立场 林钰堂

一味迁就落执无,随缘开阔修解脱;
正道抉择助醒迷,非同私利争地盘。

或谓当一味迁就,方合无执。其实无执之教示乃为由偏执解脱而设,并非倡导毫无立场。若以毫无立场为正确,佛陀又何以传教弘化?吾人自知纠缠、执着之习气深重,故需藉修“无执”以达解脱。在此阶段,凡事随缘以开阔心胸及视野。至于熟习解脱之道以后,则宜依据法理及经验,阐释正确的见地、修法及道阶,以助他人出迷达觉。在此阶段,必定有为有不为,有分寸有立场。岂可一味退让,而误了导迷向觉的救渡大业?


                     二○○一年八月廿一日
                     养和斋    于加州


Standpoints Yutang Lin

Yielding all along becomes attaching to naught;
Going along with conditions to be open and free.
Choosing the right path to shed light on delusion,
Not same as fighting over turf for personal gains.

Comment:

Some said that one should yield all along to be free from attachments. In fact, the teaching of No Attachment is designed for transcendence from bias grasping but not for advocacy of no standpoints. Were it correct to hold no standpoints, how could Buddha give teachings to help sentient beings? We realize that our habitual tendency to grasp and get entangled is weighty; therefore, we adopt the practice of No Attachment to move toward liberation. At this stage we try to go along with situations and given conditions so as to open up our view and mind. Once we have become familiar with the path of liberation and related practices, we should expound, based on the teachings and our experiences, the correct views, practices and stages of the path in order to help others migrate from delusion to enlightenment. At this later stage there must be actions adopted and activities avoided, and measures and standpoints that are upheld. How could it be that one simply yields all along at the expense of hindering the great career of guiding deluded beings to enlightenment?


Written in Chinese on August 21, 2001
Translated on August 22, 2001
El Cerrito, California


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