Deviant Thinking Gives Rise to Greed, Anger and Ignorance
我们学佛，就是要学着调伏我们的心境。
染着为缘生三业，三毒痴业浸淫深。
烦恼在上回「道场在我们的内心」已经说过很多了。无论我们有多细微的种种烦恼，其实都不出于「三业」。这三业就是「身、口、意」，但是最源头就是「意」，我们的意境、心意的境界。
假使我们的心，意境是恶的，这个恶就会不断复制、不断产生，结仇连祸不断一直陷进去。这就是我们凡夫为何会有烦恼，其实就是心境没有调治好。因为心境缘着外面的境界，所以让我们起了染着。
染着实在令我们很担忧。看一块白布，你如果不小心去染到其他的颜色，想要将它洗干净恢复原来的白色，那就很难了。这就做「深侵」，侵入的很深。所以我们的心要清除这些污染就很困难了，这就叫做染着。其实染着就是因为我们一念心灵、心境不正，所以邪妄思维。心偏邪了，妄念不断的升起，所以我们的思维真的就变成一颗业力的种子。
所以邪妄思维是因，这些染着就像是一个缘。有因就要有缘，「财、色、名、食」就是诱引我们心的一个缘。所以如果你把这些诱因招引入内心，我们就会经常泡在那个境界当中，浸在那个境界当中，愈浸愈深，所以染着为缘。所以因为这样，在「财、色、名、食」当中，我们内心就起了贪的境界，我们若有了贪，不管是贪财、贪色等等，身就容易造出了很多的杀业。尤其是贪食，这种造了很多的业，就是因为有这个身体。
在恶境中，恶境就是不顺意的环境，他就起了嗔恶的心，这也是思维要缘着境界，所以内心在不如意的地方，他就升起恶、嗔恚的心。
看到一则新闻，有一位他载了十五桶的油，用很快的速度冲进交通部，忽然间就爆炸起火了，在交通部的入口处，中庭的地方就整个燃烧起来。因为地点很靠近交通部，所以也让人很紧张，警察、宪兵、消防队，一、二百人及时去救火，这好像是一种的自杀暴力。
这位先生，好像在过去的人生当中，曾走过错误的道路，现在他觉得，应该要脱离这种境界，这种生活，他愿意改了，所以他就去开卡车，可能是过去的习气，那分嗔心、习气，还无法好好降伏下来。
也是因为他比较急性子，所以在他种种外在的行态当中，有时候就会比较偏激。有时候开车开得快一点，就会被交通部的警察开罚单。也就是因为这样，所以心怀嗔恨。看看这样的行为，就是因为环境不顺意，所以引起内心的嗔怒。嗔怒的心一生起，就容意冲动；一有了冲动的行为，所做的事情，实在是非常的遗憾。
以前常常说过，在《静思语》当中也说过：「发脾气是短暂的发疯。」知道脾气一发，无明遮盖住，内外的境界都会迷失掉，所以这种嗔的习气实在令我们很担忧。
每一个人其实都是「人之初性本善。」这一位先生虽然年轻时代不懂事，不过他到了后来想要改邪归正，要好好找个正当的工作来做。但就是因为有那个习气、习性，想要压抑下来可能就会比较困难。他如果有一个有一群人好好陪伴他的大环境，相信他要改邪归正的机会就很大了。所以心若是顾不好，当恶的境界现前，不顺意的境界现前的时候，他就容易起嗔心，嗔就生起了。
痴念会让人不明白道理，失去辨别是非善恶的能力，导致行为有所偏差。
但如果是在非善非恶，就是说不是在很好的，也不是在有名或利的诱引的境界当中，也不是有什么刺激的境界，就是在平常非善非恶的时候，不好不坏的境界的时候，这时的心，大部分都是痴、痴念。
痴就是无知、不明白道理，好坏不懂得分别。虽然外境是不好不坏，但是那分痴念还是在。一旦有了外面境界出现，他就容易被诱引过去，这就叫做「痴」。
SARS的病毒，大家心中惶惶不安，人人自危，听到一个声音说，那一间医院有这种SARS的病人，大家心里面的很惶恐，就以讹传讹，这样一直传，传得让大家都很害怕。很多人就不敢去医院了，就算有病也不敢去，这也是「痴」。
就像在花莲，慈济医院，有一位患者来急诊，看诊时，照Ｘ光都没有事，回去了。隔天又来，来的时候又照Ｘ光也都没有事，不过他的症状有发烧，身上会抽痛，轻微畏寒，这种症状就很类似于感染到SARS病毒，虽然那时候照的时候还没有什么，但是几个钟头过去都没有改善，就又照一次Ｘ光，结果发现整个肺部都模糊掉了。我们慈院赶紧为他处理。
其实这整个治疗的过程，后来听医生们在报告的时候，都是很安全的。慈院的医护人员，很严密的在防范。但是因为这个人，过了一天之后就往生了。造成花莲人人震惊，大家都很惶恐、很害怕。不只是到慈院看诊的病人害怕，就连在慈济中小学读书的学生的家长也都很害怕。
我就想，是为什么在怕呢？病人是在医院，而学生是在学校，有什么好怕的？原来有很多家长以为，在慈济中、小学读书的学生，有很多都是医院员工的孩子，所以这些家长就很害怕自己的孩子和这些医院的员工的孩子在一起上课、读书。
一有了什么样的事情，就先想得很惶恐，或是想着自己的孩子。这些家长都没有去想：「花莲发生了这样的事情，大家应该要提高警觉，应该要如何安住心？要如何提高预防？」应该是要这样想才对。
这当中有一件很有趣的事情，就是有一位六十六岁的阿伯，心脏病发作，很紧急的送到慈院，很严重，所以王志鸿副院长，就赶紧为他做心导管的支架手术。帮他做好了之后，他就很健康的出院了。出院之后他还要回来回诊，在这一个多月的时间当中，他如果要回来回诊，就很害怕、很怕害。他已经回诊两次了。
但是他也很天才，他竟然在衬衫里面穿雨衣，用塑胶的雨衣把他的胸前、身体这样整个包起来。因为天气热，那要怎么办呢？他就在塑胶雨衣上面戳了很多的洞，让它可以透气，这么做让人觉得很天才。
后来有一次他又来回诊，他直接去找王志鸿副院长，他说：「我可是非常的害怕的，上次来的时候我不敢告诉你。你看，我里面就是穿这种塑胶衣，一件才十五块钱而已，这样穿着就可以保护自己。」因为他是心脏开刀，所以他就报护胸前。他又说：「我穿这样回家之后，丢了不可惜，但是可以保护自己的健康。」
他还有戴口罩，戴了两层，一层是我们一般的口罩，上面又戴一个N95的口罩。王志鸿副院长看他这样，他就摇头就说：「你在怕什么？你只要口罩戴好，戴一个就好。绝对安全。」
这位老先生就跟他说：「难道只有我害怕而已？我有一个朋友同样也是心脏病，但是他现在都不敢上医院看医生，如果心脏病发作的时候，就到药房去买成药来吃。」王志鸿副院长就说：「拜托你不要这样，你是我的患者，你不能让我漏气。该回来回诊时，你一定要回来，我花很多时间照顾你，照顾你到现在健健康康的，你一定要按时回来回诊。回去之后告诉你的朋友，不要去买成药吃，这样会误事。」
你看，这就是在这种还境中，他也不是为了贪，也不因为嗔，但是他就是会有「痴」的念头。各位，这个痴念，在这个还境中，我们都看得出来，所以我们应该不要有这种痴念，我们这个时候，才知道本分要守好。
就像我们学佛，学佛者的本分要守好，学佛者的本分就是要守好我们的心，不要有心的病毒，心的病毒就是烦恼，烦恼就是从贪嗔痴开始，而贪嗔痴都是来自于邪妄思维。这个观念思想若是有了偏差，外面的境界，使我们的心受染着，名利地位，这些凡夫以为是最美的境界，这样起了贪心。而令我们不如意的境界，就令我们起嗔心、发脾气，动作就出来了。
痴念就是不明白道理，若能去除，则嗔念就能降服，贪念亦会平息，社会也将祥和稳定。
在这种不好不坏，平常的境界中，我们都是痴心覆盖。痴念就是不明白道理，别人怎么说我们就怎么听；我怎么听就怎样表达。像这种是令社会最担心的事情。所以要使社会祥和，稳定下来，我们人人要先去除痴念，我们的痴念若是去除了，嗔念就能降服；嗔念若能降服，同样贪念就会平息。
所以说起来，三毒当中最可怕的应该是「痴」。因为有痴才会「嗔、贪」，不过这三样，都是内心的毛病，所以大家要很用心去消灭这个痴念。不要以为我又没有贪了，我也没有发脾气，这样我就是有修行了。
跟大家提醒一项，就是我们都在不知不觉当中有这分痴念，在不善不恶的境界我们的痴念，常常都在不知不觉当中制造一些烦恼，所以请大家要多用心啊！
In learning Buddhism, we need to learn to tame our mind, and eliminate even the slightest afflictions.
Defiled attachment leads to the Threefold Karma. The Ignorant karma of the Three Poisons, leads to the deep penetration of evil.
We have already spoken much about afflictions. They all arise from the Threefold Karma created through acts of body, speech and mind. However, the ultimate source is the mind, our state of mind or inner world.
If our state of mind is evil, then evil thoughts will continuously replicate and create enmities and disasters, so we become more entrenched in evil. This is how ordinary people behave. We have afflictions because we have not tamed our minds. The mind comes in contact with external conditions, thus we create defiled attachments.
Defiled attachments are truly a cause for concern. Look at a piece of white cloth, if we accidentally stain it with another color, it is difficult to wash so as to make it completely white again. This is called a deep penetration. We are so immersed in evil that eradicating it from our minds will be difficult. This is called defiled attachment.
Defiled attachment arises when our thoughts or mindsets are not upright. That leads to deviant and false thinking. When the mind is deviant, false thoughts will continuously arise. Therefore, our thinking can truly become a seed of karma.
Deviant thinking is the cause. Defiled attachments are the conditions. When there are causes, there are conditions. Wealth, lust, fame, profile are conditions that tempt out minds. If we are seduced by them, we will dwell in them and become more deeply penetrated by them.
Defiled attachments create those conditions. Therefore when we are presented with wealth, beauty, frame and food, a state of greed arises in our minds. Once we are greedy, be it for money or beauty, the body an easily create karma by killing. This is especially true with our greed for food. It is all for this physical body.
Under unfavorable circumstances, when things do not go our way, we may give rise to anger. This happens when our thinking comes in contact with conditions. So under unfavorable conditions, the mind gives rise to evil and angry thoughts.
I once saw a news report about a man, who loaded 15 tanks of gasoline onto his vehicle and rammed it into the Ministry of Transportation. An explosion erupted at the building entrance and fire engulfed the courtyard. This was close to the Office of the President, so everyone was very nervous. Around 200 policemen, military police and firefighters rushed to the scene. This seems like a form of suicidal violence.
It appears that this man had a history of being on the wrong side of the law. At that time he felt he should leave that environment, that way of life. He was willing to change, so he took a job as a truck driver. But he still could not control those bad habits, his anger and his bad temper.
He was also impetuous. Thus, his behaviors tended to be very extreme. He drove quickly so he often got ticketed by the police from the Ministry of Transportation. Perhaps this led to his pent-up anger and hatred. This is how unfavorable circumstances can stir up inner anger and rage. When these thoughts arise, people are apt to be impulsive. Once there is impulsive behavior, it may result in very regrettable actions.
I have often said, and this is recorded in the Jing Si Aphorisms, "Losing our temper is a temporary insanity." When we lose our temper, our minds are covered by ignorance, so we are lost internally and externally. Angry thoughts are truly worrisome. Angry is a habitual tendency.
Human nature is innately good. Although this man led an errant life in his youth, later in life, he wanted to reform to turn away from evil toward good. He wanted to settle down with a proper job. Yet his habitual tendency took control. To subdue a habit can be relatively difficult. If he was in an environment where he was surrounded by good people, I believe he would have had many opportunities to reform himself.
So, if we do not take good care of mind, when we are faced with evil or unfavorable circumstances, we will give rise to anger.
Ignorance causes us to not understand the Truth and lose our ability to discern good from evil. It leads us toward deviant behavior.
Or we may encounter neutral circumstances which are not particularly good or enticing. There is no fame or wealth to gain. These are everyday circumstances that are neutral, not particularly good or bad. Our state of mind at this time is very much characterized by ignorance.
This means we are deluded, do not understand the Truth, and cannot discern good from bad. Though things are neutral, ignorance is still present. And once external conditions appear, we will be easily drawn toward them. This is called ignorance.
During the outbreak of SARS, many people were in a panic. People feared for their safety. When they heard a rumor that SARS patients were at a particular hospital, they became fearful and passed on false rumors. Those rumors spread widely and consumed everyone with fear. Some people dared not go to the hospital. Not daring to go to the hospital when ill is also a form of ignorance.
At the Tzu Chi Hospital in Hualien, there was a patient who came in for emergency care. The diagnostic X-ray revealed nothing. He went home and returned the next day for another X-ray. Again, they found nothing wrong. But he was feverish, his body twitched, and he felt a slight chill. These symptoms resembled those of SARS. When the X-ray was taken, nothing was there. But after a few hours, his symptoms did not improve, so another X-ray was taken. The image of his lungs was completely opaque. So doctors immediately treated him.
Throughout the process, the staff constantly reported that they kept everyone safe. Our medical staff took very strict precautions. Though this person passed away the following day, people in Hualien were shocked. Everyone was in fear. Not only were they afraid of the hospital, parents were even scared of sending their children to our schools.
I was baffled. The patient was in the hospital. The children were in the school. What were they afraid of? Then I realized that they feared the other students who were the children of our hospital staff. These parents were afraid to have their children at the same school as children of our hospital staff.
Once something like this happens, fear colors their thoughts. They focused only on their own children. They did not think that when these things happen in Hualien, we should be more aware, and think of how to remain calm and take preventive measures. This is what they needed to do.
On a lighter note, there was a 66-year-old man who was rushed to our Emergency Room with a serious heart attack. Assistant Superintendent Dr. Wang Zhi-Hong performed a catheterization to put a stent in his heart. He recovered well and was discharged. He was scheduled to return for follow-up visits. However, during this period of time; whenever he came back for the follow-up exams, he was terribly scared. He did return for two follow-ups.
He was quite creative. He wore a rain poncho inside his shirt essentially wrapping his chest in plastic. But it was really hot, so what did he do? He poked holes in the plastic for airflow. He thought he was genius.
He came back recently, sought out Assistant. Supt. Wang Zhi-Hong and said: "I'll scare to death to come here, you know? Last time, I didn't dare tell you. Look, I'm wearing this plastic wrap inside. It only cost NT$15 and it can protect me." Since he had a heart attack, he protected his chest area. He said, "It's only NT$15, so I can just throw it away when I get home. But it protects my health."
He also wore two face masks. The inner one was a regular mask. The one over it was a N95 mask. Seeing him like this, Dr. Wang shook his head and said, "What are you afraid of? You can be perfectly safe with one mask if you wear it properly."
This old man told him, "I'm not the only one who is scared. My friend also had a heart attack but he is afraid to go to the hospital for treatment. If he has a heart attack, he will go to pharmacy for over-the-courter drugs." Dr. Wang told him, "Please don't do that. You are my patient. Don't let me down. When it is time for a follow-up, you must come back. I've invested a lot in taking care of you. Look at how healthy you are now. You need t come back for your appointments. Tell your friend not to buy his own medicine. That may harm him."
In this particular circumstance, the man was not acting out of greed or anger. However, he was not free from ignorance.
Everyone, we can clearly see his ignorance in this situation. We must be free of this type of ignorance. We need to uphold our fundamental responsibilities. As Buddhist practitioners, we must fulfill our responsibilities. Our responsibility as a Buddhist is to safeguard our minds. Do not be infected by spiritual virus. The virus in this case is affliction. Afflictions begin with greed, anger and ignorance. They arise from deviant thinking.
If our perspectives and thinking are deviant, external conditions will cause defiled attachments to arise in our minds. Ordinary people think that having fame, wealth, status is most wonderful, so they become greedy. Unfavorable circumstances make us angry so we lost our temper and act out.
Ignorance prevents us from knowing the Truth. If it is eliminated, our anger can be tamed and our greed can b subdued. Then society will be peaceful and stable.
Meanwhile, under neutral, normal circumstances, our minds are covered by ignorance. If we are ignorant, we do not understand Truth. If we are deluded, we blindly believe whatever we hear, and react accordingly. This is very worrisome for our society.
So to have a peaceful and stable society, we need to start by eliminating ignorance. If we do so, we can tame our anger. When we can subdue our anger, similarly, we can subdue our greed.
So in all, ignorance is the scariest of the Three Poisons. After ignorance is anger, then greed. However, these are all problems of the mind. We must be very mindful and eliminate ignorant thoughts. Do not say, "I and not greedy, I don't get angry, so I am already well-cultivated."
Let me tell you something, ignorance arises without our awareness. Under neutral conditions, often it is without our awareness that we let our ignorance create afflictions. So, everyone, please always be mindful.
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