december8

It is not enough to be compassionate.

You must act. There are two aspects to

action. One is to overcome the

distortions and afflictions of your own

mind, that is, in terms of calming and

eventually dispelling anger. This is

action out of compassion. The other is

more social, more public. When

something needs to be done in the world

to rectify the wrongs, if one is really

concerned with benefiting others, one

needs to be engaged, involved.

只有同情心是不夠的. 你必須身體力行.

行動本身分為內外兩個方向.

先要能克服自己心中對事物的扭曲認知與痛苦,

讓自己平靜且終能消除怨懟.

這是慈悲關懷的行為表現.

再則是進入社會, 公益性的行動.

因為當某件事必須要被完成,

才能修正人類曾犯下的某個錯誤時,

一個真心關注為眾人謀福祉的人,

就得實際參與, 採取行動.