宗薩欽哲仁波切 2008新年紐約講話
根據宗薩欽哲仁波切
正文如下：
錄製這一段講話，是想要籍此提醒大家，應該說要提醒包括我自己在內的所有人：雖在身處這個世間、在此輪回之中，人們總是會遭遇到各種各樣的不適，各種各樣
出乎意料的狀況，甚至是反復的無常變異，但我們仍然是幸運的。相對來說，直到今天我們已經做得很好——我們能夠生存下來，而且不僅僅是生存，相對於很多跟 我們處在同一地球上的不幸眾生而言，我們已經活得夠好了。如果去思維一下，在這個危險、快速變化而充滿壓力的社會裏，那些只是勉強為繼、掙紮著存活的倖存
者們，你就會意識到：直到今天仍然能夠活得相對安適，已經是一件值得慶賀的事。
當然，我們之中也有一些朋友沒有其他人來得幸運，他們被捲入了一些狀況，例如癌症、親人過世、失去朋友，或者其他的種種不幸。但我必須說，事實上有的人正
是籍由這些不幸的經歷證明瞭自己，我要說，你們證實了自己不愧是佛陀的跟隨者。當然在一開始你們會有點退縮，但我相信，最終你們一定能承擔這一切，不光是 能夠處之泰然，更是在對佛法產生進一步瞭解之後的承擔——即使只是在理論上瞭解佛法。
嗯，我不知道大家是否注意到，我所說的其實是一個重要的事實。因為我曾經和現在都認識一些，從我們佛教徒的觀點來看，是真正意義上的不幸的人。所謂的“不
幸”是指：他們不曾被佛法所吸引，對佛法缺乏熱誠，甚至沒有絲毫的興趣，基本上他們是純粹的物質主義者。我見到過他們的起起落落。當然，當一切順遂時，他 們的貪心和期望滋長得更多更大，而非享受當下。而當他們遇到不幸，他們就會變得非常絕望、神經質，仿佛找不到出路，他們的這種態度、情緒或者意識不光影響
著自己，就連身邊的人都倍受影響。
如果你現在（從這段錄音中）聽到了各種噪音，那是因為我正身處於紐約這個不可思議的城市，所以噪音是無法避免的。我想我現在應該是在市中心的某個地方，我
祝福這個國家，因為我有聽說，美國的勢力與影響力已經開始衰退。雖然這有可能只是我們百千億萬個臆想與心理投射之一而已，但如果這是真的，我希望新一年的 到來，能為這個國家帶來清醒與繁榮，不光是美國，應該是全球。但是以我那小小的、有限的心來想的話，我覺得如果美國變得不穩定，可能會給世界上的其他國家
帶來一段時期的不穩定，不管怎麼樣，這只是我心裏突然冒出來的想法。
錄製這段講話，也是為了奉上我對即將到來的鼠年的祈禱及祝願。作為釋迦牟尼佛的跟隨者，我們都深信一條法則，那就是因果或者說業力。所以我想祈禱和祝願並
不是主觀而無用的東西，也因此我要在這裏祝福大家好運、健康、繁盛，等等等等。尤其是既然我們都發願要跟隨佛陀的步伐，有的人甚至發願要成為菩薩，因此我 祈願，不管通過什麼方法，我們所有的健康、好運和財富可以變得，假如不能與佛法相一致，最起碼不要與佛法相違背，如果可能的話，我們的所有行為、我們的整
個存在都應該對眾生有所饒益，為佛法而服務。
接下來，我想我們要提醒自己，應該要為在這個世界各個角落中，或者是你自身的世界裏、你的生活裏，隨時會發生的那些不確定、意外以及震驚的事做好準備。因
為你要知道，當然，你也許已經知道了：所有的這些意外之事和打擊都是源自於我們自己的希望、數不盡的希望、數不盡的恐懼、數不盡的期待和無數次的喪失信 心，才產生的。出於這些希望、恐懼和期待，為了製造安全感，我們造作了那麼多的規則與體系。世代以來，我們身陷於這些規則、體系與遊戲，終於我們開始發覺
自己已經無法自拔。事實上，很多人甚至處於更糟糕的境地：我們已經忘記了自己是在一個虛幻的規則、系統或者說遊戲之中，忘記了一切不過是一場遊戲而已。
因此，對於我們很多人來說，幾乎無法想像這個遊戲能夠停止，這場遊戲必須繼續下去。而且我很肯定，對於我們大部分人來講，這場遊戲將會持續很長一段時間。
當然，但願我們能夠……其實也不是一定要終止這場遊戲，但應該認識到我們只是在玩遊戲而已，不要太過沉迷遊戲，不要太被這個遊戲所追逐、所纏縛。這並不會 是像聽上去那樣的抽象和困難，我們並不是做不到的，我們完全可以做到。我的意思是，既然我們可以精通於“期待”，我們既然我們能夠學會如何去精通“期
待”，我們也就同樣能夠學會“無所期待”的藝術。當你學會“無所期待”的藝術，可能“震驚”就變成了“意外”，或者變得不再使你意外或震驚了。也就是說， 所謂的“震驚”與“意外”，是可以互相轉化的。
當然在今天，我只是想要祝大家新年快樂，這是中國和西藏的新年。我相信世界上有很多不同的新年，上個月我們已經過了一個新年了。我想，就像佛陀說的，一切
都是緣起的，而緣由心生，所以調伏自心就是關鍵。我想對於地球上的大部分人來講，“新年”就是一個緣，人們願意相信，雖然過去的一年是艱難的，但人們總是 相信新年能夠帶來一些安定、運氣、健康、財富等等。為什麼不呢，既然佛陀說一切都是緣起的。所以，作為佛法的修行者，讓我們把新年作為一個可以讓我們重新
開始的時刻來慶賀吧！當然，不僅僅是世間的事業有個新開始，出世間的事業亦當如是。但不光是新年，新的一周、新的一個月、新的一天、新的一個小時，我想我 們都可以為之慶賀。
現在我有一些話要對那些給我發過很多電子郵件或短訊的人們說。如果給我發郵件能夠為你帶來激動，歡迎你繼續發，這也能給我帶來很大的快樂。但你們要明白，
我相信你們也已經瞭解，因為我一直以來都是如此，現在再次提醒你們——我只是一個普通人而已。所以如果我要每天一一地閱讀每一封郵件，我需要在電腦前一天 待上三個小時。而你們有的人往往，在我回復了郵件之後馬上，在我還在寫下一封郵件的時候就已經又發來了四個新問題。所以大家請記住，就像先前說的，我不得
不跟大家玩這樣的一個遊戲，而且是一對好幾百的遊戲。所以那些對我不回郵件已經不耐煩或者有點苦惱的人們，我必須提醒你，你要接受這個現實並以此慶賀你的 新年。
就像你們現在（從錄音中）聽到的，我身邊總是有各種的事務，而我又好像有某種學習障礙，我總是記不住別人的名字，記不住各種約會或者會面，這些可能都給你
們很多人帶來了壓力，所以請試著以學習如何不抱太大的期望來開始這個新年吧，不僅是對我不要抱太大期望，也對你認識的每一個人，對世界、對國家，對政客， 對足球俱樂部，對你最喜歡的俱樂部，都要學會不抱太大的期望。
好了，我想你們已經注意到我已經被（電話鈴）分心了，就這樣吧，我們會在明年再相見！
英文稿：
This is to
remind all of you, I should say all of us including myself, how fortunate we
have been that although living in this world, this Samsara, one is almost
always certain to encounter of all kinds of discomfort here and there,
unexpected situations here and there, and at times quite volatile situations.
Relatively
speaking, we have all done quite well until today, that we have survived, and
not only just survived, we have survived much better compared to many
unfortunate beings just on this earth alone. If you think about the sheer
survivor struggling to just mere surviving in this dangerous and fast moving
and stressed society, one would realize that to have just lived relatively
comfortably till today is worth celebrating.
Of course some
of our friends have been little less lucky than the rest of us, have stumbled
into situation such as cancer, death in the family, loss of friendship, and
many any other situations, unfortunate situations. But I must say that many of
these people have actually proved themselves to be, I should say not
disgraceful follower of the Buddha. Of course some of you may have a bit of
hiccup in the beginning, but at the end of the day, I think many of you have
managed to accept it, not only graciously, but accept them with the
reinforcement of understanding the Dharma, even it means just intellectual one.
em, I don’t know whether you
notice that what I’m saying is kind of big deal because
I have also known or I still to know people who are from what we Buddhist point
of view call really unfortunate, unfortunate in the sense that they have no
attraction or enthusiasm or inclination to the Buddha Dharma, to the teachings,
basically pure materialistic, and I have seen them going through also lots of
ups and down, and of course when they go through good situations instead of enjoying
that their greed and their expectation becomes higher, bigger. And when they
encounter unfortunate situations they really you know become very desperate and
kind of nervosity and basically kind of like no way out, kind of attitude or
the feeling or mind stream not only to themselves but also to their own people.
If you are
hearing all these different noises, then because I’m in this incredible
city of New York, that’s why this is kind of unavoidable. I think I’m somewhere in the middle of New York City, and I pray that this
country, because from what I hear that the power and the influence of this
country is beginning to end. And so this could be just another of our millions
and billions of imaginations and projections but if it is, towards the end I
hope that this new year will bring sanity and prosperity and peace to this
country and not only this country but world in general. But I don’t know, somehow my small limited mind thinks that if this country
becomes unstable, it might make the rest of the world also unstable for a
while, anyway this just came out from my mind.
This is also to
wish and offer my aspiration for the coming year of the Mouse. As follower of
the
Sakyamuni Buddha, we all have a conviction in the law of cause condition and
effect in other words Karma. And as a believer of Karma,I think the practice of
wishing and aspiration is not something arbitrary, so here I wish you all good
fortune, good health, prosperity etcetera, etcetera. And especially since many
of us are aspiring to follow the footsteps of the Gautama Buddha, and some of
us are even aspiring to becoming a bodhisattvas, I wish that all our good
fortune, good health, and prosperity will in one way or anther become, if not
become compatible with the Dharma, at least not contradict the Dharma, and if
possible all our actions, our very being will also benefit all sentience
beings, and become the service to the Dharma..
Having said
that, I think we must remind ourselves that we should be prepared for all kinds
of uncertain, surprises and shocks, that is awaiting us in many different
corner of this world or your world your life. Because you know, of course you
all know that, all these surprises and shocks they come just because of our own
hopes, endless hopes, and endless fears and endless expectations and endless
loss of confidence. And out of these hope and fear and expectation, in order to
sort of create a sense of security we have created so many rules and systems,
and for generations we insert ourselves into these rules and systems, games,
and now many of us find so difficult to eject ourselves. In fact, many of us is
in the worse situations because we have even forgotten that we are in some kind
of a illusory rule or system or game, that is just a game.
So for many of
us I think it’s almost unthinkable to stop the game, the game has to go on, and I’m
sure for many of us the game will go on for some time. Of course hopefully we
will, not
necessarily stop the game, but realize that we are playing the game and not get
too sort of stuck with that game, and too caught up or too worked up or too
occupied with this game. And this is not as abstract and as difficult it may
sound, it’s not undoable, it’s very much doable. I
mean as much as we have mastered having expectations, we have learned, mastered
having expectations, we can also learn the art of non-expectations. When you
learn the art of non-expectations that probably shocks might become surprise,
maybe things might not surprise you or things might not shock you or as it says
shocks might become surprise, surprise might become shock.
Of course here
today I’m wishing all of you just one kind of a new year, Chinese and
Tibetan new year, I’m sure there are many different new
years, we already celebrated one new year a month ago. I guess as Buddha said,
everything is condition and conditions are made by mind, therefore taming the
mind is the key. I guess new year is a condition for lots of people on this
earth to celebrate, I don’t know, new year to make
belief that the past year has been a tough year but maybe, you know make believe
that this new year will bring some kind of stability, fortune, good health,
prosperity and all that. Why not? As Buddha said everything is conditioning. So
as a practitioner of the Buddha Dharma, let us celebrate the New Year as a
point where we can kind of make belief that we can start fresh, of course not
only the worldly activities but the spiritual activities. Not only the new year
but new week, new month, new day, new month, new hour, I think all can be
celebrated.
I have a
personal message for those who have been sending me many E-mails and messages,
please keep on sending them if sending a mail to me gives you a thrill, it
gives me a lot of joy. But you must understand, I’m sure you already understood the
way, because I’ve been here, I’ve
been around for some time in this earth, so by now you must re-know that I’m just a ordinary human being. So if I have to go through all the
E-mail everyday, then that is almost like sitting in front of the computer
three hours a day. And some of you as soon as I send a reply, you send me four
new questions while I’m writing the next E-mail. So you
just please remember I have to sort of play this game as I was saying before,
one against several hundreds, so those who are impatient or are a little bit annoyed with
no reply, then I must remind you to celebrate your new year with this
realization.
And as you can
hear there are always all kinds of things going on surrounding me, and I have
this dyslexia I don’t remember the names, I don’t remember the
dates and appointments and all of that, so this may have also caused lot of
stress to you people, many of you. So try to begin this new year by learning
how not to expect too much, not only from me just from every one, from every
one you know like from the world the country, the politicians, the foot ball
club, your own favorite club.
OK.I think I’m already distracted
as you may have noticed, that’s about it, I’ll be seeing you next year!
——原文網址：http://dorophy101.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!BE4E3843E08E8CDB!5350.entry
願 善妙增廣！
