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" g4 B# b; n# c7 ^5 _; k# e$ F- M在我从少年到成年的记忆里,最佩服的人就是依罗喇嘛。% h7 ?$ q& i( J0 X
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In my memory from early youth to adulthood, the person I respected most is Lama Yulo.
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8 Z; `( c9 J" V0 E3 u1 s, A8 ^' z他身材魁梧,永远手持念珠,口诵经咒。他的脸上有一疤痕,是因年轻时走路去拉萨,途
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2 h( s' Y0 Z5 w, r' {; p中遭遇强盗所致。这不但没有影响他的形象,反而使他显得更加可爱。
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! o+ P" d( L5 I% RHe was a man of strong build. His hand perpetually moved the mala beads and his mouth6 V; J& C" z- Z9 _0 X1 i+ O
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constantly recited mantras. On his face there was a scar left by robbers he encountered when as
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. J, R% e/ P n, Ra young man he was making a trip on foot to Lhasa. This facial mark, instead of being a blemish,
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in a way made him even more likable.8 O0 b$ a/ `2 x! m
& y" N, J4 q, q& K3 C* q) y读小学期间,我一直住在他家。每天天还没亮,他就开始起床,一边念咒,一边磕头。饭. b9 T# P4 S# y- |3 W! ~0 r
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后,就开始看书和念诵一天的功课,下午坐禅,晚上念经。十几年来,周而复始,从不间) t" o% I0 ]- \( _6 ~
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6 ~0 t7 k$ p4 r( N. r4 @: LI took room and board at his house when I was attending elementary school. Every day before
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0 @' a$ h. T u/ X. X4 x: Cdawn, he would get up and start to do prostrations and at the same time recite prayers. After5 a" o1 H; X& r- s
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breakfast, he would read books and go over his daily Dharma practices. He sat in meditation in
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the afternoon and recited scriptures in the evening. For over 10 years he kept the same schedule
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, {" h Y: ^ Z6 ~) T; u/ Fover and over again without interruption.% t* o! t: b9 Z+ h2 n0 q
7 R0 x* ~1 h! \/ [( O4 x当时我以为,作为修行人本来就应当这样,所以不足为奇。如今,当我意识到我和我周围2 `! d& m6 B3 d2 l* v5 R
- B, s- R6 o4 ]9 ^的人大多是三天打鱼,两天晒网,心情好的时候就精进,心情不好的时候就散乱的情形,' m) b8 C$ j4 r6 V* r0 n; P$ R/ c
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才知道他的毅力的确值得赞叹。
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0 F2 `) E1 D' K! CAt that time I took it for granted that all practitioners should behave as he did, and felt nothing
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; m5 _1 D2 S) ^: {9 j2 P7 b- Yspecial about him. But now I see myself and others only doing spiritual practices in fits and starts.. Q1 ^1 o8 ]2 R! k1 |; c5 {) c
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We get serious only when we are in good spirits but as soon as our mood falls, we become
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; N& g/ h# f- i j1 Fdistracted and lag behind in practice. The glaring contrast makes his perseverance all the more6 ^5 j# T! }; S+ P' { d3 G5 g9 G
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, g9 } l) w+ D4 ^; _- L7 @到1987年他去世,已念了五亿多心咒。真是不算不知道,一算吓一跳。和他的精进相比,
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At the time of his passing at age 87, he had accumulated 500 million mantras, an astonishing. w8 J9 J; Y( p: G7 ^( v" A
2 r3 W- e+ G, T; f, k0 ynumber that could remain unrecognized without adding it all up. Comparing my meager
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a' y; \/ `2 ~2 {diligence with his, I really feel ashamed.
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$ M6 e8 a9 j9 P8 B《大乘阿毗达磨论》云:“诸资粮道修行人应精进闻思,诸根调柔,饮食适当,上、下半8 U6 H9 Z' e! u( R
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夜不入眠(意为只睡中夜)。”' r" q( c) u' {5 z
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In Mahayana Abhidharma Sangiti Shastra it says: “Practitioners on the path of accumulation
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should endeavor in studying, contemplating, and meditating on the Dharma; to tame the six0 p# }; d" {* I4 F, M
4 q' T1 L: | L1 z4 R" nsenses, eat appropriately, and avoid sleeping in the early or late part of the night (that is, to sleep
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only in the middle section of the night).”
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5 @4 Z& j4 [. B# i/ I“不积跬步,无以至千里;不积小流,无以成江海。”& X7 u& | |0 K& V* v0 X. G
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Without adding up many little steps, a journey of a thousand miles cannot be accomplished.
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& K3 X2 P2 g+ m9 a( rWithout the pouring together of many tiny streams, there will be no big oceans.
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一时的勤奋不算什么,一生的勤奋才是最重要的。, z: u1 J7 o4 I" m
7 x5 K. Z/ c& D- e. {! H( oAn on-and- off diligence amounts to nothing; only the diligence over a lifetime is what counts.* X: Q# w! G; Y `
4 {. N- k' _' V! F+ z! x+ l4 c壬午年三月二十六日
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2002年5月8日
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a, S# [/ k k7 t Q书于春光明媚之清晨
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26th of March, Year of RenWu% q- }: f" S3 a/ R. P) o! a
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. h, Y6 `% w% W+ |- q5 o1 o" z6 v4 `Written on a lovely spring morning# I2 d4 O# d* `
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