地下水 Underground Water

Underground Water

　　地下水

The Dharma belongs to no one; it has no owner. It arises in the world when a world manifests, yet stands alone as the truth. It is always here, unmoving, limitless, for all who seek it. It is like water underground- whoever digs a well finds it. Yet whether or not you dig, it is always here, underlying all things.

　　「法」不屬于任何人，也沒有擁有者。世界生成時，它就存在世上了；然而真理是獨立存在的，對那些尋找它的人，它總是不動地、無止盡地存在，就像地下水──不論誰掘井，都會發現。然而，不論你是否掘井，水永遠都在，在所有東西的下面。

In our search for the Dharma, we search too far, we overreach, overlooking the essence. The Dharma is not out there, to be gained by a long voyage viewed through a telescope. It is right here, nearest to us, our true essence, our true self, no self. When we see this essence, there are no problems, no troubles. Good, bad, pleasure, pain, light, dark, self, other, are empty phenomena. If we come to know this essence, we die to our old sense of self and become truly free.

　　在我們尋找佛法時，我們找得太遠了，找得過頭，忽視了根本。佛法並不是遠到必須用望遠鏡來看才能獲得的。它就在這里，最靠近我們，我們真正的本質，我們真正的自我──無我。當我們領悟這個本質，就不會有任何問題，任何麻煩。好、壞、樂、苦、光明、黑暗、自我、他人，都是空無的。如果我們明白這個本質，我們舊有的意識就會死去，進而達到真正的解脫。

We practice to give up, not to attain. But before we can give up mind and body, we must know their true nature. Then detachment naturally arises.

　　我們練習放下，而不是去獲得。但是，在我們能夠放下身心之前，我們必須了解它們的真實本然。于是，舍離自然會生起。

Nothing is me or mine, all is impermanent. But why can’t \re say nirvana is mine? Because those who realize nirvana do not have thoughts of me or mine. If they did, they could not realize nirvana. Although they know the sweetness of honey, they do not think, “I am tasting the sweetness of honey.”

　　沒有一樣東西是我，或是我的，這一切都是無常的。但是為什麼我們不能說涅槃是我們的呢?因為那些領悟了涅槃的人，是沒有「我」或「我的」的概念的。如果有的話，就不能領悟涅槃了。雖然他們明白蜂蜜的甜味，他們不會想：「我正在嘗著蜂蜜的甜味。」

The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.

　　佛法之道是要繼續保持往前走的，但是真正的「法「是沒有前進，沒有後退，也不是靜止不動的。