平常心 Normality - 善人與惡人 Virtuous People - Evil People
1-1-3. VIRTUOUS PEOPLE - EVIL PEOPLE善人與惡人
Virtue doesn’t mean the 5, 8, 10 or 227 precepts because that is the morality of society. Virtue here, has only just one single precept that one must really seriously care for ; to look after the mind, it is morality of the mind.
善德不是指5戒、8戒、11戒或227條戒，因為那是外在世間的道德。這里講的善德只有一條戒，每個人都必須確實認真的持守，那就是——照顧這顆心，這是內在心靈的道德。
Whoever looks after virtue doesn’t harm oneself or others and has normality of mind, because when the mind is in its normal state, we don’t kill, steal, want anything from anybody or commit adultery. When the mind is in its normal state, actions of body and speech also become normal. This kind of person is called one who has virtue, one who has merit. Someone who has merit doesn’t destroy truth, because truth is something that turns a person into a Noble one. This Truth already exists in everyone. Truly being a Noble one, is a matter of the mind, it cannot be seen but it really eliminates defilements.
持守善德的人不會傷害自己或他人，而且擁有一顆平常心，因為當我們心恢復平常的狀態，我們是不會殺生、偷盜、搶取別人東西或犯姦淫之行的。而當我們心恢復平常的狀態，身行與口說也會恢復平常的狀態，這樣的人就能稱為有善德的人和有功德的人。一個有功德的人不會破壞真理，因為真理能讓人轉凡成聖，而且，這真理人人都本來具足。轉凡成聖是由心而成，我們沒辦法看見心，但是，它能滅除煩惱。
The conventional Sangha means monks according to form, with shaven head and wearing brown robes.Today still a layperson, tomorrow ordained, we call this a conventional monk because they can’t yet let go of defilements. Shaving the head and wearing brown robes can’t make a person into a monk (Noble one).
一般人講的僧伽是指外相上是個和尚——剃了光頭穿上褐袍。今天是個在家人，明天出了家，這種我們稱之為世俗和尚，因為他們還不能去除煩惱。只是剃光頭和穿褐袍並不能使人成為僧伽(聖者)。
Evil people are people that don’t have virtue and don’t have shame of doing evil. They are envious, jealous etc. This kind of people, as soon as one mentions virtue or Dhamma, they are not interested because their minds are overwhelmed by evil, their minds are full of Lobha, Dosa and Moha. Seeing things that belong to others, they want them, so there is theft, adultery and various kinds of oppression causing distress.
邪惡的人是指沒有善德，而且做了惡事不會感到羞恥的人，他們會貪羨、妒忌等等。這樣的人當他聽到別人提及善德或正法時，他們絲毫不感興趣，因為他們的心被邪惡所淹沒，充滿了貪、瞋、癡。他們看到別人的東西就想要，因為這樣，所以這世間才有偷盜、姦淫和各種造成別人苦惱的欺壓逼迫。
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