《084》修行中的欲望,可以是朋友,也可以是敌人。是朋友的话,它会使我们想要修行,想要开悟,想要结束痛苦。但是,不停地欲求仍未生起的境界,或希望事物能有所不同,只会造成更多的痛苦,这就是欲望会成为你的敌人的时候。最后,我们必须学习去放下我们的欲望——即使是觉悟的欲望。惟有如此,我们才会解脱。
Desire in practice can be a friend or an enemy. As a friend, it makes us want to practice, to understand, to end suffering. But to be always desiring something that has not yet arisen, to want things to be other than they are, just causes more suffering, and this is when desire can be a foe. In the end, we must learn to let go of all our desires, even the desire for enlightenment. Only then can we be free.