過去你曾經無數次受生，有過無數的身體。知道過去世你是什 麼人並沒有利益，重要的是為未來世做準備，為證悟成佛而努 力。從究竟的觀點來看，過去世實際上是幻相。在相對的層次 上，我們說有許許多多不同的來世今生。但其實心相續只有一 個，是超越生死的。從心本身來看，沒有過去世、現在世、未 來世，也沒有中陰。

過去世是不真實的幻相，因此不要去想著幻相。你不需要知道 這些，因為這些只是世俗諦，不是勝義諦。對你而言，現在重 要的是要摧毀我執，以及看見自心本性。不要想著過去或未來，甚至不要想著現在，不要攀附任何念頭。現在就看著你的心，看著心清淨的本然面貌。

只要把握住菩提心、愛心與慈悲心，日以繼夜，沒有其他。保 持本然狀態的覺性，隨時不斷清淨你的心。

In the past, you have taken on countless lives, you have assumed innumerable bodies. There is no benefit in knowing what you were in a past life. It is important to prepare for the future, to strive for enlightenment. From the ultimate perspective, past lifetimes are, in fact, illusions. On the relative level, we talk about numbers and different lifetimes, but in fact there is only a single continuum of mind, that is beyond birth and death. From the perspective of mind itself, there is no past life, no present life, no future life, and no bardo. Past lives are illusions, unreal, so do not ponder over illusions. You don't have to know about them, as they only belong to the relative level, not the ultimate truth.

What is important for you now is to destroy self-grasping and to see the nature of mind. Do not think about the past or the future. Do not even think about the present; do not cling to any thought. Look at your mind right now. Look at the pure natural state as it is.

Only hold on to bodhicitta, love and compassion, and nothing else, day and night. Always purify your mind by sustaining awareness of the natural state.

（轉譯自Garchen Buddhist Institute 2011/10/10 Gar Quotes Message 法訊）