鄧小蠻幸福人生

Have you ever seen night going? Very few people even become aware of things which are happening every day. Have you ever seen the evening coming? The midnight and its song? The sunrise and its beauty?

We are behaving almost like blind people. In such a beautiful world we are living in small ponds of our own misery. It is familiar, so even if somebody wants to pull you out, you struggle. You don't want to be pulled out of your misery, of your suffering. Otherwise there is so much joy all around, you have just to be aware of it and to become a participant, not a spectator.

Philosophy is speculation, Zen is participation. Participate in the night leaving, participate in the evening coming, participate in the stars and participate in the clouds; make participation your lifestyle and the whole existence becomes such a joy, such an ecstasy. You could not have dreamed of a better universe.

Each figure in this mandala holds the left hand up, in an attitude of receiving, and the right hand down, in an attitude of giving. The whole circle creates a tremendous energy field that takes on the shape of the double dorje, the Tibetan symbol for the thunderbolt.

The mandala has a quality like that of the energy field that forms around a buddha, where all the individuals taking part in the circle make a unique contribution to create a unified and vital whole. It is like a flower, whose wholeness is even more beautiful than the sum of its parts, at the same time enhancing the beauty of each individual petal.

You have an opportunity to participate with others now to make your contribution to creating something greater and more beautiful than each of you could manage alone. Your participation will not only nourish you, but will also contribute something precious to the whole.


你是否曾經看過黑夜在消失？很少有人能夠覺知到每天在發生的事情。你是否曾經看到夜晚的來臨？你是否曾經看到午夜以及它的歌？看到日出以及它的美？

我們幾乎就像瞎子一樣在行動。在這麼美的世界裡，我們卻生活在自己痛苦的小池塘裡。我們已經熟悉於它，所以即使有人想要把你拉出來，你也會抗拒，你不想從你的痛苦裡被拉出來，否則周遭有很多喜悅，你只要去覺知它，變成一個參與者，而不是一個旁觀者。

哲學是思索，禪是參與。參與黑夜的離去，參與夜晚的來臨；加入星星，也加入雲層，使參與成為你的生活形態，那麼整個存在都會變得非常喜悅、非常狂喜，你無法想像能夠有比這個更好的宇宙。


在這個「曼陀羅」（圓輪）旁邊的每一個人都左手朝上，表現出接受的姿態，右手朝下，表現出給予的姿態。整個圓圈創造出一個很大的能量圈，並形成太極圖，那是西藏雷電的象徵符號。

這個「曼陀羅」具有一種品質，就好像在一個佛周圍所形成的能量場，在那個能量場裡面，所有的個人都加入那個圓圈，奉獻出一己之力來創造出一個統一的、有活力的整體。它就好像一朵花，它的整體甚至比它部份的總和來得更美，它同時增加每一個個別的花瓣之美。

現在你有一個機會去加入別人，奉獻出你一己之力來創造出某種比單獨一個人所能夠創造出的來得更偉大、更美的事物。你的參與不僅能夠滋潤你，同時也能夠將某種寶貴的東西貢獻給整體。