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One thought is one arising-cum-ceasing
一念就是一個生滅 - 第112集
科學家在八十年前發現原子,認為原子是基本的物質,不能再分,最小。殊不知這些年來科學不斷在進步,日新月異,新的儀器發明出來,有能力掌握一千兆分之一秒,能夠掌握到。這在過去作夢都不敢想的,這樣高度的儀器,才把佛經上講的極微色找出來。科學的名字叫中微子,或者叫微中子都可以,這才是物質最小的,不能分了,再分就沒有了。
When scientists discovered the atom eighty years ago, they thought it was the basic and smallest matter that cannot be divided further. Little did they know that with the continuous advancement of science over the years, the newly invented instrument is capable of capturing a frequency of 1000-trillionth of a second. This is something people never dreamt of in the past. Only with such a high-technology instrument could scientists find the ultra-micro-material (its scientific name is neutrino) mentioned in the Buddhist sutras. This is the smallest substance because it cannot be divided anymore (nothing exists when it is divided).
佛叫它做鄰虛塵,鄰是鄰居,它跟虛空做了鄰居,就是它不能分,再分就沒有了,就是虛空。科學家還是把它分開了,一分真的沒有了,發現的是什麼?發現是念頭波動的現象。於是這個謎揭穿,物質是假的,是念頭產生的幻相,我們誤會把它當作物質,其實是假的。單獨這一個物質,我們是不能覺察到的,因為它太小,生滅的頻率太高。
The Buddha called it ‘neighbour-to-space dust’ because it is next door to the void. That’s to say it cannot be divided anymore, but scientists still divided it and indeed nothing exists when it was divided. What did they discover? They discovered the phenomenon of fluctuating thoughts, thereby revealing the mystery that matter is an illusion created by thoughts. We have been mistaking it for matter when it is actually illusory. We cannot perceive this matter (neutrino) alone because it is too tiny and its frequency of arising and ceasing is too high.
要依照彌勒菩薩所說的,它存在的時間只是一千六百兆分之一秒。換句話說,一秒鐘它生滅多少次?前念滅後念生,一秒鐘生滅一千六百兆次,單位是兆。在這麼高的頻率之下,怎麼會知道?這叫什麼?這叫一念,一個生滅就是一念,一念就是一個生滅。
According to Maitreya Bodhisattva, its duration of existence is only 1600-trillionth of a second. In other words, how many arisings and ceasing are there in a second? There are 1600 trillion incessant arisings and ceasing in a second (note that the number is in trillion). With such a high frequency, how can you be aware of it? What is this called? It is called ‘one thought’ which is one arising-cum-ceasing.