《旅途脚印》| 按摩 ——索达吉堪布

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按摩 | Question and Answer
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遵照医嘱，我必须每天接受按摩。

According to my doctor’s advice, I should get a massage treatment daily.
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' A2 [+ I' s- K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。
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As we see each other every day, the masseur and I have become well acquainted. He is quite deft

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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，

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

3 v! N; k' r8 d8 a, n4 c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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知造了什么善业，让我拥有这份手艺，可以衣食无忧……”

* g9 B6 s, C/ d- M: xSoon after I lay down, he let out a flood of words: “You Buddhists always talk about karmic

retribution. I could see it indeed is infallible through my many years’ observation. Look at the

United States, bullying others and its World Trade Center towers were blown to ashes. The
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statuses, now they end up meeting revenge. Apparently, karma is something we’d better believe
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" K0 ^( Q9 M6 v/ P0 e, z$ M' Cin. My next-door neighbor has been impious to his parents, and he sees his wife run off with
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someone else. For myself, I must have committed some evil actions in my past lives and as a
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' V! W" \$ A( D$ o' B  I0 Tresult, I was born blind this life. On the other hand, I must also have done unknown good deeds

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% r& B4 u& y. Q4 W# s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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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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。”
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His words left me pondering for a while. It’s a shame that many able-bodied people often cannot
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do better than a blind person. They are ignorant of the principle of cause and effect and indulge
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2 F$ G9 D1 R  i; M/ F2 |5 Cin negative actions; when encountering misfortune, they only resent fate and blame others. They
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reckon not the following adage:

" p" k0 z- `& Y& z) V! PIf you want to know what you have done in your past lives,
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Just observe what this life of yours has been like.

$ h/ y6 |# Z4 ^If you want to know how your future lives are likely to be,
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Just observe what you have been doing in this life.

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

' J* d: r5 V# ^' r( d因此而多一些美好，少一些丑恶。
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All of our fate, good or bad, results from our own deeds. If everyone could have faith in causality

as my masseur does, I believe the world will have one measure more of decency and one
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measure less of hostility.
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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！”

$ v% D% F4 _/ \* e5 z1 b1 J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

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

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

! }" {& t4 `# [. t, i2 ?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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While deep in thought, all of a sudden I felt a heavy blow on my back that made me cry out with

! {, m& q8 ~5 Dpain: “Ouch! Do spare your brute force!” The masseur apologized quickly: “I am sorry, I am very
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, w: y) {- G1 f: S6 \0 Ysorry; somehow I was imagining you as an American. Anyway, the world is already in chaos, why

is it that I cannot fumble about at will? Why can’t I speak at liberty, or indulge in fancies?” I

# I' U( j6 x' w* i8 \( achuckled 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

maintain one’s noble conduct’; although you are not a Buddhist, I believe this saying will benefit

/ L2 k" Y& Z. q; I+ Eyou. You should always be like the lotus flower which emerges out of mud without being sullied.”
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: ]( n& N/ C6 k; L6 wHe replied: “Thank you so much for your advice, I shall follow it faithfully.”

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Well, the heavy pounding landing on me today may well be the result of my own karma. But if
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7 Y% A9 e8 u) Y7 @' V* c壬午年三月十三日 　

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13th of March, Year of RenWu

April 25, 2002
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