Enlightenment 觉悟

Enlightenment

Enlightenment takes on many forms.

Usually, people see it as

looking on the bright side, not being a hair-splitter and so on.

In fact, seeing the reason behind life and death

is also enlightenment.

Enlightened, one can transcend life and death,

and escape the cage of dream-thinking.

To live is to learn how to become enlightened.

There was already someone on this planet

who attained such enlightenment,

and shared his path to it with the world.

We have learned survival and living skills

and all sorts of knowledge as we grew up,

and are now able to make a living.

But we have seldom learned about

the way to control our afflictions and become enlightened.

In terms of spiritual growth,

we are still infants,

lacking the strength to understand andprotect our mind.

We always want to be given

an effective “solution” to problems,

without acknowledging that this is simply impossible.

Improvements can only be made gradually

through studying and practicing the teachings.

Insignificant as human beings are,

our minds hold enormous power.

Life is impermanent,

so we should let go of useless afflictions and clingings.

Life is also unlimited,

so we should strive to become enlightened.

觉悟

 对于世人来说，

觉悟有许多种，

能想开烦恼、不钻牛角尖

是一种觉悟，

觉悟到生死的本源

也是一种觉悟。

觉悟，便可以超越生死、妄想的牢笼。

活着就是去学习如何觉悟，

这个世界已经有人

达到了这个境界，

并与世人分享了他的

觉悟之道。

我们从小到大学习了许多

生存、生活的技能、知识，

现在才能维持生活；

调伏自心、启发觉悟的道理，

我们却很少去了解、学习，

在心灵成长方面犹如一个婴儿，

缺乏力量去认识和保护心念。

我们总希望直接得到

一个“方法”有效解决问题，

无异于空中楼阁。

要去学习，去修行，

慢慢才能改善。

人虽然很渺小，

但是人心的力量却是巨大的。

生命是无常的，所以我们

要放下无益的烦恼与执著；

生命也是无限的，

所以我们要努力追寻觉悟。