平常心 Normality - 善果現起 The Outflow Of Good Result

1-3. THE OUTFLOW OF GOOD RESULT善果現起

I recieved an invitation from the director and group of doctors of the hospital in Korngaan to give a Dhammatalk about the results of caring for and helping the sick due to traffic accidents. Bless you and listen.

我應空港醫院主任及醫生們的邀請來和大家做個法談，談談「照護車禍病人的果報」，祝福你們並請聽我道來。

1-3-1. THE PATH : WORKING ACCORDING TO DUTY佛道：善盡職責

People who do service, whether they are policemen, soldiers or whatever kind of service, one should know one’s duties, because we’ve learned those duties for doing service. When we do service we must perform those duties properly. If we don’t perform our duties properly, it is called not respecting our duties and it is the cause for defects and ruin. All of us Thai people live together and we must help by caring for our duties. Besides this, we must try to help and advise others who don’t know yet, about our duties. This is a reflection and I’d like to speak straightforwardly.

擔任服務工作的人，不管是警察、軍人或任何的服務，都應該要明白自己的責任，因為我們已經學過做這些服務的職責。我們在服務時必須正確地履行這些責任，如果我們沒有正確地去履行，那就是不尊重我們的職務，這是造成個人缺失及體制破壞的原因。我們泰國人民生活在一起，必須大家善盡自己的責任來彼此互助。除此之外，我們也必須設法幫助及勸勉那些還不知道的人，讓大家都知道自己的責任並盡一己之責。這是我個人的看法，而且我要直接了當的說。

For example, policemen and traffic officers, on land, on sea or in the air : there is a law that we know well. I’ve been in a plane and saw that the pilot obeyed all the regulations of flying, which includes respecting duties. I once asked an officer at the airport and was told that they have arrangements that the plane must land over there, drive somewhere and come back over here. And the one who has the duty really practices accordingly, which is not the same as traffic on land, as we know. There are officers who check things but it appears that there are cars that drive however they feel like, with a few little bribes. This is distorting our duties, because it is our duty to be strict and warn people according to our regulations. We have to remember that this person will practice the duties strictly.

舉例來說，警察和陸、海、空的交通人員，都有一套我們熟知的法規。我有一次搭飛機時看到那飛行員遵守各項的飛航守則，其中就包括一條「尊重職責」。有一次我問一位機場工作人員，他跟我說他們都有排定：飛機必須在那里降落，再開到某處，然後回到這里，而負責這項職務的人必須確實依規定執行。如我們所知的，這和陸上交通是不一樣的。我們陸上也有負責臨檢的交通人員，但似乎有些車子給了一點小小的賄賂，就可以在路上任意駕駛，這樣就是褻瀆我們的職責，因為嚴格的依照規定警告人們是我們的責任，所以我們必須謹記，一個人必須嚴格地履行職務。

Seeing it from another angle : In the situation where there is trouble at home, it is because this person is deficient in performing his or her duties. We are one who induces damage to be done. It is necessary to speak and criticize straightly, like this. We usually blame others but never blame ourselves. So today, I would like to advise all of us Buddhists or those who proclaim to be real Buddhists to know what the meaning of Buddhism is and what Buddhism advises to do and how.

從另一個角度來看，一般家中會有麻煩的情形產生，大都是因為人們履行責任時有過失的原故。我們正是那個麻煩制造者，但我們通常都會責怪他人而不會反求諸己，因此我不得不這樣挑明著說與直接批判。今天，我想勸勉所有佛教徒或那些自稱是真正佛教徒的人，一起來了解什麼是佛教以及佛教要我們做什麼和怎麼去做？

Buddhism recommends to have kindness, compassion, sympathy and equanimity. We probably know this, we’ve all heard it. In the time of the Buddha, there was a young doctor named Jivaka, who was someone who looked after his duties excellently. He cared for and cured people all over the place, from the great king, the monks and novices, down to villagers and the poor, without interest in personal gain. He got so much praise that he became the personal doctor of the Buddha. After some time, he was famous all over the country and he traveled around looking after people in almost every village, town, district and province. He worked without thinking of money ; he did his duty, realizing that a doctor must be just with his patients.

佛教就是勸人要慈、悲、喜、舍，這我們可能都知道、都聽過了。在佛陀的時代，有一位叫齊瓦哥(Jivaka)的年輕醫生非常善盡自己的職責。他不計個人得失，到各地去照顧並醫治人們，包括大王、僧伽、沙彌乃至村民和窮人家。他得到很多的讚嘆因而成為佛陀的專任醫生，沒過多久他就譽滿全國，並且游行各地照護人們，足跡幾乎遍滿每一村落、鄉鎮、地區和省城。他做這些並不是為了錢，他只是盡他一己之責，因為他覺得醫生本來就應當跟病人在一起。