問39：尊者，例如當我們看見罐子被打碎是證知了無常嗎？或者感受到刺扎入皮肉的疼痛是證知了苦嗎？

Q39: Venerable Sir, is it realization of impermanence when we see, for example, a pot break down or of suffering when we have a pain caused by a thorn in our flesh?

問39：尊者，例如當我們看見罐子被打碎是證知了無常嗎？或者感受到刺扎入皮肉的疼痛是證知了苦嗎？

Sometimes, you discern impermanence when you find a pot break down, or suffering when you have a pain caused by a thorn in your flesh. That is, actually conventional knowledge of impermanence, which cannot help you to realize egolessness in an ultimate sense. On the other hand, the real realization of impermanence takes place when you see present phenomena arising and passing away, and that of suffering when you see them tortured by the flux. Only then, can you realize the egolessness in an ultimate sense.

有時，當發現罐子被打碎你從中看到了無常，感受到刺扎入皮肉的疼痛你從中看到了苦，實際上，這是世俗的無常的智慧，這無助于你在究竟意義上證知無我。另一方面，真正證知無常是發生在你看到當下的現象的生滅的時候，證知苦則發生在你看到當下現象為生滅流轉的逼惱。只有此時，你才在究竟意義上證知無我。