第二辑 直抵心灵的真相 Volume 2: Truth That Touches Your Heart
问：为什么像我这样善良的人还会经常感到痛苦？身体也不太好，心情也经常很糟糕？
Question: Why do I, as a kind person, often feel so much suffering? My health is not great, and my mood is frequently very bad.
智者答：内心无恶则无苦，你既然内心有痛苦，说明你的内心就有恶存在。
Wise One answers: If there is no negativity in your heart, there will be no suffering. Since you experience inner suffering, it indicates that there is negativity within your heart.
问：我怎么会有恶存在呢？我一向心地很善良的！
Question: How could there be negativity within me? I have always been a positively kind person!
智者答：请你将你的痛苦略说一二。
Wise One answers: Please briefly explain your suffering.
问：
我有时感到自己的工资收入很低，住房也不够宽敞。经常有‘生存危机感’，心里常常感到不痛快，希望尽快改变这种现状。社会上一些根本没读什么书的人，居然也能腰缠万贯，我感到不服气。 像我这样一个有文化的研究生，每月就这么一点收入，实在是太不公平了。我的家人有时不听我的劝告，我感到不舒服。
Question:
I sometimes feel that my salary is too low, and my housing is not spacious enough. I often have a sense of "survival crisis" and feel unhappy, hoping to change this situation as soon as possible. There are some people in society who haven't even studied much, yet they are extremely wealthy, and I feel dissatisfied. As an educated graduate like me, it's just unfair to have such a low monthly income. It makes me feel uncomfortable when my family members don't listen to my advice.
智者答：
你对金钱和住房有贪求心，这种贪求心就是恶心。社会上一些没受过正规教育的人发财了，你感到不服气，这是嫉妒心，嫉妒心是一种恶心。你认为自己有了文化，就应该有高的收入，这是傲慢心，傲慢心也是恶心。
Wise One answers:
You have a greedy desire for money and housing, and this kind of greed is a negative mind. Feeling envious of some uneducated people becoming wealthy in society is jealousy, and jealousy is also a negative mind. Thinking that having an education should automatically result in a high income is arrogance, and arrogance is also a negative mind.
认为读了很多书就应当有高收入，这是愚痴心，因为学历根本不是富裕的因，前世布施才是今世有钱的原因。愚痴心也是一种恶心！
Believing that having a high income is justified simply because one is well-educated is an ignorant mind. Education is not the direct cause of wealth; rather, the generosity and good deeds from past lives are the reasons for present-day affluence. Ignorance is also a negative mind!
你的家人不听你的劝告，你感到不舒服，这是没有包容心；为什么非要强求他们的思想和观点和你一致呢？不包容，心量狭隘也是一种恶心！你的这些恶心让你痛苦。
Your family members not accepting your advice makes you feel uncomfortable; this is due to the lack of tolerance. Why insist on forcing their thoughts and views to align with yours? Intolerance and narrow-mindedness are also forms of negative mind. These negative mindsets cause you suffering.
问:我要怎么做才能不痛苦？我要做一个快乐善良的人！
Question: How can I avoid suffering? I want to be a happy and kind person!
智者答：如果你能将内心的这些恶彻底去除，那么你的那些痛苦也会烟消云散。
Wise One answers: If you can completely eliminate these negative aspects from your heart, then your suffering will also dissipate into thin air.
你们有房子住，你的收入足够你们好好生活，你是否快乐，不取决于外在的财富，而是取决于自己的生活态度，用快乐、满足的心态代替原来的贪求心。
You have a house to live in and your income is sufficient for a comfortable life, whether you are happy or not does not depend on external wealth but rather on your own attitude towards life. Replace the previous craving mind with a happy and contented mindset.
社会上没有文化的人发了财，你应当为知道这是他们过去世和今生乐意布施的结果，用随喜心代替嫉妒心。用仁慈、幽默、开放的心态，理解和尊重家人，像尊重自己一样。
When you see uneducated individuals becoming wealthy, you should understand that it is the result of their acts of generosity in their past and present lives. Replace jealousy with a heart of rejoicing. Approach your family with kindness, humor, openness, understanding, and the same level of respect you have for yourself.
当我们把内心里面的贪爱、嫉妒、执着、偏狭等烦恼清除干净，我们的身体就会慢慢健康起来，心情也会慢慢开朗起来！
When we completely eradicate the afflictions such as greed, jealousy, attachments, and narrow-mindedness from our inner self, our body will gradually become healthy, and our mind will gradually become cheerful.
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