中英文对照 * 没有伤口的手可以不受伤害地拿毒药
法句经中有句话:没有伤口的手,
可以不受伤害地拿毒药
1.
随着布施,
你建起一种正面的相关性,
一种有益的相关性。
With generosity you create a
positive connection,
a helpful connection.
2.
一种善德
在其中可以往返流动的相关性。
A connection where good things
can flow back and forth.
3.
假若是不善巧业,那么你也建立
一个迟早后悔的裂口。
If it's unskillful kamma, you're
creating a connection,
you're creating
an opening that sooner or later
you're going to regret.
4.
法句经中有一句话:
没有伤口的手
可以不受伤害的拿毒药。
换句话说:
你若不造恶业,
该恶业之果不会临至你。
There's a saying i
n the Dhammapada
that a hand without a wound
can hold poison and not be harmed.
In other words, if you don't have
any bad karmma, the results of
bad kamma won't come to you.
5.
不过假若你手上
有伤口,拿起毒药,
它会沿着伤口渗入害死你。
不善巧之业正是那个伤口。
But if you have a wound on your
hand, then if you hold poison
it will seep through the wound
and kill you.
(总言之)
正如佛陀所说:
当你在任何情形下,严守戒律,
决不破例时,
那是在对一切有情
布施安全“施无畏”。
As the Buddha said, when
you hold to your precepts,
no matter what with
no exceptions, it's a gift
of security to all beings.