一行禅师：正念的奇迹 ｜The Miracle of Mindfulness

人们通常将实相切割成块，因而看不到万事万物的相互依存。看到了一切中的“一”和一中的“一切”，就突破了一个大障碍。这个限制人们感知实相的障碍，佛教称之为“我见”。

People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. To see one in all and all in one is to break through the great barrier which narrows one's perception of reality, a barrier which Buddhism calls the attachment to the false view of self.

“我见”是指相信恒常不变、独立的实体我存在。

Attachment to the false view of self means belief in the presence of unchanging entities which exist on their own.

突破这个妄见就能从各种害怕、痛苦与焦虑中解脱出來。

To break through this false view is to be liberated from every sort of fear, pain, and anxiety.

观世音菩萨，我们越南和平工作者的精神支柱，在洞察了五蕴皆空（无我）的实相后，她就从各种折磨、苦痛、怀疑与愤怒中解脱了。这种禅修法对每个人都适用。如果坚持不懈，精进地观照五蕴，我们同样也能从苦难、害怕、恐惧中解脱。

When the Bodhisattva Quan the Am, who has been such a source of inspiration of peace workers in Vietnam, saw into the reality of the five aggregates giving rise to emptiness of Self, she was liberated from every suffering, pain, doubt, and anger. The same would apply to everyone. If we contemplate the five aggregates in a stubborn and diligent way, we, too, will be liberated from suffering, fear, and dread.

我们必须摒除所有障碍，作为宇宙生命的一部分而活着。人并非包裹在厚壳里与世隔绝的孤立个体，能够不受影响地自由穿越时空。

We have to strip away all the barriers in order to live as part of the universal life. A person isn't some private entity traveling unaffected through time and space as if sealed off from the rest of the world by a thick shell.

像那样与世隔绝地活一百世、十万世不能叫做活着，那样的情形也不可能发生。

Living for 100 or for 100,000 lives sealed off like that not only isn't living, but it isn't possible. 

我们的生命中万象纷呈，恰如我们自己也显现在各种不同现象中。

In our lives are present a multitude of phenomena, just as we ourselves are present in many different phenomena.

我们是生命，而生命是无止境的。也许可以这样说，只有过着世间生活，经历别人的悲苦喜乐时，我们才算活着。

We are life, and life is limitless. Perhaps one can say that we are only alive when we live the life of the world, and so live the sufferings and joys of others.

别人的痛苦就是我们自己的痛苦，别人的快乐就是我们自己的快乐。

The suffering of others is our own suffering, and the happiness of others is our own happiness.

如果生命无限，那么组成我们的五蕴也是无限的。宇宙的无常、生命的成败，都无法再摆布我们。了悟缘起的实相并深深契入后，就没有什么再能压制我们了。你解脱了。全跏趺坐，觉察你的呼吸，在禅观中体会普度众生的菩萨。

If our lives have no limits, the assembly of the five aggregates which makes up our self also has no limits. The impermanent character of the universe, the successes and failures of life can no longer manipulate us. Having seen the reality of interdependence and entered deeply into its reality, nothing can oppress you any longer. You are liberated. Sit in the lotus position, observe your breath, and ask one who has died for others.

我们要时刻修习缘起观，不仅在静坐时练习，还要让它成为我们日常生活中不可或缺的一部分。我们应当学会将眼前的人看成自己，自己就是那个人。我们必须洞察所有事情的缘起与相互依存过程，包括那些已经发生和将要发生的事。

Meditation on interdependence is to be practiced constantly, not only while sitting, but as an integral part of our involvement in all ordinary tasks. We must learn to see that the person in front of us is ourself and that we are that person. We must be able to see the process of inter-origination and interdependence of all events, both those which are happening and those which will happen.