神聖是囚牢 Holy Things Are Prison

[神聖是囚牢]

Holy Things Are Prison

下面要談的囚牢是我們處處可見的「神聖經典」。在缺少智慧的人群里，經典被嚴重地執持，被執持為「神聖的」，甚至可以取代上帝！此像只要拿起聖典，便可以實際得到救助一樣，因而演變出許多種神聖物品：聖遺骸、聖水，以及所有神聖的事物。各位要特別留意所謂的「神聖」，在你尚未發現它之前，它就已經變成一座囚牢了。東西愈神聖，對人的禁錮愈厲害，對所謂的「神聖」，務必要特別小心！

The next prison is that of holy scriptures, which we can find everywhere. Among those people where there isn’t much wisdom, these things are much clung to, and the more so as being “holy.” They even become stand-ins or replacements for God. It’s as if merely bringing in the holy books is the same as actually getting help. It leads to there being many kinds of holy objects: sacred relics, holy water, and all kinds of sacred things. Be most careful of this word “holy.” It will become a prison before you know it. The more holy something is, the more greatly it imprisons. Watch out for so-called “sacredness” or “holiness.”

大家應該知道，沒有比「因緣法則」( the law of idappa-ccayata ) 更神聖的東西了，它是一切事物中最神聖的。除了因緣法則外，每一件神聖的事物之所以能神聖，都來自于人們自己的假設或捏造，即是由執著所產生的神聖，任何存有執著的神聖，就是囚牢。「因緣法則」不需要任何執著，本身就是神聖的。請勿掉入聖物的囚牢中，不要為自己制造聖物的囚牢！

You ought to know that there is nothing more sacred than the Law of Idappaccayata (the law of conditionality), the supreme holiness higher than all things. Everything else is holy by convention or by what people concoct themselves, which is holy through upadana. Wherever there is holiness through upadana, that holiness is a prison. The Law of Idappaccayata is sacred in itself, without needing any attachment. There’s no need for upadana. It controls everything already and is truly holy all by itself. Please don’t get caught in the prison of holy things. Don’t make sacred things into a prison for yourself.