【the path】专题平常心是道 | An Ordinary Mind is the Path

我们不能以诚实、礼貌、恩重努力学习、祈祷、修行。这说明我们已经在分散、慢慢、举起、嫉妒、比较、分手、苦恼。

这些问题没有得到解决，就会障碍我们听经闻法、如理思维、如理抉择，不能把佛法真正地听到心里头去，也就是把自己障碍住了。

If you fail to study, pray and practice with wholeheartedness, respect and sincerity, you are most likely caught in a state of distraction, arrogance, restlessness, jealousy, discrimination or distress. If not resolved, these problems will prevent you from studying the Dharma, thinking and making choices in line with it, or accepting it in your heart. In effect, you are trapped in these obstacles.

我们比较容易犯的毛病，比如说嫉妒、骄慢，这是人比较容易犯的两个毛病。嫉妒的特点，就是你站在低处去看人，你就觉得每个人都比我好，各方面都比自己好。看到别人用功修行，能力、财富、品貌、事业、家庭比自己好，内心难过，内心起烦恼，内心产生痛苦，那么这个就叫做嫉妒。

Jealousy and arrogance are two widely-experienced problems. Jealousy comes from the tendency to put yourself in a lower position by feeling that others are better than you in some aspect. Others practice harder. They are more competitive, richer and have a better character, appearance, career or family. Believing all this, you feel miserable and suffer for it. This is called jealousy.

傲慢的特点就是你在高处去看人，总觉得别人都不如我，我做得多，做得好，自己比别人聪明、文化高、体力好、能力强，就会看不起别人。认为别人文化程度低、很笨、能力差、无能等等，内心总是不能平静，内心总是不能平衡，内心总是不能以平常心来认识自己，不能以平常心来对人对事，不能以平常心来学佛法。

Arrogance is the tendency to look down upon others by feeling that they are not as good as you. Arrogant people tend to think that they have done more and are better, that they are more intelligent, physically stronger, better educated or somehow more capable. Such persons can hardly be peaceful or balanced in mind. They cannot look at themselves, other people or things in an ordinary mind, nor can they study the Buddha’s teachings in such a state of mind.

古来祖师大德讲“平常心是道”，就是能够如实认识到自己的心，自己内心是什么状态，内心是什么问题，看得清清楚楚，而不是有高有低的。

The ancient patriarchs and masters often observed, “An ordinary mind is the path.” That is to say, you need to know your own mind as it is. You need to see its status and problems clearly without being jealous or arrogant.

所有外在存在的问题，都是我们自己内心里面存在的问题。内心里面的问题有些就是当下的问题——认识不清，智慧缺乏，烦恼障、所知障重；有些是过去等流下来、积累下来的，把内心障碍住，把那一份善良、清净、庄严的心给塞满。

All external problems are projections of your inner problems. Some are problems you encounter now, but you cannot see them clearly because you lack wisdom and suffer from afflictive and cognitive obstructions. Some are long accumulated problems, flowing from the same causes in the past. These problems block and occupy your benevolent, pure and dignified mind.

来源：学诚大和尚开示《佛法与人生》

Source: Buddhism and Life by Ven. Master Xuecheng

翻译：北京龙泉寺翻译中心

Translated by: Beijing Longquan Monastery Translation Center