No Ajahn Chah《121》

《121》有一位婦女想知道該如何處理瞋怒。我問她當瞋怒生起時，那瞋怒是誰的，她說，那是她的。如果真的是她的瞋怒，那麼，她就應該有能力去叫它離開，是不是？可是，事實上，瞋怒並不是她所能使喚的。將瞋怒執取成個人所擁有的，會造成苦。如果瞋怒真的屬于我們的，它就必須服從我們；如果它不服從我們，就表示它只是個騙局；不要被它給騙了！不論心快樂或悲傷，不要為它所騙，這都只不過是騙局罷了。

A woman wanted to know how to deal with anger. I asked her when anger arose whose anger it was. She said it was hers. Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldn』t she? But it really isn』t hers to command. Holding on to anger, as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn』t obey us, that means that it』s only a deception. Don』t fall for it. Whether the mind is happy or sad, don』t fall for it. It』s all a deception.