刀子 Knife

〖刀子〗

每一把刀子都有刀鋒、刀背和刀柄，在你拿刀子的時候，可以只提起刀鋒嗎？或只有提起刀背或刀柄？刀柄、刀背和刀鋒這幾個部位都在同一把刀子上。當你拿起刀子時，這三個部位都會同時地被拿起。

同樣的道理，假如你拿起了善，惡也必然隨至。人們一味地尋求善，試圖拋棄惡，但是，他們卻沒有學習非善和非惡。如果你沒有學習非善和非惡，那麼，你將得不到真實的知見。如果只取善，惡一樣會跟著來；如果只取樂，苦同樣隨至。訓練你的心，直到它超越善、惡，而那就是修行完成的時候。

Knife

A knife has a blade, a spine and a handle. Can you lift up only the blade? Can you lift up only the handle? The handle, the spine and the blade are all parts of the same knife. When you pick up the knife, all three parts come up at the same time. In the same way, if you pick up that which is good, the bad must follow. People search for goodness and try to throw away evil, but they don’t study that which is neither good nor evil. If you don’t study this, then you won’t have real understanding. If you pick up goodness, badness follows. If you pick up happiness, suffering follows. Train the mind until it is above good and evil. That’s when the practice is finished.