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永恒 | Keep Going+ Q/ d5 y4 H/ M3 f
& K( W/ Y4 o. n5 X在我从少年到成年的记忆里,最佩服的人就是依罗喇嘛。, X4 W4 i5 |2 r2 Z# X' l
: l& D" Z C8 y3 V& SIn my memory from early youth to adulthood, the person I respected most is Lama Yulo.& o( s/ l, W, A0 e8 J ]- q
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他身材魁梧,永远手持念珠,口诵经咒。他的脸上有一疤痕,是因年轻时走路去拉萨,途
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中遭遇强盗所致。这不但没有影响他的形象,反而使他显得更加可爱。
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, r% m6 b' c2 t8 ~% _8 gHe was a man of strong build. His hand perpetually moved the mala beads and his mouth; x. m/ k; ?* `
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constantly recited mantras. On his face there was a scar left by robbers he encountered when as
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a young man he was making a trip on foot to Lhasa. This facial mark, instead of being a blemish,5 R# E Q- x2 u: ~- U
8 Z& P( q1 O- T8 q' I* Zin a way made him even more likable., G: X& i; F* d6 s2 N% Q6 l7 K) V
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读小学期间,我一直住在他家。每天天还没亮,他就开始起床,一边念咒,一边磕头。饭$ I3 Y: N0 H4 C+ U9 J0 e. _, S
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后,就开始看书和念诵一天的功课,下午坐禅,晚上念经。十几年来,周而复始,从不间
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I took room and board at his house when I was attending elementary school. Every day before( M h5 p v- ^1 D3 |
( l6 W6 `; f9 q: I! J b( Rdawn, he would get up and start to do prostrations and at the same time recite prayers. After. b4 J& F/ |7 ?$ |. X. Y9 m2 S
+ f6 [5 O" `% n' G, ?2 v3 U* ?: Cbreakfast, he would read books and go over his daily Dharma practices. He sat in meditation in
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( T/ Q1 C9 B! O0 D4 f# o: @* Lthe afternoon and recited scriptures in the evening. For over 10 years he kept the same schedule
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over and over again without interruption.
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当时我以为,作为修行人本来就应当这样,所以不足为奇。如今,当我意识到我和我周围+ D2 Z6 ^( U( l! ?% F* `0 ?
2 J# j# y, W- _的人大多是三天打鱼,两天晒网,心情好的时候就精进,心情不好的时候就散乱的情形,
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5 v9 P, b5 Q$ ^才知道他的毅力的确值得赞叹。, s% d. U( m7 u# s; R: P
& T* ~7 }& s' cAt that time I took it for granted that all practitioners should behave as he did, and felt nothing( y0 ^/ e, @( K4 A/ i
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special about him. But now I see myself and others only doing spiritual practices in fits and starts.
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We get serious only when we are in good spirits but as soon as our mood falls, we become
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3 k% {9 X0 z* f8 w# A# U3 idistracted and lag behind in practice. The glaring contrast makes his perseverance all the more
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到1987年他去世,已念了五亿多心咒。真是不算不知道,一算吓一跳。和他的精进相比,
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实在令我惭愧。, s, D1 h4 m/ i: {: U, V( h
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At the time of his passing at age 87, he had accumulated 500 million mantras, an astonishing
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( h7 J ~6 q! h c2 a, ]number that could remain unrecognized without adding it all up. Comparing my meager3 d+ C# g3 y- D% C" t
$ C, f! J5 `- b- }2 k9 y" S* Idiligence with his, I really feel ashamed.+ q6 V1 I. L p+ ~: O
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《大乘阿毗达磨论》云:“诸资粮道修行人应精进闻思,诸根调柔,饮食适当,上、下半( H% n" R! g4 n
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夜不入眠(意为只睡中夜)。”
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, W1 s, W. d3 }1 X% E2 |In Mahayana Abhidharma Sangiti Shastra it says: “Practitioners on the path of accumulation
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% U: M2 W0 x& O; Z/ T* J* Jshould endeavor in studying, contemplating, and meditating on the Dharma; to tame the six
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only in the middle section of the night).”
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6 E. e+ m0 F; b+ d d( A+ ]“不积跬步,无以至千里;不积小流,无以成江海。”# s y% L1 E( X4 Z$ o" E5 h! c
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Without adding up many little steps, a journey of a thousand miles cannot be accomplished.
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Without the pouring together of many tiny streams, there will be no big oceans.# B' n r) P) D* A0 g
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一时的勤奋不算什么,一生的勤奋才是最重要的。
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An on-and- off diligence amounts to nothing; only the diligence over a lifetime is what counts.
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壬午年三月二十六日 9 D: c9 y4 i3 M8 A
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书于春光明媚之清晨 0 C* Q" }; d: K4 e% N
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26th of March, Year of RenWu- W/ y9 P: H" i1 }1 {" B
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May 8, 2002( K/ z* H4 A/ X0 R; D3 [" H7 r- C
" Z$ N0 g' T6 MWritten on a lovely spring morning
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