..续本文上一页了解人类的本性后，就能生起正知。他深知人类不是没有生命的石头，他意识到必须自我发展潜能、增长智慧和慈悲心。他同时也理解到，身为人类不是一件容易的事。尤其，当有机会接触佛法时，他完全明了生命是无常的，于是，他开始实践佛法。他意识到实践于佛法能断除困扰他一生的无明和贪欲。
Based on these realizations and understanding, he will then try to be more aware of what and how he thinks, speaks and acts. He will consider if his thoughts, speech and actions are beneficial, done out of compassion and have good effects for himself as well as others. He will realize the true value of walking the road that leads to complete self transformation, which is known to Buddhists as the Noble Eightfold path. This Path can help a person to develop his moral strength (sila)through the restraint of negative actions and the cultivation of positive qualities conductive for personal, mental and spiritual growth. In addition, it contains many techniques which a person can apply to purify his thoughts, expand the possibilities of the mind, and bring about a complete change towards a wholesome personality. This practice of mental culture (bhavana) can widen and deepen the mind towards all human experience, as well as the nature and characteristics of phenomena, life and the universe. In short, this leads to the cultivation of wisdom (panna). As his wisdom grows, so will his love, compassion, kindness, and joy. He will have greater awareness to all forms of life and better understanding of his own thoughts, feelings, and motivations.
当了解生命的真相后，他更加注意于他自己的身、语、意三行，他知道透过善的身、语、意行，能够利益自己，也利益他人。他清楚的了解到自我价值发展的道路──八圣道。实践于八圣道，能协助一个人发展「戒」──将一个人的负面行为转化为正面行为，获得精神与心灵的力量，净化思想，发展心识，从而改变整个人生。实践「定」──能够获得人生的真正经验，了解宇宙、生命一切现象的真性。当「定」获得全部的发展后，就会生起「慧」。当「慧」生起时，就会获得善心、欢愉和慈悲。这时，他更加了解生命的所有组成部分和自己的思想、感受和动向了。
In the process of self-transformation, a person will no longer aspire for a pine birth as his ultimate goal in life. He will then set his goal much higher, and model himself after the Buddha who has reached the summit of human perfection and attained the ineffable state we call Enlightenment or Nibbana. It is here that a man develops a deep confidence in the Triple Gem and adopts the Buddha as his spiritual ideal. He will strive to eradicate greed, develop wisdom and compassion, and to be completely liberated from the bounds of Samsara.
当一个人获得自我的发展后，就不再执着于生命及无尽的欲望，他把理想订得更高，他以佛陀那纯净的人性境界为榜样，努力争取证悟于涅槃。他发展了对三宝的崇敬，以佛陀为精神支柱。他弃除贪欲，开发智慧和慈悲心，完整的从轮回中获得自我的解脱。
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