Q34: Venerable Sir, does our concentration or awareness make a difference in our experience of pain?

问34：尊者，在我们经受疼痛的时候，定力和觉知会造成差别吗？

When your concentration and awareness are not yet strong, you will find the pain increasing while noting pain, stiffness or heat. But you should keep on noting it with patience and persistence. They often fade away when concentration and awareness are strong enough. Sometimes, while you are noting it, you may find it disappears on the spot. Such type of pain may no longer come back.

当你的定力和觉知还不够强的时候，你会发现观照痛、热、紧绷的时候疼痛会增强，但你应该以耐心和毅力持续观照，当定力和觉知足够强时，它们通常会消失。有时当你正在观照它，发现它就在那个地方消失，这类疼痛可能不会再回来。