无事做事

摘要：守护无事之心，令其相续，妙用在每个现行中。

在这个纷纷攘攘的现象中有太多的起伏变化了，在这一切变化中，我们的心不能有事。无事做事，是一个口诀，是智慧者实践的一个方法。

无事指的是心。用无事的心去做事情，事相上该解决什么问题解决什么问题，不制造问题，不在问题之外再增加新问题，这样会有一个现行解脱的方便。

在没有一个清晰法则的指导下，往往我们会在现行问题中增加新的问题，使旧问题相续并不断地被放大或者产生变异——心就随着这些问题的不断落实而变得坚固起来了，本来清净的心就会被污染，无碍的心就会被制约。

我们启用这个无事的心来做事情呢，那就会令现行解脱，古人称“事毕君子”。一个事情发生了，笑一笑，该怎么处理就怎么处理，那大家都是君子。任何的事相发生都是缘生缘灭的，没有实质的，只是我们的记忆还在纠缠，事情早就过去了。了解其本质是无有实质的，是性空的，那我们的心就完全可以取用自由，运用自如了。

守护无事之心，令其相续，妙用在每个现行中。在每个事相的问题发生时，不增加任何内容，不变异它，也不放大它，不去压制它，直下回归无染清净的本质，就是无事做事，现行解脱。

～～生命之光阳光早餐

来自慈法法师的『生命之光·阳光早餐』

Work with your mind rested

We should rest our mind while going through ups and downs in the buzzing world. Doing things with a rested mind is a mantra, a technique practiced by wise people.

Having a clear and rested mind means that we can solve our problems without creating others. It means that we are able to curb emotions such as greed, jealousy, ignorance, pride, doubts. This is a way to relieve ourselves while doing things with a rested mind, no additional problems, no added emotions.

When working without a clear and rested mind, we may create new problems and make the current problems persist and even become worse. Problems exist only when we take them as problems. Thus when we view those problems as real, our original pure free heart becomes hardened, polluted and restricted.

If we can view situations with a rested mind, we can set ourselves free. The ancient people named this status as “a gentleman with everything settled”: When there is trouble, just put on a smile and deal with the problem. That is the way of the “gentleman”. As a matter of fact, there is no essence in things and events; all are inter-dependent; they arise and cease, depending on one another. We just plague ourselves with the memories of the past. If we understand that all things have no intrinsic nature, is empty, we can free our heart from any obstacles. Because only our heart determines whether we are at peace or if we indulge in painful memories.

As a conclusion, we should face life with a rested mind and heart. When a problem occurs, we should not grow it, exacerbate it or suppress it. We should only go back to our original pure and equal mind. This is what we call doing things with a rested mind.

Light of life
Sunshine breakfast