當你遇到矛盾的時候，你是讓矛盾擺著，還是處理掉？

When you have a problem, do you keep it or solve it?

其實矛盾起於你用的是「血肉之心」，這是「質性」；

As a matter of fact, all the problems result from a “worldly

and secular heart,” which is so-called “materialistic nature.”

這是你墜入後天，被紅塵所染的，所以就變化出你現在的氣質，這就叫做「質性」。

It is caused physically and will pollute your original pure nature.

由你的「質性」所引發出來的就是「習性」。

But everyone is vulnerable to this materialistic nature

giving rise to many bad habits and thoughts.

「質性」跟「習性」其實是同一個，也導致你所發出來的、所做的，不能夠合乎中道。既然不是中道，當然就會有所偏頗。

The worldly heart and materialistic nature are actually

one of a kind; they bias and prejudice what you think and act,

making it deviate from the right way.

所以，當你遇到事情的時候，如果你沒有用真心、天心去處理，你就會陷入困境、陷入矛盾的境界。

Therefore, if you do not handle your problem with a pure

heart, you will be trapped and cannot find a way out.

記住！當你遇到事情擺不平的時候，那就代表你還存有「質性」， 

Remember. If now you have a hard time overcoming your

problems, it means you are still attached to your

“materialistic nature” and cannot let go.

要記得把那一份質性放下來，這樣才能真正自在。

So you must break away from it to be free.

活佛師尊慈悲囑語The Holy Teachings of Ji Gong Living Buddha

台南濟德宮January 4, 2003