從愛心出發

你們之間存在著這種愛，即使仇敵之間有時也有。這種愛是我們與生俱來的，甚至在我們出生之前就已具備了，但後來卻慢慢地被社會消磨殆盡，或是不好的經驗使我們受挫失望，然後我們就將它鎖上。有時我們只是關上門，沒有上鎖，但漸漸地過了兩個月或一段時間之後，我們真的把門鎖上，不想再打開，並把鑰匙扔掉。

因此，這種愛沒有機會成長、開展以及發揚光大。如果我們繼續保有這種愛，就永遠不會失去；萬一失去了，那是因為我們想這麼做，我們想與愛背道而馳。要不然，任何人隨時都有可能基於任何理由而真正失去這種愛，這一生足以讓我們失去任何東西，更不用說是愛了！不過我們一直都擁有愛，只是我們必須拿出來用，因為那是我們所擁有的一切，我們就是全然的愛。如果我們不用，當然它會越來越像是被關起來或縮小一樣；它仍然存在，只是沒有擴展、沒有更新、沒有善用或發揮任何作用。

在任何機緣或任何情況下，或是任何時候你們覺得準備好要為他人犧牲生命，那時你們就擁有這種愛，你們已完全擁有它。你們不在乎為你們的妻兒、父母、甚至狗兒犧牲自己或自己的生命，那一刻，你們就完全與自己的愛溝通了。如果持續這樣，時時保有這種精神，那你們就不需要我了（師父和大眾笑），完全不需要我，你們已成功邁向天堂之路，第五界或任何境界都可達到。

愛就是像這樣，不一定要哭哭啼啼、抱來抱去的，或寫情書、長詩，洋洋灑灑，不需要。只要心裡知道就好，知道如果有需要，你願意為任何人犧牲自己的生命。如果你有這樣的胸襟，知道自己完全是出於自覺的，知道自己真的是在愛裡面，而且一點都沒有失去它，這樣就很偉大了。

不過另一種情況是，有時因為業障的關係……比方說，前世那個人救了你，這一世你就願意去救那個人，那麼這可能不是出於愛，而只是業力驅使你這麼做。然而如果你是以愛心去做，如果你樂於犧牲，心甘情願去做，那就另當別論。

所以無條件的愛有兩、三種。有時看起來像是無條件的愛，但可能只是業力使然，有時則是為了報恩。比方說，前世某人對你很好，為你做過什麼超乎尋常的事，因此你答應這一世回來要不惜一切報答對方的恩義，這個承諾深印在你的腦海裡，刻骨銘心，所以你願意為那個人做牛做馬，甚至犧牲自己的生命。那只是對一個人的深刻感情，那是不同的。

然而如果有需要，你願意為任何人犧牲，那又是另外一回事。當對方需要或情況需要，你會犧牲生命以保護他的安全，使他得以活命，那就不一樣了，那才是真正無條件的愛，不是愛你的心上人那種小愛。那種小愛也很好，但不如你願意為任何人，甚至陌生人犧牲的那種愛。

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The Real Meaning of 

True Love

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai 
France Gathering, February 17, 2009
(Originally in English)

We always have love,
it's just that we must use it,
because that's all we have.
That's all we are: love.

The love exists between you, even though sometimes it’s between enemies. This love, we are born with. Even before we came here, we had this love; but then slowly, either the society wears it out or bad experiences make us disappointed, and then we lock it. Sometimes we just close the door, we don’t lock it; but then slowly, after two months or two whatever, we do lock it, and we don’t want to open it again, and throw away the key.

So, the love has no chance to develop, to open up and to spread out all over. If we continue holding on to that love, we will never lose it. If we lose the love, it’s because we wanted to; we just wanted to act the opposite of love. Otherwise, anyone could really lose that love, anytime; any excuse would do. This life is enough for us to lose anything, not to talk about love! But we always have it, just that we must use it, because that’s all we have. That’s all we are: love. If we don’t use it, then of course it’s just getting like enclosed or shrunk; it’s still there, just not expanded, not renewed, not used or useful in any way.

Whenever, through any chance or any circumstance, or any time you feel that you’re ready to die for someone else, that is when you’ve got it. You’ve got the total of it. You don’t mind if you sacrifice yourself or your life for your kids, for your wife, your mother, your father or even your dog. At that moment, you’re in total connection with your love. And if you continue this way, all the time in this kind of mentality, then you don’t need me. (Master and everyone laugh) You don’t need me at all. You are well on your way to Heaven, fifth level, whatever level can be available.

Love is like that. It doesn’t have to be like a demonstration of tears, or hugs, or letters, or long-winded sentences or big poetry; it doesn’t have to be. Just know it in your heart, that you’re willing to lay down your life even, if necessary, for anyone. If your heart is like that, know that you’re in charge of yourself, that you really are in that love and you did not lose any of it, and you are just great.

But another thing is sometimes the karmic connection… like the last life, that person saved you and this life, you’re willing to save that person. So that might not even be the love, it might just be the karmic force that makes you do that. But if you do that with LOVE in your heart, you know what I mean? If you’re willing to sacrifice, if you willingly, knowingly do that, that’s a different thing.

So there are two or three kinds of so-called unconditional love. Sometimes it looks like unconditional love, but it could be just the karmic power or sometimes repayment. Like the last time, that someone was so good to you; he did something extraordinary for you, so that this lifetime you promised to come back and do whatever it takes to repay that kindness. It’s ingrained in you; it’s imprinted in your heart. So you want to do anything for that person, even lay down your life. That is a deep feeling just for one person. That’s different.

But if you’re willing to sacrifice for anyone at all when it’s needed, then it’s different. When that person needs or when the situation needs, and you would sacrifice your life so that the person could be in safety and live, that’s a different one. That’s the true unconditional love, not a petite one, not for someone that you always very much like. That’s also good, but it’s not like you would sacrifice for anyone at all, a stranger even.

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