如果我們都能捐棄一己成見，就能感受到每個人都是親切的，氣氛中充滿溫暖與安全感，當下就是一個淨土的世界。
If all of us can give up our prejudice, then we will feel that everyone is kind and congenial, the atmosphere surrounding us is warm and friendly, and perceive the world as a pure land at that very moment.

「人間淨土」不是一個完全沒有犯罪行為或災難的地方，因為在我們這個世界上，不可能永遠沒有災難，也不可能永遠沒有犯罪的人與事，而是從自己的內心出發，那就是生活在淨土中了。
The “pure land on earth” is not somewhere without any crime or disaster. In fact, our world will never be free from disasters, and nor can it be free from criminals and criminal acts. Rather, if we can purify our mind by starting from within, we are then living in a pure land on earth.

這並不是一種自我欺騙，而是因為有一顆充滿安全感的心，看待外境的變化，自然就不會懼怕了。
This is not a form of self-deception. When our mind is filled with a sense of security, we will no longer fear any changes from the external world.

選自聖嚴法師著作《亂不了你的心》
From Master Sheng Yen’s book, Nothing Can’t Disturb Your Mind
Translated by Liu, Ping
Edited by Paul James, Elenda Huang, Keith Brown

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