見解是囚牢 Views Are Prison

[見解是囚牢]

Views Are Prison

下一個囚牢是我們自己的見解( ditthi )，巴利文 ditthi 這個字很難翻譯。舉凡我們個人的知識、思想、觀念、看法、信仰、認知，所有這些都可以說是 ditthi 。它不只是某些觀念或信念，而是指個人全部的思想和見解。我們被自己的見解所形成的囚牢給逮捕了，除了自己的見解外，我們無法聽從任何人，這真是一座最恐怖的囚牢！因為我們沖動、鹵莽、急促地順著個人的見解前進，而喪失了原先應得的利益。因此，這些見解變成一座囚牢緊緊抓住我們，把我們鎖入那個只有單向認知方式的囚牢中。對于這種自我見解的囚牢，務必小心啊！

The next prison is our own ditthi. The Pali word ditthi is difficult to translate. Knowledge, thoughts, ideas, theories, opinions, beliefs, understanding – all these are ditthi. Ditthi means all our personal thoughts, opinions, theories, and beliefs. It isn’t just certain opinions and little beliefs, it’s all of them, all views. Everything with which we view experience is called ditthi. We are caught in a prison of our own views. We don’t obey anyone except our personal ditthi. This is a most terrifying prison, because we impetuously, rashly, hastily sail along according to our own personal views. We turn our backs on and lose out to the things that ought to benefit us, because our minds are closed to everything but our own ideas, beliefs, and views. Thus, these views become a horrible prison that holds us and locks us into just one way of understanding. Beware of the prison of one’s own ditthi.