上週排戲後的傍晚就收到來自劇團成員的email, 那是來自一行禪師關於種子的一段話,心有戚戚焉,與大家分享!“ 在我們意識的深層裡,就像是有著各式各樣的種子的花園,有慈悲的種子,也有暴力的種子,花園會長成什麼樣子就憑藉著我們要往哪些種子上澆水”
"We begin by recognizing that, in the depth of our consciousness, we have both the seeds of compassion and the seeds of violence. We become aware that our mind is like a garden that contains all kinds of seeds: seeds of understanding, seeds of forgiveness, seeds of mindfulness, and also seeds of ignorance, fear, and hatred. We realize that, at any given moment, we can behave with either violence or compassion, depending on the strength of the seeds within us.
When the seeds of anger, violence, and fear are watered in us several times a day, they will grow stronger. Then we are unable to be happy, unable to accept ourselves; we suffer and we make those around us suffer. Yet when we know how to cultivate the seeds of love, compassion, and understanding in us every day, those seeds will become stronger, and the seeds of violence and hatred will become weaker and weaker. We know that if we water the seeds of anger, violence and fear in us, we will lose our peace and our stability. With this understanding, we are already on the path of creating peace" - Thich Nhat Hanh.