Qiu's Rhetoric（75）
Ma Xiaoqiu:Perceive the"Merit and Virtue"
昨天下午五點，結束了禪道商學院第十八期＂精誠計劃＂的課程。這期課程收獲很大泳猬，其中在攀登好漢坡的途中給了我很大的啟發(fā)琐脏。
The courses of the 18th“Jing Cheng Plan”of Zen Tao Business School were ended at 5:00 p.m.yesterday.I have benefited a lot from this course.In particular,I was greatly enlightened on the way to climbing Haohan Slope.
看見功德二字秋茫，我想大多數(shù)人都能明白其大概的意思，但要做更深入的理解可能就有些困難了邓线。在此赚楚，我將自己所證悟的一點心得體會分享給大家毙沾。
Seeing the words of the merit and virtue,I think most people can understand the general meanings of them,but it may be difficult to have their deeper understanding.Hereby,I want to share a bit of my perception with you.
功德是成就我們一切美好愿望的能力。那什么是功宠页，什么是德左胞，兩者之間有著什么樣的關系？功就是人通過長期而不間斷的努力之后所具備的技術才能举户，也就是我們的生存本領烤宙。那怎樣能夠實現(xiàn)技術才能的價值呢？在現(xiàn)實中敛摘，我們不乏看見有的人的確具備聰明才智，也的確有一身過人的技術乳愉，但終身懷才不遇兄淫、一事無成屯远，什么原因呢？人所具備的聰明才智和技術本領是功捕虽，但如果只具備功而忽略了德的培養(yǎng)慨丐，這時的功是不具備力量的。
The merit and virtue are the ability to achieve all our good wishes.So what is merit and what is virtue?What is the relationship between the two?The“merit”is the technical ability that the people have gained after long-term and uninterrupted efforts,that is,our ability to survive.How can we realize the value of our technical ability?In reality,we do not lack to see that some people do have wisdom,intelligence and extraordinary technique,but their talents remain unrecognized and they achieve nothing in their whole life.What’s the reason?The people’s wisdom,intelligence and technical skill belong to merit which is powerless if they only have“merit”but neglect the cultivation of their“virtue”.
我打個比方：一個人或者是一個企業(yè)泄私，在攀登山峰的路上房揭，我們的目標一定是要到達頂峰。在此晌端，我把人比喻成功捅暴，把山比喻成徳，如果在攀登的過程中咧纠，我們只顧攀爬蓬痒，心中只想盡快到達山頂，當有一天我們終于到達山頂了漆羔，這時我們面臨著什么梧奢？在我們腳下已無路可走，唯一的路就是下山演痒，這就是功的結果亲轨。如果我們知道德的重要性，我們就不會是現(xiàn)在的遭遇了鸟顺，我們可以一邊修功（不停地攀登）惦蚊，一邊修德（不間斷地把山壘得更高再更高），于是我們攀登的高度才能是無限的诊沪。所以想要成就未來养筒，功、德缺一不可端姚。
Let me make an analogy:when a person or a company is climbing a mountain,their target is to reach the summit.Hereby I compare people to“merit”and mountain to“virtue”.If we only take care of climbing and think about reaching the summit ASAP,then what are we faced with after we finally reach the summit one day?We will have no other way to go under our feet but to go down the mountain.This is the result of“merit”.If we know the importance of virtue,our experience will be different.We can work on“merit”(climbing continuously)on the one hand and cultivate our“virtue”(piling up the mountain constantly)on the other hand,and then our climbing height will be unlimited.Therefore,both“merit”and“virtue”are indispensable to achieving success in the future.
看到這里晕粪，或許有人會想，我福報大渐裸，我不用修功徳巫湘。首先福報不是功德，功是我們的智慧才能昏鹃，我們的禪定尚氛，我們的持戒，我們的讀經(jīng)等等洞渤，這都是無法給予別人的阅嘶，功德一定是自己修自己得的。而福報是可以給予和被給予的，比如我們可以用財富去幫助別人讯柔，別人也可以用財富來幫助我們抡蛙。
Seeing this,maybe someone will think,I am blessed,I don't have to cultivate merit and virtue.First of all,the blessing is not equal to merit.The“Merit”consists of wisdom and ability.it is our meditation,our precepts,our reading classics,and so on,which can not be given to others.The“Merit”must be self-cultivation,but the blessings can give and be given.For example,we can use wealth to help others,and others can use wealth to help us.
千萬別忘了：功徳里面有褔報，而福報里面沒有功德魂迄，功徳是長久的粗截，福報是短暫的。
Don't forget:There are blessings in the merits and virtue,but there is no merit and virtue in the blessings.The merit and virtue are long-lasting,and the blessings are short-lived.
2018年6月3日馬小秋分享
Ma Xiaoqiu shared on June 3,2018
