2012年1月14日 星期六

佛法的思向 23 A Guide to Buddhist Thoughts 23

佛家五戒的善,是針對自己的德性修養,外界的善,可能會牽扯到人際所謂善惡的對立,或者嫉惡如仇,這種善可能會莫名其妙到處亂造業,理由在於這種善可以被社會形態及政治立場上被灌輸,佛教的善,是在自己的修養上下功夫。人也因為有涵養構成人生進步的要素。

The virtue specified in Buddhist's five percepts is about your own cultivation. External virtues might involve the duality of good and evil, or righteousness. This type of virtues might cause you to create inexplicable deeds. This is because these virtues could be indoctrinated by social and political forces. The virtue of Buddhism is to work on your own self-cultivation, because it is necessary for your own progress.

命相學所提供的算命原理正確的使用,應該是它告訴你,你前生存了多少錢過來你要不要再賺或守成,或是全部花光,決定權,還是在你。 不是算了以後,依舊是前途茫茫。 這種心態下算命學,就沒有多大的價值可言。

The result of fortune telling is to tell you how much you have saved during your previous life. Whether you want to make more, keep what you have or to spend it all, the decision rests on you. If you learned fortune telling and know the results, but still doesn't know what to do, what's the use?

臭水溝的水愈攪愈臭,若不奮力衝出,惹得一身更臭、更爛,境界上,若多作停留,只會帶來更深的痛苦。

The more you mix the water in the drainage ditch, the more pungent it get. If you don't do your best to escape, you will only get more foul. In this state of mind, if you stop more than a short stay, will only bring you more pain.

修行人,要見得生,見得死,對自己。
 

A practitioner need to see birth, see death and face himself.

身體若是像侏儒(即執行力薄弱)理念便永遠釐不清,凡事肯去做,思路自然明朗,生命的出路,自將湧現在前。

If your body is like a midget (implies weak execution ability) then you will never be clear about ideas. If you are willing to do everything, thinking will naturally clear, and the way of life will emerge in front of you.

活著須隨時提高警覺,即使修道亦須有危機感。這也是督促自己進步的方法。

You need to stay alert at any time. You must have a sense of crisis even in Practice. This is also a method of making sure you keep advancing.

「隨緣消舊業」修道要能殺能死,在現實過關,累積資糧爬上去,臨關頭豁出去。

"Remove old karma as it occurs." In Practice, you must be able to kill and to die. You need to overcome the crux in the reality, and accumulate energy to continue climbing, and be ready to risk everything.

很多路堅持不見得對,還須修正內涵,培養知識,從中反省,行動亦須跟進。

Many methods want you to persist on what you think is incorrect. So, you also need to cultivate yourself, gain knowledge, self-reflect and follow up by actions.


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