12月22日

生忍法忍無生法忍
佛光星雲 ( 1927~ )

佛教講「忍」，有三種層次：

第一是「生忍」，也就是為了
生存，我們必須忍受生活中的各
種酸甜苦辣、飢渴苦樂；不能忍
耐，就不具備生活的條件。

第二是「法忍」，這是對心理
上所產生的貪瞋癡成見，我能自
制，能夠自我疏通、自我調適，
也就是明白因緣，通達事理，是
轉識成智，運用佛法所產生的智慧。

第三是「無生法忍」，這是具
備斬除煩惱的力量，是忍而不忍
的最高境界，一切法本來不生不
滅，是個平等美好的世界，我能
隨處隨緣的覺悟到無生之理，就
無所謂忍或不忍，這就是「無生法忍」。

──選自《百年佛緣》

December 22

Patience for Life, Patience for Phenomena, Patience for the Non-Arising of Phenomena
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927 - , Fo Guang Shan)
English translation: Robert H. Smitheram

    Buddhism speaks of three levels of patience. The
first is patience for life, which is a form of patience
that acknowledges that conditions are a part of life. For
example, we must be patient with all kinds of discomforts
like success and failure, love and hate, hunger and thirst,
as well as joy and sorrow. In order to move on with our
lives, we must have patience for life.

    The next level of patience is called patience for
phenomena. We must be patient with greed, anger,
ignorance, and prejudice by controlling ourselves,
persuading ourselves, and changing ourselves. Having
patience for phenomena means recognizing that all
phenomena arise and cease. With this understanding,
we can allow the mind to find peace by no longer being
affected by this arising and ceasing as well as as apply the
wisdom of the Buddha's teachings.

    The third and final level is patience for the non-arising
of phenomena. This kind of patience is the highest
level of patience and the understanding that phenomena
fundamentally do not arise or cease. With patience for the
non-arising of phenomena, there is really nothing to be
patient or impatient about, since everything is simply just as it is.

── from Bainian Fo Yuan (Buddhist Affinites Across 100 Years)