修行究竟是什麼 ? What is Practice?

『修行』兩個字，範圍好大，大到得想想! 大到讓剛看到的人皺眉。

The concept of Practice seems to be huge in scope. Big enough to make us think. Large enough to cause people to frown.

人應該怎麼活，全世界都在探討，每個民族依據文化的不同，發展民族性的道德觀，依循民族要求的道德標準，去自我要求達到它，應該也叫修行，但這部份都屬於公眾所糾集的力量 。

How should we live? This is a problem that the whole world is constantly investigating. Every civilization, due to cultural differences, developed different moral standards. Working hard at achieving the moral standards of a culture can also be call "Practice", but these standards are created and forced by the public.

佛學要解決的是自我生存面對的難題!

The problems Buddhism wants to solve are the difficult problems people face in their own lives.

雖然佛教也是一大團體，但佛教除了有公眾道德外，更深刻的去提及自我的問題。

Even thought Buddhism is a big group. But other than public morality, Buddhism is also profoundly interested in the problem of one-self.

不可否認的，生而為人許多悲、歡、離、合、成功，失敗，沉澱在每個人心裡，無法消散，無法抹去，很多個人的情感，最親的人都無法理解，何況同其情，佛學 {最初} 要解決的是這部份，在公眾世界裡最顯得孤單，無助的自己。 我相信很多沉在個人心底的情感，得不到解脫，路是走不動的，路走不動等於宣告自己好日子有限，花一點時間，賺自己的人生，值得!

Undeniably, as a human, our many joys and sorrows stemming from separation, reunion, success and failures are settled deep in our minds and hearts. These emotions cannot not be dissipated and cannot be erased. For most of us, even the closest of kins cannot come near to understand our emotions and feelings, not to mention the ability to sympathize and empathize.

These are the problems that the original Buddhism was trying to address, the problems that show one is alone and helpless in the world. I believe if people cannot release the emotions that have long settled in the depth of their hearts, they will not be able to walk the path to enlightenment. Spent some time to earn you life is worth all the efforts.

修行是什麼? 修行是用一些方法，讓自己走路，別人沒辦法幫你走的。

What is Practice? "Practice" is using some methods to allow you to walk, no body else can help you do that.

半寄 Master Ban Ji