No Ajahn Chah《093》

《093》一位虔誠的年老婦女從鄰省出發，開始她的朝聖之旅。他跟阿姜　查說，她只能停留短暫的時間，她必須回去照顧她的孫子；此外，因為她已經是位年老的婦女，所以她請問阿姜　查，是否可以給她做個簡短的開示。于是，阿姜　查便非常強硬地答道：「嘿，聽著！當下沒有任何人存在，如此而已！沒有主人、沒有人年老、沒有人年輕、沒有人可以好或壞、虛弱或強壯，如此而已──只是自然的種種元素在運行罷了，一切皆空。沒有人生，也沒有人死！那些說生說死的人，是在說無知的童言。在心的語言里，法的語言里，沒有生和死這檔事。」

A devout elderly lady from a nearby province came on a pilgrimage to Wat Pah Pong. She told Ajahn Chah she could stay only a short time, as she had to return to take care of her grandchildren, and since she was an old lady, she asked if he could please give her a brief Dhamma talk. Ajahn Chah replied with great force, “Hay, listen! There』s no one here, just this! No owner, no one to be old, to be young, to be good or bad, weak or strong. Just this, that』s all - just various elements of nature going their own way, all empty. No one born and no one to die! Those who speak of birth and death are speaking the language of ignorant children. In the language of the heart, of Dhamma, there are no such things as birth and death.”