什么是真心？什么是妄心？

What is the true mind? What is the false mind?

我常说，妄心就是假想浮动之心，真心是澄然空寂之心。

I always say that the false mind is the mind with false thought floating around, and the true mind is the mind that is empty and still clear through.

妄心者，情绪波动，杂念纷飞也。真心者，本来清净心也。

With the false mind, emotions move in waves, and miscellaneous thoughts are flying around all over. The true mind is the mind that is fundamentally pure and clean.

真心无波无纹，本来清净，如虚空，如明镜，朗照万物，而如如不动时，还有那份警觉存在。空性为体，警觉为用。

When the true mind has no waves and no ripples, and is fundamentally pure and clear, like empty space; it is like a clear mirror that reflects the myriad things yet remains as it is without moving, and still has that awareness there. The empty inherent nature is its essence, and awareness is its function.

空性无变易，警觉随缘现。这便是正念。

The empty inherent nature is changeless, and the awareness appears according to conditions. This then is correct mindfulness.

当你心如虚空湛然空寂时，当你心如明镜朗照万物时，你必须提起正念，你必须守住觉性。

When you mind is clear and empty and still as empty space, when your mind is like a clear mirror reflecting the myriad things, you must maintain correct mindfulness, you must preserve the enlightened inherent nature.

你可以试着去聆听远处的一声鸟鸣。

You can try to listen to a far-off birdsong.

当然，你的目的不是听那鸟鸣，而是为了生起一份警觉。

Of course, your purpose is not to hear that birdsong, but rather to generate a lucid awareness.

——《世界是心的倒影》雪漠著

----The World is a Reflection of the Mind,

Writed by famous author Xue Mo

Translated by J. C. Cleary