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“Pleasure and pain are born out of the same kind of background. But people regard pain as bad and pleasure as good, so much so that pleasure is regarded as joy and spiritual bliss, and is connected with heaven, while pain is associated with hell. So if one is able to see the absurdity and irony of trying to achieve pleasure by rejecting pain, fearing extreme pain and so striving toward pleasure, it is all very funny. There is some lacking sense of humor in people’s attitudes toward pleasure and pain.”

快樂和痛苦的來源是相同的，但人們通常把痛苦和快樂定義為不好或好，甚至把快樂視為天堂，把痛苦視為地獄，以致大家都竭力想避開痛苦來獲得快樂。人們對苦樂的態度完全自相矛盾，十分缺乏幽默感。

“All the things taking place around our world, all the irritations and all the problems, are crucial. Without others we cannot attain enlightenment — in fact, we cannot even tread on the path. If there is no noise outside during our sitting meditation, we cannot develop mindfulness. If we do not have aches and pains in the body, we cannot attain mindfulness; we cannot actually meditate. If everything were lovey-dovey and jellyfishlike, there would be nothing to work with.”

世界上發生的這些糟心事，一切有待解決的問題，都是助緣。沒有它們，我們便不能證悟，連修行都無從下手。打坐的時候，要是沒有窗外的噪音，我們反而不夠專心。如果身體沒有這疼那痛的話，我們也不能培養正念。假如所有事情都稱心如意，便沒有能幫我們修行的東西了。

“Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other ‘undesirable’ side, the bad and the dark? That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.”

假如我們已學到真正的智慧，世間就不會有戰爭。一旦你涉及戰事，試圖去防衛或攻擊，你的行為就背離了智慧，變成充斥分別心、爭鬥心的凡俗情節。

“If a person can really relate to the simplicity of the practice of meditation, then automatically there is an absence of aggression. Because there is no rush to achieve, you can afford to relax. Because you can afford to relax, you can afford to keep company with yourself, be friends with yourself. Then thoughts, emotions, whatever occurs in the mind, constantly accentuate the act of making friends with yourself.”

冥想，箇中的簡單之處，一旦你學會欣賞，你漸漸就沒了箭拔弩張的激昂。由於不再緊迫需要有所成就，你終於放鬆得了。因為能夠放鬆，你終於能夠好好跟自己相處。

“Awakened heart comes from being willing to face your state of mind. The sitting practice of meditation is a means to awaken this within you. When you awaken your heart, to your surprise, you find that it is empty. There is nothing there — except for tenderness. You open your eyes to the world, and you feel tremendous sadness. It is not the sadness of feeling sorry or deprived. It is a natural situation of fullness. The genuine heart of sadness comes from this feeling that your nonexistent heart is full. Your experience is so raw, tender, and personal that even if a tiny mosquito lands on you, you feel its touch.”

願意直面你自己的心性狀態，是證悟的前提。一旦證了悟，你發現心原來竟是空的。它了無一物，除了柔軟。睜眼去看世界，你感覺內心溢滿悲意。這種悲意不同於傷心或遺憾，而是自然狀態下的空然充盈，某種悲意滿然於懷。你的體驗如此真切、細膩、深入，以致連隻蚊子偶然飛落身上，你都感覺到那份接觸。

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~ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche (秋陽創巴仁波切) ~

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