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Practice patience （忍辱） Patience is one of the most important virtues for developing mindfulness and concentration. （“忍辱是培养正念和专注的最重要的美德之一” ） Patience is forged by constantly meeting the edge. In the most challenging situations, merely showing up, being present, may be all that is possible-and it may be enough. （忍辱是通过不断地与“边缘”相遇而铸成的。在最富挑战性的情景中，仅仅去面对而不退却，就是我们所能做到的全部了——而这就已经足够了。） One student recounts the effects of this kind of patience in Dipa Ma's life She had seen her mind go through every kind of suffering and was able to sit through it. Later, when she came out of that fire, there was something very determined, almost frightening about how she could look at you, because she had seen herself. There was nowhere to hide. She exemplified that you can't just sit around thinking about getting enlightened. You have to take hold of these truths at the deepest level of your heart. （一位学生详细地叙述过在蒂帕嬷一生中，这种耐性的效果：“她已经了知其内心经受每种磨难并且能够坚持到底。后来，当她从那团火走出来的时候，因为她已经了知自我，所以她能够用一种怎样的目光看着你啊！——那是如此的坚定，而又几乎令人震惊。任何东西都不能将其隐藏。她以此说明，你不能坐等开悟——你一定要在内心最深处经受这些事实。” ） Patience is a lifetime practice, to be developed and refined over time. Cultivating patience is a large part of maturing the mind, which, according to Dipa Ma, is the highest vocation of all. （忍辱需要终生去实践，需要不断地去开发，不断地去改善。忍辱是心智成熟的最重要的内容——如蒂帕嬷所说，是最高的“使命”。） Free your mind （放开你的心） Your mind is all stories. “你的头脑是你所有的故事” Dipa Ma did not say that the mind is mostly stories; she said that there is nothing in the mind but stories. These are the personal dramas that create and maintain the sense of individual identity who we are, what we do, what we are and are not capable of. Without our being aware of it, the endless series of such thoughts drives and limits our lives - and yet those stories are without substance. （蒂帕嬷不是说头脑是你的大部分故事，她说的是头脑中除了故事，别无它物。这些故事都是个人所上演的戏，它创造出和维持着个体认同感——我们是谁，我们所做的是什么，我们更够或不能够做什么。如果我们对这些故事没有觉知，无尽的思想之流就会驱使并限制着我们的生活，而且那些故事将变得不具实质。） |