【中英双语】传喜法师：生命的成功和升华 （A Successful & Uplifted L...

生命的成功和升华 

A Successful & Uplifted Life

       我们中国人很朴素的一个人生观，就是将心比心；己所不欲，勿施于人，把自己喜欢的给别人。 很多人说佛教是劝人为善，那什么是善？能替别人想，能把自己喜欢的，分享给别人，这就是善。什么是恶呢？以自我为中心，索取自己快乐的，不顾别人感受，就种下恶的因。

 A simple, traditional Chinese value is empathy. We try not to impose anything that we don’t like on others, whilst trying to offer what we like to others. It is said that a principal doctrine of Buddhism is to encourage people to perform virtuous deeds. But what does this mean exactly? It means being empathetic. What does ‘evil’ mean? It means being selfish and trying to acquire happiness at the expense of other sentient beings. Sowing the seeds of evil will certainly have bad effects.

    

“未生恶勿令生，已生恶速令止；未生善令生起，已生善令相续。”其实就是一个对善、对恶的观察：如果是善，应当保护它；如果没有生起善，应该让这个善生起来；如果没有恶，千万不要让它生起来；如果已经生起恶来，赶快让它停止，这就叫“四正勤”。如果是杂草，那就赶快拔，不拔掉肥料都被它吃掉了。地是有限的，就这一点点肥，杂草长满了，这块地就荒废了。

If we see weeds growing in a field, we should remove them right away, otherwise they will compete with the crops for the limited nutrients in the soil and less food can be harvested. Likewise, we should never allow evil actions, words and thoughts to emerge if they have not already emerged, and should immediately stop those that have emerged. We should make virtue emerge if it has not already emerged, and maintain its growth. These are called ‘the four right efforts’.   

    要知道善有善报，恶有恶报，因果是不虚的。我们在座的不管你得志不得志，有没有财富，有没有体现你的生命价值，作为一个佛教徒，你能够按照佛教的教导来行持的话，这个生命就算是成功的，到时候我们有光明快乐的地方，可以继续我们的生命，升华我们的生命。

The law of cause and effect is not void – a virtuous cause will lead to a good effect and an evil cause will lead to a bad effect. Regardless of whether you have achieved your ambitions, whether you are rich or whether you have made a substantial contribution to the world, as a Buddhist, a successful life means being able to lead a life guided by Buddha-dharma. By doing so, we will be able to be reborn in a place of infinite light and joy, a place where we can continue to bring our lives to higher levels.

 

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