《旅途脚印》| 枇杷 ——索达吉堪布

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枇杷 | Loquat Fruit

6 A. c, T+ l8 y, e厄尔尼诺现象使仲春的天气如同盛夏，天气异常闷热。
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8 i: ?1 s* C8 Q$ P' ^# TDue to the El Niño effect, the spring weather has turned out to be very hot and humid, almost

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; i! i7 G+ Y2 k8 k忽见街上一人肩负竹篓，里面装满金黄的果实，在几片叶子的衬托下，晶莹饱满，令人垂

# y! Q4 O  l7 r; @3 D6 K0 p/ c6 [涎欲滴。从未见过如此之物，向人讨教，方知是枇杷。剥开一颗，放之嘴里，清凉鲜美的
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汁液溢满口腔。如此美妙之果莫非是天人享用之物？一番讨价还价之后，以不菲的价格换

: ?8 K, S% Q/ V4 B3 i' H! k得几十余颗。赶快捧回家，作为佐书之“菜”。

On the street, I caught sight of a vendor carrying a basketful of golden fruit. Embellished with

green leaves, the fruit looked so juicy and fresh, making one’s mouth water. I had never seen
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anything like it, and learned after inquiring that they are called loquats. I peeled one open and
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6 T) x9 j; E% H: A* g8 x5 ^8 iput it in my mouth. A refreshing and delicious juice filled my mouth—yum! Such tasty fruit must
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" J9 N7 i. w/ `* J8 L+ Wbe the treat of the god realm! After a little bargaining, I brought dozens at quite a steep price

7 q( M+ k2 R6 y3 c4 Iand hurried home with them, thinking to savor them with my readings.
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翻开《白莲花论》，书中曰：“世上有谁能永享快乐？又有谁会永远受苦？未曾感受痛苦
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的人有多少？得到快乐永远享受的又有几人？”的确，在漫长的人生道路中，既会有快乐

，也不乏痛苦。无论何种身份，皆会尝尽酸甜苦辣。只有胜不骄，败不馁，坦然面对人生
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* k8 t) L2 x; s" k' N  [9 @百味，方为具智之人。法国哲学家拉罗申福科说过：“幸福后面是灾祸，灾祸后面是幸福

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Turning the pages of the Great Biography of Buddha Shakyamuni, the White Lotus, I read this:

“How many people in the world will enjoy everlasting happiness? How many people in the world

will suffer endless miseries? How many have never experienced suffering? After attaining
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happiness, how many have enjoyed it forever?” Indeed, throughout the journey of life, there will

  v2 o8 `: T9 ]4 f- ^be happiness, but suffering will be there as well. Whatever one’s identity is, one is bound to taste
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! B7 M6 `; \/ b; H/ N# c2 ]the assorted bitter sweetness of life. A person of wisdom therefore must meet life’s vicissitudes
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, E+ X9 s; t5 k1 Kcalmly: neither becoming arrogant with success nor discouraged by failure. The French
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* F$ ?+ T$ @- W. X$ }philosopher La Rochefoucauld says that the happiness and misery of men depend no less on
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; t& w  [- B+ i8 @- y9 q% ftemper than fortune, mirroring this ancient saying:
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Misfortune, that is where happiness depends;

- o+ c/ D- o* y. {8 r) J, lHappiness, that is where misfortune underlies.
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可见一切都是相对，一切都是无常的。

) x+ ^0 m% _! P; _8 m' cWe can see that all things are but relative. Everything is impermanent.

" T8 \& X0 F( N$ L: y) {无论快乐还是痛苦，当产生强烈的苦乐感时，都应观其本面。这是最有力、最关键的修行
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/ i) J- V) d. n, p# v) R6 \Therefore, whenever we are seized with intense emotion of pleasure or pain in a happy or sad

9 R, d! i. p+ Z- l, _5 y' ymoment, we should look squarely at its essence. This is the most crucial, most powerful way of

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想着想着，不知不觉忘了吃枇杷的事。但我在书里尝到了比枇杷更鲜美的滋味。这才是世
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上最鲜美的枇杷，且经久不腐，即使历经百年、千年，也可永久享用。

While entertaining these thoughts, I forgot completely my plan to enjoy the loquats. Yet from a

book I have tasted something more delicious than the exquisite fruit. The teaching is the most
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delectable loquat in the world, it will never rot, and it is ready to be savored even a hundred or a
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thousand years later.
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/ |1 u( p) j. Q' j壬午年三月十一日 　

( k4 w* t# L3 f7 \  Q/ K2002年4月23日

11th of March, Year of RenWu
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April 23, 2002