馬修．李卡德：追尋快樂 The Search for Happiness

Matthieu Ricard
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馬修．李卡德：追尋快樂 The Search for Happiness

The search for happiness is not about looking at life through rose-colored glasses or blinding oneself to the pain and imperfections of the world. Nor is happiness a state of exultation to be perpetuated at all costs; it is the purging of mental toxins, such as hatred and obsession, that literally poison the mind. It is also about learning how to put things in perspective and reduce the gap between appearances and reality. To that end we must acquire a better knowledge of how the mind works and a more accurate insight into the nature of things, for in its deepest sense, suffering is intimately linked to a misapprehension of the nature of reality.

追尋快樂並非關乎要樂觀看待生活，或無視於世間的苦痛與不完美。快樂亦非我們要不計代價來永恆延續的狂喜狀態；而是將憎恨（瞋）、著迷（貪）這類心毒加以淨除，因為它們真的會毒害此心。追尋快樂也關乎學著洞悉事物並減少表相與實相之間的差距。為了達到這個目標，我們就必須更加了解心的運作方式，並且更為精確地照見事物的自性，這是因為，就其最深的意義來說，痛苦與我們對實相自性的錯解息息相關。

～普賢法譯小組Jil, Sarita, Emilia翻譯校對，Serena完稿於2015.11.29，願諸有情得以淨除內心毒害！