Voice of Master Jingzong - Q and A about the Purpose of Life
淨宗之聲 - 人生目的問答
Question 7. Why do we sometimes feel lonely?
Answer to Q7: For me, it is not sometimes, but always. I feel lonely all the time, but my life is a healthy , rational and enlightened life.
“Wow, that is so sad, isn’t it?” Yes, it is. We live in an active environment in order to escape from our sense of isolation.
Loneliness is the actual reality of life. He is alone, having no one who truly listens or can understand his thinking.
Even a couple sleeping on the same bed can have that feeling of loneliness that cannot be communicated. Even father and son, best friends, close relatives, don’t really know each other. Because of this they cannot ease the emptiness in each other’s lonely hearts.
The Infinite Life Sutra says, “A person lives in this world of lust. He was born alone and will die alone. He comes alone and goes alone.”
(to be continued tomorrow)
問(7):為什麼我們有時候會覺得很孤獨?
淨宗之聲:
其實如果以我來說,我們不應該是有時候覺得很孤獨,而是在任何時候都應該感受到孤獨,這才是健康的人生、理性的人生、覺悟生命的人生。
“哇!每個時候都覺得很孤獨,那豈不是太難過了?”是的。所以大家都在熱熱閙閙、紛紛囂囂當中逃離孤獨的場景。
孤獨其實是人生的實相。就是說他孤孤單單,無人傾吐心聲,沒有第二個人瞭解他的心思。
即使是同床共枕的夫妻之間,仍然有不可溝通的孤獨感;即使是父子、親朋、關係至親的人,在對方內心深處仍然有不可探知的地方,對方也無法慰藉我們這顆孤獨的心。
《無量壽經》就說:“人在世間愛慾之中,獨生獨死,獨去獨來。”
Namo Amituofo!
