要修般若波羅蜜多
Cultivate the Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom)!
回光返照，觀察觀察自己在不在？
Look within and contemplate whether or not you”re here.
「觀自在菩薩。行深般若波羅蜜多時。照見五蘊皆空。度一切苦厄。」這四句是《心經》的精華要理。略釋如下：「觀自在」，是教你回光返照，觀察觀察自己在不在？自己若在，就不會向外馳求，到處攀緣。若是不在，則容易妄想紛飛，甚至發神經，總要找機會，令人供養。有這種思想，那就不自在。
"When the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was cultivating the profound Prajnaparamita, he illuminated the Five Aggregates (Skandhas), saw that they were all empty, and crossed beyond all suffering and difficulty..." This line is the Heart Sutra”s essential message, and it can be explained as follows: The Contemplator of Self-Presence (Avalokiteshvara) wants you to reflect inwardly and contemplate whether or not you”re here. If you”re here, then you won”t be seeking outside and exploiting situations. If you are not here, then your idle thoughts will be running wild, to the point that you have a nervous breakdown. You”ll always be looking for chances to obtain offerings from people. With such thoughts, you will not be at ease.
「菩薩」的行爲，一切是利益衆生，以衆生爲前提，絕對不是爲利益自己。我們凡夫的思想，恰好相反，總想利益自己，而不利益衆生。無論做什麼事，先要計較一番，有利的就做，沒有利的就不做，這就是自私自利的表現。世界爲什麼不能和平相處？就因爲這種關系。你爭我奪，互不相讓，所以就發生戰爭，造成國破家亡的殘局。
In everything a Bodhisattva does, he benefits others. Living beings are his raison d”etre, and he would never act for his own benefit. We common people think in exactly the opposite way: we think first of benefiting ourselves and never think of benefiting living beings. In everything we do, we first count up the profits: if the deed is profitable, we go ahead and do it. If it isn”t, we don”t do it. This is a selfish and self-gratifying attitude. Why can”t the world find peace
Precisely because of this attitude. We strive and compete, and refuse to yield to one another. Thus wars break out, and we witness the tragedy of families being torn apart and nations collapsing.
這位菩薩，他能「行深般若波羅蜜多」，從無始劫以來，一直到現在，生生世世都修深般若法，沒有間斷的時候。修深般若法，(一)沒有驕傲心；若有驕傲心，就是愚癡。(二)沒有自滿心；若有自滿心，就是愚癡。(叁)常生慚愧心；不生慚愧心，就是愚癡。(四)不生攀緣心；若生攀緣心，就是愚癡。(五)不生瞋恨心；若生瞋恨心，就是愚癡。(六)不生顛倒心；若生顛倒心，就是愚癡。
This Bodhisattva can practice the profound Prajnaparamita. From beginningless time in the past up to this present moment, in life after life, he has practiced the method of Prajna, cultivating it without pause. The first requirement for cultivating profound Prajna is to avoid arrogance. Being arrogant is stupid. Secondly, one must avoid complacency. Being complacent is stupid. The third requisite is to always feel shame and remorse. Not feeling shame and remorse is stupid. The fourth requisite is to avoid exploiting situations. Exploiting situations is stupid. The fifth requisite is to avoid anger and hatred. Feeling anger and hatred are stupid. The sixth requisite is to not be disoriented. Being disoriented is stupid.
我們修道人，以這六種心做爲標准，衡量自己所行所作，是否如法？如法就是智慧，不如法就是愚癡。也就是說，勤修戒定慧，息滅貪瞋癡，就是智慧；不修戒定慧，不滅貪瞋癡，就是愚癡。智慧和愚癡的分別，就在這個地方。
Cultivators of the Way make these six requisites their standard in judging to see whether their own behavior accords with the Dharma. If it accords with the Dharma, then that behavior is considered wise. In other words, to diligently cultivate precepts, concentration, and wisdom, and to put an end to greed, hatred, and stupidity is wise behavior. To fail to do this is stupid behavior. The difference between wisdom and stupidity lies right here.
要修深般若，才會照破五蘊中的五十種魔境：在色蘊中有十種陰魔，在受蘊中有十種陰魔，在想蘊中有十種陰魔，在行蘊中有十種陰魔，在識蘊中也有十種陰魔。總括來講，有這五十種；分開來講，有無數無量種，如有不慎，就墮入魔境。總而言之，凡是有邪知邪見的人，都是屬于魔的眷屬；有正知正見的人，都是屬于佛的眷屬。
One must cultivate profound Prajna before one can "illuminate and shine through" the fifty states of the skandha-demons found amid the Five Aggregates (skandhas). Ten demonic states appear in each of the Aggregates of Form, Feelings, Thoughts, Activities, and Consciousness. Generally speaking there are fifty states, but when we look into each case separat…
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