Time To Wake Up | 醉生梦醒
（译文请往下阅读）
(By Tsem Rinpoche)
Dear friends around the world,
About two weeks ago, Pastor Loh Seng Piow (my student and personal attendant) offered me a Chinese book that was published by our publication house, Kechara Media & Publications.
Apparently, Pastor Loh Seng Piow has been working on this book that covers many interesting topics about Buddhism. All of the materials that he got was from my blog! He did this pet project quietly and sincerely… conceptualized it, edited the book content, found the sponsors, and made sure that everything about the book was perfect for publishing.
I am very proud of Pastor Loh Seng Piow, he attends to me 24 hours a day and yet found the time to do this! I am very glad that he uses whatever extra time that he has on his own to do more Dharma.
I am also very happy that Kechara produced yet another Dharma book. Kechara has been consistently producing high quality and great Dharma books. There is nothing that makes me happier than seeing Dharma grow in our departments and within my students as well…
I thought that I should share this with everyone as a form of inspiration to others, and also to let Kechara and Pastor Loh Seng Piow know that I appreciate them very much for having the Dharma in mind always.
Tsem Rinpoche
About the book
A compilation of Tsem Rinpoche’s teachings throughout the years, this book sends the message to free ourselves from our self-created problems by revealing to us what truly matters in life. It’s time to wake your compassionate and wisdom filled mind.
Some of the topics covered within this book are:
- The eight verses of mind transformation – Learn how to deal with problems and difficult people. Through focusing on what truly matters, this teaching helps us to connect with others through wisdom and compassion.
- ‘Failing’ – A commentary on J.K. Rowling’s enlightening speech in Harvard University. Failure is a normal process in life, it is what we do after failing that molds us to a persistent, confident and responsible individual. Learn how to focus on getting success instead of the failure
- Buddha’s Cousin: Devadatta – The Buddha’s life story is rich with examples for spiritual aspirants to emulate, and also lessons to be learnt. Through the story of Devadatta, we learn about the danger and damage jealousy can have on us and others.
- Life in Gaden monastery. Before coming to Malaysia, Rinpoche lived in Gaden monastery for several years. Rinpoche shares about the struggles and training he endured that shaped him into a better Dharma practitioner.
For practitioners, this book enlightens you on these topics:
- Reincarnation – One of the core teachings of Buddhism, reincarnation teaches us to focus have a larger view about life. Learn how to train our minds and let go of ill thoughts to create a better tomorrow, and better future lives.
- Taking Trances – Rinpoche shares about the supernatural, from supreme Dharma Protectors to spirits; Rinpoche reveals the difference between Oracles and spirit mediums.
- How do I prepare myself for initiation – A clear instruction to aspiring spiritual practitioners that want to take the fast track to Enlightenment.
Some teaser content from ‘Time to Wake Up’
“…the failures, that we have put on ourselves, may not necessarily be failures. It is not necessarily the end of the world because everybody’s hopes, dreams, desires, wishes and visions are very different; so what we have failed in, could be another person’s success. As time pass, if we keep self-deprecating and we are not happy with ourselves; we become depressed, and then from that comes depression. We can overcome that by saying, “Hey you know… what I have achieved is not so bad, because it’s not what I actually wanted. It’s not what I actually aimed for but its half way there, it’s one third the way there, it’s one fifth the way there because if this other person had that failure it would be success”. So what we need to do is we need to think carefully and say “Look, let’s look at it from another objective”. It is mind exercises. It is ways to exercise your mind to look at things differently to pull yourself out.”
“… if you have failed, you strip away the inessentials. What are the inessentials? Justifications. A long ramblings or pointing fingers at who to blame, what to blame and the situation. Stop trying to live a life that you cannot live anymore. Stop trying to be who you can’t be, who you pretended to be or who you thought you wanted to be anymore. Accept the fact that perhaps you contributed to the failure and to move on from that so failure means stripping away of the inessentials. What’s essential? What’s essential is you got to be honest with yourself and others, you’ve got to work double hard.”
“… People who are extremely successful will not get angry at things they know they have to do something about. They get angry at themselves and do something about it. The key is they do something positive towards fulfilling the goal, they do something about it. Everyone has their opportunities and chances in life. It’s whether you want to do it or not.”
“… in spiritual practice, it has everything to do with everything about you changing. And the beauty of it is, nothing changes. Why? In spiritual practice, as you do more and more spiritual practice, real spiritual practice, transformative spiritual practice, you will see your mind become light. You will see your mind become very happy, very bright and you will see that you accept things. Example, things that you normally would not have been able to tahan (endure), to take, to forebear, you are able to forbear now.”
“… Everything we encounter becomes practice. And that’s why for Dharma practitioners like us who really, really want to make a difference in our lives and the lives of others, we will thrive on confusion, thrive on anger, thrive on mischief, thrive on nasty people, thrive on weirdos, thrive on people who are just totally out of it and that just test your patience at the end – we will thrive on them.”
Where to find this book?
Malaysia: All Kechara Paradise outlets. Internationally: Vajrasecrets.com
各位读者们：
大约两个星期前，胜彪（我的弟子及私人助理）
原来，胜彪已经为这本书的出版筹备了一段时间。
我为胜彪感到非常骄傲，即使他7天24小时都在我身边协助我，
除此之外，我也替克切拉媒体出版感到非常高兴，
我希望透过这篇博客的分享能启发其他人，
詹杜固仁波切
关于此书
集合了詹杜固仁波切多年来的教诲，
其中的内容就包括：
修心八颂：学习如何与所谓“有问题”的人相处。
谈“失败”：这是詹杜固仁波切针对作者J.K. Rowling在美国哈佛大学一次的演讲内容的评述。
佛陀的堂兄弟提婆达多的故事：佛陀的生平故事有着丰富的教诲，
詹杜固仁波切在甘丹寺的经历：在来到马来西亚前，
对于学佛的人而言，以下这些内容也能启发你：
投生和转世：这是佛教教诲中的其中一个重点。
降神：詹杜固仁波切分享超自然的力量——
灌顶前的自我准备：对于那些希望获得上师灌顶的修行者，
《醉生梦醒》的摘录内容：
“……我们强加在自己身上的失败，不必然是失败，不必然是世界末日。因为每一个人的希望、梦想、想得到的、愿望、目标都不一样，因此我们的失败，可以是另一个人的成功。我发现这非常深奥也富有意义，因为当我们在自贬时，或者我们为自己不快乐时，我们变得消沉，也就成了忧郁症的源头。我们可以试着这样说，“嘿！你知道吗，我获得的东西，我达成的事情没有这么坏，因为它不是我真正要的”以去克服消沉的情绪。它不是我真正的目标但它是我达成目标的中途，那是我目的地的三分之一路途，那是目的地的五分之一路途，因为对另一个人来说，这个失败可能就是成功。因此我们需要做的是仔细思考并说“看，从另一个角度去看事情。”。这不是脑筋的游戏，而是脑筋的运动。这是运动你脑筋来看事情的另一面，以让自己能够抽离其中。并不意味你是消沉的。”
“……失败意味着剥除那些无关紧要的东西。因此如果你失败了，你是在剥除那些无关紧要的东西。什么是无关紧要的东西？我假定是你面对失败时做出的解释，辩解。不着边际的长篇大论或去怪罪于人、对象和情况。不要再过你不能再继续过的生活。不要再去当那个你不会成为的自己、那个你伪装成的人，或你以为你想要成为的人。接受自己可能是失败的导因之一的事实，接着向前看，让失败将那些无关紧要的东西剥除掉。什么是重要的东西？所谓重要的东西，就是你必须诚实面对自己和他人，你必须付出双重的努力。”
“……那些十分成功的人，知道他们必须为达到目标去做些什么，而不会为事物感到愤怒。他们会生气自己，并寻求解决方案。关键是他们会做些积极的事来达到自己的目标，他们会有所行动。每个人在自己的一生中都有属于自己的机会，只看你愿不愿意去做。”
“……佛法修行所围绕的，无非就是你自身的转化，而其中的美在于，其实什么都没有改变。为什么呢？因为在修行中，当你做越来越多的修行，真正的灵性修行，转化自己的灵性修行，你会发现自己的心更清明了。你会发现自己的内心充满喜悦，非常正面，你会发现你的心胸变得宽大了。比如说以往你所不能忍受的人、事与物，你所没办法承受的、接受的，你都能接受了。”
“……我们所遭遇的每一件事物都成为一次次修行的机会。正因为如此，像我们这种真心想要给自己和他人的生命带来改变的修行人，会接近那些令人讨厌的人，那些怪里怪气的人等，因为这些人到最后也不过是在测试你的安忍。”
你可在以下的地点找到此书：
马来西亚：全马的克切拉天堂店铺
国际订购： Vajrasecrets.com
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Pastor did manage it well even though having served Rinpoche 24 hours yet he managed to write this wonderful book. Its a compilation of Tsem Rinpoche’s teachings throughout the years. Inspiring and meaningfully for us to ponder.
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.
His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche schedule is nothing short of busy all the time, and for Seng Piow who had to be by Rinpoche’s side for the past ten years and still manage to produce a book. Really puts thing in perspective.
Rinpoche is versatile in sharing the dharma to us, dharma is not just confined to living accordingly to buddha’s teachings only, if the dharma is spoken and share is from another faith or philosophy or a non Buddhist of what is written or spoken has methods for us to be spiritual and leads towards enlightenment then it can be considered dharma also. The example is JK Rowling speech that Rinpoche commented on 🙂
《醉生梦醒》这本书收集了仁波切好几个很棒的开示，我十分喜欢的开示包括了〈降神〉、〈提婆达多的启示〉、〈如何化解巫术、降头、邪灵缠身〉、〈逃避〉、〈持修心咒〉、〈轮回、转世和加持〉、〈慈悲战胜一切〉，和我特别喜爱、看了很多遍的〈《哈利波特》作者的人生启示〉。
这是一本内容多元丰富，从降神、化解邪灵、人生哲学、轮回转世、爱与慈悲到谈论内心的敌人与逃避面对自己和现实所带来的坏处。这是一本超越佛书的佛书，我之所以这么说，是因为这些深入浅出的道理和智慧，能实践在生活中。仁波切的开示，从来不是一堆大道理，或哲理满天飞，但是却没有step by step告诉你如何把这些有利自己和别人的生活智慧实践在生活中。这样的“智慧“永远是搁置在”书架“上，永远是别人的智慧。
在点出你内心深处不愿面对或不曾发觉的问题症结的同时，还一步步告诉你如何解决你的问题。大家不妨请一本《醉生梦醒》回家，你可以到马来西亚各大克切拉天堂文物店或透过网上邮购：
http://vajrasecrets.com/books/chinese-books/time-to-wake-up.html
Wow… Pastor Seng Piow really manages his time well, to be able to serve Rinpoche and yet able to produce such an amazing book.
He is definitely my role model.
Thank you, Pastor SP, for producing the book. 🙂
感谢詹杜固仁波切将其多年来的教诲都放在网上以让不少读者都从中受惠。当中也要特别在此感谢仁波切周边精进的弟子们千辛万苦的将些教导都翻译及制作成为了书本以便将佛法的精华可散散波到更广大的众生身上。你们事师的行为是值得我们去学习的。祈愿此书能够利益到更多的众生！