《旅途脚印》| 按摩 ——索达吉堪布

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按摩 | Question and Answer

( S, n2 W9 Z$ |& C6 d遵照医嘱，我必须每天接受按摩。
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According to my doctor’s advice, I should get a massage treatment daily.

9 \" V. E' J# n* D. L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

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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
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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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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

9 O% D4 R' i2 I/ ]知造了什么善业，让我拥有这份手艺，可以衣食无忧……”

Soon 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
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& ~& n" p) t& v. D1 X1 v( R8 rUnited 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

in. 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

' ^% R) I  y- ?. B- d  Eresult, I was born blind this life. On the other hand, I must also have done unknown good deeds

+ _) _! \  x1 R4 E2 yso 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。
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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

。”

% L7 A' B. p+ W6 p% V2 }His words left me pondering for a while. It’s a shame that many able-bodied people often cannot
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" i- b6 h/ z0 c$ l- i/ B3 _do better than a blind person. They are ignorant of the principle of cause and effect and indulge

$ x9 Y6 u5 j$ O6 ^5 d/ Z4 o+ vin negative actions; when encountering misfortune, they only resent fate and blame others. They
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If you want to know what you have done in your past lives,

/ G- w  S; V$ `+ R2 E  Z' XJust observe what this life of yours has been like.
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! t; `9 F; Z4 ]$ D+ F$ e. F7 D  {If you want to know how your future lives are likely to be,
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* Z/ e2 ?) p  V+ c1 QJust 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。

All of our fate, good or bad, results from our own deeds. If everyone could have faith in causality
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as my masseur does, I believe the world will have one measure more of decency and one
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# t/ t: M; H( f* @7 T, Lmeasure less of hostility.
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: x" {' O' y+ |: ~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！”

% L& D, x* `0 Q) M7 A* w! J5 b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

7 h: L$ F2 S7 O4 ]& P1 Z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

0 ^8 y" k- m: y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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# D- y' [4 M# h  s# t! M; ]1 e，我一定照此行持。”
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; d: e- o) V* p- RWhile deep in thought, all of a sudden I felt a heavy blow on my back that made me cry out with

( z$ \$ |) [' [; x) z9 ~pain: “Ouch! Do spare your brute force!” The masseur apologized quickly: “I am sorry, I am very

& h% D1 X" |2 B* Psorry; somehow I was imagining you as an American. Anyway, the world is already in chaos, why
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9 `2 s% ?5 Q9 J7 i+ f* s) b0 b( ?/ T$ yis it that I cannot fumble about at will? Why can’t I speak at liberty, or indulge in fancies?” I
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chuckled heartily and said: “In Tibetan Buddhism, there is a great master called Mipham
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Rinpoche. He once said, ‘Even if the whole world is filled with evil beings, one should still

  A8 @+ b2 i8 e1 @/ Pmaintain one’s noble conduct’; although you are not a Buddhist, I believe this saying will benefit

) ?: z2 ]1 V# M' H4 Ayou. You should always be like the lotus flower which emerges out of mud without being sullied.”

He replied: “Thank you so much for your advice, I shall follow it faithfully.”

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。
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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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13th of March, Year of RenWu
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. N* S- {, n% B7 Q8 `7 IApril 25, 2002