钱财 ——索达吉堪布

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钱财 | On Money
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; D- E' F0 i7 G# o; z& C# y城市里的人们，脸上都挂着疲倦和痛苦的表情。究竟为什么会这样呢？经过我的详细观察

# `- p# ^. I3 |# _* u! y" o，发现大多是因为钱财。
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5 \' g4 C' i9 V0 g) A. mCity dwellers usually wear a look of weariness and worry. Why is that so? After my careful
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observation, I find money issues are largely to blame.

众生赖以生存的这付臭皮囊，如果不幸降临于都市，就时刻需要钱财的支撑，否则就会轰
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然坍塌。也许有的人会说：“不可能吧？”但在都市里，你会处处感觉到钱财的重要性。
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; z  i* ~7 M5 T6 ]无论吃饭、穿衣、看病、睡觉，甚至上厕所，也离不开钱。真的应了那句话：“钱不是万
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9 C. T5 w1 E4 j能的，但没有钱是万万不能的。”
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9 `- |6 L; z0 h' E, DThis sack of flesh and bones that we humans survive in, if it fatefully lands in a city, will need the
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/ ]( k! B, z3 S& q! `& f% Uconstant support of money. Otherwise, it will fall with a thump. Some of you may argue: “That’s
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not quite possible!” But in the city, one is forced to be keenly aware of the power of money. Any

5 Y( [. P6 g6 Z8 ?5 ?) _- e% oactivity—be it eating, buying clothes, and seeing the doctor, sleeping, even going to the

0 w, B  M9 w2 u: E5 _6 w8 T: ~toilet—calls for money. It is exactly how the saying goes: “Money is not almighty, but without

money nothing can be done.”

! v$ D# ^5 i' u7 g没有钱，都市人的一切生存活动都不得不停滞。为了五蕴所构建的这部机器能正常运转，
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9 w% S; ~" h% r2 d9 `人不得不像奴仆一样，为这部机器的能源——钱财而搏斗。我时常在想，如果人能像蚯蚓

一样吃土也能生存该多好啊！但现实无情地告诉我，城市人要寻求生存的因是异常困难的
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- F5 [: \* K8 h' O  D9 MWith no money, all living activities in the city have to come to a halt. In order to have our body
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machine, the composite of five aggregates, function normally; humans have to struggle like
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5 Y* X7 ~  s* M5 P; O- C4 f' d0 Vslaves to garner the source of its fuel—money. I often think, wouldn’t it be wonderful if humans

could survive just by imbibing soil like the earthworm! But cruel reality tells me otherwise: for

people living in the city, the provisions to survive are by no means easy to come by.

所以，城市的人只有忙忙碌碌。不论他是谁，都会感受为钱财奔波而带来的痛苦。以前以

  I' _) q$ E/ {% `1 B* s% k7 m; b3 {为城市人过着天人一般的日子，现在方知，他们更是备受煎熬啊！这一切，令我想起山里

的修行人。在山里，除了食物，不需要为更多的事操心，生存的因自然具足。同样是1000

元，在山里，就是腰板挺直的大富翁；然而在城市里，却有捉襟见肘、相形见绌的感觉。

$ Z. ^  G  _& r' i$ n/ ?( G% HConsequently, city folks are reduced to being always on the run. The anguish of having to work
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2 |. I* u/ t' n* d2 \9 \hard for money is felt by practically everyone. Previously I had the illusion that people in the city

/ T# G3 F5 _2 z" S: M, Plive like celestial beings; only now do I come to see the extra agony they have to endure. This
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+ n* _6 O( ~, G  _& Creminds me of those spiritual seekers deep in the mountains where the environment is naturally

2 N: n( X7 l$ K* D! @conducive to survival. Other than food, there are not too many things to worry about, and a

person with 1,000 yuan can stand tall and be considered a rich person. While in the city, the
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same amount of money won’t go too far; one is unable to make ends meet and will feel a sense

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作为修行人，就是应当以积累圣者七财为荣，积累世间钱财为耻，视清贫为最好的伴侣。

噶当派大德们最推崇的教言就是：
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8 a- w0 }: |# k# JA spiritual seeker should be defined as one who is proud of accruing the seven noble riches, who
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is ashamed of amassing worldly possessions, and who regards poverty as a dear companion. The

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“心依于法，法依于贫，贫依于死，死依于壑。”

( l7 p2 \. E. _% W5 pBase your mind on the Dharma,
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Base your Dharma on a humble life,

( a& x3 H+ t% g% T; h( gBase your humble life on the thought of death,

0 {8 M& K$ `6 }, dBase your death on a lonely cave.
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富贵荣华足以使人痴迷，而贫贱却足以使人睿智。

7 @9 @6 V6 G4 l. ~6 K( p! @) h7 ?Wealth and power make one obsessive and indulgent, while poverty and humility impart to one
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vision and wisdom.
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8 U" i- V7 X7 c7 B汉地也有“一等和尚轻飘飘，二等和尚一大包，三等和尚压弯了腰”的说法。

There is also a saying in the Han area: “The monk of the highest caliber is light and at ease, the
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: E9 }" v3 _. A4 N; u# A$ Vmonk of the second rank holds a big sack, the monk of the third rank stoops with weight.”

一位藏地的大德，在英国作学者期间，每月发工资前，就将上月的节余全部布施，自己却
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/ ]9 N6 M) o5 l: y- u1 W( p穿着破旧的衣衫。很多慕名而去拜见他的人，都难以将眼前这个外表寒碜的人，与修证圆
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& J% G& D: x% a# Y* g& |满、学富五车的藏地著名大成就者的名称联系在一起。这种行为，实在令人赞叹。
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Some time ago, an erudite Tibetan went to England as a visiting scholar. Each month before
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himself only old ragged clothes. When visitors sought him out with admiration, they found it
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4 ]8 I! W; n7 j( Z0 B$ J# m. K& Mhard to match the humble, scrubby person they saw with the famous Tibetan siddha of perfect

learning and accomplishment. His conduct deserves our highest praise.

无数的大德们都为我们做出了表率，我们实应心无旁骛地依止于贫穷。
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; j: F5 [0 B( GInnumerable sages have shown us perfect examples; we should abide in poverty without the

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& [* O" K% h) r+ p4 G壬午年三月初八　　
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2002年4月20日 　

8th of March, Year of RenWu
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