《旅途脚印》| 按摩 ——索达吉堪布

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按摩 | Question and Answer
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# v4 J$ N& S$ `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.
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- K" ?4 |) P; J( b( g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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in his profession and is also a good conversationalist.
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, K- R+ K8 e9 }) K' C1 J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，

8 s! f) c( ?+ i2 x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

" j( M7 h& U( r8 [- p$ N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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9 Z2 X% H4 l7 t: K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

2 q( g* |  R8 h: n( E! M$ B知造了什么善业，让我拥有这份手艺，可以衣食无忧……”
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" l- J5 `. h+ d8 N  [) k+ ?Soon after I lay down, he let out a flood of words: “You Buddhists always talk about karmic

  B' S7 b( e, G! W; Q: X" w9 V( N4 [retribution. I could see it indeed is infallible through my many years’ observation. Look at the
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United States, bullying others and its World Trade Center towers were blown to ashes. The
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" [. Z8 X+ h. S3 XTaliban 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
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9 J5 H% `& l- B& J5 ~  asomeone else. For myself, I must have committed some evil actions in my past lives and as a
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result, I was born blind this life. On the other hand, I must also have done unknown good deeds

$ p+ n8 w& _2 X- @5 Rso that I could learn my trade and support myself….”
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4 ]; G$ [' ~1 k; W- |, B- r7 L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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( I0 k- D" M" M+ H2 T. Z7 n- F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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。”

His words left me pondering for a while. It’s a shame that many able-bodied people often cannot

do better than a blind person. They are ignorant of the principle of cause and effect and indulge

in negative actions; when encountering misfortune, they only resent fate and blame others. They

0 _3 ^! j) F  N* O8 preckon not the following adage:
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- M& r0 v9 S" \If you want to know what you have done in your past lives,

Just observe what this life of yours has been like.

& v7 c" g: U) s9 A% @If you want to know how your future lives are likely to be,

1 S6 |8 S$ S# H, o; J6 a1 kJust 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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0 O5 y' W3 G  f1 R+ M2 ~, C* V0 \6 tAll 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
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measure less of hostility.

+ U- S- v& \. B1 T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！”

" b6 f+ [: P& Y1 \" S/ D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 \+ ^' u& D! @' a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

6 x" H$ ]6 t8 X. N6 n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

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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，我一定照此行持。”
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% V+ F. _# ]2 k* T" yWhile 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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  x" o0 A5 f2 C2 Ipain: “Ouch! Do spare your brute force!” The masseur apologized quickly: “I am sorry, I am very
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# R' Z6 f' c0 d" bsorry; somehow I was imagining you as an American. Anyway, the world is already in chaos, why
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is 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

2 g6 t, _- X- _3 U+ F/ Rmaintain one’s noble conduct’; although you are not a Buddhist, I believe this saying will benefit

you. You should always be like the lotus flower which emerges out of mud without being sullied.”
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He 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。
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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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$ p& s; U) z# R. Uthis episode can bring my masseur some understanding of the truth, my pain is all-worthwhile.
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3 T; V; \) j0 D0 F' |7 O7 n壬午年三月十三日 　
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2002年4月25日 　
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13th of March, Year of RenWu

# ^$ y: o5 m4 K1 tApril 25, 2002
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