无目标之旅学习指南 · 第2讲：金刚本性

(Please Note: This is Chapter Two in the book Journey without Goal.) Body of talk: 31 min. Questions: 24 min. Overall: 56 min. Date: July 16, 1974

（请注意：本讲对应《无目标之旅》第二章。）讲座正文：31 分钟。提问：24 分钟。总时长：56 分钟。日期：1974 年 7 月 16 日

Out of the experience of nonexistence, the tantric practitioner discovers vajra nature, a state of being based on indestructibility and total clarity. This is a fundamental quality on the path of tantra.

从不存在的体验中，密续行者发现了金刚本性，这是一种以不可摧毁和彻底清明为基础的存在状态。这是密续之道上的一种根本特质。

Nonexistence leads to the experience of indestructibility or vajra nature.

不存在带来不可摧毁或金刚本性的体验。

• Having experienced the humor, openness and freedom of nonexistence, we discover complete indestructibility, which is unchallengeable, immovable and solid. This is the quality of vajra.

• 体验到不存在的幽默、开放和自由之后，我们发现了彻底的不可摧毁，它不可挑战、不可动摇且坚实。这就是金刚的特质。

• This can only come from recognizing that nonexistence is possible, being without reference points or philosophical definitions of any kind.

• 这只能来自认识到不存在是可能的：没有任何参照点，也没有任何一种哲学定义。

• We may speak of people being indestructible because they are so skilled or have mastered so many proofs and tactics. From the tantric standpoint, this kind of securing oneself with gadgetry is a source of destructibility, not indestructibility.

• 我们可能会说，某些人不可摧毁，因为他们十分老练，或掌握了许多论据和策略。从密续的立场来看，这种依靠各种手段来保障自身的做法，是可摧毁性的根源，而非不可摧毁性的根源。

• In the tantric view of indestructibility, there is no ground, no basic premise and no particular philosophy except one’s own experience.

• 从密续对不可摧毁性的看法而言，除了自身的体验以外，没有立足之地，没有基本前提，也没有特定的哲学。

• We cannot trick ourselves into realizing the state of immovability. It only comes from the genuine experience of nonexistence.

• 我们不能靠欺骗自己来证得不可动摇的状态。它只能来自对不存在的真实体验。

Vajra nature is hardheaded and unyielding and does not cooperate with seductions or deceptions of any kind.

金刚本性刚硬不屈，不与任何形式的诱惑或欺骗合作。

• This is different from boycotting the seductions of the samsaric world. We see them clearly but we do not yield to any of them at all.

• 这不同于抵制轮回世界的诱惑。我们清楚地看到它们，却丝毫不向其中任何一种屈服。

• Being hardheaded implies that one is not taken in by anything at all. Such hardheadedness or “vajra-headedness” is a quality of toughness and not being seduced.

• 头脑刚硬意味着一个人完全不会被任何东西蒙骗。这种刚硬的头脑，或“金刚头脑”，是一种坚韧且不受诱惑的特质。

• Vajra truth is the hard truth, such as the truth of death. Similarly, vajra nature is based on hard truth. We cannot challenge or manipulate it in any way at all. It is both direct and precise.

• 金刚的真相是严峻的真相，例如死亡的真相。同样，金刚本性以严峻的真相为基础。我们完全无法以任何方式挑战或操纵它。它既直接又精确。

• Vajra or dorje in Tibetan means adamantine or having the qualities of a diamond. Like a diamond, vajra is tough and also extremely precious.

• 金刚，藏语称为 dorje，意为坚不可摧，或具有钻石的特质。如同钻石一样，金刚坚硬，而且极其珍贵。

• Some teachers and students of tantra in America have misunderstood this quality of vajra. It is extremely dangerous to play with tantric energy, which is like touching a live wire without a buffer. It could be suicidal. It could become a spiritual atomic bomb that destroys others and us.

• 美国的一些密续教师和学员误解了金刚的这一特质。玩弄密续的能量极其危险，就像毫无防护地触碰带电的电线。这可能是自杀行为。它可能成为一颗灵性原子弹，摧毁他人和我们自己。

• Working with tantra is not like planting a little seed and watching it grow. We have to start with the understanding of nonexistence and the recognition of how rare and precious and extraordinary tantra is.

• 修习密续不像种下一粒小种子，再看着它生长。我们必须从理解不存在开始，并认识到密续是多么稀有、珍贵而非凡。

Vajra nature is a combination of indestructibility and total clarity. It is the total experience of tantra, the experience of the enlightened state of being.

金刚本性是不可摧毁与彻底清明的结合。它是密续的完整体验，是对觉悟的存在状态的体验。

• Vajra nature is an experience of sanity that is based on clarity, which comes from the practice of meditation throughout the journey of the three yanas.

• 金刚本性是一种清明健全的体验，以清明为基础，而这种清明来自贯穿三乘旅程的禅修实践。

• The clarity of vajra nature is ostentatious and has immense brilliance. It is very joyful and has potentialities of everything.

• 金刚本性的清明光彩夺目，具有巨大的光辉。它十分喜悦，蕴含一切的潜能。

• This clarity is different from either the clear light described in the Tibetan Book of the Dead or the luminosity described in Mahayana. Vajrayana clarity has more humor, subtlety and dignity, and is utterly outrageous.

• 这种清明既不同于《西藏度亡经》所描述的明光，也不同于大乘所描述的光明。金刚乘的清明更有幽默感，更加微妙、庄严，而且极其出格。

• Things are seen as they are, but they are also seeing us precisely. We are totally exposed and open, which allows a meeting point to occur. That point is called vajra nature. We realize we cannot chicken out; life is not a rehearsal.

• 事物被如其所是地看见，但它们也在精确地看着我们。我们完全暴露、全然开放，这使得一个相遇点得以出现。这个点称为金刚本性。我们认识到自己不能临阵退缩；生活不是彩排。

The experience of vajra nature, which combines indestructibility and clarity, is superior to any other approach to spirituality, even within the Buddhist tradition. We need to understand this quality as we go through the further discussion of the path of tantra.

结合了不可摧毁与清明的金刚本性体验，胜过其他任何灵性途径，即使在佛教传统内部也是如此。在进一步讨论密续之道时，我们需要理解这一特质。

1) You said that you see things as they are and they see you, too. Is this because you are totally exposed, open and willing to be seen?

1) 您说，您如其所是地看见事物，而事物也看见您。这是因为您完全暴露、全然开放，并且愿意被看见吗？

2) Being involved in a Hinayana meditation practice, should one avoid experiencing direct energy?

2) 正在修习小乘禅修的人，是否应当避免体验直接的能量？

3) What is the relationship between nonexistence and being?

3) 不存在与存在是什么关系？

4) How does vajra nature relate to the vajra family in the five buddha families?

4) 金刚本性与五佛部中的金刚部有何关系？

5) How can tantric teachers make mistakes if they are enlightened?

5) 如果密续教师已经觉悟，怎么还会犯错？

6) Why are you teaching tantra to us when you tell us we should practice a Hinayana approach to meditation?

6) 您告诉我们应当采用小乘的方法来禅修，为什么却又向我们讲授密续？

7) As we become more open through meditation practice, we receive positive feedback. Is that dangerous?

7) 随着我们通过禅修变得更加开放，我们会得到正面的反馈。这有危险吗？

8) If impermanence is one of the three marks of existence, what is indestructible?

8) 如果无常是存在的三个特征之一，那么什么是不可摧毁的？

9) When you referred to Hindu teachers, were these teachers presenting left or right handed tantra?

9) 您提到印度教教师时，那些教师所传授的是左道密续，还是右道密续？