中观：远离二边及执着
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《THE TWO TRUTHS — THE KEY TO UNLOCKING MADHYAMAKA》
《二谛——开启中观门扉之钥匙》
II. The meaning of Madhyamaka and the two truths
二、中观及二谛的含义
The meaning of Madhyamaka
(一)中观的含义
Madhyamaka means to cease all attachments and abandon the notion of duality. Simply put, duality refers to the tendency of clinging and grasping of ordinary people. Even our dreams are based on the notion of duality. During twenty four hours of a day, the things that we do, the thought from the sixth consciousness and the sensations of the five consciousnesses are all deemed duality. Duality denotes a twofold division as we always tend to think in relative terms like have and have not, permanent and impermanent, high and low, left and right, up and down, long and short…… The path to move away from this dichotomy and take the middle is Madhyamaka, the Middle Way. Well, does the “middle” exist somewhere? No, that is not possible. Be it as such，the term “middle way” is still the one provisionally suitable to express the concept of emptiness in human language. To fully understand it, however, one must only rely on direct personal experience.
中观的含义，是指远离一切执着，远离一切二边。简而言之，二边是指凡夫人的执着。甚至包括我们的梦境，都是建立在二边的基础之上的。二十四小时里我们的所做所为，第六意识的思维，以及眼识、耳识、鼻识、舌识和身识的感受，这一切都叫二边。为何称作“二”呢？因为，我们的思维从未离开过有无、常无常、高低、左右、上下、长短等等这些相互观待的概念，所以叫作二边。远离二边后的中间之道称为中观，那么，是否有一种“中间”的存在呢？不可能有。虽然没有一个“中”的存在，但是若用人类语言来表达空性，就只有暂时用“中观”二字，若要真正了解它，则须自己亲身体会。
未完待续