保持如如不动的心多好啊！
Are You Ready for Happiness? (75)
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To let go is to be free of attachment; without attachment, there is no suffering.
放下就是不执著，只要不执著，就不会痛苦。
The Buddha taught that all worldly phenomena arise from causes and conditions. The conditions for suffering and happiness are objective factors; the cause is our own attachment.
佛陀告诉我们：因缘产生了世间的一切。痛苦与快乐的缘，是客观因素；因，是我自己的执著。
To give an example, good and bad karma created in our previous life or the life before are the causes and conditions for our cyclic existence. Even an arhat is still burdened with past unfinished karma in this life. If we can eliminate attachment, the past cause cannot ripen. Just as in cultivating a field, the seeds will not grow without moisture, the right temperature, and sunlight. Good and bad karma in our past are like seeds; without attachment, they cannot mature.
比如说，上一世或再上一世所造的善业或罪业，都是让我们流转轮回的因缘。即使是阿罗汉，此生也有很多过去的业没有消尽。若能断除执着，过去的因就无法成熟。就像种田，即使有了种子这个因，但如果没有潮湿、温度、阳光等缘，也没办法发芽。我们过去的善恶，就像一粒种子，如果没有执着，也没办法成熟。
The Buddha taught that all phenomena are impermanent, imperfect，of the nature of suffering，and empty; it’s not worth fixing any attachment on them. If by way of practice we gain this basic understanding, we can be free of attachment and suffering, and attain liberation.
佛陀告诉我们，万事万物是无常、有漏、痛苦、空性的，不值得我们去执着。若能通过修行，体会到佛说的这些道理，就能放下执着，远离痛苦，获得解脱。
In samsara, everything is illusory; we have no freedom or control over things, including our own mind. Greed, anger, ignorance, jealousy, and arrogance disturb and imprison us. As our mind is not free, we follow wherever external circumstances take us; this is normal, nothing to be alarmed about.
在轮回这么一个恶劣的环境当中，一切都是变幻莫测、不由自主的，包括我自己的内心，也一点都不自由。贪心、嗔心、愚昧、嫉妒、傲慢等烦恼会让我心烦意乱、不得解脱。没有自由的人一定会跟着外境的变化而变化，这很正常，没有什么值得大惊小怪的。
If only I can be like the Buddha, bodhisattvas, and arhats who always abide in a state of great equanimity, free from external influences!
如果我能像佛菩萨和阿罗汉那样，不随外界的变化而变化，始终保持如如不动、平稳悠然的心境该多好啊！
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