无有智慧，善恶皆为业

Karma — Tidal Wave

(五）业力——海啸

The biggest problem that comes next is that of good versus bad. From afflictions to good and bad, the billows are now like a tidal wave. If we have hatred in our heart, we live in discord and commit wrong-doing; we use harsh language, physically harm others, and even kill. If we practice virtue with attachment, the good karma we create is imperfect. Although good and bad are clearly different, from the standpoint of clarity, both are already far removed from clear light. Whether good or bad, they are equally distant from the basic nature; hence they come under the same category and are known in the sutras as “Karma.”

随着烦恼接踵而来的最大问题，就是善恶。善恶就像是烦恼巨浪最后变成的海啸。因为有了嗔恨心，所以忿忿难平，最后骂人、打人、甚至杀人，这就是恶。或者，因为带着实有的执著去行善，从而积聚了一些有漏的善业。虽然行善本身很好，善和恶肯定是迥然不同、一好一坏，但从光明的角度来讲，善和恶都已经离光明很远了。无论善恶，与本性之间的距离都是一样的，所以在这里我们把善恶放在一起，佛经中统称为“业”。

Our circumstances in this lifetime, whether favorable or not, happy or not，are all the result of good and bad karma we created in the past. Just as the tidal wave brings great destruction to mankind, karma locks us in the endless suffering of samsara.

我们现在的好与不好，幸福与痛苦，都取决于过去的善业和恶业。就像海啸带给人类的是灾难一样，善恶业带给我们的，就是茫茫轮回的无尽痛苦。

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