Saturday, August 3, 2013

Self-grasping 我執

Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.
(From His Holiness the Dalai Lama's tweet on August 2, 2013)
Cf. https://twitter.com/DalaiLama

恐れや疑いをいだく代わりに、私たちは他人のことを「彼ら」ではなく「私たち」として考える必要があります。(超訳)

Humans are all the same in fundamental level, physically, emotionally and consciously. Nobody wants sufferings and everyone wants happiness. So, only you can't be special. That's why we need to think of other people as us. If we don't do that, we will suffer from disturbing mind like distrust, suspicion and fear, due to self-grasping. (My commentary)

Cf. http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/wisdom-20948408

人間は、肉体的にも、感情的にも、意識的にも、根本レベルでは皆同じです。誰もが苦しみを望まず、幸福を望んでおり、自分だけ特別ということはないのです。ですから、私たちは他の人々を自分たちとして考える必要があるのです。もしそうしないなら、我執によって不信や疑いや恐れのような煩悩に苦しむことになるでしょう。(解説)
参考:http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/ss-20918439