釋放與解脫
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「很多的痛苦，是在喜悅和貪婪中孕育的？
所謂的解脫，是在障礙與看透時產生的！」
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有一個財主，非常吝嗇，從不曾佈施過一毛錢。他對自己也十分小氣，捨不得吃、捨不得用，只喜歡累積金幣。他把囤積的金幣藏在一個秘密的房間裡，每到夜裡，什麼事都不做，只是數著自己收藏的金幣，一直到全部數完，才能安心睡覺。
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這樣的日子，整整過了五十年，他總共搜集了三萬個金幣。
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一天夜裡，財主邊數著金幣，邊生起一個想法：「我這一生，都是不斷地在聚集金錢，換成金幣，從來沒有過一天好日子，現在我已經有三萬個金幣，明天開始，我不再累積金幣了，我要好好地享受生活。」
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當他正在想的時候，突然看見房裡站著一位神情嚴肅的黑衣老人。
財主大驚，以為有人要來搶他的金幣，大叫：「你是誰，要幹什麼？」
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老人說：「我是掌管死亡的死神，奉命來帶你離開這個世界，你不用數金幣了，跟我走吧！」
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財主驚慌失措了，因為他從來沒有想過自己有一天會死，於是，他討好地對死神說：「死神！我這輩子還沒有真正活過呢！這樣好了，我送您一萬個金幣，您讓我多活三天，讓我好好看看這個世界吧！」死神搖搖頭。
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財主說：「拜託拜託！我給您三萬個金幣，我已經一無所有了，您讓我多活一天吧！」
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死神嚴肅的說：「每個人死的時候都是一無所有的，少囉唆！趕快跟我走吧！」
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財主跪下來痛哭流涕，哀求死神：「既然非死不可，我請求您，我送給您三萬個金幣，您讓我多活三分鐘，寫幾句話留給後代的人吧！」
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死神笑著說：「好吧！我就讓你多活三分鐘。」
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財主一邊流淚一邊寫著：「世人呀！不要只想累積錢財，要好好珍惜生命、用心生活，因為總有一天，三萬個金幣也買不到一天的生命啊！」
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Let go to achieve liberation
「Are most sufferings developed through one’s pursuit of happiness and greed?
Liberation is achieved in the moment that we see through the nature of the obstacles we face!」
Once upon a time, there lived a rich merchant who was very stingy. He had never donated a single cent in his life. He lived very frugally and his only joy in life was in accumulating gold coins. He had a secret room in his house where he hid all his gold coins. Every night, he would stay in this room and count all the coins that he had. He would go to bed only after he had finished counting all his coins.
50 years passed and he had accumulated a total of 30 thousand gold coins.
One night, the man had a thought as he was counting his coins: “I have spent my entire life accumulating money in order to get more gold coins. I have never had a day of enjoyment. I think 30 thousand gold coins is good enough. From tomorrow, I will stop accumulating gold coins and instead focus on enjoying the life of abundance that I deserve.”
Suddenly, he caught sight of a stern-looking old man dressed in black standing in a corner of his room. Thinking that the old man was here to rob him of his coins, he shouted: “Who are you? What do you want?”
The old man replied: “I am the God of Death. I am here to take you away. Drop all your coins and come with me!”
The merchant was devastated. The thought of dying had never occurred to him. He tried to bribe the God of Death: “Mighty God! I have not lived a single happy day in my life! How about this: I’d give you 10 thousand gold coins in return for three more days of life? Let me have the opportunity to take a good look at the world!” The God of Death shook his head.
The merchant begged: “Please! Please! I’d give you all the 30 thousand coins I have. Just give me one more day to live in this world!”
The God of Death replied sternly: “Everyone leaves this world with nothing. Stop bargaining! Come with me now!”
The merchant fell onto his knees and wept: “I know that death is inevitable. I beg you… I’d give you all the gold coins that I have. Please give me three minutes to write a letter to the future generations!”
The God of Death smiled: “Ok. I’d give you three minutes.”
Tears flowed as the merchant wrote his letter: “Mortals! Do not make the same mistake that I did. Do not focus on accumulating physical wealth. Instead, treasure the life that you have and live it meaningfully. There will come a day when even 30 thousand gold coins will not be able to buy you an extra day of life!”
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