解脱就是在轮回之路上逆向而行

We are all ordinary people; all must be reborn. No one can stop this, not even the Buddha. If the Buddha were able to end death and rebirth，we would all be out of samsara by now. Unfortunately，that is not the case! No ordinary people can choose what to be in the next life or not to be reborn. If we were to come back to samsara willingly, no one would choose to be animal, let alone hungry ghost or go to the hell realm. Yet, there are innumerable sentient beings in the hell realm, all because of the stubborn desire for samsara.

我们都是凡夫，死了以后一定要投生，非投生不可，连佛都挡不了。如果佛能够阻挡，今天我们肯定不会在轮回里，佛已经把我们全部度完了，但事实却并非如此。作为凡夫，谁都不能选择一定要投到哪里——一定要做人，一定要做天人等等。为什么我们一定要反反复复、不由自主地投生呢？这肯定不是我们的本愿。如果出于自愿的话，那绝对没有一个众生愿意投生为畜生，更没有愿意投生到饿鬼、地狱道的，但地狱里面却充满了无以计数的众生。为什么呢？因为我们对轮回有贪心，这是很简单的道理。

To those who know little about the Dharma, it is quite complicated to explain the path to liberation. Where is liberation? How to get there? One can always find a way to go to any place on earth from a map, but the path to liberation seems not so straightforward. It would be much easier if one follows the Buddha’s teachings，however. Imagine that all the people on the street are moving forward, but one of them suddenly turns around and starts walking back. On the road of samsara, most sentient beings are moving toward the realms of hell beings, hungry ghosts and animals, whereas Dharma practitioners are heading back to the natural, pure state.

对不太了解佛法的人来说，怎么样走解脱道，是一个非常复杂的问题。解脱在哪里？解脱的路线怎么走？地球上的任何一个地方，都可以通过地球仪、地图来查找路线；但解脱的路怎么走，就似乎显得很麻烦。但是，依靠佛的教诲就不是很难。就像一条街上的所有人都在往前走，其中一个人一下子掉头往回走一样。在轮回的道路上，所有的众生都是往前走。往前走走到哪里呢？走到地狱、旁生、饿鬼道等处，但修行人却往回走了，往回走，走到哪里呢？就是要回归自然。