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　　爲什麼要這麼做呢？當我們這樣持續地，不評判，不糾結地去做的時候，它會幫我們減少並最終去除所有的散亂。一個內心清淨的人是一個自信的人。自信的人是一個幸運的人，因爲一切都在正確的軌道上。在我們甚至不覺察的時候，一切就都在正確軌道上，這不是幸運又是什麼呢

　　If you dedicate this luck to every being, you have the Bodihicca. Bodihicca is what really the so called luck is!

　　如果你把這個幸運回向給所有的衆生，那麼你就擁有菩提心。菩提心就是真正的所謂幸運。

　　Methods of Accumulating Merits/Luck 積累福德，幸運的方法

　　There are two angles: Mahayana and Vajrayana 有兩種角度，大乘的角度和金剛乘的角度

　　There are so many approaches. Here we only talk about a few crucial, indispensable ones。有很多的方法可以積累福報和幸運，這裏我們講幾個最重要的。

　　1.Taking vows 持戒

　　If we need luck, the first thing we need is to have a container for luck. The container here is what we call taking vows. Not necessarily every vow in Buddhism, but some form of vows is indispensable. The reason why it is a container is very complicated. The characteristic of the container is that it keeps/protects things that inside and that it holds things together. Vow has the element of holding things together.

　　假如我們需要幸運，福報，那麼首先我們需要的是一個裝載福報的容器。這裏，持守戒律就是我們的容器。並不是說我們要遵守佛法裏的每一個戒律，但是有些戒律是不可缺少的。爲什麼守戒是福報的容器呢？道理很複雜。簡單來說，所有容器都有裝盛和保護所裝盛物品的特質。戒律的作用恰恰也就是就是這樣。

　　In life in general, we don”t kill. We don”t kill because it takes huge effort, and it is costly. By not killing, we may not accumulate bad karma, but we are not accumulating good karma either. By taking vow that I shall not kill and you don”t kill, you are accumulating good karma, all the time.

　　一般來說，我們不去殺人。爲什麼呢？因爲殺人的代價太大了。不殺人，我們不會積累違緣。但是，我們也並沒有因此就積累順緣。如果我們持了不殺生的戒律，那麼任何時候，我們都在積累福德。

　　But you have to be careful of not taking too many vows that you end up breaking. You should take the vows within your own capacity. No killing. No stealing is much more difficult than not killing-all these illegal downloading…No lying is very difficult. Many times you think you are telling the truth, but actually you are lying.

　　但是我們也應該注意不要持太多戒律而最終沒有守持住這些戒律。持戒要量力而行。不殺生。不偷盜。這個比不殺生就難了很多。我們以爲我們沒有偷盜，但是果真如此嗎？想一想那些網上非法下載。。。不妄語。很多時候，我們以爲自己講的是真話，可是，果真如此嗎？

　　You can take some of the vows based on your own capacity. You can also take all the vows for only a certain period of time.

　　持戒的時候量力而行。有時候，我們也可以決定在某一段時間內守某些戒律。

　　Vow acts as a container. 戒律是福報的容器。

　　2.Discipline 自律

　　Accompanying with the vows, you also need discipline. You mind will act like a spoiled child if you are not disciplined. When thing are good, you don”t appreciate it. When you are unlucky, you lose it, you lose your composure. When situation hits you, if you lose the composure, you will have more downfalls.

　　持戒的同時，我們還需要自律。假如沒有自律，我們的心會像一個被寵壞的孩子。我們不珍惜和感恩順境。而處于逆境時，我們失去鎮定。逆境時的失去鎮定，會給我們帶來違緣。

　　Discipline has to be something that you can uptake within your capacity. Do not overdo it.

　　自律也得是在你能力所達的範圍，不要做過了。

　　So with right motivation (Bodihicca), you give birth (discover) the luck and merit. You take vows so that the merit will be kept in the vessel. You nurture, maintain and guard the merit from downfalls using discipline. With these, you can now apply all the common and uncommon methods to accumulate merits.

　　正念(菩提心)産生幸運和福報。持戒讓這些福報不流失。自律養育和保持這些福報，並讓它們不讓違緣侵犯。有了這些，我們便可以用各種尋常的或者不尋常的方法來積累福報。

　　For all the dualistic virtuous activities, saving the lives is the most important one. Discipline oneself from engaging the activity of destructing the lives of others, such as being a vegetarian, or even joining the vegetarian activist group by sending out flyers. We should remember that all these should be accompanied by Bodihicca. Even if we forget about the Bodihicca, we should make sure that whatever we are doing is not for the purpose of boosting our ego, to attract any jealousy and competitive mind from others. When we do virtuous activity, we should not be exhibitive.

　　所有的有分別的善行中，救護生命是最重要的。約束自己不從事任何殺生活動。譬如說我可以做一個素食者，或者加入素食宣傳活動中去。做任何善行的時候，我們要記得發菩提心。即使我們忘了發菩提心，我們也該記得，任何的善行，都不是爲了增長我慢，或者激發別人的妒忌和攀比之心。行善的時候，我們無需張揚。

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