師父：你們有問題的時候，打坐是唯一的解決之道，此外我不知道還能說什麼。打坐以後，也許不會馬上得到答案，不過只要你打坐夠專心，答案一定會浮現，靈感也會自然來。如果這樣你還不確定，那就拿紅色和綠色的糖果各一顆，像這樣上下擲幾次，然後祈求師父說：綠的表示「行」，紅的表示「不行」（大眾笑）。不過這種方法不一定每次都準，你們知道是什麼原因嗎？為什麼不一定每次都準？

同修甲：正確的機率只有百分之五十。

師父：不過為什麼呢？

同修甲：就像賭博一樣，基本上是命中注定。

師父：你的意思是因為命中注定，所以人不能改變命運嗎？

同修甲：人可以改變命運，如果你拿到綠的，還是可以藉由打坐來改變。

師父：不，我是問你們為什麼結果不一定準。師兄，是什麼原因？怎麼你們男眾老是聽不清楚？（師父讓另一位同修回答）告訴我！

 

同修乙：因果一直在轉變。

師父：有可能！

 

同修丙：打坐時不夠專心。

師父：也對！

 

同修丁：因為頭腦的關係。

師父：好！頭腦、打坐和因果。

同修戊：一種情況可能有好幾種解決方案。

師父：嗯，也對。你們大家都說得很好，很好的誤解！（師父在開玩笑）不見得每個解決方法都可以明確地說「可行」或「不可行」，因為總會牽連到別的事情，所以我們只能選一個自認為是最好的方法。每次我們作了選擇之後，總會牽連到其他的事，就像額外的「贈品」一樣。除非是修行很高等的人才能看清一切，不然，我們通常只能依靠直覺或是受業力牽引。

即使是那些已經修行很高等並通曉一切的人，有時也無法如自己所願去做，真的是這樣，因為會有業力在「背後」拉扯：包括前世和今生的因果，以及其他有關聯的人，像是朋友、敵人、前世的親戚、前世的丈夫、妻子等等，所有這些因果有時會讓我們的日子不好過，有時則讓我們的生活多采多姿和充滿挑戰性，而這就是我們所謂的人生！

 

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Life's Challenges Can't Be Solved with Absolute Answers

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Surrey, United Kingdom
January 2, 2006 (Originally in English)

M: When you have any problem, the only solution is to meditate. I don’t know what else to say. And then, the answer might not come right away, but it will come if you concentrate well. Then the idea will just come. And if you’re still not sure, then just take one red and one green candy, and toss them around like this. Pray to Master: “Green is ‘OK’; red is ‘No.’” (Laughter) But this is not always accurate. Do you know why? You know why it’s not always accurate?

Practitioners 1: There’s only a 50 percent chance of being right.

M: But why?

P1: It’s like gambling. Basically, it’s just destiny.

M: You mean you can’t change your fate, because of destiny?

P1: You can change it. So if you picked green, then you could change it through your meditation.

M: No, I asked you why it is not always accurate. My brother, what is it? How come you men don’t listen well! (Master allows another person to speak) Tell me!

Practitioners 2: The karma’s always changing.

M: That’s possible.

Practitioner 3: You didn’t concentrate well enough when you meditated.

M: True, also!

Practitioner 4: Because of the mind.

M: Yes! Mind, meditation and karma..

Practitioner 5: There could be a few solutions to one situation.

M: Also, yes! You guys are good! (Master jokes) Good misunderstanding! There’s not always a definite ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to a solution. There’s always some string attached, so you choose whatever way you think is the best. And every time we choose something, there is something else to go with it, like an extra ‘gift.’ So unless you go really high and then you can see very well, you otherwise mostly have to rely on intuition and karmic destination.

And even then, if you go very high up and you know the things well, sometimes you still cannot act according to what you want, really. Because the karma from ‘behind,’ be it from the past lives, the present life and the other people involved - the friends, the enemies, the ex-life relatives, the ex-life husband or wife -- all these things can sometimes make our life difficult, colorful and challenging. And that’s what we call life. C’est la vie! (Such is life!)