輪迴和涅槃 Samsara and Nirvana

Samsara and Nirvana

2．輪迴和涅槃

Look about and contemplate life! [1]

尋求和沉思生命吧！ 1

Everything is transient and nothing endures. There is birth and death, growth and decay; there is combination and separation. [2]

萬物稍縱即逝，無物能夠恆在。有生即有死，有成長也有衰敗，有聚便有散。 2

The glory of the world is like a flower: it stands in full bloom in the morning and fades in the heat of the day. [3]

這世上的榮華恰如鮮花一般，在清晨中盛開，而在晌午時凋零。 3

Wherever you look, there is a rushing and struggling, and an eager pursuit of pleasure. There is a panic flight from pain and death, and hot are the flames of burning desires. The world is vanity fair, full of changes and transformations. All is Samsara. [4]

無論你在哪里觀望，都有一種對快樂的迫切的、努力的、焦急的尋找。痛苦和死亡中有令人恐慌的生命流逝，那熊熊燃燒的欲望之火極為炙熱。世界是空虛之物，充滿了變幻和轉化。一切都是輪迴。 4

Is there nothing permanent in the world? Is there in the universal turmoil no resting-place where our troubled heart can find peace? Is there nothing everlasting? [5]

這世上無物常在嗎？這喧囂的宇宙中沒有一個休憩之處能讓我們煩惱的心靈找到平安嗎？無物永恆嗎？ 5

Oh, that we could have cessation of anxiety, that our burning desires would be extinguished! When shall the mind become tranquil and composed? [6]

但願我們能停止焦慮，但願我們能熄滅欲望之火！什麼時候我們的心靈可以變得安寧平靜？ 6

The Buddha, our Lord, was grieved at the ills of life. He saw the vanity of worldly happiness and sought salvation in the one thing that will not fade or perish, but will abide for ever and ever. [7]

佛陀，我們的主，為生命的種種不幸悲傷。他看到世間幸福的虛無，並在不會消逝和毀滅、可以永久停駐的事物中尋求拯救。 7

Ye who long for life, know that immortality is hidden intransiency. Ye who wish for happiness without the sting of regret, lead a life of righteousness. Ye who yearn for riches, receive treasures that are eternal. Truth is wealth, and a life of truth is happiness. [8]

你們這些渴望生命的人啊，知道不朽隱匿在無常之中。你們這些希望擁有沒有遺憾的幸福之人啊，將率先得到正直的生命。你們這些想要財富的人啊，將會得到永久的財寶。真理就是財富，幸福就是擁有真理的生命。 8

All compounds will be dissolved again, but the verities which determine all combination and separations as laws of nature endure forever and aye. Bodies fall to dust, but the truths of the mind will not be destroyed. [9]

一切和合之物將再次被消解，而決定萬物聚散的真理同自然規律一樣永遠存在。肉體會歸于塵土，但思想的真理不會被摧毀。 9

Truth knows neither birth nor death; it has no beginning and no end. Welcome the truth. The truth is the immortal part of mind. [10]

真理知道既無生亦無死，真理無開端也無終止。讓我們來歡迎真理吧。真理是思想的不朽部分。 10

Establish the truth in your mind, for the truth is the image of the eternal; it portrays the immutable; it reveals the everlasting; the truth gives unto mortals the boon of immortality. [11]

在你們的心靈之中確立真理吧，因為真理是永恆的形象，它描繪了永恆，揭示了恆在，賜給人類不朽的恩惠。 11

The Buddha has proclaimed the truth; let the truth of the Buddha dwell in your hearts. Extinguish in your selves every desire that antagonizes the Buddha, and in the perfection of your spiritual growth you will become like unto him. [12]

佛陀揭示了真理。讓佛陀的真理在你們的心田中停駐吧。將你們心中每一個與佛陀教誨相反的欲望撲滅吧，這樣在靈性成長的完善中你們將會像佛陀一樣。 12

That of your heart that cannot or will not develop into Buddha must perish; for it is mere illusion and unreal; it is the source of your error; it is the cause of your misery. [13]

必須去除你們心中不能或不願成佛的想法，因為這只是幻相和不真，是你們的謬見之源，痛苦之因。 13

You attain to immortality by filling your minds with truth. Therefore, become like unto vessles fit to receive the Master’s words. Cleanse yourselves of evil and sanctify your lives. There is no other way of reaching truth. [14]

你們要靠用真理填充頭腦來努力得到不朽。為此，你們要像容器一樣隨時裝灌佛陀的話語。清潔你們自身的罪惡，使你們的生命得以聖潔。到達真理別無他路。 14

Learn to distinguish between Self and Truth. Self is the cause of selfishness and the source of evil; truth cleaves to no self; it is universal and leads to justice and righteousness. [15]

要學會區別自我和真理。自我是自私之因和罪惡之源；真理堅守無我，遍在宇宙並通向公平和正義。 15

Self, that which seems to those who love their selves as their being, is not the eternal, the everlasting, the imperishable. Seek not self, but seek the truth. [16]

自我，似乎是那些將自我當作本質來愛的人，不是永恆，不是恆在，是必然要消亡的。不要尋求自我，但要尋求真理。 16

If we liberate our souls from our petty selves, wish no ill toothers, and become clear as a crystal diamond reflecting the light of truth, what a radiant picture will appear in us mirroring things as they are, without the admixture of burning desires, without the distortion of erroneous illusion, without the agitation of clinging and unrest. [17]

如果我們將我們的靈魂從渺小的自我中解放出來，希望不去傷害他人，變得如同反射真理之光的透明鑽石一樣潔淨，那麼，一幅光明的圖景將呈現在我們心中。這圖景反映了事物的本來面目，沒有各種混合在一起並蠢蠢欲動的欲望，沒有扭曲的錯誤幻相，也沒有執著和不安的焦慮。 17

Yet ye love self and will not abandon self-love. So be it, but then, verily, ye should learn to distinguish between the false self and the true self. The ego with all its egotism is the false self. It is an unreal illusion and a perishable combination. He only who identifies his self with the truth will atain Nirvana; and he who has entered Nirvana has attained Buddhahood; he has acquired the highest good; he has become eternal and immortal. [18]

然而，你們愛自我，不能放棄對自我的愛。但是，你們實在應該學會區分錯誤的自我和真實的自我。自我及由此而來的所有自尊自大是錯誤的自我。錯誤的自我是一種不真實的幻相、一種可以消亡的聚合。只有那些將自我等同于真理的人才能達到涅槃境界，進入涅槃境界的人才能達到佛的境界，獲得至高的善，成為永恆和不朽。 18

All compound things shall be dissolved again, worlds will break to pieces and our individualities will be scattered; but the words of theBuddha will remain for ever. [19]

一切聚合之物將再次被消解，世界會毀滅成碎片，我們這些個體將被驅散，但是佛陀的話語將永遠存留。 19

The extinction of self is salvation; the annihilation of self is the condition of enlightenment; the blotting out of self is Nirvana. Happy is he who has ceased to live for pleasure and rests in the truth. Verily his composure and tranquillity of mind are the highest bliss. [20]

破除自我便可得救，滅絕自我是悟道的前提，去除自我就是涅槃。不再為享受而活、在真理中得到休息的人是幸福的，心靈的真正安寧和寂靜是最為快樂的。 20

Let us take our refuge in the Buddha, for he has found the everlasting in the transient. Let us take refuge in that which is the immutable in the changes of existence. Let us take our refuge in the truth that is established through the enlightenment of the Buddha. Let us take our refuge in the community of those who seek the truth and endeavour to live in the truth. [21]

讓我們在佛陀那里尋求庇護吧，因為他在無常中找到了真理。讓我們在萬物皆變這一不變那里尋求庇護吧，讓我們在真理那里尋求庇護吧，這真理是通過佛陀教導而得以成立的。讓我們在尋求真理並盡心生活在真理中的群體那里尋求庇護吧。 21