路 The Road

I was reading Master Ban Ji's old notes today and found her notes to be full of emotions.


我讀了一些半寄師父的舊筆記，發現她記了許多當下的情緒。


Then, I realized that the path to enlightenment is not tranquil as most have imagined. It's not the idyllic life of a monk, who sits in the temple and quietly contemplating the Truth.............
It's fighting to discover yourself on the ocean of humanity.


然後，我意識到， 成佛之道的路是不安不靜的。大多數人都會想像，那是一個比丘或比丘尼過著田園般的生活，靜靜坐在寺廟裡探討真相............
成佛之道的路是在人海中發現自己。


Why not! As you face your emotions, your emotions will face you as well.


如是如是！當您面對自己的情緒，您的情緒也會面對您。


The more emotions that you can challenge and empirically understand, the further you will go on this road. The road is best traveled in humanity, and not in seclusion. Because in humanity, there will be many people, many causes that will trigger your emotions, giving you many chances to understand yourself. In seclusion, in the calmness of being, how would you know who you truly are?


這條路能走多遠，就看您能挑戰和體會多少情緒。這條路最好是在人間走， 而不是在隱居中。
因為在人世間，有很多人、很多事會觸發您的情緒，給您很多機會去了解自己。
若是隱居，就安安靜靜的過日子，怎會知道您是誰？