物质真的存在吗？
【中英文连载—慧灯之光】
《The Right View》(126)《二谛——开启中观门扉之钥匙》
i. Search for the evidence of physical existence
1、寻找“物质存在”的证据
Take the white wall for example. Just because the eyes can see it，we believe that the wall is white. But as said earlier, is there any reason why wc believe so other than our eyes see a white object? No. The so-called reason is merely a sensation of the eyes; there is no other evidence. Then, are the eyes reliable? Do they always have the final say on everything? They certainly do not. Our eyes cannot even see the micro-universe in terms of the relative truth, not to mention that of the ultimate truth. Thus for the eyes to see a world more refined than the micro-universe would be totally out of the question. After going through a series of close observations and rigorous analyses, we find that there is no way to substantiate that the wall is white; no proof can be produced.
比如这面白色的墙，因为眼睛看得见，我们就认为这面墙肯定是白色的。但是，正如前面所讲的，我们之所以相信它是白色，除了睁开眼时眼前看得到一个这样的东西以外，还有没有其它理由呢？没有。所谓的理由，仅仅是眼睛的感觉，而没有其它证据。那么我们的眼睛是否靠得住呢？是否在任何一个问题上，都是它说了算呢？当然不是。不要说胜义谛，即使世俗谛中的微观世界，我们的眼睛也无法看见，那么比微观世界更细微的世界，眼睛就更无法掌握了。在这样仔细观察分析后，我们没有办法证实墙是白色的观点，谁都拿不出证据来。
Furthermore, the temperature, speed and weight of an object can be measured by the instruments. Does this mean that the object exists? The instruments, however, need to be monitored by the eyes. Without the five sense organs, who is to know that the instruments could measure these data? This means that ultimately our perception is just a function of the sense organs. Other than this，there is no evidence whatsoever to prove the wall is white.
譬如，可以用很多仪器来测量物体的温度、速度等，这能否证明它是实在的呢？测量温度、速度的仪器是须用眼睛来观察的，如果没有眼、耳、鼻、舌、身等，谁知道仪器可以测量到这些数据呢？由此可知，最终还是眼、耳、鼻、舌、身在做主。于是，我们再也找不到墙实实在在是白色的证据了。
But the Buddha or Nagarjuna did not force this conclusion on us. Rather, it is derived from the fact that we really cannot produce any evidence to support the claim that “it truly is a white wall” after repeated observations.
这个结论，不是佛要求我们接受的，也不是龙树菩萨要求我们接受的，而是当我们反复思维后，根本拿不出“它实实在在是一堵白色墙”的证据，才从而得出的。
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