@ 菩薩不一定有笑容的， 慈悲不一定是柔軟的。
A Bodhisattva may not always have a smile
just as compassion may not necessarily be delicate.
有時候，在培養慈悲心的過程裡，最易令人誤解的地方是以為要擁有一顆開放的心，真正具有愛與同情的心，意味著我們必須被動配合任由別人使喚，無論面對任何情境還要嘻笑以對，讓人予取予求，然而這不叫做慈悲，恰恰相反，慈悲不是手無縛雞之力，它的真實力量是來自於我們看透世間一切事物的本來面目而不屈就。
慈悲允許我們見證苦難的存在純粹是反映內在無明的意識狀態，無論是自己或他人而不感到恐懼與衝突。它讓我們毫不猶豫地擺出事實，義無反顧竭盡所能正確行事。培養慈悲心就是....學會有尊嚴地活，克服內在恐懼取回自己的力量，神佛，一切眾生，無一例外。
Sometimes we think that to develop an open heart, to be truly loving and compassionate, means that we need to be passive, to allow others to abuse us, to smile and let anyone do what they want with us. Yet this is not what is meant by compassion. Quite the contrary. Compassion is not at all weak. It is the strength that arises out of seeing the true nature of suffering in the world.
Compassion allows us to bear witness to that suffering, whether it is in ourselves or others, without fear; it allows us to name injustice without hesitation, and to act strongly, with all the skill at our disposal. To develop this mind state of compassion...is to learn to live, as the Buddha put it, with sympathy for all living beings, without exception.
- Sharon Salzberg
秦大虎油畫
