真樂

　　True Happiness

　　什麼是真正的快樂？對于這個問題，不同的人有不同的诠釋。貪財的人認爲財富是真正的快樂；逐譽的人認爲名聲是真正的快樂；戀欲的人認爲情愛是真正的快樂；有智的人認爲修行是真正的快樂……真可謂五花八門，各說不一。

　　What is true happiness

　　 To this question, different people have different answers. To those who love money, being rich is true happiness; to those who desire glory, becoming famous is true happiness; to those who seek love, finding love is true happiness; to a wise person, pursuing a spiritual path is true happiness… and so on. Indeed, these kaleidoscopic definitions show that everyone has his or her own interpretation of happiness.

　　其實，如果善加分析，以世間名利妙欲爲目標的人，是永遠也得不到真正的快樂的。

　　Yet upon closer examination, those who run after worldly fame and pleasure will never experience true happiness.

　　麥彭仁波切說：“被分別念波濤沖卷的人，修行得不到快樂的機會。”

　　Mipham Rinpoche says: “A person whose mind is pounded by the waves of discursive thoughts will never experience happiness in spiritual practice.”

　　僑居美國的噶羅仁波切也告誡西方人：“你們西方人財富如同天人一般，其實就像睡在荊棘上面，無論如何翻身，也始終沒有快樂。內心煩惱沒有息滅的人，是毫無快樂可言的。”

　　Gyalo Rinpoche, who now resides in the US, also advises Westerners: “The wealth and abundance enjoyed by you Westerners rival those of the celestial realm. Yet, like sleeping on a bed of thorns, no matter how you toss about, happiness still eludes you. Unless you are free from negative emotions, you will never gain any true happiness.”

　　世間的所謂快樂，不過是輪回的因。對這種如幻之樂越貪執，只會被輪回漩渦裹得越緊。

　　So-called happiness in the mundane world is nothing but the cause of samsara. The stronger you grasp onto this illusory happiness, the tighter you will be ensnared in the swirl of samsara.

　　只有徹底放下我執，方能獲得永恒之真樂！

　　Only when one completely lets go of one”s self-obsession will one obtain everlasting, true happiness!

　　壬午年叁月叁十日 　

　　2002年5月12日

　　31st March, Year of RenWu

　　May 12, 2002