“幸福是什么营袜？”我們?yōu)槭裁催@樣發(fā)問撒顿？這是探索問題的正確方法嗎？
我們并不幸福荚板，否則這個世界將會迥然不同凤壁，我們的文明與文化將徹底改觀吩屹。我們并非幸福之人——瑣碎、痛苦拧抖、掙扎煤搜、虛榮，沉浸于各種徒然無益之物唧席，滿足于狹隘的雄心擦盾、金錢、地位淌哟〖Ｂ或許，我們學(xué)富五車徒仓，家財萬貫腐碱，豪屋名車，兒女成群蓬衡，世事洞明，但我們并不幸福彤枢。我們飽受痛苦狰晚，正因為痛苦，所以才渴望幸福缴啡，一旦有人向我們許諾幸副谏梗——無論是社會、經(jīng)濟(jì)或心靈的幸福业栅，我們樂于盲從秒咐，誤入歧途。
我明明痛苦碘裕，卻詢問幸福何在携取，這有什么益處呢？能幫我明了痛苦嗎帮孔？我的課題是領(lǐng)悟痛苦雷滋，而不是追逐幸福。當(dāng)我悟破了痛苦文兢，幸福就來臨了晤斩；但一旦我刻意追求，那就不再是幸福姆坚。所以澳泵，我必須明白，痛苦究竟是什么兼呵？但是兔辅，如果我動用部分心智追逐幸福腊敲，以此來逃避痛苦，我還能悟破痛苦嗎幢妄？所以兔仰，為了徹悟痛苦，我必須將心與痛苦完全融合為一蕉鸳，不排斥乎赴，不辯白，不譴責(zé)潮尝，不比較榕吼，而是全然與痛苦在一起，去體悟痛苦勉失。
如果我懂得如何聆聽羹蚣，真實(shí)的幸福就會自然呈現(xiàn)。我必須懂得聆聽痛苦乱凿，如果能聆聽痛苦顽素，就能聆聽幸福，因為幸福就是我的本來面目徒蟆。
——克里希那穆提《生命書：365觀心日課》（The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti）
Understanding Suffering
Why do we inquire, “what is happiness”? Is that the right approach? Is that the right probing?
We are not happy. If we were happy, our world would be entirely different; our civilization, our culture would be wholly, radically different. We are unhappy human beings, petty, miserable, struggling, vain, surrounding ourselves with useless, futile things, satisfied with petty ambitions, with money, and position. We are unhappy beings, though we may have knowledge, though we may have money, rich houses, plenty of children, cars, experience. We are unhappy, suffering, human beings, and because we are suffering, we want happiness, and so we are led away by those who promise this happiness—social, economic, or spiritual….
What is the good of my asking if there is happiness when I am suffering? Can I understand suffering? That is my problem, not how to be happy. I am happy when I am not suffering, but the moment I am conscious of it, it is not happiness…. So I must understand what is suffering. Can I understand what is suffering when a part of my mind is running away seeking happiness, seeking a way out of this misery? So must I not, if I am to understand suffering, be completely one with it, not reject it, not justify it, not condemn it, not compare it, but completely be with it and understand it?
The truth of what is happiness will come if I know how to listen. I must know how to listen to suffering; if I can listen to suffering I can listen to happiness, because that is what I am.
JULY 7
