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倘若再加以掩飾覆藏，那就是一錯再錯，罪加一等。
But trying to cover them up will make our offenses much worse.
我們常連著說「過錯」或「罪惡」，其實「過」、「惡」與「罪」叁者統而言之，雖然都是犯了錯，但錯得不一樣。怎麼的不一樣法呢？其不同在「用心」。無心造成的過錯，只有造錯的業，而無犯戒的惡；有心造出的過錯，既有造惡的業，亦有犯戒的罪；而不管起初犯錯是無心或有心，錯了怕人知道，因此一而再，再而叁地企圖掩飾，把心都染汙了，這就罪上加罪，罪不可赦，終難逃惡報。只因爲「初發心」的些微之差，就演變成非常不同之結果，正是「失之毫厘，謬以千裏」，怎麼可以不戒懼謹慎呢？
We often talk about mistakes, evil, and offenses in the same breath. But actually, although they all refer to wrongdoings, they are not the same. In what way are they different
In the underlying mental state. When one unintentionally does something wrong, one creates wrong karma, but is without the evil of breaking precepts. When one deliberately does something wrong, one not only creates evil karma, but has the offense of breaking precepts. And regardless of whether or not one”s wrongdoing was intentional or not, if one is afraid of people finding out, then one will cover it up again and again, defiling one”s mind and adding to one”s offenses until they become unpardonable and there is no way to avoid one”s evil retribution. Such subtle differences in one”s initial thought can lead to such widely different results. It is truly a case of, "Off by a hairsbreadth in the beginning, one misses by a thousand miles in the end." How can we not be careful
有一位心理學老師上課時，拿了一張白紙，在上面點了個黑點，然後問學生﹕「這是什麼？」學生毫不遲疑，異口同聲回答﹕「一個黑點！」老師就問﹕「這明明是一張白紙，你們爲什麼都說是一個黑點呢？」學生都張口結舌，答不上來。老師就說﹕「這張白紙，好比是我們本來清淨的自性，黑點，就是我們所犯的過錯，當我們犯了過錯，別人一眼就看得出來；就好像你們只注意到這個黑點，而忽略了它是張白紙的本質──至少它白的部分，也仍然大過黑的。所以人是犯錯不得的！」
Once a psychology teacher held up before her class a sheet of blank white paper, on which she drew a black dot. Then she asked her students, "What is this
" The students replied in unison, "A black dot!" The teacher said, "This is clearly a sheet of white paper. Why does everyone say that it”s a black dot
" The students were speechless and could not reply. The teacher said, "This white sheet of paper is like our own nature, which is originally pure. The black dot is like the mistakes we make. When we make a mistake, other people can te…
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