..续本文上一页icted to anger or passion, these are also related to body sensations. Your addiction is to the sensations. Through Vipassana you come out of that addiction. You come out of all outside addictions also. It is so natural, so scientific. Just try and you will find how it works.

　　问： 是否只有人類充满了痛苦与不幸呢？是否其它众生就过着和谐的生活呢？

　　Q: Are only human beings in misery

　　 Are other beings living a harmonious life

　　答： 痛苦无所不在，但其他众生无法从痛苦当中解脱，因为它们无法观察到它 们自身当中的实相。自然的法则(或者也许你想要称它为「全能的神」)，只赋 予人類这种观察自身实相并解脱痛苦的绝妙能力。因此，让我们好好地利用我们 所具有的这种绝妙力量吧。

　　A: Misery is everywhere, but other beings can”t come out of their misery because they can”t observe the reality within themselves. Nature—or if you want to call it "God Almighty"—has given this wonderful power only to human beings, to observe the reality within ourselves and come out of misery. Make use of this wonderful power that is given to us.

　　问： 如果你是一位军人，殺害敌人是否违反道德呢？

　　Q: It is against morality to kill an enemy if you are a member of the Armed Forces

　　答： 是的。但是，基于保卫国家和人民而言，军队是需要的。军队不应该只是 用來消灭敌人而已，它同时要显示出国家的强盛，使对方甚至不会有想要侵略和 伤害自己国家人民的念头。因此，军队的存在是必要的，但决不是殺戮，而是要 显现出军队的强盛。如果某人侵害这个国家，第一件事要做的是警告，万一警告 没有用，到了绝对必要的时候，就应该采取行动。但是我们必须知道，要将军队 训練成没有忿怒与憎恨；否则他们的心会变得不平稳、不平静，所有的决定都会 出错。反之，如果以平稳、平静的心，就能做出正确、良好的决定，不仅是有益 于自己也有益于他人。

　　A: Yes. But at the same time, the Army is necessary for the protection of the country, for the protection of the civilians. The Army should not be used just to kill others. It should be used to show the strength of the country, so that an enemy cannot have even the thought of being aggressive and harming people. Therefore, the Army is necessary. But not to kill, just to show strength. If somebody is harming the country, then the first thing is to give a warning. Otherwise, if it becomes necessary, action has to be taken. But then again, the soldiers have to be trained not to have anger, not to have animosity. Otherwise their minds will become unbalanced, all their decisions will go wrong. With a balanced mind, we can take good decisions, right decisions, which will be very helpful to us and helpful to others.

　　问： 心智障碍的人可否经由修习内观而获得自我控制呢？

　　Q: Can a mentally retarded person gain control over himself by Vipassana

　　答： 这要看情况而定。如果他无法了解所教的，那么当然不能获益。这个方法不是魔术，也不讲奇迹。这只是一种心的训練；就好像你做不同的健身运动來锻鍊身体一样，你是在做这个心的运动。一个人至少要有足够的心智來了解修习的是什么，并且去練习它。有些心智障碍的人曾经受益，但我们无法說每一个人都会受益。

　　A: It depends. If one cannot understand what is being taught, then there is no magic, no miracle in the technique. It is a mental exercise. Just as you do different physical exercises, so you do this mental exercise. One should be at least intelligent enough to understand what the exercise is, and then to practise it. There are some who have been helped, but we can”t say that everyone will be helped.

　　问： 为什么婆伽梵歌当中說要遵循 swadharma(自法)，而不是 paradharma(他法)。

　　Q: The Gītā says swadharma [our own Dharma] should be followed, not paradharma [the Dharma of others].

　　答： 这要看你如何解释。对我而言，所谓的「自法」是指人類的法，人類具有 能够观察自身，并且从中解脱出來，远離一切束缚的绝妙能力。动物是无法做到 的，一只小鸟或昆虫就无法做到这些。如果你仅仅是活在世间，而不善用这个能力，那么你过的是动物的生活，过的是小鸟、昆虫的生活。你与这些众生并没有 什么差别––––你过的不是合乎自法(swadharma)的生活，你过的是他法 paradharma 的生活。为了遵循「自法」，你必须经由观察你自身之内的实相，学习如何从束缚当中解脱出來。

　　A: It depends how you interpret it. To me, swadharma is the Dharma of human beings. A human being has been given this wonderful faculty to observe oneself and come out of the misery, come out of the bondage. An animal cannot do this, a bird cannot do this, an insect cannot do this. If you are just living the life…

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