☆ 此心如鏡鏡似雪,不染凡塵濁事
我完全明白你現在的心境,就是
「開心和悲哀同時存在,心靈上的滿足和無奈相繼而來」,
與老子的「禍福相倚伏」有異曲同工之妙。
就好像《Without You》這首歌的歌詞所描述:
You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows.
你發現愛和智慧既帶來超越,帶來幸福,亦帶來悲哀及無奈。
好像你這些半天吊的人,也許只能從佛法之中找尋人間淨土。
然而再進一步地從佛法去想,
當你快樂時,你要告訴自己,這快樂不是永恆的。
當你痛苦時,你也要告訴自己,這痛苦也不是永恆的。
有在西方地獄裡的人告訴我:
This too shall pass because something worse is coming.
我的回應是:
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
When life gives you shit, make manure.
But do remember that what may kill you
makes you disappear from this world.
So train yourself to judge extremely well
on what may kill you!.
所以這個更進一步的痛苦也不是永恆的。
天堂裡望向地獄的窗關不關根本不是問題。
你知不知道天堂裡的高人即使打開了望向地獄的窗,
亦對地獄視若無睹嗎?
人若因為追求愛與智慧,賠上自己的快樂,有甚麼益處呢?
忍一時,風平浪靜;退一步,海闊天空;
視若無睹,快樂似神仙。
無憂無慮,無牽無掛、好好地活在當下,
就是生命的最高境界!
Life’s too short to worry about,
to argue and fight for the downtrodden
because we have little control over
what happens in the world around us.
Ataraxia, or peace of mind,
means retaining calmness in our hearts
in the midst of wars and cruelties
happening elsewhere in the world.
It means reading only those pieces of news
that we like to read and believe to be true.
When we focus our lives at the present moment,
enjoy what we do without being distracted
by external affairs,
when we forbid events or other persons
to control our emotions,
we can free ourselves from anxiety,
achieve inner peace and the quality
of our lives increases dramatically.
張愛玲說自己二十歲出頭就修成了
「不願意看見甚麼,就有本事看不見」的高深道行,
其實已經是低了一個層次,
因為這依然是一個對醜陋事情有潔癖的層次。
「不在乎看不看,即使看了之後亦視若無睹;
左耳入,右耳出,前眼入後腦出」才是最高的境界,
才能夠驅除高層次的痛楚、困擾和憂慮,
才是淨化自己心靈的絕妙心法。
所謂「各家自掃門前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜」,
有修行的人不論外境如何變動,內心都不受影響,
情緒都不會被牽動,所以就斷除了一切煩惱,
保有一顆清淨的心。
別相信那蠢材范仲淹所說的
「先天下之憂而憂,後天下之樂而樂」,
因為他只會令他的粉絲不快樂。
對別人困苦的同情,固然是一種美德,
對別人的困苦視而不見,或者更進一步,
對別人的困苦視後如過眼雲煙,也是一種美德。
這種「兩難 」dilemma 就是修行者必須面對的課題!
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity
— another man’s I mean.
( Mark Twain )
For a tear is quickly dried,
especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
( Marcus Tullius Cicero )
We are all strong enough to endure
other men’s misfortunes.
( Francois de La Rochefoucauld )
一個人的快樂,完全視乎他如何看這個世界,
視乎他選擇看甚麼和不看甚麼!
一個人的快樂,完全視乎他說「我們 we」時,
是否只包括和他同心同德的人!
You can hold yourself back
from the sufferings of the world,
this is something you are free to do
and is in accord with your nature,
but perhaps this holding back is the only
suffering you might be able to avoid.
( Franz Kafka )