【中英文连载】《Are You Ready for Happiness?》(70) 把痛苦转化为道用

Second: Transform Suffering into Positive Conditions for the Practice

第二，对痛苦发起欢喜心，勇敢地面对、接受痛苦，化痛苦为修行的助缘。

If we know the mind, we can face suffering with fortitude and accept it with ease; we can even develop joy in knowing that suffering and happiness are rare opportunities for mind practice. We often hear the saying: Turn grief into strength — transform sadness, sorrow, and pain into a driving force that propels us along the path.

若能掌握内心的奥秘。一旦遇到痛苦，不但能勇敢、坦然地面对，还会因为知道痛苦和幸福是难得的修行机会，而生起欢喜心。世间常听到一句话：化悲痛为力量——把伤心、难过、悲痛甚至痛不欲生的情绪，都转化为修行路上前进的动力。

How does the transformation take place? There are seven methods:

如何转化呢？有七种修法：

1.Transform Suffering into Renunciation

1、化悲痛为出离心

The rationale is to practice suffering and renunciation together; in so doing, suffering can be effectively transformed into renunciation with excellent results. There are two kinds of practice: visualization during meditation practice; contemplation after meditation practice.

这个修法的原理是：把痛苦和出离心融合在一起修持，就可以把悲痛欲绝的痛苦，转化为出离心，而且效果非比寻常。修法有两种：打坐观修；出坐以后的思维。

Visualization during Meditation Practice:

打坐观修：

First sit on the meditation cushion in the sevenfold posture of Vairochana, then take refuge and the bodhicitta vow, expel negative chi, and pray that the guru and the Three Jewels dissolve into oneself in the form of light. Next contemplate:

先以毗卢七法坐式坐在禅垫上，然后依次修皈依、发菩提心、排浊气、祈祷上师三宝化光融入自心。之后开始思维：

Samsara is filled with suffering and no one is spared from it. From the leader of a country，high government officials，and the rich to common people, thieves, beggars, and even mosquitos and ants, etc. — they all have suffering. When confronted with suffering, wealth and power are useless. The only way is to transform suffering into the path.

轮回当中不可能没有痛苦，所有众生都一样会有痛苦。上至国家总统、高官富豪，下至平民百姓、小偷乞丐，乃至蚊蚁等小生灵，都有痛苦。遇到痛苦的时候，金钱、权利都无法解决，唯一的方法，就是把痛苦转化为道用。