《旅途脚印》| 枇杷 ——索达吉堪布

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枇杷 | Loquat Fruit

+ H7 z3 [3 Y' v8 u3 Q厄尔尼诺现象使仲春的天气如同盛夏，天气异常闷热。
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Due to the El Niño effect, the spring weather has turned out to be very hot and humid, almost

like midsummer.

& I9 S1 z* w* W9 N+ U忽见街上一人肩负竹篓，里面装满金黄的果实，在几片叶子的衬托下，晶莹饱满，令人垂

涎欲滴。从未见过如此之物，向人讨教，方知是枇杷。剥开一颗，放之嘴里，清凉鲜美的
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8 s+ n/ s# M0 d- L汁液溢满口腔。如此美妙之果莫非是天人享用之物？一番讨价还价之后，以不菲的价格换

+ N  M1 R4 F, ]得几十余颗。赶快捧回家，作为佐书之“菜”。

2 r  d9 d8 z: L( f; iOn the street, I caught sight of a vendor carrying a basketful of golden fruit. Embellished with

- b, u* z8 A4 f$ o$ G6 o6 Ogreen leaves, the fruit looked so juicy and fresh, making one’s mouth water. I had never seen
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% {/ d* N7 k' t2 X. t- Ranything like it, and learned after inquiring that they are called loquats. I peeled one open and

put it in my mouth. A refreshing and delicious juice filled my mouth—yum! Such tasty fruit must
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be the treat of the god realm! After a little bargaining, I brought dozens at quite a steep price
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- U- P; E9 W. V0 I- ?& T" Zand hurried home with them, thinking to savor them with my readings.

翻开《白莲花论》，书中曰：“世上有谁能永享快乐？又有谁会永远受苦？未曾感受痛苦
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2 [0 g" n- h3 O( x0 b! y3 n" {的人有多少？得到快乐永远享受的又有几人？”的确，在漫长的人生道路中，既会有快乐

5 @; P- d  k, y，也不乏痛苦。无论何种身份，皆会尝尽酸甜苦辣。只有胜不骄，败不馁，坦然面对人生

2 X8 h$ `1 ?; y1 c1 j百味，方为具智之人。法国哲学家拉罗申福科说过：“幸福后面是灾祸，灾祸后面是幸福

- U4 W7 g6 j, u( z$ ?9 P' P9 w9 X。”古代也有“福兮祸所伏，祸兮福所倚”的说法。
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' n, A& T! \- K( ^% _% M( X9 MTurning the pages of the Great Biography of Buddha Shakyamuni, the White Lotus, I read this:

“How many people in the world will enjoy everlasting happiness? How many people in the world

8 N2 z4 N" u0 Pwill suffer endless miseries? How many have never experienced suffering? After attaining

- b4 ]5 A) w- ^/ z2 D9 Ghappiness, how many have enjoyed it forever?” Indeed, throughout the journey of life, there will

1 z) \( S6 B8 L* v5 Nbe happiness, but suffering will be there as well. Whatever one’s identity is, one is bound to taste

the assorted bitter sweetness of life. A person of wisdom therefore must meet life’s vicissitudes

1 \8 t! x4 h7 o$ F. Z2 |5 Ccalmly: neither becoming arrogant with success nor discouraged by failure. The French
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; b, q- q8 R, ?6 hphilosopher La Rochefoucauld says that the happiness and misery of men depend no less on

temper than fortune, mirroring this ancient saying:
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6 L/ s6 ^. `! w. X9 T) Q" A4 yMisfortune, that is where happiness depends;
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Happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.
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可见一切都是相对，一切都是无常的。

! p( \$ V, c9 L: `. \0 AWe can see that all things are but relative. Everything is impermanent.
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. V5 u0 f0 c" u无论快乐还是痛苦，当产生强烈的苦乐感时，都应观其本面。这是最有力、最关键的修行

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* j. G, \4 m1 E0 [4 N! Z# N9 xTherefore, whenever we are seized with intense emotion of pleasure or pain in a happy or sad

moment, we should look squarely at its essence. This is the most crucial, most powerful way of

practice.

$ O$ ^  e' c/ p$ c想着想着，不知不觉忘了吃枇杷的事。但我在书里尝到了比枇杷更鲜美的滋味。这才是世

$ Y2 ^% u3 A8 R: C6 k1 b4 p! m上最鲜美的枇杷，且经久不腐，即使历经百年、千年，也可永久享用。

While entertaining these thoughts, I forgot completely my plan to enjoy the loquats. Yet from a

book I have tasted something more delicious than the exquisite fruit. The teaching is the most
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delectable loquat in the world, it will never rot, and it is ready to be savored even a hundred or a

thousand years later.

9 D; Q" ]4 @7 e, D0 N壬午年三月十一日 　
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2002年4月23日
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11th of March, Year of RenWu
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7 M! U/ |: o$ g/ c9 K4 |April 23, 2002