四种利益他人的方法

摘要:同事、爱语、饶益、布施是我们在与人交往过程中,利益别人的一种清晰、简单可行的方法。让我们复杂的思想变得可行,简化自心,使作为简洁。

我们生活中许多人情世故不知道该如何处理才得当,怎样做才能利益到他人。同事、爱语、饶益、布施就是在与人交往过程中利益别人的一种清晰、简单可行的方法。今天与大家一起分享。

先来看这个例子。面对孩子喜爱打游戏这件事,家长如果一味告诉孩子这件事情不应做,进行阻止和责难,恐怕孩子只能体会到委屈,在心理上会关闭和父母交流的通道。如果此时家长先放一放自己的角色,进入孩子的角色,扮演孩子的伙伴,就是“我和你是一样的”,一起玩耍。在这个过程中,与孩子分享自己的体验,再对孩子进行教育、交流,孩子就会更容易接受。

这个过程就是同事,它是交往的一个最重要的连接。这样在事件中,双方就变得平等,没有一方是强势或弱势、骄慢或自卑。同事不是放弃自己的需求,而是在与对方同事的过程中,体会、实践放下自我的自由和奉献。如果我们积极配合别人、支持别人,那我们就是一个无我的支持者,十分了不起。

所以,我们和任何人打交道,同事一定是第一步,这是行为上的接受。爱语呢,就是一个接受状态下的交流表达,是尊重、感激、平和、如实、简单的内容。

同事、爱语本身不是目的,它们是一个和对方建立连接、建立沟通管道的过程。我们的目的是布施、饶益对方,布施、饶益是结果。为了真正利益到对方,才有同事、爱语这样的过程。

布施可以是各种内容,包括物质上、具体方法上、思想心灵觉悟上的,或者平和、安慰、随顺的语言上的。比如我们给别人推荐方法,同时不要求别人或期待别人去做,这个就是布施的特定心理。留给对方足够的空间去体验、观察和实践,这里头就充满了真实饶益对方的慈悲心理。一旦有了要求,就和布施没有关系了。

回到教育孩子的例子上,我们的目的是不管发生什么事,都要培养孩子健康、从容的心,培养自己宽容的心。那么在与孩子同事、爱语的过程中,我们就打开了管道,可以把方法等等的内容给予孩子,真正利益到他。

同事、爱语和布施、饶益,把我们复杂的思想变得可行,简化自心,使作为简洁。我们在作为的时候,可以经常反躬自问,有没有和人同事?有没有用爱语?有没有布施?这样就能真正传递一个饶益对方的事实,有了这样的参照,我们为人处事就简单起来了。

来自慈法法师的『生命之光·阳光早餐』

 

Four methods that benefit others

In daily life, we often don’t know how to deal with worldly affairs properly and how to benefit others. Befriending, kind words, benefiting others and giving freely are four clear, simple and practical methods which we can use to benefit other people in our social interactions. Today let’s share them with you together.

First, let’s take a look at the following example: children’s computer game addiction. If parents simply prevent their kids from playing, constantly interrupt their games and always blame them, the only thing that children will feel is frustration, and the children may cut off the channels of communication with their parents. But if the parents put their parent’s role aside first, and get involved in a child role, play together with their kids as their playmate and try to think they are the same as their kids, they can share their own experiences with their kids in the process of playing and the subsequent communication and teaching can be accepted by the kids more easily.

This process can be called “befriending”. It is the most crucial method to communicate. In such situation as mentioned above, both sides will feel equal and no one stands weak or strong, proud or humble. Befriending doesn’t mean that we should give up our own needs, instead, we can experience the freedom and dedication of letting our ego fade away. If we really learn how to actively support and cooperate with others, then we become a remarkable selfless supporter.

So, the first step when dealing with people is to become a good buddy of them, which also means other people have accepted us. Only under the circumstances of acceptance may kind words express. Kind words has contents of respect, gratitude, peacefulness, honesty and simplicity.

Becoming a good buddy of others and saying kind words are not an end in itself, but a process of establishing communication channels with them. Our goal is to benefit other people, thus giving and benefiting are the results.

Giving may hold different aspects, giving material goods, specific advice, spiritual awareness, or peaceful, soothing and harmonious words. If we want to provide someone with a method or advice, we should not require him or count on him to apply it. This is the specific motivation of giving: handing out without conditions or expectations. Adequate space is provided to others for their own experience, observation and practice, which is real compassion for the other people. Demanding or expecting has nothing to do with giving.

Let’s get back to the example of children’s education. Our purpose is to foster our children’s healthy and relaxed mind and cultivate our tolerance, despite whatever happens. Thus through befriending and saying kind words, we can ease and open communication channels and benefit our children with useful methods, etc.

Befriending, kind words, giving and benefiting others can smoothen otherwise complicated thinking and simplify our hearts and deeds. When accomplishing things, we can always ask ourselves “Have I become a buddy to others? Have I used kind words? Have I practised giving?” This way, we can truly pass on beneficial things to others, and with this method as our guide, we can simplify our conduction with others.

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