第七辑 心灵能量层级 Volume 7: Energy Levels in Spiritual Practice
这里说我们可以吟诵一些好的诗篇，还有通过读诵经典，努力把自己从生活中那些毫无价值的思想、毫无价值的行动和毫无价值的关系中挣脱出来。
Here it says that we can chant some good poems and read classics, to free ourselves from meaningless thoughts, actions, and relationships.
这个很重要，不要浪费自己的时间。我们的时间是宝贵的，我们要去帮助更多的能够帮助的人。
This is important. Don't waste your time. Our time is precious, so we should use it to help those who can be helped.
有些人他愿意接受你的帮助，我们把这个时间用在他们身上，不要浪费在这种不愿意接受、拒绝接受你帮助（的人）。你为什么还要去强行地帮呢？强拉硬拽的，没有用。
Some people are willing to accept our help, so we should invest our time in them, rather than wasting it on those who are unwilling to accept or even reject our help. Why do you impose your help on them? It's useless.
强拉硬拽对我们的损耗是非常大的。本来有些人，你只要跟他说一下，他就跟着你去修了。你使尽了力气要去强拉，我们消耗多大啊。在这种人身上，我们消耗的能量太大。本来我们可以帮助一千个人，在他身上消耗了，还帮助不到他。
Imposing help on others consumes lots of our energy. Some people, when you simply talk to them, will follow and practice with you. However, if you exhaust all your efforts in forcibly helping others, the energy you consume is immense. Too much energy is consumed on such people. Originally, we could have helped a thousand people, but by consuming our energy on such a person, we still couldn't help him.
所以这样的人让他去受苦，我们要对他保持一个慈悲心，就可以了，我们一定要挣脱出来，不要有情执。
So, we can only let such people suffer, but we should still be compassionate to them. We must free ourselves from such efforts and get rid of emotional attachments.
努力把自己从生活中那些毫无价值的——因为你帮助不到他，就是毫无价值了嘛，他拒绝接受你的帮助——毫无价值的思想、毫无价值的行动和毫无价值的关系中挣脱出来。
We should strive to free ourselves from meaningless thoughts, actions, and relationships. Because you can't help him, as he refuses to accept your help. So, your efforts are meaningless.
这个毫无价值当然是相对的，没有绝对的毫无价值。就是价值非常微小，几乎没有作用，甚至还有负面的作用，都是有可能。
Of course, the term "meaningless" is relative; there is no absolute meaninglessness. It means the value is extremely small, almost negligible, and it might even have negative impacts.
当我们不够稳定的时候，就会产生负面的作用。当我们的慈悲心、智慧、能量足够稳定，虽然不会被他产生负面的影响，但是没有什么价值，
When we are not stable enough, our efforts can lead to negative effects. When our compassion, wisdom, and energy are stable enough, even though we won't be negatively affected by such people, it's not worth the effort.
你还不如去帮助那些……众生多得很，无量无边，有的是众生要我们度，你爱去哪儿去哪儿，真的有的是众生，我们度不完的众生，我们有缘的父母多得很。
Instead of wasting our efforts on such people, we can help others. There are countless sentient beings waiting for our help. There are countless beings we have karmic connections with, who were our parents in past lives.
有些众生你去强拉他，他还要装成很矜持的样子，没意义，一点意义都没有。
For some beings, if you impose your help on them, they may even pretend to be reserved. This is totally meaningless.
你只要努力让世界上最精彩的事物陪伴在你身边，那么你的层级或多或少就在提升，至少不会下降。而这一切，也是在营造一个高频率振动的能量场！
As long as you strive to have the most wonderful things in the world around you, your level will more or less elevate, or at least not decline. And all of this is also creating an energy field vibrating at a high frequency!
这是一个世俗人说的了，处在一个初学者是这样的心态。如果你的菩提心够坚固，当你有大悲心的时候，我们还是要往下去捞人了。那个时候你就要回过身来去帮助那些低能量的人，去加持他们，帮助他们，但是还是要随缘。
Well, this is said by a worldly person, and it reflects the mentality of a beginner. However, if your bodhichitta is firm enough and you have great compassion, you should save people in the secular world. At that time, you should go back and help those with low energy levels, influence them, help them, but always let it be.
我一直强调随缘两个字，就是大家不要太执着哪一个人，你对某个人有情执的时候，你一定就变态了，你的能量场就开始发生变化了，你就执着了。
I have always emphasized the principle of "let it be", which means don't be too attached to anyone. When you have emotional attachment to someone, you become distorted. Your energy field starts to change, and you become attached.
我们对自己的父母都应该这样，不要太执着。父母、身边的亲人。
为什么？因为我们生生世世都有父母啊，生生世世都有家庭啊，这些人都需要我们帮助啊，
We should treat our parents and loved ones in this way—don't be too attached. Why?
Because in every lifetime, we all have parents and families, and all of them need our help.
你执着哪一个都不对，你执着了这一个，就会放下那一个，你就不平等了。平等就是说——我对每个人都是平等地去帮助，谁有缘我就帮助谁，随缘，这才是平等。
No matter which one you cling to, it's not right. Because if you cling to one, you will neglect the others, and that is not equal. Equality means helping everyone impartially. Whoever has a karmic connection with us, we will help them. This "letting it be", is true equality.
平等、等待。我经常说“平等地等待着有缘的人”，这才是菩萨。
Equality and patience—as I often say, "equally waiting for those who have a karmic connection with you." This is the way of the Bodhisattva.
菩萨真的是很无情的，不讲情面。但是他的能量是遍一切，对所有的众生他都保持着同样的慈悲心、菩提心。
Bodhisattvas are unsentimental. They are not swayed by personal feelings. However, their energy pervades everything. They have the same compassion and bodhicitta toward everyone.
他的愿望就是你成佛，你看他的心愿是多么地伟大，让你究竟圆满地解脱。对这样一个菩萨，你难道不要去感恩吗？不要去向他学习吗？
Their aspiration is for you to attain Buddhahood, the ultimate and perfect liberation. How noble! Shouldn't we feel grateful to such Bodhisattvas? Shouldn't we learn from them?
大家要向佛菩萨学习，观音菩萨比我们都慈悲，观音菩萨都不着急，你着什么急？
We should learn from Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is more compassionate than us, but he never rushes. So why do you rush?
祈请观音菩萨加持你的父母，回向给他们，回向给生生世世的父母，不要只回向给今生的父母，天下所有的父母有情都要回向，
Pray to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva to bless your parents, and dedicate the merits to them and to all your parents in all lifetimes. Don't just dedicate the merits to your parents in this lifetime; dedicate them to all parents, that is, all sentient beings.
这样心量就会变大，你的能量场一下子就上去了。
In this way, you will have a broad mind, and your energy field will boost instantly.
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