..續本文上一頁e bones, and so forth. But don”t be fooled into thinking of them as separate realities simply because they have different names. See them all as one essential reality—the physical heap.

　　身體只是物質現象，無論我們要怎麼看待它，都不會改變這真相的根本道理。物質存在是其中一個真實，四大屬性——地、水、風和火——依不同的組合聚集在一起形成一個所謂的“人”，這個物質聚合體可以被認爲是男人或女人，給予某個名字和社會地位，可是本質上它就只是色蘊——物質的組合。聚合在一起，所有的器官形成了一個人體，一個明顯的物質真實。還有每一個不同的部位都是那整個基本真實的一部分，四大以不同的形式聚合在一起，在人體我們稱之爲皮膚、肌肉、腱、骨頭等等，但是不要只因爲它們有不同的名字，就愚癡地以爲它們有不同的真實，應該把它們看作是一個根本的真實——色蘊。

　　As for the heap of feelings, they exist in their own sphere. They are not part of the physical body. The body isn”t feeling either. It has no direct part in physical pain. These two khandhas—body and feeling—are more prominent than the khandhas of memory, thought and consciousness, which, because they vanish as soon as they arise, are far more difficult to see. Feelings, on the other hand, remain briefly before they vanish. This causes them to standout, making them easier to isolate during meditation.

　　至于受蘊，它們存在于自己的領域，它們不是物質身體的一部分。身體同樣的也不是感受，在身體的疼痛中它沒有直接的作用。這兩個蘊——身體和感受——比想、行和識蘊來得明顯，這是由于後叁者生起後立刻滅去，遠較前兩者難以觀察。相對之下，感受在熄滅之前會短暫停留一會，這令它們突顯出來，使它們在禅修時容易被隔離。

　　Focus directly on painful feelings when they arise and strive to understand their true nature. Confront the challenge head on. Don”t try to avoid the pain by focusing your attention elsewhere. And resist any temptation to wish for the pain to go away. The purpose of the investigation must be a search for true understanding. The neutralization of pain is merely a by-product of the clear understanding of the principles of truth. It cannot be taken as the primary objective. That will only create the conditions for greater emotional stress when the relief one wishes for fails to materialize. Stoic endurance in the face of intense pain will not succeed either.

　　疼痛感生起時直接專注它們，並盡量了解它們真正的本質。要面對挑戰，不要嘗試把注意力轉移到其他地方逃避疼痛，同時要抗拒任何期望疼痛熄滅的引誘。觀察的唯一目的是要得到真正的了解，疼痛的解除只不過是清楚理解真相的副産品，不可以當作主要的目標，否則疼痛沒有舒緩的話，可能會帶來更大的情緒障礙。在面對劇痛時，壓抑忍耐將無法成功。

　　Nor will concentrating single-mindedly on pain to the exclusion of the body and the citta. In order to achieve the proper results, all three factors must be included in the investigation. The investigation must always be direct and purposeful.

　　把身體和心排除在外，專注一心在疼痛也不行。要達到正確的成果，所有叁個因素都必須包含在內。觀察一定要直接並有明確的目標。

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