Fix the mind修自己的心

Robot Monk Xian'er

Fix the mind

When we focus our attention on the outsideworld, we forget to “fix the mind”, which is the core of cultivation.

When judging others as wrong, we must tryto understand their true intentions instead of being caught by formalities;when accepting others as good, to observe their action is enough, we do notneed to dig their intentions.” This is the key to self-cultivation, also theprerequisite of helping others. Many people do it the other way around. Seeingothers’ faults, they keep on criticizing and repelling them, with no patiencefor explanations nor intention to understand them. Seeing others’ doing gooddeeds, they tend to suspect their motivation and find fault with theirattitudes.

What we need, in dealing with people andhandling things, is to choose the focus of our thinking process instead ofsheer analysis of the outside environment. The purpose is to fix our mind, tokeep it wholesome, pure and rid of afflictions.

修自己的心

当我们把重点放在外在的境上时，就忘记了“修自己的心”这个根本。

“论人之非，当原其心，不可徒泥于迹；取人之善，当据其迹，不必深究其心。”这是自我修养的关键，也是帮助他人的前提。许多人往往把这二者颠倒，看到他人的过失就一味批评、排斥，不去体察对方的发心，没有耐心听人解释理由；看到他人的善行却容易怀疑其动机，挑剔对方的态度。

对人对事，我们选择不同的思维重点而不是单纯分析外境，目的是为了修自己这颗心，让它保持善良、清净，不起烦恼。