No Ajahn Chah《180》

《180》有一段時間，來自寮國和高棉的難民湧入泰國，有很多慈善機構都來協助救難。因為這點，使到一些西方僧侶認為，當其他宗教機構正致力于減輕難民的困境時，佛教的僧侶卻坐在森林里是不對的。因此，他們前去向阿姜 查表示他們的關切，以下就是阿姜 查的回答：「協助難民營是很好，而且我們人類的職責的確是要去互相協助的。但是，以我們的愚痴行為來引導他人，那只能算是治療。任何人都可以出去捐贈衣服和釘帳篷，可是，有多少人可以來森林里打坐，來認識他們自己的心呢？只要我們仍不知該如何給人類的心「穿衣」和「餵食」一天，在這世界的某一個角落永遠會有難民的問題。」

During the time refugees were pouring into Thailand from Laos and Cambodia, the charitable organizations that came out to help were many. This made some ordained Westerners think it was not right that Buddhist monks and nuns should just sit in the forest while other religious organizations were so actively participating in alleviating the plight of the refugees. So they approached Ajahn Chah to express their concern, and this is what he said, “Helping in refugee camps is good. It is indeed our natural human duty to each other. But going through our own madness so that we can lead others through, that』s the only cure. Anyone can go out and distribute clothes and pitch tents, but how many can come into the forest and sit to know their minds? As long as we don』t know how to 『clothe』 and 『feed』 people』s minds, there will always be a refugee problem somewhere in the world.”