四無量心的修持（中英雙語）

　　The practice of the four immeasurable qualities of mind （catvāri apramān?āni） is step by step process. One accumulates the four immeasurable qualities of mind in a steadily process through meditation and implement from familiar to unfamiliar, from near to far and spreads throughout all living beings. One should cultivate the four immeasurable qualities of mind, namely, loving kindness （Maitrī） compassion （Karu?�。�， sympathetic joy （Muditā）， equanimity （Upek?�。� and gradually extend to unlimited and immeasurable space. First of all, you should spread the loving kindness from the people whom you love, your relatives, and your best friends and then you gradually expand to all beings including your enemies without any discrimination, and later let the four immeasurable qualities of mind pervade all directions and everything consistently. This is the real practice of the four immeasurable qualities of mind.

　　四無量心的修持是循序漸進、厚積薄發(fā)的過程，通過禪觀及實行，由親至疏、由近及遠遍及一切眾生，將慈悲喜舍心逐步擴展到無量無邊。首先，從自己所摯愛的人、親戚、身邊最好的朋友開始，然后逐漸擴大到包括怨敵在內(nèi)的一切眾生，絲毫沒有偏愛，堅定不移地遍及一切，這就是真正的四無量心的修持。

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