Time Waits for Nobody

　　時間不等你

　　Q: If we sit for too long during a day....

　　A: We will die. (Everybody laughs)

　　Q: Should we sit a little longer every day and increase the duration slowly

　　A: It is all right to do so. However, time waits for nobody. Once time has passed, it will never come back. Then what

　　 Once today has passed, it is gone and will never be back. The ancients said, “An inch of time is an ounce of gold, but the ounce of gold will never buy that inch of time.

　　Lost gold is recoverable, but it”s hard to restore lost time.” Also, “An inch of time is an inch of life.”

　　If we really want to transcend life and death, we will not be afraid of pain or anything. If you are afraid of this and afraid of that, you will accomplish

　　nothing!

　　Q: This is not a question of being afraid or not, it”s just that sometimes my legs are so painful that it is impossible to continue to chant and be mindful of the Bodhisattva”s name!

　　A: How then can your false thinking continue

　　問：在一天之內， 我們坐得太 久…。

　　答：一定會死的。(大衆笑)

　　問：是不是應該每一天坐一點，慢慢 坐下去？

　　答：這是可以的，不過你慢慢坐， 時間卻不等你。你過了這時候，時候就不 會再來了，那怎麼辦？今天過去了，今天 你就拿不回來，古人說：「一寸光陰一寸 金，寸金難買寸光陰；失落寸金容易得， 光陰過去難再尋。」又說：「一寸時 光，一寸命光。」我們要了生死，就是 痛也不怕，什麼也不怕；你這也怕、那也 怕，什麼也不能成功。

　　問：這不是怕不怕的問題，只是腿痛 的時候連念菩薩名號也念不下去！

　　答：那你打妄想怎麼能打的下去？