25/12/2022
【A Mind Like Snow (心似白雪)】聖嚴師父🙏
在日常生活中，要使心靈沈靜甚為困難；似乎僅在無所事事時，心才得安寧。不管外在或內在有事牽動情感時，或當人患得患失時，心靈便受干擾。
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大多數的人希望有平和、不被擾動的心，希望能放下一切羈絆開濶胸懷。然而一旦個人遭逢逆境時,往往所有的理論都消失不見,而不管我們怎麼努力，都無法使心靈沈靜。
如果你每逢逆境時就心亂、失去分寸、煩惱，甚至憤怒，無疑的你會損失許多能量。我們修行的理由之一，是期許自已在任何情況下都能維持安詳寧靜的心靈。
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你是否曾注意到下雪時，多麼寂靜？因為雪會吸收聲音，雪有許多值得我們學習的訊息。
當你遭遇逆境時，與其用負面的方式回應，不如讓你的心靈吸收並溶解問題，如此心靈便得寧靜平和。潛心修行直到一切問題都消失，這是用在日常生活中最好的方法。
摘自 / The Infinite Mirror《寶鏡無境》
相片 / 聖嚴法師拍攝
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In day-to-day living, you may find it extremely difficult to settle the mind. It might seem that the only time the mind feels settled is when there is nothing to do. When something happens - either externally or internally - that engages the emotions, or when you encounter gain or loss, the mind becomes disturbed.
Most of us wish to have peaceful, undisturbed minds and to be able to put down attachments and have open minds. But when personal adversity strikes, often all theories go out the window and we cannot settle our minds no matter what we do.
If you become disturbed, unbalanced, vexed, or angry every time you encounter adversity, you will undoubtedly lose a lot of energy. One of the reasons why we practice is so that we can maintain an undisturbed mind in all situations.
Have you noticed how quiet it is when it is snowing? It is because snow absorbs sound. There is much to learn from snow.
When you encounter adversity, instead of reacting negatively, allow your mind to absorb and dissolve the problem. In this way your mind will be undisturbed and at peace. Practice so that any and all problems disappear. This is an excellent method for daily life.
Photographed by Master Shengyan
