实际上，出家相是什么？
我们出了家，还有一个功课叫“成就出家相”。
Since we have entered the monastic life, we should practice to perfect ‘the monastic appearance.’
有人就疑惑，都已经剃了头、穿了这身衣服了，这相不是有了吗？
Some may wonder: Now that we’ve shaved our heads and donned these robes, haven’t we already taken on the appearance of a monastic?
实际上，出家相是什么？
But what exactly is meant by the monastic appearance?
是具有观照力，能够降伏住自己，尤其降伏住自己贪、嗔、痴的粗重烦恼，不被它污染，也防止它去污染别人。
It refers to the ability to contemplate and reflect, enabling you to restrain yourself, particularly in subduing your gross afflictions—greed, hatred, and ignorance. It means not being defiled by them and also preventing them from defiling others.
这是作为第一步、最入门级的。
This is just the initial step, the most basic one.
那第二步再向上要求呢，就是还要产生慈、悲、喜、舍这良好的生命状态，去面对众生、给予众生，为世间人做一个好榜样。
The second step requires further cultivation, and we are called to let kindness, compassion, joy, and giving pervade our entire being. These should guide our interactions with all beings, allowing us to offer them support and serve as a luminous example to the world.
哪怕刚剃度，哪怕只是名字上的沙弥，但这个形象是代表三宝的。所以内要熄掉贪嗔痴的“发动机”，外还要用慈悲喜舍来“装潢门面”，然后面对众生，“开门营业”。
Once we shave our heads—whether freshly ordained or still “name-only” novices—we become the public face of the Three Jewels. Internally, we must switch off the engine of greed, hatred and stupidity; externally, we should ‘refurbish the temple-front’, embodying kindness, compassion, joy, and giving, and ‘fling open the gates for business’, engaging with the world and fulfill our monastic role.
——三参法师
Master San Can
英文翻译：张蜜
英文朗诵：普泽
回向
愿以此功德 普及于一切
我等与众生 皆共成佛道
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