大宝法王噶玛巴 | 修行所面对的最大挑战

The Karmapa then talked about the importance of putting Dharma into practice. “Practice should be a part of yourselves, and not just spending some time on a cushion. This is not enough. Practice means that when difficult times are happening, you apply experience of meditation to your daily life,” he advised. “At such times, we need a spiritual strength that we can use to face our own emotional situation.” 

This means, he said, “You should bring your practice into your life everywhere, not just the shrine room. You are ready for anything. Actually, the biggest challenge you face is yourself. Sometimes you can deal easily with other situations, but you have a problem once you need to deal with yourself. Knowing how to work with your mind and how to keep your confidence and faith continuous are key.”

修行应该是生活的一部分，而不只是花在坐垫上的那段时间。仅仅在坐垫上的修持是不够的。修行意味着当困难发生时，你将禅修习得开发的经验用于生活中。这样的话，我们就需要具备一种心力，当遇到产生情绪的情况时，我们能够去面对它。

这就是说，你需要将你的修持带入生活的方方面面，而不只是在佛堂。你将修行的心准备好应对任何一件事情。事实上，你所面对最大的挑战是自己。有时候，对于其它的情况你能轻松的应对自如，但是一旦自己遇到问题时就难了。了解自己的心，懂得如何与自己的心智协作，恒常保持信心和虔敬心才是关键。 

“Practice is not just reciting some kind of ritual or prayer, we do not understand,” he continued. “It relates to an inner strength and to making your life meaningful and guided by wisdom. This means that you have a measure of mindfulness, some space in your mind so that you are no longer overwhelmed by negative emotions. This space allows you to think and watch yourself, becoming aware of what is going right or wrong. This is very important. Otherwise, you might practice well normally, but when a problem comes up, you do not know how to handle it. This means that your practice is not strong enough.

修行并非只是念诵一些仪轨或祈请文，若是如此的话，那么便没有理解到修行的真义。修行是一种作用于内在力量的修持，透过这种内力所开启的智慧指引你的生命，使生命具有意义。

也就是说，你懂得保持觉知正念的方式，让心智富有空间，这样你就不会再受到负面情绪的牵绊。这个空间能够允许你去觉知和认识到自己的心念，留心关照心的对错是怎样了。这是非常重要的，不然，你可能在平日都修持的很好，但一旦问题发生，你就不知如何应对了。这种情况，就说明你的修行不够稳固。 

“Some people think that meditation is to make you comfortable, calm, and relaxed, but sometimes it is not like that. Rather, it can resemble intensive exercise. Some things might be painful, and dealing with certain emotional reactions might make you feel uneasy. You need to engage in gradual change, so your confidence and faith will develop. It is not just faith in the teachers; the most important thing is to have faith and confidence in yourselves. Once you have this, you can easily have faith and devotion for the teachers. Otherwise, if you do not have confidence and faith in yourself, it is difficult to have it in your teachers and the Three Jewels.”

有些人认为，禅修是自己更舒服、沉静和放松。但有些时候，并非如此。相反的，它有些像是密集的训练。在有些情况下是会感觉到疼痛的，并且，当你去处理一些情绪反应时可能还会感到不太容易。

你需要让自心投入这种训练，并且渐渐产生改变，如此一来，就会对自己和禅修发展出信心与虔敬。这时就不只是对善知识的信心，最重要的还是对自己的信心。一旦具备了这种信心，对上师的虔敬心也会自然容易生起。否则，若对自己没有信心的话，对上师和三宝的虔敬心也是很难生起的。

第十七世大宝法王噶玛巴 

邬金钦列多杰

2018年6月15日开示于 

噶玛扎西炯林 哈特福德 美国康涅狄格州

中译：正法互联

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