..续本文上一页为什么要听经？就是要返本还原。为什么要修行？就是要返本还原。把所有零零碎碎的垃圾，都收拾干净，不要在人我的问题上用功夫。别人讲你一句就不高兴，受不了；动你一根寒毛，你也痛到心里去，甚至拔一毛能利天下，你也不肯；有这种自私心是不能修道的。

　　If we can understand this principle and cultivate, then we can truly become enlightened. Why do we listen to lectures on the sutras

　　 Because we want to return to the origin. Why do we cultivate

　　 Because we want to get back to the source, and clean up all the miscellaneous garbage, so that we don”t spend all our time on the question of self and others. When someone talks badly of us, we get upset and cannot bear it. If someone were to touch even one hair on our bodies, the pain would sear our hearts. And even if we could benefit the world by pulling out one hair, we wouldn”t do it. With such selfishness, we won”t be able to cultivate.

　　修道人要无我、无人、无众生、无寿者相。「无我相」，不是做事时，尽教别人去做。「无人相」，不是吃东西时，说我无人相，我多吃一点不要紧，因为无人相嘛！你这时无人相，别人却有人相了。打架时，你就「无众生相」；或者吃肉时，就「无寿者相」。这是不对的，这都是邪知邪见。那么应该怎么样做呢？

　　A cultivator should not have the mark of self, the mark of others, the mark of living beings, or the mark of a life span. Not having the mark of self doesn”t mean that when it”s time to work, you make everyone else work. Not having the mark of others doesn”t mean when it”s time to eat, you say, "I have no mark of others, so it”s no problem if I eat more." You may not have the mark of others, but other people do have the mark of others. Or perhaps when you are fighting, you claim to have no mark of living beings, or when you eat meat, you say you have no mark of a life span. That”s wrong. Those are all improper ways of thinking. What”s the right way

　　(一)无我相：不要有贡高我慢，不要有为自己打算的心。

　　(二)无人相：不要妨碍或障碍他人，凡对人不利的事都不要做。

　　(三)无众生相：视万物为一体。

　　(四)无寿者相：大家都有要求生命存在的权利，不应该夺取他人或其他众生之性命。

　　1. Have no mark of self: Don”t be arrogant, and don”t scheme for your own benefit.

　　2. Have no mark of others: Don”t impede or obstruct other people.If something does not benefit others, don”t do it.

　　3. Have no mark of living beings: Regard all creatures as being ofthe same substance.

　　4. Have no mark of a life span: Everyone has the right to live.Don”t take the lives of other people or other beings.

　　所以我们修道是处处不为己求，不为自己打算，要多为他人着想。

　　So in cultivation, we should never seek anything for ourselves or scheme for our own benefit. We should always try to think on behalf of others.

　　一九八二年十二月五日中午开示于

　　万佛圣城

　　A talk given at noon on December 5, 1982

　　at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas

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