佛法的思向 24 A Guide to Buddhist Thoughts 24

凡夫都沒有現在可言，其理由如圖說箭頭１所指，你以為活在今天（現在），其實因你的過去沒有過去。所以把「現在」都拉回「過去」去了，「未來」又因為你「現在」沒有了，又老夢想著將來就會怎樣，所以人生就夾雜在「過去」的歡樂和痛苦，未來又是「現在」不願意努力的夢幻，這樣的一生，在佛陀來看絲毫無一點意義。

Ordinary people do not have a "Now". As shown (arrow 1) in the above figure. You think that you live in today (Now), because you did not have a standard in the past. Your "Now" is pulled back to the "Past." Because you don't have a "Now", you also don't have a "Future". But you cannot help but think and dream about what you want in the future. So life is mixed with the happiness and sadness of the "Past", but "Future" is a dream that you are not willing to work for right "Now". This kind of life is meaningless to Buddha.

再說聖人修道的過程，抖掉過去，（該說是一種面臨事實真的已過去的心境）等於把過去所有的累積，帶到現在（箭頭２）此一心境，一旦產生，過去在現在的運用結成智慧，使現在完全充滿生命力。（因為願意面對一切）未來又因有了現在而不再是夢幻。

The Buddhas, in their Practice, are able to shake off the past. (It is a state of mind that understand past is already gone.) This is the same as taking all of the experiences from the "Past" to "Now" (Arrow 2). Once you have this state of mind, you can use "Past" right "Now" to create wisdom, so "Now" is full of vitality. (Because you are willing to face anything.) Future is no longer a dream, because "Now" exists.

金剛經裏頭說的「三心了不可得」，依此修，便可得到詮釋

If you Practice like this, you will be able to understand the phrase "Past mind is not attainable, Present mind is not attainable and Future mind is not attainable" in Diamond Sutra.

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