..续本文上一页e bones, and so forth. But don”t be fooled into thinking of them as separate realities simply because they have different names. See them all as one essential reality—the physical heap.

　　身体只是物质现象，无论我们要怎么看待它，都不会改变这真相的根本道理。物质存在是其中一个真实，四大属性——地、水、风和火——依不同的组合聚集在一起形成一个所谓的“人”，这个物质聚合体可以被认为是男人或女人，给予某个名字和社会地位，可是本质上它就只是色蕴——物质的组合。聚合在一起，所有的器官形成了一个人体，一个明显的物质真实。还有每一个不同的部位都是那整个基本真实的一部分，四大以不同的形式聚合在一起，在人体我们称之为皮肤、肌肉、腱、骨头等等，但是不要只因为它们有不同的名字，就愚痴地以为它们有不同的真实，应该把它们看作是一个根本的真实——色蕴。

　　As for the heap of feelings, they exist in their own sphere. They are not part of the physical body. The body isn”t feeling either. It has no direct part in physical pain. These two khandhas—body and feeling—are more prominent than the khandhas of memory, thought and consciousness, which, because they vanish as soon as they arise, are far more difficult to see. Feelings, on the other hand, remain briefly before they vanish. This causes them to standout, making them easier to isolate during meditation.

　　至于受蕴，它们存在于自己的领域，它们不是物质身体的一部分。身体同样的也不是感受，在身体的疼痛中它没有直接的作用。这两个蕴——身体和感受——比想、行和识蕴来得明显，这是由于后三者生起后立刻灭去，远较前两者难以观察。相对之下，感受在熄灭之前会短暂停留一会，这令它们突显出来，使它们在禅修时容易被隔离。

　　Focus directly on painful feelings when they arise and strive to understand their true nature. Confront the challenge head on. Don”t try to avoid the pain by focusing your attention elsewhere. And resist any temptation to wish for the pain to go away. The purpose of the investigation must be a search for true understanding. The neutralization of pain is merely a by-product of the clear understanding of the principles of truth. It cannot be taken as the primary objective. That will only create the conditions for greater emotional stress when the relief one wishes for fails to materialize. Stoic endurance in the face of intense pain will not succeed either.

　　疼痛感生起时直接专注它们，并尽量了解它们真正的本质。要面对挑战，不要尝试把注意力转移到其他地方逃避疼痛，同时要抗拒任何期望疼痛熄灭的引诱。观察的唯一目的是要得到真正的了解，疼痛的解除只不过是清楚理解真相的副产品，不可以当作主要的目标，否则疼痛没有舒缓的话，可能会带来更大的情绪障碍。在面对剧痛时，压抑忍耐将无法成功。

　　Nor will concentrating single-mindedly on pain to the exclusion of the body and the citta. In order to achieve the proper results, all three factors must be included in the investigation. The investigation must always be direct and purposeful.

　　把身体和心排除在外，专注一心在疼痛也不行。要达到正确的成果，所有三个因素都必须包含在内。观察一定要直接并有明确的目标。

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