Q8: Venerable Sir, do you always encourage us to label an object?

问8：尊者，您总是鼓励我们标记所缘吗？

No, not always. There are times you find objects occurring to you so fast that you have no time to label them each. Then you have to keep up with them by being merely aware of them moment to moment, without labeling. It is also possible to be aware of four, five or ten objects spontaneously, although you are able to label only one of them. Don’t worry about that. It also serves your purpose. If you try to label all the objects occurring, you are likely to get soon exhausted. The point is to be scrupulously aware of objects; i.e., in terms of their characteristics. In this case, you can also note objects occurring throughthe six senses moment to moment instead of noting routinely,

不，并不总是。在你发现所缘生起太快的时候你没有时间一一标记，此时你需要做的仅仅是剎那剎那地觉知它们以跟上所缘，无须标记。也可能你自动地觉知到四个、五个或十个目标，但你可能只能标记其中一个，如果你试图标记生起的全部目标，可能很快就会疲惫。要点是细心觉知目标，也就是说注意其特征。在这种情况下，你也可以观照剎那剎那生起在六根门的目标，而不像前面那样按部就班地。