A compassionate doctor-有悲心的医生

Robot Monk Xian'er

A compassionate doctor

To contemplate the faults in others is thegeneration of afflictions upon observing the faults or imagined faults inothers. When contemplating others’ faults, our mind is in the shadow ofafflictions and is deluded. We see only the part we repulse and ignore thebright side. What’s more, we can’t reflect upon our own weaknesses nor do wetake the needs of the whole into consideration.

No one would commit offenses on purpose.People are conditioned by their abilities, their understandings and theiropportunities. They may not be as skillful or as experienced as we are. So,what we should do is to offer a helping hand if we are more capable andexperienced. It does no one any good to just belittle others and to brood uponour own afflictions incurred.

The other side of the story might be thatout of sheer stupidity someone committed offenses and did unwholesome deeds.Even so, what we should do is to offer help and reflect upon ourselves: do wealso do bad things? Have we done enough? Have we tried our very best?

Not to contemplate others’ faults is not toignore the faults but not to bring up afflictions when doing so. A cultivatorof virtues should be clear-headed about right and wrong, and hold fast to theright view. Therefore, upon observing others’ slippage, instead of thegeneration of anger and contempt, we look inwardly to see whether we are in thewrong. If we are, change for the better; if we are not, be alert. Then, wedevise expedient means to offer help.

A compassionate mind should burst intobeing upon observing the faults in others and genuinely hope to help with thecorrection. This is what a compassionate doctor does. He knows the root of theillness in his patient and truly hopes to liberate him from the pain by allpossible means.

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有悲心的医生

面对他人的过失或自己以为的过失，内心产生烦恼，就是观过。观过之时，由于烦恼覆心，

人往往失去理智，只看到自己排斥的那一点，看不到他人的优点，也看不到自己的不足，更看不到整体的需要。

没有人会故意去犯错，只是在自己的能力、认识、缘起上去做事，可能做得不够好，可能没有经验，我们如果有经验、有能力，应该去帮助他才对，光是在内心贬斥、烦恼，对自他都没有好处。

另一种情况是对方有烦恼，所以做了不好的事、造了恶业，也应该去帮助他。当我们看到他人做错事时，要反过来想想自己，是不是也有做错的时候呢？自己做得好不好，做得够不够？

不观过，不是不见过，是内心不要有烦恼的心态。修行人要是非分明，正念坚定。譬如，看到他人的过失，起心动念不是嗔恨、轻视，而是先返观自身：有则改之，无则加勉；进一步想种种办法去帮助他改正。

看到别人的问题，应该起慈悲心，希望帮助他改正，就好比医生看到病人，很清楚他是什么问题，病根在哪里，一心想帮他治病，解除痛苦。