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title: 迷信是囚牢 Superstition Is Prison
description: "接下來要談另一種人們沉迷于其中的囚牢，叫做 saiyasatr (注一)。 所有迷信的儀式及信仰都是 saiyasatr 。 愈是無明的人，愈缺乏知見，就被迷信的囚牢禁錮得愈嚴重。現今，教育和科學的進展，使我們更加認清自然的真理及事物的真相"
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[迷信是囚牢]

Superstition Is Prison

接下來要談另一種人們沉迷于其中的囚牢，叫做 saiyasatr (注一)。 所有迷信的儀式及信仰都是 saiyasatr 。 愈是無明的人，愈缺乏知見，就被迷信的囚牢禁錮得愈嚴重。現今，教育和科學的進展，使我們更加認清自然的真理及事物的真相，但仍有許多人被禁錮在迷信的囚牢中。這因人而異，有些人迷信得較深，有些人沒有那麼嚴重，但都還是被禁錮在 saiyasatr 的囚牢中，只是迷信的程度和方式不同罷了。

For the next prison, we want to mention being deceived by the thing known as "saiyasatr". All the superstitious formalities and beliefs are saiyasatr. The more ignorance there is, the more one lacks correct knowledge, then the more trapped one is in superstitious prisons. Now, education and science (vidayasatr) have improved, which has led to a better understanding of natural truths, and of all things. Still, there remains too much entrapment in superstitious prisons. It's a personal thing. Some people are caught very much and others not so much. People are caught in different degrees and ways, but we can say that there are still people caught in the prison of saiyasatr, trapped by superstition.

雖然科學的進步已破除大量的迷信，但寺院或教堂中仍存有相當多的迷信。請容我這麼說：在教堂、寺院或其他類似的處所，是我們能找到最多迷信的地方。只要有祭壇、有人鞠躬膜拜神聖事物的地方，便存留著「睡眠者的科學」( science of the sleeper )。 saiyasatr 只提供給心靈處于昏昧狀態，或是無明而缺乏正見的人。例如在我們還年幼無法以理知判斷時，便被灌輸的許多迷信觀念。假如你仍相信「十三」是不吉祥的數字，那就是 saiyasatr ，表示你還在昏昧狀態中。 此外，還有許多迷信的例子，但最好不要一一點破它們，這類的事情都是囚牢，為什麼不仔細地把它們看個清楚？竟然讓「十三」這樣的數字也變成一座囚牢！

Although in general superstition has diminished greatly due to the progress of science, there is still quite a bit of saiyasatr left in the temples and churches. Please forgive us for saying so, but the place we can find superstition the most is in churches, in the temples, and in those kinds of places. Although superstition has lessened in general, there's a lot remaining in such places. Wherever there are altars, wherever people bow down and worship so-called sacred and holy things, there is the place where the "science of the sleeper" persists. Superstition, saiyasatr, is for people who are asleep. It's for those who don't understand correctly, who are ignorant. We are taught these things as children, before we have the intelligence and ability to reason about them. Children believe whatever they're told, and so "adults" teach them many superstitious things. If you still feel that thirteen is an unlucky number, that's saiyasatr. You're still sleeping. There are many other examples of superstition, but we'd better not name them. Some people might get offended. These kinds of things are prisons. Why not look carefully enough to see them as such. Even the number "13" becomes a prison when we're foolish.