《旅途脚印》| 按摩 ——索达吉堪布

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按摩 | Question and Answer

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.

$ W2 }* e4 X6 B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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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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9 c+ B8 a8 T+ ~6 Y4 h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
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0 C: B# g" ~, }2 S6 m* b, F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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* E$ c4 G7 Q3 l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

6 D9 V9 P' H0 g8 t8 P3 R$ X: @, T知造了什么善业，让我拥有这份手艺，可以衣食无忧……”

8 m5 a) I7 X$ }" j$ wSoon 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

+ m% u5 k1 p8 b8 F: o) R- TUnited States, bullying others and its World Trade Center towers were blown to ashes. The
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Taliban 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
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in. 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

result, 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….”
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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。

5 R- k3 [2 [3 L2 x9 Y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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! O5 B( v+ G* ^+ HHis words left me pondering for a while. It’s a shame that many able-bodied people often cannot
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; S% k8 ~; d9 z: _8 {4 Ldo better than a blind person. They are ignorant of the principle of cause and effect and indulge

2 X4 a% R% ?* _% U8 f8 r1 V0 nin negative actions; when encountering misfortune, they only resent fate and blame others. They

, Z# G; a5 g6 M; J; B1 S% O, Wreckon not the following adage:

  Q; D( G7 P* uIf 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.
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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
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因此而多一些美好，少一些丑恶。
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, x* W  L2 i* `) e$ z  g% hAll 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

measure 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！”
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7 N2 H9 ^6 [! f* K' p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
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- k: W7 [0 r# g+ I( X9 l' L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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+ w* A4 n6 B) T/ N$ s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

，我一定照此行持。”

: s' X" `  t# l# [4 X6 p; E' y/ l, [: MWhile 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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; w0 t6 O  B- lpain: “Ouch! Do spare your brute force!” The masseur apologized quickly: “I am sorry, I am very

* q5 j% F- r: t" lsorry; somehow I was imagining you as an American. Anyway, the world is already in chaos, why
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5 o) Q! m4 u" f6 K% `# N! e. _8 Zis it that I cannot fumble about at will? Why can’t I speak at liberty, or indulge in fancies?” I

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

$ f4 P# k# W, F/ ?maintain one’s noble conduct’; although you are not a Buddhist, I believe this saying will benefit

8 E0 [; }& h# [/ W  yyou. You should always be like the lotus flower which emerges out of mud without being sullied.”

( L. V" r9 @3 t6 W6 |& CHe 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。

! Y5 r; k( `6 \+ gWell, the heavy pounding landing on me today may well be the result of my own karma. But if

; [- k2 g7 M& \& @7 z. @this episode can bring my masseur some understanding of the truth, my pain is all-worthwhile.

; Q; B- ]1 A$ W$ a& O壬午年三月十三日 　

2002年4月25日 　

13th of March, Year of RenWu

April 25, 2002