平常心 Normality - 無上的庇護 The Exalted Refuge

1-2-7. THE EXALTED REFUGE無上的庇護

The Buddha teaches : ATTAHI ATTANO NATHO, self is the refuge of self. One cannot take others as a refuge. When you have all heard this, practice accordingly and don’t stop at just being a person ; cultivate until you’re a human being, an angel a Brahma god or develop your mind to be a Noble one.

佛陀教導：” Attahi Attano Natho”，自己是自己的依護，一個人無法依賴別人做庇護(自依止，不異依止)。當你聽到佛陀說的這些話，就要依著去修行，不能只做個凡夫就滿足，要修行提升到人類、天神、大梵天神的層次，或甚至努力修心成為聖者。

A Noble one is one who is excellent, excellent because practicing well, practicing straight, practicing for the liberation of suffering, practicing appropriately to go beyond suffering, this is what is called a Noble one, an exalted one. Take oneself as refuge, develop oneself until one is a Noble one !

聖者是超卓的，因為祂善巧地修行、誠正地修行、為求解脫諸苦而修行而且如法修行超越了諸苦，這就是所謂的聖者或世尊。同樣地，你們也應該以自己為依護，並這樣修行直到成為聖者而後止。

The monks chant: SUPATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKASANGHO which means the group of disciples of the Blessed one, practice well. It means anyone, be it Mr. A or B, Miss. C or D, the monk E or F, the novice G or H : when practicing well, they are Noble ones.

僧伽們所唱誦的讚僧偈中：“Supatipanno Bhagavato Savakasangho’是說世尊的聖弟子們是善巧的行道者。聖弟子是包括任何人，可以是A或B先生、C或D女士、E或F法師以及G或H沙彌，只要能善巧修行就是聖者。

UJUPATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKASANGHO means the group of disciples of the Blessed one, practice straight, meaning practicing frankly, not lying, not deceiving. Not lying to oneself, not lying to friends or parents. Practicing straight regarding one’s duties and work, for example, one is a teacher and has the duty to teach, or when one is a soldier or policeman, one has the duty to care for the country and bring criminals under control etc.

’‘Ujupatipanno Bhagavato Savakaasangho’’是說世尊的聖弟子們是誠正的行道者，也就是老實修行不妄語、不未證言證、不自欺欺人——不欺瞞自己、朋友或父母，並依著自己的責任和工作誠正地修行，比如，老師有教書的責任，而軍人或警察有保衛國家和捉捕罪犯的責任等等。

YAYAPATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKASANGHO translates as the group of disciples of the Blessed one, practice for the overcoming of suffering. People these days, don’t know suffering, they live with suffering, eat and sleep with suffering, wherever they go, they carry suffering along because they don’t know suffering. An old saying says : to see hell as heaven and to see a circular saw as a lotus flower. For instance someone drinking out of depression, watching T.V., listening to songs or going to the races out of depression. It increases the depression, increases suffering, rather than solves it. A wise person won’t do like that, he or she knows where suffering comes from ; if it comes from drinking, he or she’ll stop it, if it comes from smoking, then quit it, if it is because of having too many clothes then cut down on them ! Human beings that enter the path of the Noble ones, deal with suffering like this. Having this kind of wisdom is called knowing the Dhamma as a means to go beyond suffering.

“Yayapatipanno Bhagavato Savakasangho”是說世尊的聖弟子們是如理的行道者——即為求解脫諸苦而修行。現在的人不知道什麼叫做苦，他們的生活帶有苦，吃飯、睡覺帶有苦，不管他們到那里通通都帶有苦，因為他們不知道什麼叫做苦。有句老話說得好：「人們把地獄看作天堂，把圓鋸看作蓮花。」舉例來說，有人藉酒消愁、看電視、聽歌或去看斗牛、斗雞、斗狗的比實以解憂。這樣只是增加憂愁、增加苦惱，而非解決之道。一個總明人不會那麼做，他會去了解苦是從哪里來的，如果來自喝酒，他就停止喝酒，如果來自抽菸，他就停止抽菸，如果是因為有太多衣物，他就減少衣物。行于聖道的「人類」應該要像這樣來對治苦惱。有了這樣的智慧就稱為「知法」——了解正法並依止正法做為解脫之道(法依止)。

SAMICIPATIPANNO BHAGAVATO SAVAKASANGHO means the group of disciples of the Blessed one, practice appropriately. YADIDAM CATTARI PURISAYUGANI ATTHA PURISAPUGGALA means the 4 pairs or 8 kinds of Noble individuals. Individuals can be men or women.

ESA BHAGAVATO SAVAKASANGHO means this is the group of disciples of the Blessed one. They are those individuals who know suffering and can be free from it.

“Samicipatipanno Bhagavato Savakasangho’’是說世尊的聖弟子們是如法的行道者。“Yadidam Cattari Purisayugani Attha Purisapuggala”是說世尊的聖弟子們是四雙或八輩的聖者，這聖者可以是男人或女人。“Esa Bhagavato Savakasangho”是說這就是世尊的聖弟子們，他們知苦並且能解脫諸苦。

So I’d like to ask all of you sitting here : When anger arises, do you feel at ease ? Answer : No. Question : Do you like anger ? Answer : No. Question:Then why do you let anger arise ? Answer : It arises by itself. Anger is no good, but we don’t know it. Anger is a ghost ! Ghosts are right here ! Someone with anger is called a ghost, his or her face is like that of a ghost. In reality, anger doesn’t exist but we just don’t understand that !

所以，我想問在座的各位：「當你生氣時，你會感到舒服嗎？」答：「不會。」問：「你喜歡生氣嗎？」，答：「不喜歡。」問：「那麼為什麼你還要生起怒氣呢？」答：「它自己就這麼生起啊！」就是這樣！我們知道生氣是不好的，但是我們不知道它生起。生氣是個魔鬼，鬼就在這里(在心而不在外)！生氣的人就叫做鬼，他的臉就像鬼。不過事實上，瞋心本來是不存在的，只是我們不了解罷了。