如何克制憤怒與仇恨
觀音是愛與慈悲的化身。我們本自具足愛與慈悲的種子：愛自己以及他人，而這個觀音的口傳將使這些種子更有價值。
Chenrezig is the embodiment of love and compassion. We already have within us the seeds of love and compassion both for ourself and for others. This Chenrezig transmission enhances these seeds.
愛與慈悲之種的反面就是仇恨之種，如果我們要對兩者加以區分的話，可以說仇恨是破壞性的，而仁愛則能帶來利益。
The opposite to these seeds of love and compassion are the worst seeds of hatred. If we could them then we』d say that hatred is destructive whilst loving-kindness is beneficial.
有時候我們會從他人那里感受到敵意，但如果我們反省一下就會發現其中必然會有原因。這里有一個小故事：
Sometimes we receive hatred from others but if we introspect then we will see that there must have been a cause. Here』s a little story:
在西藏，有一位偉大的瑜伽士名叫密勒日巴，他受到西藏所有佛教學派的尊崇。密勒日巴的故事和印度著名的詩人蟻垤很相似。蟻垤在早年曾是一名專門搶劫朝聖者和旅行者的強盜，他的內心充滿憤怒，直到有一天蟻垤碰到了一位身無分文的瑜伽士(悉達)(注：梵文siddha，音譯「悉達」，既有成就的佛教修行者，或成就者)，蟻垤試圖殺害這位瑜伽士。但最後，蟻垤與瑜伽士的相遇成了他人生的轉折點。(注：在法王五月二十一日的開示中講到了這個故事)
In Tibet there was a great yogi called Milarepa who is respected by all schools in Tibetan Buddhism. His story is similar to the great poet Valmiki, who in his early life was a bandit who stole from pilgrims and travellers. He was full of anger. One day he met a yogi (siddha) who had no valuables and tried to kill him. However, meeting this yogi ended up being the turning point of his life.
密勒日巴在他年輕時也曾犯下了許多惡行。密勒日巴出生在一個偏僻地區的富裕家庭，他的祖先很早就遷徙到這里，並慢慢富裕起來，當地人並不樂于見到他們的成功，人們非常的妒忌他們。
Milarepa in his youth had also done a lot of negative deeds. He was born in a remote area into a very rich family. His forefathers had migrated there and became very wealthy. The locals, thus, disliked their success and were very jealous.
密勒日巴有一個妹妹，他的父親在他很小的時候就因為重病而去世了。父親的財產全部落入到密勒日巴伯父的手里，，這些財產原本是應該在密勒日巴長大成人時交還給他的。 Milarepa had one sister and his father had died due to a serious illness when he was very young. All the father』s wealth had fallen into his father』s brothers』s hands and as supposed to be released to Milarepa when he became old enough to be the custodian.
關于這個故事有兩種說法，其中一個是說當時密勒日巴的母親只有27歲，那位伯父希望她能夠改嫁給自己的兒子，但她卻不願意。因為她的拒絕，密勒日巴的伯父開始非常惡劣的對待她。密勒日巴一家只能得到極少的一點衣食，還經常遭到伯父一家的虐待，他們飢餓不堪還被迫要去做苦工。
There are different versions of the story and one says that when Milarepa』s mother was 27, the uncle wanted her to re-marry to his son but she didn』t want to. He then started to treat her very badly because of her refusal. As a result they had very little food or clothing and underwent a lot of mistreatment from the uncle and his family. They were starved and forced to do hard work.
當密勒日巴長大成人可以管理父親留下的財產時，他的伯父卻不願意交出財產。不幸的是，密勒日巴的母親是個天生心胸狹窄的人，無法原諒他的伯父，她希望能夠復仇，于是將密勒日巴送去學習黑巫術。經過諸多艱難困苦，密勒日巴成為了熟練的咒師並殺死了25個人。村莊里的人們非常的難過，並因此而與密勒日巴為敵。
When Milarepa became old enough to look after his father』s wealth, the uncle didn』t give it. Unfortunately Milarepa』s mother had a natural tendency to be ill at heart and couldn』t forgive the uncle. She wanted revenge and sent Milarepa away to learn black magic. After a lot of hardship and difficulties he became very accomplished and killed 25 people. The people in the village became very upset and turned against him because of that.
我(注：法王)對雙方都能夠理解，也能看出為什麼他們會仇恨對方。但密勒日巴與其伯父有著巨大的不同：他的伯父始終懷著仇恨；而密勒日巴在殺死如此多人之後，出于悔恨和愧疚，他放棄了對伯父的仇恨。密勒日巴選擇了佛法的道路，開始練習如何去愛所有眾生，這樣一來他嗔恨的傾向就得到了徹底的消除。
His Holiness said that he could understand both sides and see why they both had malicious spite towards each other but there was one major difference between the uncle and Milarepa. The uncle continued to bear his spite but Milarepa out his great regret for killing so many people had forsaken his spite against his uncle. He took the path of Dharma and undertook the practice of receiving and developing loving kindness to all beings so that his tendency to spite was completely over come.
密勒日巴的母親去世後，他的妹妹仍然遭受著貧窮的折磨卻再也沒有理由去懷恨了。自從密勒日巴消除了他的仇恨，他伯父的態度也開始變得緩和。
His mother was already dead and his sister who was also afflicted by poverty had no reason to bear malice. Since Milarepa had overcome his tendency towards malice, the uncle』s atitude also declined.
隨著時間的流逝，人們也開始明白密勒日巴當初為什麼要那樣做。在深深的自責下，密勒日巴也努力地去清除自己的罪行，並經歷了修行佛法的眾多困難。
As time passed by they too understood why Milarepa had done what he had done. With great remorse he purified his misdeeds and underwent the difficulties of practising the Dharma.
有一日，密勒日巴的姑母前來祈求原諒。那天當她到來時，密勒日巴正在說法。她遠遠的就被看見了，于是一場討論就此展開。
One day, his aunt came to beg for forgiveness. On the day that she came Milarepa was giving a teaching. She could be seen coming from a distance and so a discussion ensued as to whether she should be let in or not.
密勒日巴的妹妹說，這位姑母曾經給他們帶來了這麼多的痛苦，如果允許姑母進來的話，那她最好還是離開。
Milarepa』s sister said that because she had caused so much torture, she』d leave if the aunt was allowed to come in.
關于這一段也是有很多說法，其中一個說法是，密勒日巴很和藹地回答他的妹妹，說道：「如果你還有任何疑慮，我會答應你不讓姑母進來。」但是考慮了一小會，基于佛法的觀點，密勒日巴決定，不能舍棄他的姑母或者任何眾生，無論是親戚還是敵人，對所有眾生都應該一視同仁，包括對他的姑母，也是一樣。
Again, there are many versions to this tale but one says that Milarepa responded to his sister』s kindness by saying if she had any reservations that he』d agree with her and not let the aunt come in. Then on second thoughts and from the point of view of the dharma, he chose not to abandon his aunt or any sentient being, whether a close relative or an enemy but to look upon all beings, including his aunt, equally.
所以，密勒日巴讓姑母進來，但並沒有正面看她，而是隔著一塊屏風和她說話。一開始，密勒日巴很嚴厲的提醒他的姑母，當他和妹妹沒有食物的時候，她從來都沒來過，也沒有提供過任何食物，更不承認她是他們的姑母。
So he let her in but he didn』t see her face to face. He spoke to her indirectly through a screen. At first, he spoke very harshly reminding her of when he and his sister had no food that she never came and offered any food nor claim to be their aunt.
當密勒日巴說出這些字句(注：據《密勒日巴尊者傳》記載，密勒日巴當時是以道歌的形式唱出這段話的)，她的姑母感到強烈的自責與後悔，並且由于她深深懺悔的力量，使她後來成為了密勒日巴傑出的弟子之一。
When Milarepa said these words she felt intense remorse and repented and due to the power of her deep regret she later became one of Milarepa』s most outstanding disciples.