..續本文上一頁can purify the surface of the mind to some extent by intellectualizing, or by devotional or emotional beliefs. But to take out the impurities from the deepest level of the mind, we have to work—and work in the way that nature wants us to work. The law of nature says that whenever we generate any impurity, the source of the impurity lies at the deepest level of our mind. And the deepest level of our mind is constantly in contact with body sensations.

　　無論白天、夜晚，你是睡著的或是醒著的，你心的最深層面(即所謂的「潛意識或無意識」)其實從來不是無意識的；它一直感覺得到身體的感受。 當愉悅的感受生起了，它會以貪愛來反應––––ra-ga，ra-ga。當不愉悅的感受 生起，它就以瞋恨來反應––––dves　　Day and night, whether you are asleep or awake, the deepest level of your mind (the so-called "unconscious") is never unconscious: it is always feeling sensations on the body. Whenever there is a pleasant sensation, it will react with craving—rāga, rāga. Whenever there is an unpleasant sensation, it will react with aversion—dveśha, dveśha. Craving, aversion, craving, aversion: this has become the behaviour pattern of the mind deep inside. Twenty-four hours a day, day and night, every moment there are sensations in the body deep inside, and at the deepest level the mind keeps reacting. It has become a slave of its own behaviour pattern. Unless we break that slavery, how can we come out of our misery

　　 We will be just deluding ourselves by trying to purify the surface of the mind, while we forget the deep root. As long as the roots are impure, the mind can never become pure.

　　內觀是印度的一種修行方法。即使在梨俱吠陀中(R　　Vipassana is a technique of India. Laudable references to Vipassana are given in the Ṛg Veda. The most ancient literature of this country is full of words of praise for Vipassana:

　　Yo viśvābhih vipaśyati bhuvanah

　　sañca paśyati sa na pārśadati dviśah.

　　一個人若是完美無誤地修習內觀––––sañca paśyati, sa na pārśadati dviśah––––去除所有的瞋恨和憤怒；心變得清淨了。

　　One who practises Vipassana in a perfect way—sañca paśyati, sa na pārśadati dviśah—comes out of all aversion and anger; the mind becomes pure.

　　但是你必須自己練習內觀。假如你只是不斷地背誦梨俱吠陀(R　　But one has to practise it oneself. If you just keep reciting this verse of the Ṛg Veda, how is this going to help

　　 Suppose you keep reciting: "The cake is very sweet; the cake is very sweet." How can you taste the sweetness of the cake unless you put it in your mouth

　　 The practice of Dharma is more important than merely accepting Dharma at the intellectual, emotional or devotional level. And this practice is Vipassana.

　　古時候，印度到處都有內觀。那時有一位來自緬甸的旅行者，在他行遍了整個國家後，他發現每個家庭成員都在練習內觀。他拜訪過不同的家庭， 富有的、貧窮的，他發現不僅僅只是丈夫、妻子、小孩，甚至連仆人們也都 每天早晚的修習內觀。到處都在談論內觀，因爲人們正從練習內觀當中獲益。時光遷移，很不幸地，現在這個國家變成陷入在儀式、儀禮、宗教典禮形式上，而忘掉了這個對「法」的科學性的了解。

　　In ancient days, Vipassana was everywhere in India. A traveller came from Burma then. Travelling the whole country, he found that in every household people were practising Vipassana. He visited different households, rich and poor, and found that not only the husband, wife and children, but even the servants were practising Vipassana every m…

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