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2 ^: [+ x) H7 Y+ I. X永恒 | Keep Going% f4 y- {2 l( ~, E8 m" F+ q
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在我从少年到成年的记忆里,最佩服的人就是依罗喇嘛。' ]# F0 T1 W& M; M
! t% Z' n, q& \9 }; e9 VIn my memory from early youth to adulthood, the person I respected most is Lama Yulo.0 i$ K) E6 R& _, c
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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- `5 J. X q$ V7 A
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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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$ a: n4 K3 a/ Q( M6 UHe was a man of strong build. His hand perpetually moved the mala beads and his mouth
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) M: J' n- D1 k9 _! Aconstantly recited mantras. On his face there was a scar left by robbers he encountered when as) |/ G7 g$ e0 J/ i! L
4 I- Y2 i" Y& p$ N7 Xa young man he was making a trip on foot to Lhasa. This facial mark, instead of being a blemish,: w' g `" q9 b: {( A
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in a way made him even more likable.0 e# t9 R/ o5 D5 V6 S$ m) f# s
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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2 {4 h3 x. C+ a1 E
: c% `2 n$ r: ?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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断。
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I took room and board at his house when I was attending elementary school. Every day before
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dawn, he would get up and start to do prostrations and at the same time recite prayers. After; O' D1 d/ R& `* v5 V% |- I
; x6 Z8 I+ s: Sbreakfast, he would read books and go over his daily Dharma practices. He sat in meditation in
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7 H* V2 J1 S3 w' M* Hthe afternoon and recited scriptures in the evening. For over 10 years he kept the same schedule# g; ]/ G+ _& w3 ?
# N: b, M- j& c f4 J6 Bover and over again without interruption.; l. z, Q3 _4 d
& g1 z9 _4 ]+ O. N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
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, U1 e) Y# }$ B4 x, ?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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才知道他的毅力的确值得赞叹。/ N9 h; g6 k) [5 h- f! Y
/ s6 N. i0 s& G0 B1 x4 G/ T( z# V Q6 uAt that time I took it for granted that all practitioners should behave as he did, and felt nothing
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$ @& ?' `) ^4 F# F/ rspecial about him. But now I see myself and others only doing spiritual practices in fits and starts.
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j$ O( B+ d8 d: q2 ?5 b" fWe get serious only when we are in good spirits but as soon as our mood falls, we become
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distracted and lag behind in practice. The glaring contrast makes his perseverance all the more
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r) j3 }4 P6 j1 ~) N: oadmirable.
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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。 _& \3 U' k, G' f( o3 u3 D5 v, E
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At the time of his passing at age 87, he had accumulated 500 million mantras, an astonishing- j) ?" z5 S; _
- D6 Q. Y& b3 ?0 h( @number that could remain unrecognized without adding it all up. Comparing my meager
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diligence with his, I really feel ashamed.5 L; F7 |0 Z3 G5 D; `
. n0 o6 i/ g0 a5 S3 D: r, m/ V4 Q《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
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9 O. l: V8 b7 h& h1 {+ _+ \夜不入眠(意为只睡中夜)。”
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6 w' |$ m. c A& w7 \2 DIn Mahayana Abhidharma Sangiti Shastra it says: “Practitioners on the path of accumulation t1 g- P7 x' I) q8 [) }% L
" d* ^8 r6 }0 `" o7 gshould endeavor in studying, contemplating, and meditating on the Dharma; to tame the six* o( M# V9 V3 v# F# M/ _
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senses, eat appropriately, and avoid sleeping in the early or late part of the night (that is, to sleep
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3 t( X* u7 y5 x$ q* a) xonly in the middle section of the night).”; V7 I& y2 n9 m" F! M- c$ E3 K
) J R; _% Q2 J: `. Z5 `“不积跬步,无以至千里;不积小流,无以成江海。”
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Without adding up many little steps, a journey of a thousand miles cannot be accomplished.. Q* }! K2 ?5 r: ]" O; `
% L0 ?! k+ c, pWithout the pouring together of many tiny streams, there will be no big oceans.
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$ e. K" a9 u: k9 Y9 Y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.) J0 y2 r( g: ` W: \1 k, Q! X. K
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壬午年三月二十六日 3 V# j+ |+ ~7 v4 u; o0 S3 i5 F: g
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26th of March, Year of RenWu- y9 a+ _% w1 @" E' i" B! u
" [0 C5 q* c' s- H8 @+ J" VMay 8, 20022 I+ g' Y' S; b5 R
. Z0 K: r8 ^5 d+ I0 pWritten on a lovely spring morning6 `2 ]9 R- B* D. M7 [
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