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/ U. H' a1 G4 s2 ?8 y2 M+ D# p还俗 | Resuming Secular Life, ?4 c8 t; h' z7 i+ p j
$ b' ^$ ^8 r" v! k# C% ~1 c# ~十分不想写下这个标题！但在这个五欲增盛的浊世，还俗已成为不得不面对的残酷现实。/ b3 F0 K! [) J1 L9 d3 T: b! t
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与其避重就轻地逃避这个题目，不如勇敢地正视它。
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How reluctant am I to touch upon this subject! But “to leave the monastic order” presents a/ |7 g- f A; O# i
% M. c- V/ F* P0 v+ u+ k! Z7 Ocruel reality we must face in the current time of five degenerations. Instead of dodging the issue,
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I may as well look at it squarely and bravely.' [' } \% M; b( V3 {& q; _. P
3 I& E0 V& K5 @* o9 e# P9 ]今天，听到一位出家十几年的人，为烦恼所缠，已还俗好几个月了。听到这个消息，心里
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; u8 h. ]# I; ^% X/ M像吃了一只苍蝇般不是滋味。记得在他出家初期，也可算得上是闻思精进、戒律清净、智
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* Q1 Q2 B' |, \6 ~. S9 `慧日益增上的典范。他曾说过：“我只要活一天，决不还俗。让我还俗，还不如死掉。”
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这样一位下了很大决心的人，却食言还俗，十分令人痛心。! O+ W7 N" D, r8 B
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A few months ago a monk, beset by afflictions, declared to renounce his monastic life of more& [' K9 m1 _+ |
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than 10 years. When I heard this news today, I got quite upset as if I had swallowed a fly. I recall
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early on, his ordained peers had regarded him as a model by his diligent study and keeping pure
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precepts. Once he asserted: “As long as I am alive, I will never leave the monastic order even for
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* k: ?, n2 v2 Yone day. For me, returning to the worldly life is worse than dying.” A person who proclaimed his
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; S4 p. J( ?" e j6 @faith with such strong determination still ended up eating his own words and repealed his vow.2 l6 x1 k9 x) {# t4 Z8 P
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How can I not feel sick at heart!& `& ] Q7 }- w; K! b" B
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他在电话中闭口不谈佛法，却无休止地言及他的生意。当问到他生意如何时，他像饱含 了
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& v' z. u- X; l( Y' Y9 k( z1 W一大堆苦水，忙不迭地向我倾倒：“如今的生意太难做了！每天8小时，却挣不到十元钱。" f; X$ Y4 q& p
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想起以前出家时无忧无虑的生活，真像在天堂一样啊！唉！！”听了他的苦恼，我真不知
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该如何应答。
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! n% _$ ~# ~: J0 ~3 k, ~Over the phone, he veered away from discussing the Dharma, but instead tattled endlessly about
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* j5 \4 I1 A7 Y. }& Ihis business. When I asked how it was going, he started to pour out to me his pent-up miseries:
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. v4 B6 v; x) U/ g“You know, it’s so difficult to do business these days! My hard labor of eight hours daily earns me
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less than 10 yuan. The ordained life at the monastery, as I recall now, was so peaceful and worry-+ D( ^5 ]7 y9 f7 i9 p
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free, almost like living in heaven! Alas!!” Hearing his complaints, I have no idea how to respond.
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0 |9 i7 i3 {8 x) U3 Y不过令我庆幸的是，他的见解至今尚未改变，对三宝的信心也没有退减，忏悔心恒时不离4 I0 x4 [! G4 s* M
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左右。虽忙于生意，却不离念诵。6 p& k) Y u/ ]7 ?# q& _
& G. s7 q, d2 H7 o7 i0 ^) {But there is some consolation for me: He is still holding onto his views and his faith in the Three q, K& {" W$ g- @7 l0 j- i" E
. w# X) S1 @% n# r) |9 F# VJewels has not waned. He takes every opportunity to do the purification practice and also
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5 X( k9 \( t8 Uremembers to recite mantras while busy with his shop.
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喇拉曲智仁波切曾有一位很有名的弟子因故还俗，但别人毁谤他时，仁波切却说：“毁谤
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; Q) h. H& ~8 p: m别人是错误的，他的身体虽然还俗了，心却没有还俗。”
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0 c) _! x" M" _Once, one of Lhala Chodri Rinpoche’s main disciples left the monastic order for some reason.
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- v6 i$ o& u% D' M: }When others condemned him, Rinpoche said: “It’s not right to speak badly about others.( Q& V) m1 y, y c
0 a$ C. b) R) dAlthough his body has resumed a worldly life, he has not done so in his heart.”& m9 j. r9 ~ s- E- a. f! ~: V0 v |
9 F. H, C6 y% i+ E佛经云：“宁可毁尸罗，切莫坏正见。”《中观四百论》中也说：“宁毁犯尸罗，不损坏. z6 m. d* t. L6 b! ~& n2 y- u
$ h. \7 b, F* x" Z! w( q% w正见。”如果见解毁坏，不行忏悔，反而责怪上师三宝，即使身体没有还俗，其内心却已8 @; M) ]3 Z- I. _, D# s* g& u% D
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It is stated in the scripture: “Better to break the precepts than to damage the right view.” In the
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0 P" M/ d" N( B. D( y0 S8 ZFour Hundred Verses of Madhyamaka, it says: “One would rather transgress edicts than abandon9 q; i/ Z& z& @$ {5 m' O
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the right view.” If a person has ruined his right view but, instead of confessing sincerely, he: x$ A5 @2 S. T* K7 c/ e
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points the finger at the guru or the Three Jewels, then this person’s mind is incurably corrupt,
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& d$ A6 K- s# C! N0 @8 M5 Seven though his body has not returned to the secular world.
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+ {/ [7 d5 M9 h, @# N5 ]壬午年三月十九日
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$ ~" W1 C# \: O/ f7 A( J/ G2 V2002年4月30日
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19th of March, Year of RenWu. o4 f8 X8 S% B
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April 30, 2002
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