Life Is Like a Dream? How Do We Get Out of the Dream?

中文原著：隆門圓通法師
英文翻譯：張惠平
Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong
Translated by Huei Ping Chang

《金剛經》 云：
一切有為法 如夢幻泡影
如露亦如電 應作如是觀

物質文明為人類帶來福利，但能造福的範圍，卻只限於地球，乃滄海之一粟。若是只照顧一個地球，而捨棄無量無邊的世界，謂：棄海認浮漚也（附註）。所謂：給人類帶來福利，亦是短暫…虛妄…人在世間，生、老、病、死，如夢如幻。
人享受著物質和文明，科學昌明做出了如夢幻般的產品，得到了豐裕富足的夢幻發明，能利樂如夢般的人類…夢醒…一場空。
佛子啊！善自珍惜、惜福修慧、誓盡此身、心勤精進。
願共勉之。賢善吉祥。

附註：浮漚，水泡也。以大海中之浮漚喻人身。楞嚴經二曰「譬如澄清百千大海棄之，唯認一浮漚體，目為全潮窮盡瀛渤。」 同經三曰：「反觀父母所生之身，猶彼十方虛空之中，吹一微塵，若有若亡，如湛巨海流一浮漚，起滅無從。」

資料來源：心靈甘露(一)，隆門圓通法師著。

The Diamond Sutra goes, “All the Saṃskṛta dharmas are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows as well as dew and fire-flag, so we should regard them as such.”

The material civilization has brought welfare to people, but the scale is limited to the Earth only, which is like a drop in the bucket.

If we only take care of the Earth and abandon other boundless realms, this is like mistaking water bubbles for numerous seas.

The welfare brought to humans is temporary and false. The human life includes birth, old age, sickness, and death, and is like a dream or illusion.

People are enjoying materials and civilizations. Magic products and abundant inventions are made by sophisticated science and can benefit dreaming people, but when they wake up, all are empty.

Buddhists! Cherish everything. Cherish your blessings and cultivate wisdom. Vow to be diligent in this entire life.

Let’s encourage each other with this.

Source: Sweet Dew for the Soul (Vol. I), Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong.