第三天 问答

　　Questions and Answers

　　问： 什么是生命的最终目的？

　　Q: What is the ultimate goal of life

　　答： 从一切的不幸、痛苦之中解脱出來。因为你是人類，所以有能力从痛苦当 中解脱出來；善用这个能力吧！

　　A: To come out of all the miseries. Because you are a human being, you have this faculty to come out of misery. Make use of this faculty.

　　问： 一位没有吃素的人能在内观之中有所成就吗？

　　Q: Can a non-vegetarian succeed in Vipassana

　　答： 当你來參加课程时，我们只供给素食的餐点。但我们不会說，如果你不吃 素就会下地狱。因为这不是这样的。不过，慢慢地你会觉得不吃肉比较好，你会 了解吃荤和吃素这兩者对你的差别。素食对于你的进步会比较有帮助。

　　A: When you come to a course only vegetarian food is given. But we don”t say that if you take non-vegetarian food you will go to hell. It is not like that. Slowly you will come out of eating meat. You will understand for yourself the difference between the two. Your progress will certainly be better if you are vegetarian.

　　问： 我们如何能够解除自卑感或优越感的情结呢？

　　Q: How can we come out of inferiority or superiority complexes

　　答： 这就是内观的功效。每一种情结都是一种内心的不净杂染；当不净杂染浮 现在心的表层时，你就只是观察、观察它，它就会自然地消失。如果你一直压抑 它，它将会不断地增长；相反地，如果你纵容它，则会伤害到别人。所以既不放 纵也不是压抑，就只是观察；内观将会帮助你观察。

　　A: This is what Vipassana does. Every complex is an impurity of the mind. As that impurity comes to the surface, you observe it. You observe it, and it passes away. When you keep suppressing it, it multiplies. When you express it, you harm others. So neither express nor suppress. Just observe. Vipassana will help you to observe.

　　问： 为何我们只观察呼吸呢？

　　Q: Why should we work with respiration only

　　答： 呼吸是时时刻刻发生在身心当中的实相。呼吸是和你的身、心密切相关的； 而你是來解析探究你自己的身心的。所以你开始以呼吸作为对象來观察，之后就 会进入身心的更深层面。

　　A: Respiration is the truth. Respiration is related to your mind and matter, and you are here to make an analytical study of mind and matter. So you start with respiration, and then go to a deeper level of mind and matter.

　　问： 要能过着正确的生活，难道我们不需要神的力量吗？

　　Q: To live a righteous life, don”t we need God”s power

　　答： 神的力量就是法的力量。法是神、实相就是神。当你与实相、与法同在时， 你就与神同在。藉由净化你的自心，在你自身内发展神的力量。

　　A: God”s power is Dharma”s power. Dharma is God. Truth is God. When you are with truth, when you are with Dharma, you are with God. Develop God”s power within yourself, by purifying your mind.

　　问： 我常常情绪化、敏感并且充满了焦虑。这些现象在修习内观后是否能有所改善呢？

　　Q: I am emotional, sensitive and always full of anxiety. Can these be overcome by Vipassana

　　答： 当然，这就是修习内观的目的––––使你从所有的痛苦之中解脱出來。焦躁和忧虑是最大的痛苦；它们存在是因为某些不净杂染深藏在你内心当中。因此， 当你修习内观时，这些不净将会浮现到表面并且消失。当然这是需要一些时间的，没有任何魔法、奇迹或上师加持；没有上师会将他的手放在你的头上而使你 成为一位解脱的人的––––这些都是不可能的。别人只能为你指出正法的道路，而你必须自己努力走在正法的道路上，來解脱你自己。

　　A: Certainly. This is the purpose of Vipassana—to liberate you from all the miseries. Anxiety and worry are the biggest miseries, and they are there because of certain impurities deep within you, which will come on the surface and pass away. Of course it takes time. There is no magic involved, no miracle involved, no gurudom involved. No guru will put his hand on your head and make you a liberated person—nothing doing. Somebody will just show you the Path. You have to work out your own liberation. Walk on the Path.

　　问： 你是否曾经見过你的前世呢？

　　Q: Have you seen your previous birth

　　答： 在每一个时刻我都在死去，在每一个时刻我都在新生。这个过程不断地在发生，而我不断地观察着它。

　　A: Every moment I am dying, every moment I am taking a new birth. This process is going on, and I keep observing it.

　　问： 在我的职业中一定会不诚实；我也不能换别的职业，因为那会造成很大的不便。怎么办呢？

　　Q: My professional life involves dishonesty. I cannot take up another calling as that will cause great inconvenience.

　　答： 修习内观，你的心力将会变得强大。现在你是你自心的奴隸，你的心不断地强迫你去做不想要做的事。经由修习内观，你将会有足够的心力，而很容易地就从中解脱；然后你会找到别的职业…

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