Q39: Venerable Sir, is it realization of impermanence when we see, for example, a pot break down or of suffering when we have a pain caused by a thorn in our flesh?

问39：尊者，例如当我们看见罐子被打碎是证知了无常吗？或者感受到刺扎入皮肉的疼痛是证知了苦吗？

Sometimes, you discern impermanence when you find a pot break down, or suffering when you have a pain caused by a thorn in your flesh. That is, actually conventional knowledge of impermanence, which cannot help you to realize egolessness in an ultimate sense. On the other hand, the real realization of impermanence takes place when you see present phenomena arising and passing away, and that of suffering when you see them tortured by the flux. Only then, can you realize the egolessness in an ultimate sense.

有时，当发现罐子被打碎你从中看到了无常，感受到刺扎入皮肉的疼痛你从中看到了苦，实际上，这是世俗的无常的智慧，这无助于你在究竟意义上证知无我。另一方面，真正证知无常是发生在你看到当下的现象的生灭的时候，证知苦则发生在你看到当下现象为生灭流转的逼恼。只有此时，你才在究竟意义上证知无我。