Episode 198 — 一切世間法並不妨礙修行

一切世間法、世俗法並不妨礙修行。我們在前面學過無住生心，生心就是生起菩提心。菩提心是什麼？大乘教裡頭常說的，真誠心、深心、大悲心。真誠心是菩提心的本體，真誠心就是真心，這不是妄心，真心能生能現萬法。

All mundane affairs do not hinder our cultivation. We have previously learned about developing correct mindfulness while the mind does not abide in anywhere. Developing correct mindfulness is developing the bodhi mind. What is ‘bodhi mind’? It is often described as the sincere, deep and great compassionate mind in the Mahayana teachings. A sincere mind, which is the true mind (not the deluded mind), is the basic substance of the bodhi mind. The true mind can produce and manifest myriads of phenomena.

深心跟慈悲心是真心的作用，它起作用，起作用有兩個作用，一個是對自己的，一個是對別人的。對自己叫深心，對別人的叫慈悲心，用慈悲待人，用深心克己。深心是什麼？我這幾十年講菩提心，深心我用《無量壽經》的經題「清淨平等覺」，要用這個心對待自己。清淨不受染污，平等心不為動搖，別人冤枉你，別人毀謗你，你聽了生不生氣？

The deep and compassionate mind are the functions of the true mind i.e., one for oneself and one for others. We treat others with compassion and use the deep mind to restrain ourselves. What is the deep mind? I have been talking about the bodhi mind for decades, and I have been using the title of the Infinite Life Sutra (i.e., purity, impartiality and enlightenment) to describe the deep mind. We must use this mind to treat ourselves. Purity is undefiled, while impartiality is unmoved. Will you feel angry if others wrong and slander you?

如果一生氣，你被他動搖，你就錯了。要怎麼樣？聽了之後笑笑，沒事。聽了之後要想一想，他毀謗我，我有沒有？有則改之，無則加勉。我有這個過失，他說出來了提醒我，我要改過自新；我沒有，他誤會，笑笑，絕不放在心上，放在心上就被動搖了，就搖晃了。

If you get angry, then you are wrong because you have been affected by them. What should you do? After hearing the slander, you should just smile as if nothing happened. You must also reflect whether you did commit the wrongdoing. If you did, then you can regard their slander as a reminder to rectify your fault. If you did not commit it, then you must cautiously avoid making the mistake and cannot retain the matter in your mind. If you retain it in your mind, then you have been affected by them.