A REMINDER TO MYSELF 

—from 16thKarmapa

自我提醒

In physical conduct, I will not allow myself to be rootless and hurried,

Incapable of being still, carelessly following my every whim.

I will always hold my own space.

And be adorned by the training in pure discipline.

在肢體行為上，

我不會容許自己變得無根或者匆忙、

無法靜止，草率地跟隨我的每一個怪念頭。

我會永遠保持自我空間，

以淨戒的訓練作為嚴飾。

In speech, whether spiritual or secular,

I will choose meaningful words

And shun unconnected talk of past events

or boring discussions concerning any of the three times.

I will always exert myself in dharmic recitations, proclamations, and readings.

在語言上，無論是心靈或世俗的，

我會選擇有意義的話語，

避免闊談天馬行空的過去事件，

或任何有關(guān)三時的無趣議題，

我會永遠在佛法的闡述、傳揚與研讀上全力以赴。

In mind, I will not flutter back and forth like a young bird on a branch.

Not getting absorbed in discursive thoughts of good and bad,

I will meditate, cultivating forbearance and relying on my own perceptions, not those of others.

I will reflect on how best to benefit the teachings and beings.

在心念上，我不會如一隻幼鳥般，

在枝頭來回抖動，

不會被散漫離題的好、壞念頭所吸引，

我會禪修，培養(yǎng)安忍，

依賴我自己的感知而非他人的。

我會思維如何能對教法和有情有最大的利益。

附註:

1. 本文為十六世大寶法王所作，寫於木馬年(1954)三月的第七天。

2. 英文原文出自《Heart Advice of the Karmapa》一書。