在家庭中如何了緣了債？｜雙語問答

06-12

How to End the Destiny and Pay the Debts in Family?

在家庭中如何了緣了債？

凡夫眾生都是愚痴顛倒的，都是可憐至極、苦不堪言的，無論是健康者還是殘疾者，無論是富有者還是貧窮者都一樣。

Ordinary persons are all ignorant, reversed, pathetic and painful, which is the same whether you are healthy or disabled, rich or poor.

此處尤其強調，對殘疾人、窮人等下等人不要輕蔑。從輪迴的角度講，這些眾生都是我們過去的父母，對我們有恩德；從究竟的角度來講，這些眾生都是未來佛；從自性的角度講，這些眾生都是清凈的，都應該恭敬。因此，無論面對任何人，都要以慈悲心去感化。

I must emphasize particularly that we should never scorn the disabled, the poor and so on. From the aspect of samsara, these sentient beings were our parents in past lives and they had great kindness to us; from the aspect of ultimate truth, they are the future Buddhas; from the aspect of Buddha-nature, they are all pure and deserved our respect. Thus, whoever we face to, we should influence them by compassion.

但是，若內心不慈悲，即使對他再好，付出再多也無法感化他。比如，我們以慈悲心為家人付出，這也是一種修行，是可以感化他們的。

However, you cannot influence a person without compassion, even if you are kind to him and do a lot for him. Conversely, for example, if we devote with compassion to our family, which is also a kind of practice, we can move them.

再比如，我們每天做火施，火施即是布施餓鬼道的眾生及無始劫以來的冤親債主們，但前提條件是具有慈悲心。只有慈悲心才能感化他們。

Another example, although we practice the fire puja every day, which is to donate to beings in hungry ghost realm and karmic creditors from the beginningless time, the precondition to really benefit them is with compassion. Only compassion can influence them.

慈悲心是良藥。慈悲心是拔除一切眾生痛苦，給予一切眾生安樂，這種心是平等的。願一切眾生離苦得樂，這也是一種慈悲心，但這是普通的慈悲心。在小乘修行人中，包括阿羅漢，也有這種慈悲心，但他們不敢去接觸眾生，所以這種慈悲心是不究竟的。究竟的慈悲心是大乘修行人應該具備的。

Compassion is good medicine. Compassion is to eradicate all beings』 sufferings and give them happiness at the same time. This kind of mind is of equality. Hoping all beings leave sufferings and attain bliss is also compassion, but it』s common. Among the Hinayana Buddhists, including Arhats, they have such compassion. However, they are afraid to contact with sentient beings, thus such compassion is not ultimate. The ultimate compassion is what the Mahayana Buddhists should possess.

比如我們的家人、冤親債主都是眾生的一部分，用這種慈悲心去面對他們，為他們做事，為他們付出，才能感化他們。

For example, our family members, karmic creditors are parts of sentient beings, and we face them with compassion, doing things for them, devoting to them. Only in this way can we influence them.

家庭很重要，慈悲心更重要，這樣才可以了緣了債，才可以解決問題。否則都是冤親債主，你越給，他要的越多；你越付出，他越貪婪，要求越高……這也是一種輪迴。今生我欠你，我還你；來世你欠我，你還我……欠還、還欠……冤冤相報沒完沒了，這叫輪迴。我們為什麼不解脫？為什麼活得不自在？因為都有債。如果以慈悲心去對待這些眾生，才能了緣了債，這是很重要的。

Family is important, and compassion is much more important. Only with compassion can we end the destiny and pay the debts, as well as solve the problems. Otherwise, they are all karmic creditors. The more you give, the more they want; the more you devote, the greedier they become and the higher they demand... This is a kind of samsara too. In this life, I own you and I pay you back; in afterlives, you own me, and you pay me back... owning and paying, paying and owning... The endless cycles of reprisal and retaliation is called samsara. Why can』t we liberate? Why don』t we live at ease? It is because we all have debts. If we face them with compassion, we can end the destiny and pay the debts. It』s significant.

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