真正的自由 ▏True Freedom

我们认为的自由是想买什么买什么、想去哪里就去哪里、想干什么就干什么。但我们不知道限制我们的不是没钱，不是不具足条件，而是自心，是心上的善恶显现的因果。

其实真正的自由不是想买什么买什么，而是我们当下拥有什么就能欣赏什么，得到欢喜，得不到也无所谓。

不为任何的得失而欣喜若狂，或者无奈沮丧。而且能够自如的控制自心干应该干的事，不费丝毫之力的谨慎取舍因果，而不是无法自控的随着习气所转，做不该做的事。

真正的自由是心上的无牵绊，无挂碍，无限制。无论外在的条件有多恶劣都不会让我们陷入情绪，束缚也并不是条件或者他人带来的，而是自心的羁绊。

而佛法就是从不同的角度让大家跳出这种无形且庞大的羁绊。你需要积累福德遇到、听懂、照做，才能一点点的逾越这些束缚，体验真正的自由。

嘉样堪布 

We believe that freedom is to buy whatever we like, to go wherever we want, and to do whatever we love. However, we don’t realize that our restriction is neither financial support nor other supportive matters. Instead, it is our mind that limits us. In other words, our restriction is the cause and effect of manifestation that comes from our mind’s positive and negative thoughts.Therefore, true freedom is not to buy whatever we want, but to appreciate what we own at this moment, to be happy with achievement, and to ease the pain of loss.

Neither be ecstatic nor feel depressed about any gain or loss. Moreover, controlling our mind to do what we should do freely and adopting or rejecting the cause and effect cautiously, rather than being out of control or doing what should not be done due to habitual tendency.

True freedom is no restrictions, no impediments, no limitations. It means that no matter how terrible the external environment is, there is no bad mood that traps us. The restrictions are also not conditions or somethings brought by others, but the shackles of the mind.

Dharma could help us unbolt these formless and huge shackles from different aspects. Thus, what we need to do is accumulating merits to meet the Dharma, follow it, and practice it. By doing so, we could break the shackles and experience true freedom.

Khenpo Jamyang