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我原來是不生不滅的 - 第162集
It turns out that real self neither arises nor ceases
唐朝禪宗六祖惠能大師明心見性，性是什麼樣子，他說了五句話。性是什麼？真心，本性。第一句話說本自清淨，「何期自性，本自清淨」，何期是沒想到，沒想到我們的自性，就是我們的真心，永遠是清淨的，從來沒有染污過。
The Sixth Patriarch of the Zen school in the Tang dynasty, Great Master Hui Neng proclaimed five verses to describe the true nature after he saw into his mind and true nature (i.e., attained Supreme Enlightenment). What is the true nature? It is the true mind, the original nature. The first verse proclaimed by him is, “Who would have thought that the true nature is originally pure!” -- it never occurred to us that our true nature (i.e., the true mind) is always pure and has never been defiled.
今天地球上染污多，物質的染污、精神的染污、大自然的染污，全染污了。極樂世界沒有這種現象，永遠清淨。第二個，「本不生滅」。我們這個世界你所看到的全是生滅法，人、動物有生老病死，植物有生住異滅，礦物、山河大地有成住壞空，沒有一樣不是生滅的。
Today, there are considerable pollutions (i.e., material and mental pollution as well as pollution of nature) on the earth. Everything is polluted. Such phenomena do not exist in the Land of Ultimate Bliss because it is forever pure and clean. The second verse is, “The true nature originally does not arise and cease!” Every phenomenon that you see in this world is subject to arising and ceasing. For instance, humans and animals will undergo birth, old age, sickness and death, and plants have growing, abiding, changing and extinction, while minerals as well as the mountains, rivers and earth will go through formation, abidance, decay and disappearance. Nothing is not subject to arising and ceasing.
科學家告訴我們，我們的身體什麼組成的？細胞。有多少個細胞？大概有六十兆個，有六十兆個細胞。這六十兆個細胞壽命不一樣，有的壽命長，有的壽命短，它在新陳代謝。換句話說，每一天有很多細胞死了，隨著我們身體排泄了，毛細孔排泄的，大小便溺排泄的，那是什麼？死的細胞。我們吃下去的東西營養，又生了新的細胞，新的細胞代替了死的細胞。換句話說，昨天的身體跟今天不是一個身體。
According to scientists, what constitute our body? It is made up of cells. How many cells constitute our body? It has about 60 trillion cells and these cells have different lifespans; some have a long lifespan while some have a short lifespan. They are metabolizing. In other words, many cells die every day and are excreted from our body. What are excreted from the pores, as well as through defecation and urination? They are dead cells. Since what we eat is nourishing, new cells are born to replace the dead cells. In other words, yesterday’s body is not the same body as today.
每二十四小時，就是一晝夜，新陳代謝多少個細胞？七千億，每一天有七千億的細胞換了，舊的換成新的。每一天的身體都不一樣，不能算是同一個身體。如果你統統搞清楚、搞明白了，你的觀念是這種看法，你就曉得身體是假的，身體不是我。什麼是我？我，佛說的不生不滅。惠能大師明心見性，把我找到了，我原來是不生不滅的。
How many cells are metabolized every twenty-four hours (i.e., one day-and-night)? There are 700 billion cells being replaced every day, with the old ones being replaced with new ones. Hence, our body is different every day and cannot be considered the same body. If you understand this truth, you know that this body is illusory and not your real self. What is real self then? The Buddha told us that real self neither arises nor ceases. Great Master Hui Neng found real self after he saw into his mind and true nature; it turns out that real self neither arises nor ceases.