宇宙与世界
一场伟大的战斗
整个宇宙就是一个巨大的战场,斗争无所不在。生存不过是对恐怖病菌的一种徒劳的挣扎;存在就是分子与分子之间,原子与原子之间,电子与电子之间的一种对抗。大脑更是一个斗争的舞台。形象、声音、味道等,都是各种力量抗衡消长的结果。正是由于斗争的存在才证明了这样一种纯粹平和的境界。这就是我们所说的涅槃。
——那烂陀《菩提思想》
A great battle
The whole universe
is a vast field of battle. Everywhere there is fighting. Existence
is not—hing but a vain struggle against germs of dreadful diseases,
molecules against molecules, atoms against atoms, and electrons
against electrons. Mind is still more a scene of battle. Forms,
sounds, tastes etc. are resultants of counteracting and belligerent
forces. The very existence of war proves that there is a state of
Perfect Peace. It is what we call Nibbana.
~Ven. Narada Thera, “The Bodhisatta Ideal”
(摘自《世界名人谈佛教》达摩难陀编 成建华译)
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