..續本文上一頁qualities in all our actions too, other wise it is useless and meaningless. Sometimes though, the practice of love and compassion is not easy to accomplish.
既然某些時候，我們要生起無僞的仁愛與慈悲會有困難，我們就要先問一下自己，什麼是真正的愛與慈悲？真正的愛與慈悲是希望、期待一切有情都能幸福快樂，希望去除他們的痛苦。這樣的修持，的確是很難的。去愛我們的父母和親人很容易，但我們真正要做的是延展這些情感，將它們升華到要去幫助一切的衆生。
Since we sometimes have a problem or difficulty expressing true love and compassion, we should ask ourselves what is true love and compassion
True love and compassion is wanting, expecting all other beings to be happy and to want to remove their suffering. This practice however, is very difficult. It”s easy to feel love for our parents and close relatives but really what we need to do is extend these feelings and build upon them so they extend to help all beings.
障礙我們得到這些良善功德的是象嗔恨等的各種染汙。我們要很小心這些染汙，不要讓它們打斷我們的修行。說到不同的煩惱染汙，例如不安忍、嗔恨、貪等等，若以嗔恨爲例，我們常常會看到有一些人他們總是在生氣，心中充滿了嗔恨，這樣的思想只會爲將未來帶來負面的結果。人們總是會與有暴力傾向的人保持距離，甚至與他們的家人都要保持距離。例如一條幼蛇——它因爲過去生嗔恨心太重的業力投生成蛇——即使是一條小幼蛇，人們也不願意看到或碰到它，人們很自然的就討厭它們。這就是嗔恨帶來的負面後果。我們應該斷除那些會給未來帶來壞結果的負面因素，並努力建立更多正面的功德，這樣未來會更美好。我們要永遠避免落入那些壞的品質---- 例如嗔恨、憤怒、貪婪等等。
The hindrances to obtaining these good qualities are the defilements such as hatred and so on. We need to watch out for the presence of these defilements and not let them interrupt our practice. Speaking about these different afflictions, such as impatience, hatred, desire and so on, if we take the example of hatred then we see that some people are so angry all the time and full of hatred. This type of thinking will only bring back a negative result in the future. People will always keep violent people at a distance – even their family members. Take the example of a baby snake which is born due to past karma of having much hatred in former lives – even a baby snake is something that people don”t even want to see or touch. People are naturally afraid of them. This is the negative result of hatred. You should try to get rid of these negativities that will bring bad results in the future and try to build more positive qualities so the future will be better. Always try to avoid the bad qualities such as hatred, anger, desire and so forth.
被染汙的心識只會爲未來帶來負面影響，知道這一點很重要。了解這一點可以幫助我們放棄或避免造作惡業，同樣地，如果我們只造作善業，這將會帶來長久的善果。當你看到一個總是非常憤怒的人，嘗試把他看作是一位病人，一位正在作不善業的病人，因爲知道他們的未來將充滿痛苦，你應該爲此而生起慈悲心。
It is important to know that the defiled unwholesome states of mind can only bring negative effects in the future. By knowing this it will help us to abstain from and avoid doing negative things. Through this reasoning, if you do only positive things then it will bring a better result in the long run.If you see someone who is very angry all the time then try seeing them as a sick person who is doing these negative things like an illness and develop compassion for them because you know heir future will be full of suffering.
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