星雲大師：煩惱就像雜草一定要清除

 【煩惱就像雜草一定要清除】

星雲大師：

　《回諍論》裡有一首偈語說得好：「如草根未拔，雖斷猶更生，隨習愛未除，苦本恆相續」，它提醒我們，一個人的煩惱、習氣如果不根本去除，將會留下無窮的後患。

就如除草，要連根拔除，才不會「春風吹又生」;洗碗、洗衣服，都要洗乾淨，否則用了可能會造成身體的不適。面對我們的煩惱習氣(习气)也是一樣，必須努力把它們淨除，才不會孳生更多的隨習煩惱。

　　過去有一個富翁很愛財、貪財，賺了錢不肯做善事功德，也不肯喜捨布施，只是拚命的積聚儲蓄;聚集很多的錢怕被偷，就去買黃金;買了黃金以後，又怕被偷，上面還刻了自己的名字，然後把它藏在家屋後山的洞裡。

　　這個人不會用錢，積聚了那麼多的錢財，還沒有得到利益就死了。因為他生前貪心愚癡，死後墮落到畜生道，變成一條蟒蛇。這條蟒蛇天天守住藏著黃金的洞口。

有一天，一個獵人發現這條蟒蛇緊緊守候在洞口，從不肯離開寸步，於是獵人就找幾位村民齊心合力把這一條大蟒蛇捉住，並且把牠打死。他們猜想蟒蛇守候的山洞裡一定有什麼珍寶，於是進去挖掘，果然發現山洞裡堆滿了黃金。

　　這個富翁生前擁有很多財富卻執著不捨，即使投胎做了蛇，也沒有去除貪心，依然受貪心所驅使，很可悲，光是有錢卻沒有智慧，不會善用金錢，終究不能解除人生的苦。這些會造成我們煩惱的根源、苦的根本沒有斬除，怎麼能得到快樂呢?

　　所以，習氣(习气)是我們煩惱的根本，愛情也是我們煩惱的根本，人有了習氣(习气)，就不容易改變，有了愛的執著，就會百般計較、粘著不放;當自己執著愛卻得不到回饋時，就產生恨，人的貪瞋與苦惱便由此輪轉不已，生死的根本就永遠相續不斷，所以說「隨習愛未除，苦本恆相續」。

　　這首偈語啟示我們，應時時警覺自己的心念，不能讓壞的習慣、貪染執著越陷越深;要能實時將它去除，才有可能斷絕煩惱的根源，邁向解脫大道。

There is a verse in "Refutation of Objections" that says well: "If the roots of the grass are not uprooted, even though they are broken, they will regenerate, and the love will not be removed, and the suffering will continue." It reminds us that if a person’s troubles and habits are not rooted Removal will leave endless troubles.

Just like weeding, you have to remove the roots to prevent "spring breeze blowing and regenerating"; washing dishes and clothes must be cleaned, otherwise it may cause physical discomfort. The same goes for our troubles and habits, we must work hard to get rid of them, so as not to breed more troubles of learning.

In the past, there was a rich man who loved money and was greedy for money. After he made money, he refused to do good deeds. He just tried to accumulate savings. He gathered a lot of money to avoid being stolen, so he bought gold; Afraid of being stolen, he also engraved his name on it, and then hid it in a cave in the back of the house.

　　 This person doesn't know how to use money. He accumulated so much money and died before he got any benefits. Because he was greedy and foolish during his lifetime, he fell into the animal realm after death and became a python. This python guards the hole where the gold is hidden every day.

One day, a hunter found that the python was waiting tightly at the entrance of the cave and never left an inch. So the hunter asked several villagers to work together to catch the python and kill it. They guessed that there must be some treasure in the cave where the pythons were waiting, so they went in to dig and found that the cave was full of gold.

This rich man had a lot of wealth during his lifetime but was persistent. Even though he was reborn as a snake, he did not get rid of greed. He was still driven by greed. It is very sad. He is rich but has no wisdom. He cannot use money well. bitter. These causes of our troubles and suffering have not been eliminated at all. How can we get happiness?

Therefore, habit is the root of our troubles, and love is also the root of our troubles. When people have habit, it is not easy to change. With the attachment to love, they will care about and cling to everything; when they are attached to love, they cannot get When giving back, hatred arises, and people's greed, anger and suffering will rotate in this way, and the fundamentals of life and death will continue forever. Therefore, it is said that "love is not eliminated, and suffering continues."

This verse inspires us to be aware of our own minds at all times, and not to let bad habits, greed and attachments fall deeper and deeper; only if we can remove them in real time, it is possible to cut off the root of our troubles and move towards liberation.