学习实践智慧者、觉悟者给予的一些方法

　　当我们遇到重大违缘、重大疾病时，第一步就是要接受它、允许它；如果逃避、对抗它，就会造成更多心理上的痛苦。过去的苦成熟了，面对它。没有解决不了的问题。

　　When facing major frustrations or sickness, we should first accept them. If we attempt to avoid or even struggle against them, we will experience more pains in our heart. All these problems appear because of the law of cause and effect and, therefore, the consequences of our past misconducts have become mature. Facing those obstacles directly is the way to solve them.

　　像很多得绝症的病人，你告诉他，自己做的事，自己承担不行吗？很多人会回应说：你没有得癌症，你健康，还说这些风凉话。实际不是！

　　When we try to tell patients who are suffering from a fatal disease that they should take the responsibility for what they have done before, most of them are reluctant to accept it.

　　很重的疾病，比如癌症啊等等，去体会的时候，它就是缘生缘灭，没有实质，只是因缘成熟的时候，表现出来了。

　　Even when we undergo a serious disease such as cancer, we can observe it and acknowledge that it arises and ceases from conditions, and thus doesn't have any essence of its own. The disease only appears once the cause and conditions become mature.

　　它表现出来，如果我们不接受它，它就会变本加厉。我们不由自主地去掩盖、去挣扎、去对抗这些东西，甚至把这些东西推卸给他人、社会，去找麻烦，自身就更痛苦。

　　If we do not accept this, it will get worse. If we fight against it, or blame others or society for it, we will suffer even more.

　　我们一起学习实践智慧者、觉悟者给予的一些方法，就可以尊重因果，超越因果。社会属性化就是个很好的方法。

　　Learning and practising the method taught by the enlightened ones can help us respect or even go beyond the law of cause and effect. We feel less pains if we understand that the issue facing us is not the problem of our own, but the problem of the whole society. This method is called ‘dilution’.

　　生老病死本来是我们每个人都不可避免的，是生命的一种正常状态，我们无需对抗、不接受。如果把这个共业放到一个人身上就太聚焦化了，太辛苦了。

　　For example, no one can escape the life cycle that comprehends birth, aging, illness and death, which are the common problems that everyone faces. And it is of no use for us to resist them.

　　就像很多人说：我怎么这么倒霉呢，家庭怎么这么倒霉，收入这么低，身体这么糟，别人怎样怎样。实际不是，是这个时代的特质，我们不过是一个折射点，每一个人不过是一个折射者罢了。

　　Many people complain: “ Why was I always so unlucky? My income is so low, I am so sick, and people treat me so mean”。 Actually, these problems are not only the problems of the one complaining. His sufferings just highlight the spreading problems of the era.

　　了解认识清晰这个社会属性的特质，人心会变得宽松、广大，再去接受、面对任何因果的成熟，伤害就不会相续，至少会淡化稀释那些不必要承担的痛苦与伤害，怨啊、恨啊就少一些，苦的加剧力量慢慢就会消失。

　　If we know these are common problems of the society as a whole, rather than the problem of any individual, we will become more relaxed and ready to accept any consequences. Thus we would endure less pains and blame less often.

　　来自慈法法师的『生命之光 · 阳光早餐』

　　2019年2月由Robin整理

　　原标题：阳光早餐 | 稀释法——把个人问题社会属性化

　　Original titleLight of Life Sunshine Breakfast——Method of “dilution”

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