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But trying to cover them up will make our offenses much worse.
我们常连着说「过错」或「罪恶」，其实「过」、「恶」与「罪」三者统而言之，虽然都是犯了错，但错得不一样。怎么的不一样法呢？其不同在「用心」。无心造成的过错，只有造错的业，而无犯戒的恶；有心造出的过错，既有造恶的业，亦有犯戒的罪；而不管起初犯错是无心或有心，错了怕人知道，因此一而再，再而三地企图掩饰，把心都染污了，这就罪上加罪，罪不可赦，终难逃恶报。只因为「初发心」的些微之差，就演变成非常不同之结果，正是「失之毫厘，谬以千里」，怎么可以不戒惧谨慎呢？
We often talk about mistakes, evil, and offenses in the same breath. But actually, although they all refer to wrongdoings, they are not the same. In what way are they different
In the underlying mental state. When one unintentionally does something wrong, one creates wrong karma, but is without the evil of breaking precepts. When one deliberately does something wrong, one not only creates evil karma, but has the offense of breaking precepts. And regardless of whether or not one”s wrongdoing was intentional or not, if one is afraid of people finding out, then one will cover it up again and again, defiling one”s mind and adding to one”s offenses until they become unpardonable and there is no way to avoid one”s evil retribution. Such subtle differences in one”s initial thought can lead to such widely different results. It is truly a case of, "Off by a hairsbreadth in the beginning, one misses by a thousand miles in the end." How can we not be careful
有一位心理学老师上课时，拿了一张白纸，在上面点了个黑点，然后问学生﹕「这是什么？」学生毫不迟疑，异口同声回答﹕「一个黑点！」老师就问﹕「这明明是一张白纸，你们为什么都说是一个黑点呢？」学生都张口结舌，答不上来。老师就说﹕「这张白纸，好比是我们本来清净的自性，黑点，就是我们所犯的过错，当我们犯了过错，别人一眼就看得出来；就好像你们只注意到这个黑点，而忽略了它是张白纸的本质──至少它白的部分，也仍然大过黑的。所以人是犯错不得的！」
Once a psychology teacher held up before her class a sheet of blank white paper, on which she drew a black dot. Then she asked her students, "What is this
" The students replied in unison, "A black dot!" The teacher said, "This is clearly a sheet of white paper. Why does everyone say that it”s a black dot
" The students were speechless and could not reply. The teacher said, "This white sheet of paper is like our own nature, which is originally pure. The black dot is like the mistakes we make. When we make a mistake, other people can te…
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