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《Are You Ready for Happiness?》
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How to Face Suffering and Happiness?
Visualization Technique:
观修方法：
The first step is to practice guru yoga. The guru we refer to here is His Holiness Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche; all other gurus can be embodied in him. Visualize His Holiness and Padmasambhava as one and the same — the guru’s appearance is Padmasambhava, its essence His Holiness. After completing the practice, visualize the guru dissolving into oneself. Next allow the mind to rest and observe its basic nature. In that moment we will discover the mind is inherently pure, free of mental activity, tranquil, luminous, and empty. We will realize all things lack true existence, whether it is suffering or happiness.
首先静下来，第一步，是修上师瑜伽。此处上师瑜伽中的上师，是法王如意宝。其他所有上师，都可以包含在法王如意宝当中。观想法王如意宝和莲花生大士无二无别，形象或相貌是莲花生大士，本体是法王如意宝，修完上师瑜伽以后，观想上师融入自己的心。然后静下来，看心的本性。此时一下子就能明白心的本性，从无始以来就是这么清净，从来没有诞生、存在或消失过任何念头，它本来就是这样清净、宁静、安静、光明、空性。此时会感觉到一切都是空性，无论痛苦还是幸福。
When we come out of meditation, we should also know everything in our daily life is illusory like a dream. With this in mind, we can face any circumstance in life with ease and fortitude.
起坐以后，在现实生活中，也要知道一切都是如梦如幻，这样无论遇到任何境遇，都会安之若素、游刃有余。
As with all practices at the initial stage, it is best to find a relatively quiet place away from the crowd to practice so as to achieve concrete results. If this is not possible, we should at least create a relatively quiet space at home and resolve to meditate one to two hours daily. By persevering in this way over a long period of time, we can also achieve the expected results. As our practice gains stability, our mind can stay calm and peaceful at all times as in pure land, and not be disturbed one bit by the samsaric world, whether we live in the city or in sacred surroundings. The body resides in the world while the mind abides in pure land.
所有的修法都是这样，刚开始的时候，最好能把自己从人群中隔离开来，寻找一个相对比较僻静的地方去修，这样效果会更明显。即使没有条件到安静的地方去修，也应该安住在自家佛堂里面，关严门窗为自己创造一个相对安静的环境，每天坚持闭关一两个小时。这样长期坚持，也能达到预期的效果，当应用娴熟之后，则无论住在吵闹的城市，还是安住在寂静的圣地，内心始终就像住在净土一样宁静祥和，丝毫不受末法时代之娑婆世界的沾染。身处不净红尘，心住清净佛刹。
Taming the mind is like taming an animal. When the mind is desolate and in despair, we should practice how to face suffering and transform adversity into courage and determination on the path to liberation; when it is immersed in pride and carried away by success, we should contemplate all things are impermanent and all defiled phenomena are suffering to overcome arrogance. We must avoid the two extreme states of mind and abide in the middle at all times.
调伏内心，就像驯服动物一样。当它孤独绝望、颓废失落的时候，就修如何面对痛苦的法，把痛苦转化为力量，鼓励自心，给心以勇气，让它重新站起来，走上解脱道；当它洋洋得意、不可一世的时候，就观修诸行无常、有漏皆苦之类的法，以克制过度的傲慢。让心不走入两个极端，始终处于中立、正常的状态当中。
Only the Buddha knows the most complete and effective way to tame the mind. This is a singular approach that scientists, philosophers, non-Buddhist yogis with miraculous powers, and self-proclaimed masters have not grasped.
唯有释迦牟尼佛，才知道最彻底、最有效的调心之方法，这是其他所有的科学家、哲学家等专家，神通超人的外道，以及那些自以为了不起的成就者、神仙都没有掌握的独门绝技。
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