心道法師法語
DAILY WISDOM BY MASTER HSIN TAO
「有」就是現象，「見」就是想法，每一個見都是綁死你，每一個有都是壓死你，這兩個都是讓你不自由的。
“Becoming” refers to phenomena and “view” refers to thoughts. Every thought ties you up and every becoming crash down on you. These two enslave us from freedom.
安靜，聆聽內在，是自我淨化的開始。Be silent, inner listening is the beginning of self-purification.
任何東西起了就滅，現象的道理就是這樣，常常看到這些起落都是空性，心就會安定。
Arises and then ceases. This is just the how phenomena are. Recognize the emptiness within these fluctuations and our mind would become serene.
心不攀緣、不取物，即是涅槃。
Not grasping and not taking is the state of nirvana.
理性要勝過欲望，這樣才不會墮落。
Rationality must conquer the desires to prevent from the fallen.
語言文字都是相，從那裡去找，不會到達涅槃妙心，要從無相裡才能回到心。
Languages are merely signs. One cannot find the supreme state of nirvana through vocabulary. We must rediscover our mind through actualization of notionless.
「懺悔業障」，常常感覺到苦，就要懺；不懺，壓力大、垢染多，就像煮菜的鍋，沒有洗，就是垢染，煮的菜就不香，洗乾淨，炒菜就很好吃。
“To repent misdeeds and nonvirtuous karmas” is to repent for the feeling of ubiquitous suffering. Without contrition, stresses are accumulated like an unwashed frying pan. Clean it so whatever comes out from it becomes appetizing.
打坐，讓心聽自己的話，慢慢聽到進入空性。
Meditation is a kind of self-listening which gradually leads you into emptiness.
修行的目的是找回生生世世的自己。The purpose of cultivation is to find oneself in reincarnation.
禪就是空性的學習，慈悲就是願力的學習。
Chan is the learning of emptiness; compassion is the learning of aspiring vows.
心是圓滿一切的大圓滿，成功是圓滿，不成功也是圓滿，一切的發生就是一個過程，過程就是有很多的學習。
The mind can perfect everything. Accomplishments are perfect and so are failures. The “happening” is where we learn the most during the process.
善惡業都是生滅的、變化不定的，要學習究竟的佛法，叫做覺醒的生活，覺醒就是不惑，就像一盞燈，就像太陽跟月亮，永遠不會迷失自己。
Virtuous and nonvirtuous deeds are arising, ceasing, and ever-changing. To learn the ultimate Buddhadharma is living an awakening life. “Awakening” means non-deluded. Like a lamp, the sun, or the moon that guides us forward, we’d never lose ourselves.
每個人都有見解，所有的見解都要破掉，破有、破無，一切不立才能夠自在，生命處處沒有障礙。
Everyone has subjective views. Break through from externalism and nihilism, and dependent designation – so to acquire freedom.
學佛要學空性，空性就不生不滅，不會患得患失，不在是非好壞、善惡裡計算。
Dharma practice is to learn about emptiness, the state of non-arising and non-ceasing. One would no longer feel anxious about gaining or losing, judging betterment or worsening.
不實在的事物，要能常常觀空，尤其是煩惱。The unreal things should be comprehended as emptiness , especially those of afflictions.
學佛，要把因果做好，這是現象世界的準則；把空性做好，這是解脫自在的法則。
In practicing Buddhism, keep in mind that “cause and effect” is the functioning of this phenomenal world. In other words, by mastering “emptiness”, we ace the method towards liberation.
〈大悲咒〉清理生命裡不乾淨的種子；《金剛經》用觀照的方法，回到空性的家；《普賢行願品》用十個方法學習成佛。
The Great Compassion Mantra purifies negative seeds; The Diamond Sutra investigates phenomena so to return to emptiness; The King of Aspiration Prayers teaches the ten collective practices leading to Buddhahood.
聽的時候就是什麼都沒有，什麼都不要忙，就是聽。
When listening, just be attentive without engaging other activities.
《金剛經》就是分解一切東西都是沒有的，會分解就叫智慧，不會分解、不會觀照，就是創造有。
The Diamond Sutra dismantles our misconception about an inherent existence. Such dismantling is called “wisdom”. Without insightful wisdom, we begin to fabricate existence.
在現象裡找不到自己，現象是虛幻不實的，學佛就是要找到生命的永恆。
An intrinsic existence is unfindable within phenomena, which are illusory. Dharma practice however, is to find the eternality of life.
做任何事情都不要分心，一分心你就散亂心，就不是修行的心。Be focused. Once you are distracted, you get a scattered mind, which refrains you from practicing Buddism.
學佛找回自己的靈性，也就是找回自己的佛性，沒有找到靈性，就會流浪在現象與想法裡，沒有靈性就是物化的生命。
Dharma practice is to rediscover our spiritual qualities, or Buddha nature. Without it, we’d be wandering in the fabrication of phenomena and ideas. A life without spirituality is merely materialism.
學佛不是想法，是實踐，是體會，然後產生覺受。
Dharma practice doesn’t remain on an intellectual level of knowledge. It is through fulfilling, experiencing, and then realizing.
般若是破見解，每一個見解都是虛幻不實的，有「見」的地方就是不自由，就被「見」綁死了，叫做見惑。般若就是斷見惑。
Prajna wisdom is to dismantle subjective views. Be mindful that every view is illusory. Views confine you from freedom and prajna wisdom is to unshackle the bindings.
口不講壞話就是結善緣；身不做壞事就是做好事；心存好心就沒有貪瞋癡，這三個是學佛的基本態度。
Refrain verbal nonvirtues are to make positive connections; refrain physical nonvirtues are to act kindly; refrain mental nonvirtues are to be devoid of greed, aversion, and ignorance. These three are the principles for Dharma practice.
開悟就是明白，明白心是什麼、性是什麼，把心性參明白了，就不惑了，不惑叫做開悟。
Being enlightened means to be understanding of our mind and its qualities. Once we’ve actualized the mind, we are no longer deluded. That is enlightenment.
每一個見解都是虛幻不實的，見的地方就是被綁的地方，就是不自由的地方；「有」的地方，會不自由，「見」的地方也不自由。
All views are delusional where subjective understanding is in fact a sort of “binding”, a confinement.
放下執著，同時也放過自己一馬。Stop clinging and give yourself a break!
如果想要自在一點，就要減少欲望。Restrain your desires if you want to attain more freedom.
般若是空一切的「有」、也空一切的「無」，就是觀照實相，實相就是沒有現象，透視一切都是空而無所有。
Prajna is both the “becoming” and “vanishing” aspects of emptiness. Examine the truth, which is to see the emptiness of all phenomena.
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佛的宇宙觀就是要看到「有」的本質叫做沒有，從沒有開始做成佛的事情。
The Buddhist world view is to see the emptiness of the “inherent existence”. Now, set out your path towards Buddhahood.
服務即精進，服務就是一種供養。To offer service is diligence and service itself is a type of offering.
有相，就會與現象牽扯不清；離相才不會跟現象談戀愛。離相，心才會回家。
One can be deluded by phenomena when the mind is attached to notions. Having a notionless clarity, we can be dispassionate with the phenomena. That way, our mind can finally return home.
天堂跟地獄就在心，心能夠眾善奉行，就是善。
There’s a fine line between heaven and hell. It is determined with our mind. By engaging in kind acts, one is carrying out goodness.
「廣修供養」，去除貪瞋癡就要養成「給」，一直不斷給，一直給，養成不慳貪的習慣。
“To make abundant offerings” helps to eradicate the Three Poisons by “generous giving”. Make generosity a lifelong habit.
命運是自己創造的，好好壞壞都是自己的起心動念，跟每一個眾生結了什麼緣，就會有什麼因、什麼果。
We determine our fate by every thought, may it be positive or negative. Whatever connection we make with another sentient being will come into effect in the future.
不屬於靈性的叫做現象，現象是短暫的；靈性是非現象，是永恆的。
Phenomena are transient appearances devoid of spirituality. On the other hand, spirituality is eternal.
回到靈性的時候，不是把物質丟掉，而是物質不再是困擾，物質是被你所用，不是物質用了你。
Returning to our spirituality doesn’t imply abandoning possessions. In fact, materials are no longer hindrances but effective tools for your utilization.
禪叫做參，參就是探討跟明白我是什麼，我的原點是什麼。
Chan is examination. It is to investigate and study who “I” am and the origin.
用正能量的思惟跟想法，給予接觸的緣最好的記憶，就叫做菩薩道。
By applying positive thinking and views, one can offer good karmic memories in all circumstances. This is path of bodhisattva.
不實在的事物，要能常常觀空，尤其是煩惱。The unreal things should be comprehended as emptiness , especially those of afflictions.
心無體、無相，在世間穿梭的時候要片葉不沾身。
The mind is free of entities and forms. Do not let a single leaf stuck on us when walking through the samsaric jungle.
生從何來，死從何去？生是從因果來，死是到因果去，把因做好，就能夠創造好的生命。
Where were we before birth? Where do we go after death? Both are decided by individual karma. Learn to generate good causes and they can come positively in lives.
給就是儲蓄，在每一個生命裡儲蓄給，好的給就是正能量，正能量的生命是陽光燦爛。
Giving is like depositing. Giving positive energy brings back brilliance to life like rays of sunshine.
禪修是進入靈性的橋樑，想多了就是障礙，要放下，放到最後靈性自己就跑出來了。
Chan practice is the bridge leading to your spiritual nature. Conceptual thinking is an obstacle; let it go. Let go until your spiritual nature spontaneously appears.
學習佛法是讓心融入虛空，納受世界上所有的東西，這就是生命的智慧。
Dharma practice allows one’s mind to integrate into the universe and be receptive of all elements. This is the wisdom of life.
心是圓滿一切的大圓滿，成功是圓滿，不成功也是圓滿，一切的發生就是一個過程，過程就是有很多的學習。
The mind can perfect everything. Accomplishments are perfect and so are failures. The “happening” is where we learn the most during the process.
歸零，就是清倉，把倉庫的東西清出去。
Returning to the origin is like a storage cleanup – to clear out the space.
願成佛度眾生，在生命裡一直服務、一直奉獻，沒有一點私心。
Vowing to attain Buddhahood for the benefits of all beings means continually striving to benefit others, without any ulterior motives.
什麼叫智慧？就是要發菩提心，不發菩提心，就沒有覺悟的種子。 What do we call wisdom? Is to activate our bodhi citta, which if we do not, we will not achieve enlightenment.
生命就是善惡業，離開善惡的糾纏、善惡的生滅，回到不生滅的地方。
Rebirth is the result of good and evil deeds; disentangle yourself from good and evil and return to the place which is beyond arising and ceasing.
學佛是學怎麼做福氣、怎麼修福氣，讓福氣源源不絕。福氣從哪裡來？從服務跟愛心來的。
Practicing Buddhism includes accumulating merits. How do we generate merits? They come from serving others with loving kindness.
學佛要明白因果，每一個念頭就是因果，每一個念頭就是基因、就是記憶體，每一個記憶體就是未來生命的導覽，所以保持每一個念頭都是善業。
Dharma practice is to understand karma. Every thought is a karmic gene stored in memory drive which maps our future lives. That’s why we should keep our thoughts virtuous.
學佛的人要有無我的慈悲，有我的慈悲，就會有得失心、計較心。
In practicing Buddhism, you need to cultivate an egoless compassion; when there is self-attachment, compassion is tainted by self-interest and ideas of gain and loss.
所有的現象都是時間，靈性卻不是時間，只要找回覺性、靈性，在沒有時間的地方才會不生滅。
All phenomena are framed in time while spirituality isn’t. Rediscover awareness and spiritual qualities free of timespan – neither arising nor ceasing is happening.
「請轉法輪」，請善知識說法，說法能夠洗滌所有的矛盾衝突，洗滌貪瞋癡、執著，把所有骯髒的東西都洗掉了。
“To request the Buddhas to turn the Dharma Wheel” is to beseech the Buddhas and spiritual guidance to elucidate the profound Dharma – the solution of purifying the Three Poisons and defilements.
每個人都有見解，所有的見解都要破掉，破有、破無，一切不立才能夠自在，生命處處沒有障礙。
Everyone has subjective views. Break through from externalism and nihilism, and dependent designation – so to acquire freedom.
一切本就是圓滿，成也圓滿，敗也圓滿；一切好壞都是圓滿，現象雖有差別，但佛性本無差別。
All are ultimately perfect in nature. Accomplishments are perfect and so are failures. Whatever is positive or negative, it is just perfect. While there may be distinctions among phenomena, all beings possess the same Buddha nature.
生命是用記憶體去輪轉，記憶體就是生命的導覽。
Life turns by our karmic memories which map out an individual’s life.
生命就是好、壞與不好不壞，不攀緣，就不生不滅。
Life is a mixture of positivity, negativities, and neutralities. Do not cling on to any phenomena and you’d attain the state of non-arising or non-ceasing.
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