有钱、有地位，痛苦是否就会减少？

有些当下过得较安乐的人，表面上好像没有受什么苦，

At present, things may go well for us and we don’t seem to suffer much.

但实际上，仍没有摆脱痛苦的本性，

But, in fact, we are never separate from the nature of suffering,

这即是“行苦”。

which is called the “all-pervasive suffering of being conditioned.” And it is our very existence that sets us up for this kind of suffering.

按佛教的观点，“行苦”是指变化，

From the Buddhist viewpoint, all-pervasive suffering relates to the subtle levels of impermanence.

也就是说，只要是变动迁流的事物，即是一种痛苦。

That is, everything is subject to change due to its composite nature, and as long as anything is dependent on something else, it is unstable, unsatisfactory, and suffering occurs.

通常而言，行苦是很难体会到的。

Normally, such suffering is difficult to perceive.

宗喀巴大师在《菩提道次第广论》中用过一个比喻：

In The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Je Tsongkhapa used an analogy:

就像人生了疮没有去碰它一样，虽然暂时没什么感觉，

Neutral feelings are like a dormant boil on the body. Though at the moment the boil causes no pain,

但只要这个东西在，肿痛、溃烂的危险就在，

it still exists and so carries the potential for painful swelling and necrotic abscess;

痛苦就可能随之而来。

therefore, suffering is always just on the verge of arising.

常听有人反驳：“谁说轮回痛苦啊？

I’ve often heard retorts like this: “Who can say our existence is painful?

我现在就过得很快乐，

I am very happy with my life.

你看，我有钱、有地位，

I hold a powerful position and have money in the bank.

一点痛苦都没有！”

I do not suffer in the slightest!”

但这种快乐，你敢保证永远能如此吗？

But are you guaranteed this happiness forever?

你从小到大都是这样吗？

Have you been living your life like this from childhood up till now?

如今有些人一听“轮回皆苦”，就无法接受。

Nowadays, many people reject outright the notion that “cyclic existence is nothing but suffering,”

尤其是一些成功人士，

especially those who are riding high.

总觉得以前吃的苦太多了，现在的一切很风光、很快乐，

Having gone through harsh struggles to reach success, everything is pure pleasure to them now,

不需要再去观修什么痛苦。

and there is no more need to think about suffering.

却不知你现在的一切所为，都会成为未来痛苦之因，只不过眼前还没有感受到罢了。

Little do they know that all their current activities will become the causes of future suffering.

而一旦用微妙的智慧来观察，眼下的一切皆不离行苦的本性。

If we apply subtle insight to analyze, we can see that all phenomena are inseparable from the nature of all-pervasive suffering of conditioning. 

索达吉堪布《做，才是得到》

Khenpo Sodargye《Achieve by Doing》