《旅途脚印》| 枇杷 ——索达吉堪布

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枇杷 | Loquat Fruit
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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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like midsummer.
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0 W) _* b, c* f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

8 `! S$ s6 x& O2 f! |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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, w3 w- _7 b! \, j& R7 S: O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

得几十余颗。赶快捧回家，作为佐书之“菜”。
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On the street, I caught sight of a vendor carrying a basketful of golden fruit. Embellished with

green leaves, the fruit looked so juicy and fresh, making one’s mouth water. I had never seen

anything 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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, Z# P/ V2 K; Y4 N' |be the treat of the god realm! After a little bargaining, I brought dozens at quite a steep price

and hurried home with them, thinking to savor them with my readings.

( ^7 N( O) ~$ R* U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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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
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，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
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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
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。”古代也有“福兮祸所伏，祸兮福所倚”的说法。

Turning 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
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will suffer endless miseries? How many have never experienced suffering? After attaining

happiness, how many have enjoyed it forever?” Indeed, throughout the journey of life, there will
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: Y0 O. t. K0 B$ ]' i! z7 ]% ybe happiness, but suffering will be there as well. Whatever one’s identity is, one is bound to taste
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1 ~; P0 x# c4 w  `- q! r! y/ Sthe assorted bitter sweetness of life. A person of wisdom therefore must meet life’s vicissitudes
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6 x- b' i* p. |  M, e4 Ycalmly: neither becoming arrogant with success nor discouraged by failure. The French
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+ {3 C1 F  O" S5 Pphilosopher La Rochefoucauld says that the happiness and misery of men depend no less on

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Misfortune, that is where happiness depends;

Happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.

可见一切都是相对，一切都是无常的。

We can see that all things are but relative. Everything is impermanent.

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方法。
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Therefore, whenever we are seized with intense emotion of pleasure or pain in a happy or sad
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moment, we should look squarely at its essence. This is the most crucial, most powerful way of

practice.
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$ _* |) r8 K* }7 O6 q# E+ w6 R3 ?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

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While entertaining these thoughts, I forgot completely my plan to enjoy the loquats. Yet from a
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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
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$ x! R3 ~2 w1 [% p# Kthousand years later.
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2002年4月23日
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11th of March, Year of RenWu
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April 23, 2002
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