〖刺〗

一切的事物都只是事物，它们不会给任何人带来痛苦。例如一根非常锐利的刺，它会给你带来痛苦吗？不，它只是一根刺，它不会主动去遭惹任何人，但是，如果你去站在它上面，你就痛苦了。为什么会痛苦呢？因为你的脚踩上了刺。刺只管它自己的事，它不会伤害任何人，会痛，是我们自己一手造成的。色、受、想、行、识……，世上的一切事物都只是事物，是我们自己去遭惹它们。如果我们攻击它们，它们会反击回来；如果不去干扰它们，它们也不会来干扰任何人。只有醉汉才会去找它们的麻烦。

Thorn

All things are just as they are. They don't cause suffering to anybody. It's just like a thorn, a really sharp thorn. Does it make you suffer? No, it's just a thorn. It doesn't bother anybody. But if you go and stand on it, you'll suffer. Why is there suffering? Because you stepped on the thorn. The thorn is just minding its own business. It doesn't harm anybody. It's because of we ourselves that there's pain. Form, feeling, perception, volition, consciousness . . . all the things in this world are simply as they are. It's we who pick fights with them. And if we hit them, they hit us back. IF they're left alone, they won't bother anybody. Only the drunkard gives them trouble.