宗薩欽哲仁波切：若想理解佛法的空性智慧，就必須對業力有明確的認識
ALL APPEARANCES ARE ILLUSIONS
一切顯現皆為幻相
Right now people like us have no tolerance or patience for the fact that everything is emptiness. We cannot tolerate the emptiness; basically, we shun and have an aversion to the truth. We like the comfort zone of illusion, and why? It is because of a lack of understanding or only partial understanding of cause and effect. Not understanding makes us so naïve and easily tricked. Ordinary people and religious people alike can accept that certain things that appear such as a dream, mirage or rainbow are illusions; this much we can accept. But it’s harder to accept that not just some appearances but all appearances are illusions. Most worldly sciences and philosophies make the error of reaching a conclusion or thesis or answer; in other words, choosing to believe in the chicken or the egg, in effect. It doesn’t matter whether it is an almighty god or an almighty atom, almighty chicken or almighty egg: we always end up believing in an almighty view. So then the ultimate truth beyond views and beliefs is simply ignored. We just don’t want to let go. It’s so difficult, understandably, to contemplate giving up all views, especially since we rely on a view of self as proof to justify our belief that we exist. So clear understanding of karma is crucial to understanding the Buddhist wisdom of emptiness.
當今，像我們這樣的大眾，對於萬法皆為空性的這個事實，不僅無法忍受，亦毫無耐心。我們接受不了空性；基本上，我們逃避實相，並且討厭實相。我們喜歡幻相這個舒適區，為什麽會這樣呢？那是由於對因果缺乏了解，或只是一知半解。不明因果，使我們變得如此幼稚並且容易受到愚弄。普通人和有信仰的人都能接受，夢境、海市蜃樓或彩虹等特定事物的顯相，只是一種幻相；這是我們所能接受的範圍。但如果不僅某些顯現是幻相，而是所有顯現都是幻相，這就較難接受了。世間大部分科學和哲學所犯的謬誤，就是要達到一種結論、論斷或答案；換言之，必須實際在雞或蛋之間做出選擇，看是要相信哪一個。無論是一位全能的主，或是一粒全能的原子、一隻全能的雞、一顆全能的蛋：我們最終總是想要相信一種全能的觀點。如此一來，只會忽略了那超越一切觀點和信仰的究竟實相。我們就是不想放下。可以理解的是，思維要放棄所有觀點便已是如此之難，尤其我們又是靠著自我的觀點，來證明「我們皆存在」這個信念的正確性。因此，若想理解佛法的空性智慧，就必須對業力有明確的認識。
~ An excerpt from Talk 2 of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche’s “The Chicken and the Egg” [teachings on karma and cause and effect given in Los Angeles, CA, August 19-21, 2011] 節選自宗薩蔣揚欽哲仁波切2011年8月19日至21日於美國加州洛杉磯「雞和蛋」講座第二段，關於業和因果的相關開示。
~ 普賢法譯小組 Qiyi 翻譯 / Nestor校對 / Serena 完稿，祈願一切賢善吉祥！
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