No Ajahn Chah《084》

《084》修行中的欲望，可以是朋友，也可以是敵人。是朋友的話，它會使我們想要修行，想要開悟，想要結束痛苦。但是，不停地欲求仍未生起的境界，或希望事物能有所不同，只會造成更多的痛苦，這就是欲望會成為你的敵人的時候。最後，我們必須學習去放下我們的欲望——即使是覺悟的欲望。惟有如此，我們才會解脫。

Desire in practice can be a friend or an enemy. As a friend, it makes us want to practice, to understand, to end suffering. But to be always desiring something that has not yet arisen, to want things to be other than they are, just causes more suffering, and this is when desire can be a foe. In the end, we must learn to let go of all our desires, even the desire for enlightenment. Only then can we be free.