解脫心 A Heart Released 一、修習才能保持正法的純淨

A Heart Released

解脫心

MUTTODAYA

公元1929年左右尊者阿迦曼在清邁為大眾演說『漸進的修行系列』

中譯：曾銀湖(台灣)

The Teachings of Phra Ajaan Mun Bhuridatta Thera by Phra Ajaan Suwat Suvaco translated from the Thai by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

§1. Practice is what keeps the true Dhamma pure.

一、修習才能保持正法的純淨

The Lord Buddha taught that his Dhamma, when placed in the heart of an ordinary run-of-the-mill person, is bound to be thoroughly corrupted (saddhamma-patirupa); but if placed in the heart of a Noble One, it is bound to be genuinely pure and authentic, something that at the same time can be neither effaced nor obscured.

佛陀說過，當他的正法放入凡夫的心中時，必然會徹底地敗壞無余；但是如果放入聖弟子的心中，必定是真正的純淨和可靠，同時也是不能被抹滅和遮蔽的。

So as long as we are devoting ourselves merely to the theoretical study of the Dhamma, it can’t serve us well. Only when we have trained our hearts to eliminate their ‘chameleons’ (see § 10) — their corruptions (upakkilesa) — will it benefit us in full measure. And only then will the true Dhamma be kept pure, free from distortions and deviations from its original principles.

　　所以，如果我們只是致力于正法理論的研究，那是起不了作用的，只有當我們已經訓練自己的心意去消除它的反覆無常—也就是它的煩惱塵垢時—它才會充分地利益我們—也只有這樣，才能保持正法的純淨，避免扭曲或偏離了它的原始法義。