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捨棄假我，真我就見到了 - 第242集
If we give up the illusory self, we will see the real self.
六道凡夫都把肉身當作自己，這頭一個大錯。必須要知道，大乘法裡頭講無我，你還把身體當作我，這入不了門，初信的門入不了。那身不是我是什麼？身是假我，不是真我。有真我，因為執著有這個假我，真我見不到了；捨棄假我，真我就見到了。
Ordinary beings of the Six Realms regard their physical body as themselves, which is the first big mistake. We must know that Mahayana Buddhism talks about no-self, so if you still regard this physical body as real self, you will not be able to enter the door of the initial stage of the Ten Faiths (初信). What is this physical body then if it is not our real self? It is an illusory self and not real self. Real self does exist, but because we are attached to the existence of this illusory self, we cannot see the real self. If we give up the illusory self, we will see the real self.
真我太高了，菩薩證得三德祕藏，這個三德就是法身、般若、解脫，真我就現前了。法身裡面有常樂我淨，有我；般若裡面也有常樂我淨；解脫裡頭也有，叫三德祕藏。祕是深密，藏就是四德，常樂我淨。常不生不滅，我們這個身是有生有滅，所有的物質現象、精神現象、自然現象都是有生有滅，有生有滅是假的，不是真的。
Being able to see real self is too high an achievement; bodhisattvas who have attained the Secret Store of Three Virtues (i.e., Dharma body, prajñā wisdom and freedom) can see real self. There is permanence (eternity), happiness, real self and purity (i.e., the Four Attributes of Nirvana) in the Dharma body, as well as in prajñā wisdom and freedom (called the Secret Store of Three Virtues). ‘Secret’ connotes deep while ‘store’ refers to the Four Attributes of Nirvana. ‘Permanence’ is neither arising nor ceasing. Our physical body, as well as all the physical, mental and natural phenomena, are subject to arising and ceasing, so they are illusory and not real.
真的一定常，常就是不生不滅；一定是樂，樂是決定沒有苦。你看我們這個三界六道眾生，有苦苦，有壞苦，有行苦。有苦哪來的樂？真正樂裡頭沒有苦。有我，我是什麼？我是主宰，我是自在，真正得自在。
Anything that is real must be permanent (i.e., neither arise nor cease) and happy (i.e., definitely without suffering). You see, sentient beings of the Three Realms of Samsara and the Six Realms are bound to undergo physical suffering (i.e., direct suffering arising from external circumstances e.g., sickness, exhaustion, hunger, storm etc.), as well as the suffering of decay or destruction of the body, and the suffering produced by impermanence. Where is happiness when there is suffering? There is no suffering in true happiness. Real self does exist. What is real self? It is ‘the master’ and ‘true obtainment of freedom.’
淨是清淨，沒有染污，不受外面境界影響，可以跟外面境界共存共榮，不受它影響。我們今天受影響，眼見色，受色影響，耳聞聲被聲影響，從見色聞聲裡面，會起心動念、會分別執著，這就造業，這受影響了。諸佛菩薩眼見色不受色影響，耳聞聲不受聲影響。為什麼？全是假的。什麼叫不受影響？不放在心上就沒有影響了；放在心上就受影響了，放在心上心就被染污了，不清淨了。
Purity is without defilement; one can co-exist and co-prosper with the outside world, but would not be affected by it. Today, we are affected by the sight that we see, and the sound that we hear because we give rise to thoughts, discrimination and attachments, thereby committing karmas. Buddhas and bodhisattvas will not be affected by the sight and sound that they see and hear. Why is that so? Because they know that everything is illusory. What is called ‘unaffected’? It is not retaining what we see and hear in the mind. If we retain them in the mind, then we have been affected and our mind has become defiled, so it is not pure anymore.