佛法的心髓—自治其心 -- 【编辑室Editorial】

佛教向以擅长治心著称，因而，佛教经典中，称佛陀为“大医王”，专以治理众生心病为己任。宋孝宗曾说过，以“以佛治心”的话，这充分地表达对佛教功能的肯定。在人类的文化发展中，对心理卫生、精神健康的重视，当数佛教为第一。

佛教以心为决定众生苦乐升沉，乃至国土世界污染清静的关键。《杂阿经》卷十佛言：“心恼故众生恼，心净故众生净。”《大乘本生心地观经》卷四《厌舍品》指出：“心清静故世界清静，心杂秽故世界杂秽，我佛法中以心为主，一切诸法无不由心。”用如实的知见“自治其心”、“自净其意”，因而成为佛陀所示解脱世间诸苦、提升精神境界的要道。

尤其是新时代的人，每天都面对着许许多多的诱惑，心中自然会起贪欲、愤怒等的烦恼，心理活动具有一定程度的非自主性。但人心更有慧、精进、慈悲等殊胜的正面功能，我们完全可以利用此功能，以智能自主心、锻炼心、净化心、提高智商、情商和精神境界，自我塑造完美人格。

《中阿含·念处经》记载：佛陀教导徒众“以心治心”，就象木匠用绳墨在木料上打上线，再用利斧斫治令直，又如两位大力士捉住一个瘦弱的贼，随意抓旋处置。《法句经》云：“洗除心垢，如工炼金。”也就是说，应该像良工巧匠炼金打铁那样锤炼自心，去除无明烦恼的杂质垢秽，使心如同金子一样纯净。

佛陀从对人生痛苦和存在意义的反省入手，以人内心深处了生死、趋求常乐的终极关怀为核心，对人心的结构、内容、性质及造成苦恼的因果作了明晰的解析，通过切身的实践验证，提出了一整套自治其心以达到“现法安乐”乃至涅盘解脱。 后世的佛教高僧大德们对佛陀教法不断发挥补充，形成精深博大的治心之学。从现代心理学的角度看，佛陀是一位极其高明的心理医师、心理学家、精神导师，佛法是一门高级的心理学。

Mind Your Money

Money and possessions are things we cannot do without in this material world. What is the Buddha’s advice for householders on money making, saving and spending? Can we, while striving for economic prosperity, achieve a peace of mind? How do we manage our wealth so that it meets our needs, fulfills our family and social responsibilities, and benefits the society at large? Read Ways of Enjoying Your Wealth, page 40 to find out more.

For those who choose to be ordained, their goal is to strive for complete non-attachment rather than economic prosperity. For that purpose, they are advised not only to stay away from wealth accumulation and enjoyment of material life, but also to depend on the householders for the four requisites, namely a robe, alms food, lodging and medicines after surrendering the rest of their belongings to the community. The skill of sound requisite management as demonstrated by Venerable Ananda in The 500 Garments, page 47, can be attributed to the practice of non-attachment by sharing, and that of caring for the gift by not wasting.

In conclusion, just as one needs to engage in careers that do not harm others in order to progress on the path, one needs to make sure that the incomes generated from these careers are managed wisely in order that one is free from blame and debt.