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看戏 | Seeking Entertainment9 w; t9 V+ d4 ^' c2 y
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在这个人心陷溺、物欲横流的世上，只要有点时间和金钱，人们就喜欢到娱乐场所看戏、
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o7 f; H' w) H' n4 F4 O听音乐，美其名曰艺术熏陶。沉醉其中却没有丝毫的反省和犹豫，仿佛忘了死之将至。
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These days, human morality is sinking low and materialism is gaining the upper hand. People
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with any available time and money would go to popular places to see a film or a show, and term
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% R' Q. p; ~* @9 d7 dit refining one’s cultural taste. Totally mesmerized by the entertainment, it never occurs to them
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that they ought to reflect inwardly or to think twice about what they are doing. As to the issue of
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death, it’s something far too remote to think about.
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& _8 k$ N$ o0 d1 c世尊在因地的时候曾转世为铁室王子，在过水莲节的时候，人们为他举行了盛大的歌舞表
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9 P& N' h9 ?$ D5 b* q/ e6 u演活动。看到周遭的人们喜笑颜开，王子深感悲切地说：“呜呼！世间烦恼众，不稳无喜
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乐，然此水莲节，反觉乐稳固，此等凡夫众，无惧真稀有。死主遮生路，无虑贪欢乐，老
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病死怨敌，时时横眼前，定趋来世道，智者谁欢喜？”
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4 n- z4 a2 p) w. ]/ @In one of his previous lives, the Buddha was reborn as the Prince of Iron Chamber. On the/ x+ r' h- ~$ i k3 C
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occasion of the Water Lotus Festival, his subjects prepared extravagant shows of dancing and/ V+ u5 F5 y! V" R( c$ k
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singing to please him. On seeing the jubilant crowds all around him, the Prince instead was7 }9 b! ~5 z" H8 \# D5 S
0 v# }# D6 o6 F$ rsaddened and lamented deeply: “Alas! For beings rife with negative emotions, there is not a6 j1 x9 V( f1 n- U0 m" z
( V" \6 J2 I$ d3 m+ R0 mscrap of stability or happiness. At the Water Lotus Festival, they feel their joy is everlasting. Not* q8 s# }3 d5 k
% I; L# `% U) Z( Q/ h, {having any worry or fear, such ignorance of theirs is indeed startling. The Lord of Death blocks
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1 l, k; J' b8 Sthe path of life. Just as one recklessly enjoys happiness, the nemeses—sickness, old age, and
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: Q# U$ ?( t3 L( F. ldeath—wait always around the corner. How could a wise person be joyful when facing the
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刘备在临终之际，为使自己历经千辛万苦而创下的蜀汉家业，不至于功亏一篑，谆谆告诫- H- {& ?3 O3 [) U
: D: q2 [. [& R儿子刘禅：“勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。”先父走后，刘禅早已将忠告抛之脑后6 K& ~$ ^; i' _
+ h+ |: x& Y6 I1 N- G，整日寻欢作乐，企图在前人栽种的树荫下乘凉，最终遭致大好河山被人掠夺的结局。当
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他被软禁于他国之时，仍不知好歹地一边看着宫女的表演，一边厚颜无耻地说道：“此间
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& T: M8 r4 A5 D# f) U: B乐，不思蜀。”丝毫不知亡国之恨，真是令人感慨万分。
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Liu Bei, the founding father of the Shu Han Dynasty, established his kingdom through7 P6 H% g" T6 m2 w S9 j& J
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innumerable hardships. To make sure his family lineage would last and not fail him, he earnestly3 b; C S2 m- _# \0 s2 i
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left his son Liu Chan these last words: “Never commit any evil deed however minor it may be;
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1 n, n: u( G, N7 K6 v2 inever miss doing any good deed however tiny it may seem.” Liu Chan sadly did not heed the
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advice in the least. After his father’s death, he cared only to enjoy his ancestor’s fruits of labor,
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indulging himself in sensual pleasures day and night and eventually, he lost the once-mighty: i" a \0 `+ X4 w; f- ^& T8 J! q- `
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kingdom to enemies. Worse, as he was detained in other states, he still took delight in watching. F$ R* n/ P0 u% Z% a# ^( o6 G& y& L
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the chambermaids’ dancing and gloated shamelessly: “I’m too delighted to be homesick!” In him
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there was not the slightest remorse or anguish that his Shu Kingdom had been conquered. What+ O5 u7 v" y4 L
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a wretch, it’s utterly lamentable!
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有的修行人也一样，终日沉迷于歌舞升平的生活，毫不察觉死主将临，实在与刘禅无异。. ]2 q. o' |* N t
5 c% D. \1 S. F% t$ H/ qMany so-called practitioners, regaling themselves in pleasure all the time, are also entirely$ D! ]. B. ]: o: H& Z
' M" G0 n% N0 J' Ooblivious to the imminent arrival of the Lord of Death. They do not fare any better than Liu Chan.
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4 t1 Z5 j7 D' O8 e ]; p. ~# T你在台下看戏，殊不知自己也正在人生的大舞台上扮演着自己的角色。如何使之更加丰美: I+ j; O7 S& D' U5 V
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、更加完善，是值得我们思考的大问题。0 b4 c m8 @2 a2 }& G8 x! z
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While watching a show, we consider ourselves spectators. But do we recognize that on the larger; ~1 Q o& D( n, F: {
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stage of life, we all are actors performing our own dramas? How to make our own show richer
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; |# F2 e8 D8 [' yand better to the best of our abilities—isn’t it a big issue worthy of deep pondering!
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壬午年三月二十一日
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/ L8 l6 I) ]4 L21st of March, Year of RenWu4 p0 |: J y0 E
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