Human Life Is a Continuous Struggle With “The Self”

人生是不断与“自己”交战

大海的“真心”平如镜面，但外界影响它的时候，比如刮风之类的，大海就起了波浪，这时妄心就出现了。当我们用智慧或戒的力量把外界的诱惑拒于心外的时候，心的大海就慢慢平息下来了。无波无纹的那种状态就是真心。

HumanLife Is a Continuous Struggle With “The Self”

The oceanic “true mind” is as even as thesurface of a mirror, but when external objects are reflected in it, it is likethe wind blowing and waves arising on the great ocean, and then false mindappears. When we use the power of wisdom or discipline to fend off theenticements of the external world and keep them outside the mind, then theocean of the great mind slowly quiets down again. That state without waves orripples is the true mind.