Meeting NYOSHUL KHENPO RINPOCHE
遇見紐舒堪仁波切
I FIRST SAW THE GREAT DZOGCHEN MASTER NYOSHUL KHENPO RINPOCHE IN 1984. He was sitting in a garden outside Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's home in Dordogne, gazing into the blue above. Rinpoche had an air of bliss and stillness, and I remember thinking he looked as if he were master of the sky.
一九八四年，我初次遇見偉大的大圓滿上師紐舒堪仁波切。當時他坐在頂果欽哲仁波切位於多荷東的屋外花園，凝望上方的藍天，周身散發著大樂與靜謐的氛圍，我還記得那時心想：他看起來真的有如蒼穹之主。
One night, there was a dinner gathering at our small stone farmhouse, and Rinpoche honored us by attending. Fortunate as the occasion was, I remember that evening with some embarrassment. None of the guests at the table spoke fluent English, and we were at a loss as to how to entertain Rinpoche, so after dinner we asked my teenage daughter to sing for him. She reluctantly brought out her guitar and played the one melody she remembered the words to a ballad about a prostitute called "House of the Rising Sun." I listened with the blood rushing to my face as she crooned the song, lamenting the miseries of life in a brothel. I was the only discomfited listener; Khen Rinpoche knew no English and seemed to enjoy the performance. When I later asked my daughter, "How could you have sung that song?" she answered, "You mean the one about the sun?"
一晚，我們在自家的小小石造農舍舉辦餐敘，仁波切慈悲入席，令我們備感榮幸。儘管當晚的場合如此殊勝，我的回憶卻略帶尷尬。當天在座的賓客，無人能以流利的英語溝通，我們也不太知道如何招呼仁波切。所以晚餐過後，我們便請正值青春期的女兒為仁波切獻唱。她心不甘情不願地拿出吉他，演奏了她唯一記得歌詞的曲子，而那是一首關於妓女的歌謠，曲名是｢日昇之坊｣。我一邊聽著她低聲吟唱青樓女子對娼寮歲月的悲嘆，一邊感覺面紅耳赤。所幸，我是當晚唯一坐立不安的聽眾，堪仁波切不懂英文，看起來還蠻享受那場表演。後來我質問女兒：｢妳怎麼可以選那首歌？｣她反問我：｢你指的是跟太陽有關的那首歌嗎？｣
I next encountered Rinpoche a year later, shortly after our return to California. We were living in a tiny vacation rental dwarfed by the expansive Pacific Ocean out front. The house was not more than twelve feet wide, with plywood walls, a galley kitchen and two closet-sized bedrooms up-stairs. A friend from a local Buddhist center called one day and asked that we host Rinpoche, since all the rental houses in the area were filled. So, to our good fortune, Khen Rinpoche and his wife, Khandro Damcho, ended up staying with us for a few weeks in that boxcar by the sea.
再度遇到仁波切，已是一年後的事，當時我們剛返回加州不久，住在一間狹小的出租渡假屋裡，對照門前寬闊的太平洋景緻，顯得微不足道。那棟小屋寬度不過三尺半，牆的材質是三夾板，內附船艙式廚房，樓上兩間臥室的大小與衣櫃差不多。一日，當地佛教中心的一位朋友致電，希望我們能招待仁波切。由於當地所有出租房舍都已客滿，我們才有幸邀請堪仁波切與佛母康卓丹秋與我們在海邊的貨櫃屋共度，而且後來還住了好幾週。
Rinpoche enjoyed taking walks along the ocean, and we would often follow. He spoke little, but would gesture up to the empty cerulean heaven, breathing it in deeply and urging us to do the same. Walking with Rinpoche felt like stepping right into the clear sky. He communicated to the world with his poetic speech, graceful gestures and quiet eyes. Each person he met he greeted as a beloved friend, instantly opening the hearts of all who saw him.
仁波切很喜歡在海邊散步，我們通常也會跟著前往。雖然他沉默寡言，但總會姿態向上地朝著空曠蔚藍的天，一邊深深吸納，一邊敦促我們一同照著做。與仁波切一起散步，感覺就像直接走入清朗的碧空。他以詩意的語言、優雅的姿態和靜默的雙眼，與這個世界進行交流。仁波切不論看到誰，都是以對待摯友的方式問候他們，對方的心也因此立即敞開。
During those weeks, I asked Rinpoche if he would give a teaching for this book. He asked that I use one of his poems or letters instead, and I chose a missive he wrote to his disciples in 1981. This is only one of the many beautiful poems that the illustrious Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche left as part of his legacy. The profound teachings, poems and kindness of this great master of Dzog-chen live on for us all.
在那幾週內，我請教仁波切是否能為本書給予一點開示。他要我從他的詩作或書信中選出一則作為替代，因此我選了一封他在1981年寫給弟子的信函。成就非凡的紐舒堪仁波切，留下了許多優美的詩作作為他遺教的一部分，而這只是本書作者從中選出的一篇。這位偉大的大圓滿上師所懷持之甚深法教、詩作及恩慈，將為所有人而永存於世。
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