中英文对照 * 修持的基础

修持的基础

1.

当我们第一次接触佛陀的教导时，

必须从头开始，

也就是从前行开始。

When we first approach

the Buddha's teachings, we

have to start at the beginning.

2.

在西藏，上师总是

先教前行，再讲正行

（主要的修持）。

In Tibet, lamas always taught

the preliminaries first and

 then the main part.

3.

教到正行时，他们

会提到前行的要点，

作为训练学生修心的一种方式。

When they taught the main part,

they would refer to elements of

the preliminaries as a way of

training the students' minds.

（总言之）

同样的道理，

法教的前行如果还没有深入内心，

正行那些关于如何修持的

深奥文字便没有

可依的基础，那么你所做的

一切将不够可靠。

In the same way that if the

foundations of a house aren't

properly laid the building will

wobble, if the preliminaries to a

teaching are not taken to heart,

the profound words of the main part,

how to practice, won't be

supported and everything you do

will be a bit shaky.