《旅途脚印》| 看戏 ——索达吉堪布

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看戏 | Seeking Entertainment

在这个人心陷溺、物欲横流的世上，只要有点时间和金钱，人们就喜欢到娱乐场所看戏、
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2 q2 t' _, [/ R2 U% Q: Q听音乐，美其名曰艺术熏陶。沉醉其中却没有丝毫的反省和犹豫，仿佛忘了死之将至。

9 C2 N& W4 t; \: `+ U! WThese days, human morality is sinking low and materialism is gaining the upper hand. People

with any available time and money would go to popular places to see a film or a show, and term
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it refining one’s cultural taste. Totally mesmerized by the entertainment, it never occurs to them

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death, it’s something far too remote to think about.

) Q9 ]$ a, i9 n, H世尊在因地的时候曾转世为铁室王子，在过水莲节的时候，人们为他举行了盛大的歌舞表

8 D+ u5 \5 s. e0 [# \; p! _9 _演活动。看到周遭的人们喜笑颜开，王子深感悲切地说：“呜呼！世间烦恼众，不稳无喜

) r% D6 A" K: X: [4 C& ?" t乐，然此水莲节，反觉乐稳固，此等凡夫众，无惧真稀有。死主遮生路，无虑贪欢乐，老
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病死怨敌，时时横眼前，定趋来世道，智者谁欢喜？”

8 E& ~  o: h4 MIn one of his previous lives, the Buddha was reborn as the Prince of Iron Chamber. On the

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3 B" }! Q  R" A) Nsinging to please him. On seeing the jubilant crowds all around him, the Prince instead was
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saddened and lamented deeply: “Alas! For beings rife with negative emotions, there is not a
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( ?: `2 |- E9 n. p( p" tscrap of stability or happiness. At the Water Lotus Festival, they feel their joy is everlasting. Not

, @  A- ]* d4 x& N+ ~0 Uhaving any worry or fear, such ignorance of theirs is indeed startling. The Lord of Death blocks
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; L7 |+ r$ b% [1 a1 gthe path of life. Just as one recklessly enjoys happiness, the nemeses—sickness, old age, and
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" @$ T" g9 t3 f5 k% k$ g: i. zdeath—wait always around the corner. How could a wise person be joyful when facing the

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+ a5 _2 b3 p: F# K) v# }7 S! ^刘备在临终之际，为使自己历经千辛万苦而创下的蜀汉家业，不至于功亏一篑，谆谆告诫

儿子刘禅：“勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为。”先父走后，刘禅早已将忠告抛之脑后

，整日寻欢作乐，企图在前人栽种的树荫下乘凉，最终遭致大好河山被人掠夺的结局。当
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他被软禁于他国之时，仍不知好歹地一边看着宫女的表演，一边厚颜无耻地说道：“此间

# w8 R7 B% @! A乐，不思蜀。”丝毫不知亡国之恨，真是令人感慨万分。
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8 G# v! f& c4 A( ?# l. j" BLiu Bei, the founding father of the Shu Han Dynasty, established his kingdom through

innumerable hardships. To make sure his family lineage would last and not fail him, he earnestly

0 ?2 J& E0 x3 A6 }: o, |" R3 Yleft his son Liu Chan these last words: “Never commit any evil deed however minor it may be;

never miss doing any good deed however tiny it may seem.” Liu Chan sadly did not heed the
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advice in the least. After his father’s death, he cared only to enjoy his ancestor’s fruits of labor,

- i/ ~9 v1 O# W% J+ Tindulging himself in sensual pleasures day and night and eventually, he lost the once-mighty

kingdom to enemies. Worse, as he was detained in other states, he still took delight in watching

the chambermaids’ dancing and gloated shamelessly: “I’m too delighted to be homesick!” In him

there was not the slightest remorse or anguish that his Shu Kingdom had been conquered. What

a wretch, it’s utterly lamentable!

+ x9 [% o4 Q& N& D# M( j有的修行人也一样，终日沉迷于歌舞升平的生活，毫不察觉死主将临，实在与刘禅无异。

Many so-called practitioners, regaling themselves in pleasure all the time, are also entirely
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oblivious to the imminent arrival of the Lord of Death. They do not fare any better than Liu Chan.
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你在台下看戏，殊不知自己也正在人生的大舞台上扮演着自己的角色。如何使之更加丰美

0 b! C# X) E. T# |、更加完善，是值得我们思考的大问题。

  |" G3 D2 d% L; F5 b9 k) UWhile watching a show, we consider ourselves spectators. But do we recognize that on the larger
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5 ]& Y, R# w, a& ?5 T4 b$ Lstage of life, we all are actors performing our own dramas? How to make our own show richer
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and better to the best of our abilities—isn’t it a big issue worthy of deep pondering!

壬午年三月二十一日　
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2002年5月2日　　
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21st of March, Year of RenWu
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May 2, 2002

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