钱财 ——索达吉堪布

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钱财 | On Money

! N; P7 o/ H8 W* K* c. }, w) h$ ~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

，发现大多是因为钱财。

+ K& U; ^$ @7 {! v# O/ y# lCity dwellers usually wear a look of weariness and worry. Why is that so? After my careful

observation, I find money issues are largely to blame.

* |5 x" u- X2 ?: o, {$ K2 f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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4 T9 K6 H7 ]: ~9 O3 ~% I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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+ \, h; n( v$ E6 D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

能的，但没有钱是万万不能的。”
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This sack of flesh and bones that we humans survive in, if it fatefully lands in a city, will need the

' y/ J4 J9 ~4 @1 z; d/ Z# @constant support of money. Otherwise, it will fall with a thump. Some of you may argue: “That’s

not quite possible!” But in the city, one is forced to be keenly aware of the power of money. Any
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0 s- T7 D% x* }4 C1 g  e5 ?, B6 Xactivity—be it eating, buying clothes, and seeing the doctor, sleeping, even going to the
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9 Y, @6 c  Z: Z* utoilet—calls for money. It is exactly how the saying goes: “Money is not almighty, but without

money nothing can be done.”
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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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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
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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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4 n3 ]* o% _- L# p/ @4 @; @2 S& }) |With 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

/ y+ M4 x6 l" \  islaves 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
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( r: r: a& D$ M5 Zpeople living in the city, the provisions to survive are by no means easy to come by.
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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

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
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' ~$ c' Y3 U7 g- F9 ?( x- T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。
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Consequently, city folks are reduced to being always on the run. The anguish of having to work
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3 n; R7 u2 Q# rhard for money is felt by practically everyone. Previously I had the illusion that people in the city

live like celestial beings; only now do I come to see the extra agony they have to endure. This

reminds me of those spiritual seekers deep in the mountains where the environment is naturally

9 y( b' ]  V) U7 Q9 m6 c0 {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

; y7 V* m& l- f! t7 W" |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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of inferiority.
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/ g/ n$ s/ g* R- Y3 S" ]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。

- |6 k: i0 ?3 ~3 ^/ C  c  S噶当派大德们最推崇的教言就是：

6 `- X6 s" b8 G1 uA spiritual seeker should be defined as one who is proud of accruing the seven noble riches, who
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9 j  S4 V/ A4 R2 D5 o$ j' b$ D5 Mmost celebrated teaching among the Kadampa masters is:
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4 ?# k# p2 g$ j! o( U3 P“心依于法，法依于贫，贫依于死，死依于壑。”
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Base your mind on the Dharma,

Base your Dharma on a humble life,
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Base your humble life on the thought of death,

Base your death on a lonely cave.

3 v/ D: Q5 j; ~- ?1 w. t富贵荣华足以使人痴迷，而贫贱却足以使人睿智。
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Wealth and power make one obsessive and indulgent, while poverty and humility impart to one

vision and wisdom.

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。
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& n$ G( ?" u8 v8 R! P5 A' u, M# {+ ~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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" @" F1 Y. L0 ^  Z2 h# T0 {monk 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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& z; z8 M+ ?, v& n4 N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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$ t' V2 f/ q3 r7 r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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4 B, A5 T* s6 v' Z0 M! u7 s* x8 Ppayday, he would offer all the money he saved from the previous month to charity, keeping for
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himself only old ragged clothes. When visitors sought him out with admiration, they found it

! F: B, n4 C7 x- X. {1 U1 D- O, D( ^4 `* Jhard to match the humble, scrubby person they saw with the famous Tibetan siddha of perfect

learning and accomplishment. His conduct deserves our highest praise.
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- t0 s6 F. L; Q6 i8 ?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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- d8 a/ L2 ?5 Y- I, ?& |" h# ZInnumerable sages have shown us perfect examples; we should abide in poverty without the
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1 @* j- B$ ~  [+ |壬午年三月初八　　

2002年4月20日 　

, j! M# C; G5 O! }* F8th of March, Year of RenWu
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April 20, 2002
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