then only believe. Don”t believe something just because your guru says so. Otherwise you will be under the clutches of a guru, which is against Dharma.
問： 什麼是心？它在哪裏？
Q: What is mind
Where it is
答： 經由修習內觀，你將會了解的。你將會探究你的身、你的心以及它們兩者之間的相互作用。
A: This is what you will understand by practising Vipassana. You will make an analytical study of your mind, an analytical study of your matter, and the interaction between the two.
問： 我們如何使他人平靜安詳呢？
Q: How can we make others peaceful
答： 先讓你自己平靜安詳吧！這樣你才能使他人平靜安詳。
A: Make yourself peaceful! Only then you can make others peaceful.
問： 我同意內觀會有助于我，但它如何解決社會問題呢？
Q: I agree that this meditation will help me, but how does it solve the problems of society
答： 社會畢竟只是結合一群個人的團體。我們都想要解決社會問題，但是卻不去解決個人問題；我們想要世界和平卻毫不致力于個人的和平，這怎麼可能呢？ 如果每一個人都體驗到安詳與和諧，那麼我們就會發現，整個社會也會開始彌漫著安詳與和諧。
A: Society is, after all, nothing but a group of inpiduals. We want to solve the problems of society, yet we don”t solve the problems of the inpidual. We want peace in the world, yet we do nothing for the peace of the inpidual. How is this possible
If each inpidual experiences peace and harmony, then we will find that the whole society starts experiencing peace and harmony.
問： 即使我嘗試了，我的憤怒還是壓不下來，怎麼辦？
Q: I can”t suppress my anger, even if I try.
答： 不要壓抑它；就只是觀察它！如果你壓抑，問題就會發生。你愈試著壓抑 忿怒，它就會進入你內心的更深處；那麼忿怒的情結會逐漸地增強，使你很難從中解脫出來。就只是觀察你的忿怒，不要壓抑，也不要縱容它；就只是觀察。
A: Don”t suppress it: observe it! If you suppress it, problems will come. The more you try to suppress the anger, the more it goes to the deeper level of your mind. The complexes become stronger and stronger, and it is so difficult to come out of them. Just observe your anger. No suppression, no expression. Just observe.
問： 忿怒生起時，要同時觀察嗎？而觀察是在忿怒生起之後的一種思惟過程嗎？
Q: Are anger and observation simultaneous, or is observation a process arising after thought
答： 不是的！所謂的觀察不是指思惟。當忿怒生起時，就要同時去觀察。
A: No, it is not a thought. You observe simultaneously, as the anger arises.
問： 如果有人故意造成我們的生活痛苦，我們要如何容忍這些呢？
Q: If someone is purposely making our life miserable—how to tolerate this
答： 首先，不要想去改變別人，要試著改變你自己。雖然某些人想要讓你痛苦， 但是你變得痛苦的原因卻是因爲你對此有了習性反應。如果你學會了觀察你的習性…
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