钱财 ——索达吉堪布

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钱财 | On Money

城市里的人们，脸上都挂着疲倦和痛苦的表情。究竟为什么会这样呢？经过我的详细观察

，发现大多是因为钱财。

1 O8 b& d- K) `City dwellers usually wear a look of weariness and worry. Why is that so? After my careful

observation, I find money issues are largely to blame.
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( a+ w  G" w" t) B# Y2 v" \& o众生赖以生存的这付臭皮囊，如果不幸降临于都市，就时刻需要钱财的支撑，否则就会轰

然坍塌。也许有的人会说：“不可能吧？”但在都市里，你会处处感觉到钱财的重要性。

无论吃饭、穿衣、看病、睡觉，甚至上厕所，也离不开钱。真的应了那句话：“钱不是万

1 J* Y9 F7 g8 O能的，但没有钱是万万不能的。”

This sack of flesh and bones that we humans survive in, if it fatefully lands in a city, will need the
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constant support of money. Otherwise, it will fall with a thump. Some of you may argue: “That’s
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not quite possible!” But in the city, one is forced to be keenly aware of the power of money. Any
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1 C4 _4 A. M+ a9 Yactivity—be it eating, buying clothes, and seeing the doctor, sleeping, even going to the
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* c# X9 d7 Q& s1 K) K) c) g: Ptoilet—calls for money. It is exactly how the saying goes: “Money is not almighty, but without

. J/ [1 ~0 ~9 u# {6 c2 cmoney nothing can be done.”
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) m/ y2 D) \) H( I$ z. ]+ z: ]. o没有钱，都市人的一切生存活动都不得不停滞。为了五蕴所构建的这部机器能正常运转，
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人不得不像奴仆一样，为这部机器的能源——钱财而搏斗。我时常在想，如果人能像蚯蚓
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一样吃土也能生存该多好啊！但现实无情地告诉我，城市人要寻求生存的因是异常困难的
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  b; C* R; l$ I- W8 W' ?With no money, all living activities in the city have to come to a halt. In order to have our body

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7 [8 ~; \2 a4 I  x+ Cslaves to garner the source of its fuel—money. I often think, wouldn’t it be wonderful if humans

5 T; m$ e! W/ F2 ?+ z4 O4 W0 lcould survive just by imbibing soil like the earthworm! But cruel reality tells me otherwise: for
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  S8 l$ ?; V" g/ m' npeople living in the city, the provisions to survive are by no means easy to come by.

所以，城市的人只有忙忙碌碌。不论他是谁，都会感受为钱财奔波而带来的痛苦。以前以

为城市人过着天人一般的日子，现在方知，他们更是备受煎熬啊！这一切，令我想起山里

$ M: O& n3 Q% G的修行人。在山里，除了食物，不需要为更多的事操心，生存的因自然具足。同样是1000
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2 n0 ~9 f- A$ z! ^7 x: ?元，在山里，就是腰板挺直的大富翁；然而在城市里，却有捉襟见肘、相形见绌的感觉。

Consequently, city folks are reduced to being always on the run. The anguish of having to work
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" m" x; K: g9 I5 \- uhard for money is felt by practically everyone. Previously I had the illusion that people in the city
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live like celestial beings; only now do I come to see the extra agony they have to endure. This
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7 ^& y* O9 M% n8 s5 a) B, wreminds me of those spiritual seekers deep in the mountains where the environment is naturally
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conducive to survival. Other than food, there are not too many things to worry about, and a
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person with 1,000 yuan can stand tall and be considered a rich person. While in the city, the

same amount of money won’t go too far; one is unable to make ends meet and will feel a sense

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4 ?! i3 u' ?7 I0 Y作为修行人，就是应当以积累圣者七财为荣，积累世间钱财为耻，视清贫为最好的伴侣。

% A: u* I6 P$ I- ~, @; H* M7 U噶当派大德们最推崇的教言就是：
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A spiritual seeker should be defined as one who is proud of accruing the seven noble riches, who

is ashamed of amassing worldly possessions, and who regards poverty as a dear companion. The
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5 k9 {2 C# r- A' M/ rmost celebrated teaching among the Kadampa masters is:
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“心依于法，法依于贫，贫依于死，死依于壑。”

Base your mind on the Dharma,

Base your Dharma on a humble life,

( z: R2 B) H! W0 O. P* fBase your humble life on the thought of death,
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, F! \) {9 H- X- d. cBase your death on a lonely cave.

富贵荣华足以使人痴迷，而贫贱却足以使人睿智。

8 L4 d: I' X$ S$ h, H5 EWealth and power make one obsessive and indulgent, while poverty and humility impart to one

4 A# b8 g! y8 m9 j8 r/ G6 Qvision and wisdom.

9 \, {/ |, o$ R; ]  S* s汉地也有“一等和尚轻飘飘，二等和尚一大包，三等和尚压弯了腰”的说法。
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There is also a saying in the Han area: “The monk of the highest caliber is light and at ease, the
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monk of the second rank holds a big sack, the monk of the third rank stoops with weight.”
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! T, q9 |1 V( x9 p一位藏地的大德，在英国作学者期间，每月发工资前，就将上月的节余全部布施，自己却
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2 M4 F6 {; u* g! ~9 ]穿着破旧的衣衫。很多慕名而去拜见他的人，都难以将眼前这个外表寒碜的人，与修证圆
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满、学富五车的藏地著名大成就者的名称联系在一起。这种行为，实在令人赞叹。
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) v6 R/ ?. w0 p' G& H; ^" h5 j$ ^; ZSome time ago, an erudite Tibetan went to England as a visiting scholar. Each month before
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5 c5 X, g. d, \  h- a2 Zhimself only old ragged clothes. When visitors sought him out with admiration, they found it
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' Q% F/ \! O+ F! R& W# U0 `6 `8 thard to match the humble, scrubby person they saw with the famous Tibetan siddha of perfect

0 Z, O7 t" t7 t0 dlearning and accomplishment. His conduct deserves our highest praise.

无数的大德们都为我们做出了表率，我们实应心无旁骛地依止于贫穷。

Innumerable sages have shown us perfect examples; we should abide in poverty without the
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" D6 L( G& q# \4 C( wslightest second thought.

壬午年三月初八　　

7 m1 G) ~4 ]  ^# I( F( w2002年4月20日 　
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8th of March, Year of RenWu
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: b' T* u0 J/ _3 i: d# bApril 20, 2002