牵挂并快乐着[双语]

2018-03-04 慈诚加参尊者 全球念佛中心

心里没有任何牵挂的东西，是最快乐的。有牵挂的地方，就会有痛苦。

When our mind is free from any attachment, that’s when we are the happiest; however, once we get attached to something, suffering begins.

我们的痛苦往往来自于我们牵挂的东西：亲戚、朋友、房子、车子、钱财、名声……这些所牵挂的东西，就是我们痛苦的根源。哎呀，我还没有汽车呢、孩子还没有上学啊、我要赶快去做饭呀、我得马上去上班啊、我得去找那个人啊……感觉有时忙得像个总统一样。心里越是牵挂，感觉痛苦就越大。

Our sufferings always come from what we obsess about, such as relatives, friends, houses, cars, wealth and fame, etc. These fixations are indeed the root of our afflictions. “Ah, I haven’t owned a car yet”, “my child hasn’t started school yet”, “I should hurry up and start cooking”, “I must go to work immediately”, “I have to go meet someone”, etc.; all these make us feel like we are as busy as a president sometimes. The more attached we are, the more sufferings we experience.

那么，学佛的快乐和自在体现在哪里呢？

So where does the joy and freedom of studying the Dharma manifest itself?

你看那些修行人、出家人，有时他们的生活很苦啊，可是他们为什么那么快乐呢？因为他们的心里是最自在的，没有精神上的痛苦。那他们的心里有没有牵挂的东西呢？有啊，一切众生都牵挂在他们的心上！

Look at spiritual practitioners and monastics: they may live a rather hard life, so why are they still so happy and cheerful? This is because they possess the utmost freedom and ease in their mind, detached from any mental sufferings. Then are there any concerns in their mind? Yes, indeed. Each and every sentient being concerns them!

如果修行、出家的目的就是日日夜夜想着利益“我”：我要听法、我要修法、我要健康、我要以后不堕入三恶道、我要成佛、我要去极乐世界……每天心里只牵挂着自己，是没有办法达到菩萨的境界的。

If the goal for one’s spiritual practices or monasticism is only to benefit the self, and one is preoccupied day and night only with the self, such as “I want to study the Buddhadharma”, “I want to practice the Dharma”, “I want to be healthy”, “I want to avoid falling into the three lower realms”, “I want to attain Buddhahood”, “I want to be reborn in the Western Pureland”, etc, then our minds are attached to the self every day, and there is no way to achieve the state of a bodhisattva.

发了菩提心的人，学佛、出家、苦修、去山里闭关，目标是什么？是要利益一切有情众生，解除一切众生的痛苦。因此，他们日日夜夜闻思实修、做功德、护持佛法、讲经说法、帮助众生，弘扬佛法。

For those who have aroused bodhicitta, what is their goal for Dharma studies, monasticism, ascetic practices, and going on retreat in the mountains? It is indeed to benefit all sentient beings and free all of them from suffering. Therefore, they commit themselves day in and day out to the threefold practices of study, contemplation and meditation，the accumulation of merit and virtue as well as protecting and teaching the Dharma. They help all sentient beings and disseminate the Buddha’s teachings.

哪怕还没有开始利益众生，也可以先从发心开始。在众生和三宝面前发“利益一切有情众生，解除一切众生的痛苦”这个愿，功德就很大，也为自己种了一个很大的福田。在上师三宝面前发了这个愿以后，就要记住这个愿：我在众生面前发过愿，在上师三宝面前发过愿，不管今后遇到什么困难，即使遇到生命的危险，我也会记住、完成任务。

Before really being able to benefit all sentient beings, one can start by making an aspiration of bodhicitta. It is of immense merit to make the vow in front of sentient beings and the Three Jewels, to benefit all beings and emancipate them from sufferings. In doing this, we plant a great field of merit and virtue for ourselves. Once we have made the aspiration, we must remember that we have taken the vow in front of all beings, the Guru and the Three Jewels, hence, regardless of what difficulties we might encounter in the future, even threats to our lives, we would always bear it in mind and fulfill our vows.

菩萨是怎么发愿的？他从发“我要为利益众生而成佛”这个愿的那天开始，就放弃了“我”的一切。个人的感情、钱财、名声等等，统统放下了。他日日夜夜闻思实修，弘扬佛法，发誓成佛。他的目标是什么？就是这个愿:“我过去在上师面前发过这个愿，我要解除一切众生的苦，我要利益众生”。

How does a bodhisattva make aspirations? From the day they make the aspiration to attain Buddhahood in order to benefit all sentient beings, the bodhisattvas have already let go of everything of the self, including personal emotion, wealth, fame, etc. Fully engaged in studying, reflecting and practicing, they propagate the Buddhadharma, vowing to attain Buddhahood. What’s their goal? It is this vow - “I have made the aspiration in front of my guru to free all sentient being from suffering and benefit all of them”.

如果你也这样去发愿的话，你的生命中就会有一种责任感，就会有一种力量，这就是你的愿力。

As long as you make aspirations in this way, you will possess a sense of responsibility and have a kind of power in your life, and this is the power of your aspiration.

那菩萨为什么不痛苦呢？我们心里牵挂一个人的时候，都那么痛苦。菩萨时时都牵挂着“无量众生”那么多人，那不是没法活下去了么？不是的。菩萨牵挂着众生、爱众生，他会为了众生付出自己的一切，包括自己的生命，他分分秒秒在为众生做事，有时真的是比总统还忙。但同时，他的心里有着大智慧！这个智慧使他在为众生做事的时候，不会有强大的执着心，不会执着众生，所以他利益众生不但不会痛苦，而且只会为自他都带来更大的快乐。

Why aren’t the bodhisattvas afflicted by suffering? When our minds are preoccupied with even one person, we experience a lot of afflictions, while the bodhisattvas are concerned about countless number of sentient beings all the time. Doesn’t that make it difficult for them to carry on with their lives? No, it doesn’t. Concerned about all sentient beings with love, the bodhisattvas dedicate everything to them, including their own lives. Working for all beings every minute and second, sometimes they really are much busier than a president. Meanwhile, they are in possession of great wisdom in their minds, which enables them to serve sentient beings without any clinging. As they are not attached and grasping, their work for other beings does not bring them any suffering but rather great joy for both themselves and others.

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