《旅途脚印》| 按摩 ——索达吉堪布

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按摩 | Question and Answer
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9 Q" i4 H% g& i0 d遵照医嘱，我必须每天接受按摩。
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' C- T, B7 d& X/ E% l' O' }According to my doctor’s advice, I should get a massage treatment daily.

由于每天接触，这个按摩师已和我混得很熟。他不但手艺高超，而且十分健谈。

As we see each other every day, the masseur and I have become well acquainted. He is quite deft

in his profession and is also a good conversationalist.
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2 G& w6 \! X5 ~2 x6 d我刚一躺下，他就开始了滔滔不绝地讲演：“你们学佛的都说因果报应，我观察了很多，
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" W) l5 X$ i+ }2 ~$ n! [真的是不爽啊！你看美国，整天欺负别人，结果世贸大楼就被人炸了。阿富汗塔利班去年

毁灭佛教，砸了不少佛像，结果也遭到报复。看来，因果这东西叫人不得不信。我隔壁的
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3 k$ J6 J! d% f主人不孝父母，结果老婆跟人跑了。我也不知前世造了什么恶业，今生变成瞎子，但也不

知造了什么善业，让我拥有这份手艺，可以衣食无忧……”
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Soon after I lay down, he let out a flood of words: “You Buddhists always talk about karmic
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2 J* x" c1 u, x% g+ i# B0 w! s0 mretribution. I could see it indeed is infallible through my many years’ observation. Look at the
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& `7 @+ `* n: W# g" X+ X1 z1 pUnited States, bullying others and its World Trade Center towers were blown to ashes. The
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: v$ c9 ^+ \& p% ?' S5 pTaliban of Afghanistan, destroying the Buddhist religion a year ago and smashing many holy

statuses, now they end up meeting revenge. Apparently, karma is something we’d better believe

- E3 g) M0 N: t6 bin. My next-door neighbor has been impious to his parents, and he sees his wife run off with

someone else. For myself, I must have committed some evil actions in my past lives and as a

. H& w9 r; w1 d1 O* Bresult, I was born blind this life. On the other hand, I must also have done unknown good deeds
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so that I could learn my trade and support myself….”

7 q7 F% p. e5 C他的话让我沉思良久，世间身体健全的人往往不如一个盲人。他们不知因果，造作恶业。
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# \% n7 N; g4 k( W% E, A4 w遭遇厄运时，怨天尤人。殊不知：“欲知前世因，今生受者是，欲知来世果，今生作者是
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。”

, T  l+ H* F. K: T4 _2 AHis words left me pondering for a while. It’s a shame that many able-bodied people often cannot

% w, h& ^' L. Z6 Z' ~. L8 Rdo better than a blind person. They are ignorant of the principle of cause and effect and indulge
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, f/ K# }+ u0 Q- z6 hin negative actions; when encountering misfortune, they only resent fate and blame others. They

reckon not the following adage:
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% t7 A% i) C1 N0 FIf you want to know what you have done in your past lives,

1 v. R( J+ H9 G1 r. NJust observe what this life of yours has been like.

If you want to know how your future lives are likely to be,
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) [1 U/ U$ _% d! j% Y: `Just observe what you have been doing in this life.
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1 k8 K; B: o& T一切善恶因果，皆是自己所为。如果人人都能像这个按摩师一样相信因果，我想世界也会
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* e8 q+ p! v9 s5 W7 Z' P7 P因此而多一些美好，少一些丑恶。

All of our fate, good or bad, results from our own deeds. If everyone could have faith in causality
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7 G! e8 \  k4 y3 N$ Was my masseur does, I believe the world will have one measure more of decency and one

) U5 @* U$ S) s; s# Z7 mmeasure less of hostility.

想着想着，忽然感到背上被人狠狠地打了一下，痛得我叫了起来：“你可不要乱摸啊！”

按摩师连忙说：“对不起！对不起！我把您当成美国人了。不过，天下都已经大乱了，我
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又为什么不能乱摸、乱说、乱想呢？”一句话，说得我哈哈大笑：“在藏传佛教里，有位
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十分了不起的大成就者麦彭仁波切说：‘虽此大地满恶人，然自当持高尚行。’你虽不是
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9 e, A' ~7 ~4 N% m佛教徒，但这句话对你也会有益的。你可要做出淤泥而不染的荷花啊！”“谢谢您的忠告
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8 p1 }7 ?! L1 X. ~，我一定照此行持。”

While deep in thought, all of a sudden I felt a heavy blow on my back that made me cry out with
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pain: “Ouch! Do spare your brute force!” The masseur apologized quickly: “I am sorry, I am very
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9 `/ Q0 @6 g3 U6 Z+ ?sorry; somehow I was imagining you as an American. Anyway, the world is already in chaos, why

! ^9 q6 V, ]% B  b! {0 A0 {is it that I cannot fumble about at will? Why can’t I speak at liberty, or indulge in fancies?” I

4 X; S4 @/ W  t/ Z7 V* ^chuckled heartily and said: “In Tibetan Buddhism, there is a great master called Mipham

Rinpoche. He once said, ‘Even if the whole world is filled with evil beings, one should still

( m0 e+ J4 [# W- Y% ?2 tmaintain one’s noble conduct’; although you are not a Buddhist, I believe this saying will benefit
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you. You should always be like the lotus flower which emerges out of mud without being sullied.”

3 d4 f1 N& ~  M" nHe replied: “Thank you so much for your advice, I shall follow it faithfully.”
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今天我挨这一下，也是因果显现。若能因此而让他明白一些道理，那也是值得的。
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Well, the heavy pounding landing on me today may well be the result of my own karma. But if

5 l7 C* m. L! @% Y2 W2 Hthis episode can bring my masseur some understanding of the truth, my pain is all-worthwhile.

5 h) P8 W) X" G壬午年三月十三日 　

2002年4月25日 　
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, M: q! ~0 H% C% G3 a2 A. J7 }13th of March, Year of RenWu

April 25, 2002
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