什么是善的力量？| What is the Power of Good?

 

我们总是非常害怕、非常恐惧别人对我们的伤害，这其实是大大不必的。更关键的是我们应该本着一个什么样的心态来面对，这样我们内心才会有力量。我们内心要有力量来面对、抗拒外在的种种冲击对我们的影响，去化解外在一些不好的力量对我们的影响。外在的一些不好的力量无非都是贪嗔痴，无非都是恶的业力。我们内在善的力量比较强，自然而然就能够抵御了。

We are often very afraid that others may harm us. But this fear is actually unnecessary. What is crucial for us is to have the right mindset to manage potential problems. Only by doing so can we build inner strength. With such strength, we can battle the blows from external influences and neutralize the influence of some bad external forces. These bad forces are nothing more than the primary afflictions of greed, anger, and ignorance, all of which are sources of bad karma. If we have built great strength from kindness, we will be able to withstand these bad forces more easily.

养成一种很好的心境、很好的心态、很好的思路、很好的内心的起心动念，这些都是正知正见，都是善的力量。我们就是要培养内心的一种力量——善的力量。很多事情我们做不好，就是因为缺乏善的力量；很多事情我们不能持续地做，就说明善的力量不足。

Create good intentions, see things from a positive perspective, cultivate a positive attitude and form a positive mentality, until any mental activity in your mind is naturally positive. This gives rise to right knowledge and right views, and that is the power of kindness. We need this power of kindness within us. Without it, we will find ourselves failing or giving up along the way.

我们常常会听到“聪明过人”这句话，但是我们没有听说过“善良过人”。很聪明的人不一定很善良，很善良的人不一定很聪明。我们学佛法的目的就是让自己越来越善良，变得越来越好，对所有的人都善良。一个人具足悲心，他自然而然就会善良。我们修行，与其说是培养我们的能力，培养我们的文化知识、智慧，倒不如说是培养善心、良心，培养我们的这种悲天悯人的情怀，启发我们的佛性。

We often hear people refer to someone as “smarter than most others,” but we seldom hear someone referred to as “kinder than most others.” Smart people are not necessarily kind, and kind people not necessarily smart. The goal of studying the Buddha’s teachings is to help us become kinder and kinder to all others. An individual that has a heart of love and compassion is naturally a kind person. We may think that the goal of practicing Buddhism is to help us develop our abilities, knowledge, and wisdom, but rather, the goal is to help us expand our kindness, our conscience, and our compassionate feelings for all humankind, and thereby awaken our true nature.

来源：学诚法师的微博