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Shattering
the Illusion of Love
•By Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, Sheng-Yen Lu•
Someone asked me, “What is your
opinion of love?”
In my present state of spiritual
attainment, I really didn’t feel like answering his
question. But if I am required to answer—in this state,
without a single thread of desire for love—I really have
only three words: “# @ %!”
Of course, only a person with no
manners would utter such offensive words. As a practicing
cultivator, these words shouldn’t be coming out of my mouth.
However, “# @ %!” best represents my rejection of
“love”—my firm, deep loathing for “love.”
I dare not deny that there are
couples who deeply love each other, nor do I deny the
existence of everlasting love in the world. However, the
quantity of this kind of love is very small. It is so precious
and rare, it can hardly be found. If there are couples who
love like that, they are rare animals indeed.
“Love” is most unreliable. It
is very difficult to define clearly. It is the most fuzzy,
muddled, crazy, and boring concept.
A lot of people have been fooled
by “love.”
While being fooled, people say,
“I am yours” or “You are mine,” etc. But with
awakening, they realize that “you are still you” and “I
am still me.” They realize how crazy they were to have
uttered those words earlier.
The apex of happiness is a hell
of despair,
Deep love can bring deep hurt,
Delusory and intoxicating love
Can smash soul and dreams into
pieces.
I don’t know who made this
comment—maybe it was me: “When you meet an enemy from a
previous life, you will develop love for him or her. If the
knot of enmity was tied tightly enough, you will get married
for sure!” Ha, ha! This is really scary—you are blinded in
your eyes and deafened in your ears.
I warn you, marriage is the
beginning of a body full of scars of hurt.
Now, I only want to take time to
write a few good articles, settle down to paint a few
paintings, and cultivate a session of Tantric Practice. If you
ask me about my opinion of love, I will just say, “Go
away!”
“Love,” get out of here!
(NOTE: This article is not
written with any particular person in mind; it is about
society in general.)
《本文譯自蓮生活佛文集第158冊－－孤燈下的思維「愛情的幻滅」》
Translated by Jessie
Edited by Dance Smith & TBN
Proofread by Mimosa
Padmakumara Translation Team
(From Book 158 — Contemplation
Under the Lonesome Light)
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