日常生活中如何对境练心
How to Train the Mind Through Daily Encounters
世界上找不出一个没有任何痛苦的人，也没有人百分之百的幸福，人们其实整天生活中各种痛苦和烦恼中，疾病的痛苦、家庭不和谐的痛苦、无法升职晋级的苦、没钱的苦、离别的苦、为未来担忧的苦、得不到别人理解的苦……概括为人生八苦：生、老、病、死、怨憎恨、爱别离、五阴炽盛、求不得。
There is not a single person in the world completely free from suffering, nor anyone who is 100% happy. People live amidst all kinds of pain and worries every day: the suffering of illness, family discord, career stagnation, financial hardship, separation, anxiety about the future, and the pain of being misunderstood… These can be summarized as the Eight Sufferings of life: birth, aging, sickness, death, resentment and hatred, separation from loved ones, the flourishing of the Five Aggregates, and the frustration of unfulfilled desires.
因为追求乐，规避苦是我们处于思维衍生状态的凡人的一种本能，这种行为就是广义的实证，从这个角度来说没有人不实证。但是因为没有找到根本的解决方法，你依然会每天生活在一种身心都不自由的苦受中。你可能会说，我不觉得苦啊，我感觉每天都很开心的，那是因为你没有体验到高级的乐，你对现在的苦有了耐受性。比如你每天会带着你这个身体，受它的局限，你到点必须吃饭，困了必须要睡眠，生病了必须要感受它的痛，你根本不知道还有一种完全没有身体觉受的美好体验。这种快乐必须靠实证获得。不实证，你不知道你的问题出到哪里，你一直受各种情绪支配，跟着各种念头跑，你不知道所有的问题都来自你自己的运作，你整天都在寻找外在的东西去帮你解决。
The instinct to seek pleasure and avoid pain is a natural response of ordinary people who operate within the derivative state of thought. This behaviour is, broadly speaking, a form of meditative positivism. From this perspective, no one is without meditative activity. However, lacking a fundamental solution, one continues to live each day in mental and physical bondage to suffering. You might say, “But I don’t feel like I’m suffering—I feel happy every day.” That’s only because you haven’t experienced higher forms of joy; you've developed tolerance to your current pain. For example, you live in and are limited by your physical body: you must eat at set times, sleep when tired, and endure pain when sick. You have no idea there exists a beautiful experience entirely free from bodily sensation. Such joy must be attained through actual meditative positivism. Without it, you won’t even know what your real problem is. You’re constantly driven by emotions and thoughts, unaware that all problems arise from your own internal operations. You keep seeking external solutions.
举个例子，昨天跟我大姑通电话，她八十多岁了，独居，浑身哪哪都不舒服，行动不方便，自己做饭都做不了，请的钟点保姆。每次通电话都在诉苦，抱怨别人对她不好等等，退休金一半给保姆，一半吃药。昨天又跟我说想买个按摩椅，说上次我去她家给她拍打后背，她可舒服了，就问我买个按摩椅行不行。面对她，我真的不知道怎么帮她，我深知她的问题出在哪里，满肚子的抱怨、嗔恨，在她眼里，就没有一个好人，一说话就是骂这个不好，那个不好，我大姑夫死了都有二十年了，她还掏出来恨他，说他的不是。这样的心态用再好的设备，再好的药有什么用呢？我就跟她说原理，举我的例子，告诉她要改变心态，还教给她具体的训练思维的方法，可是她说心烦，做不了。唉，有些人，你真的只能眼睁睁地看着他受苦，你说给她配药吃吗？心不改变，吃药管用吗？只能暂时解决眼前问题，心不变，病不会消失，因为心物一体的。
For example, I spoke with my eldest aunt yesterday. She’s in her eighties, lives alone, is physically uncomfortable all over, and can’t even cook for herself, so she hires a part-time caregiver. Every call with her is filled with complaints—about how others treat her poorly, and how her pension is split between the caregiver and medicine. Yesterday, she mentioned wanting to buy a massage chair because the last time I massaged her back, she felt great. She asked if buying a massage chair would help. Honestly, I don’t know how to help her. I know the root of her suffering—her heart is full of complaints and resentment. In her eyes, there’s not a single good person. Every conversation is full of blame and criticism, even about her husband who passed away over 20 years ago. With such a mindset, what good will any device or medicine do? I tried explaining the principles, shared my own examples, taught her specific mental training techniques—but she just said she felt irritable and couldn’t do it. Sigh… some people, you can only watch as they suffer. Should I prescribe her medicine? If the mind doesn’t change, what can medicine do? It only addresses symptoms temporarily. Without a change in mindset, the illness won’t disappear, because mind and matter are one.
所以，这只能靠实证。不同的思维内容对应不同的觉受，专注对应天道，嗔恨是地狱，不住于任何思维内容，仅仅保持觉知，你就摆脱了轮回之苦（轮回，是说你在不同的思维内容之间来回的切换，无法摆脱这些念头的干扰）。
That’s why this can only be resolved through meditation practice. Different thought contents correspond to different perceptions: focus aligns with the Heavenly Way, while hatred leads to hell. If you can remain unattached to any thought content and simply maintain awareness, you will be free from the suffering of samsara (here meaning the endless switching between mental contents, being unable to escape the interference of thoughts).
虽然我们还没有达到那么高的层次，但我们通过系统学习原理，不断地精进实证，在日常生活中对境炼心，你有能力做到面对任何事情不像普通人那样运作，不运作就不会有后面的住于思维内容的比较大的心理波动，保持一颗柔软心，平静的心，这样才能保证你身体的健康。想做到这些，必须靠系统学习原理和实证的。并不你用一二个方法就可以解决的，关键是你的心，是你的思维层次。这个不改变，就不可能从根本上解决你的问题。一切的源头是思维，思维是万物之源。(清凉月老师）
Even though we may not yet have reached such high levels, through systematic study of principles and diligent meditation practice, we can train our minds in daily life by encountering various situations. You’ll be able to operate differently from ordinary people—by not operating. Not engaging in thought processes prevents subsequent mental fluctuations attached to thought contents. You’ll maintain a soft heart and a calm mind, which is essential for physical health. Achieving this requires a structured system of principle-based learning and meditative positivism. It cannot be solved with just a method or two. The key lies in your mind—your level of thought. If that doesn’t change, your problems cannot be solved at the root. Everything originates from thought. Thought is the source of all things.
—Master Qinglianyue