做到忍辱心清静 -- 【编辑室】

忍辱,是“六度”里面的第三度。忍辱的意义是什么呢?忍辱就是指自己和别人都能得到一种安稳的修养。一个人如果缺乏忍辱,他的嗔恨心很重。当嗔恨心到来时,不但把自己给烧了,坐立不安,做出来的事情往往会伤及他人,害了自己。

许多都会这样认为,忍辱是一种无能的表现,自古迄今,中国有句俗语“大丈夫可杀不可辱”。就是这个观念,害得我们做下多少的心业,自己还不知道。因为,一旦烧到最高点时,由争吵升级 到大动干戈,最后是你死我活的境界。个人如此,国家何尝不是这样。因而,我们的这个社会产生了动乱,挑起了多少的不必要事端,害苦了多少无辜的生灵。这都是缺乏忍辱的修养。其实,忍辱不是一种无能,真正具有忍辱修养的人,从他的身上会爆发出一种非常强大的人格力量。一个人如果没有很高的修养,他是很难做到忍辱的。一个真正在事业上有大成就的人,都会具备忍辱的涵养。

修忍辱时不要著忍辱的法相,以为我是能忍,以及有我所忍受的程度,有能有所即离不开四相。闻赞则喜,闻谤则怒,心中即起波浪,离四相谈何容易!应先渐修,后可顿超。修行一事没有天生的,纵有顿根的人,亦是过去世修来的。欲求大彻大悟,须以佛法慢慢熏习,每天需要念经,单单念而不解其义,收效甚微,对于经义要圆解、要深解,日常生活当中,遇到什么境界都能运用上去,起心动念均是修行,功夫用得上,日久必有成就。

忍辱是定的前方便,“能忍最胜寂灭法”,忍清净寂灭,把心安住在清净寂灭就成功了。学佛要受得了寂寞,心忍得下来是初步功夫。修定下手之处即是忍,忍之相是平等。成佛的道路魔多,魔现前不能说好与不好,如被魔降伏即当失败,如能降魔即是好境界。遭魔是必然现象,功夫愈高,魔王的力量愈大;《楞严经》五十一种阴魔,唯一的克伏办法就是平等心,保持自己的清净心。

【Editorial】

Dedication Of Our Quiet Time To All Beings

Now sit upright and slowly follow

the instructions while you read this:

Gently close half your eyes, take three deep breaths

Allow the body to relax as you slowly breathe out

Gently soften your face, relax your forehead

And the small muscles around your eyes and mouth

Let go of any tension in the shoulders

Feel them falling back and down

Relax your chest and abdomen

Now instruct your mind to be with the breath

Noticing how it feels as it enters and leaves your body

Let the breath move easily in

And out of the body in its natural rhythm

As you have settled down, contemplate on the things you own

And reflect that everything you think of as yours

Will one day be left behind

After 5 minutes or so of such reflection

Instruct your mind to be with the breath

Noticing how it feels as it enters and leaves your body

Upon finishing your quiet time

Dedicate this moment of quietude

To the victims of the triple-tragedy in Japan

With the heartfelt wish that

They and all beings be blessed

With the teachings of the Triple Gem