釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 6.48

6.48

答曰：不然，是為得解之道。行者欲學是慈無量心時，先當作願：「願諸眾生受種種樂。」取受樂人相，攝心入定，即見眾生皆悉受樂。譬如鑽火，先以軟草、乾牛糞等，火勢轉大，能燒大濕。大慈心初發亦如是。初生之火，唯及親人，慈心轉廣，怨親同等，皆見受樂，無復苦相。復次，一切眾生五道輪轉，苦樂不定，即雖暫樂，後必大苦，今雖大苦，後當得樂。雖即未然，必有其事。是故行者用得解之心，緣於一切皆樂，不墮顛倒。悲、喜、捨心亦復如是。

Answer: It is not so; this is the path of resolute conviction. When practitioners wish to train in this immeasurable mind of loving-kindness, they should first make an aspiration: 'May all sentient beings receive diverse kinds of happiness.' Taking the sign of a person experiencing happiness, they gather the mind and enter absorption, whereupon they see all sentient beings experiencing happiness. For example, when drilling for fire, one first uses soft grass, dry cow dung, and the like; as the fire grows stronger, it can burn large, damp logs. The initial arising of the mind of great loving-kindness is also like this. The fire when first born reaches only dear ones; as the mind of loving-kindness broadens, enemies and dear ones become equal, and all are seen experiencing happiness without any further signs of suffering. Furthermore, as all sentient beings transmigrate through the five destinies, happiness and suffering are unfixed: although there may be temporary happiness now, in the future there will surely be great suffering; though there may be great suffering now, in the future they will attain happiness. Although it is not yet so [at present], it will surely come to pass. Therefore practitioners, using the mind of resolute conviction, focus on everyone being happy, and do not fall into delusion. The minds of compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity are also like this.