所有的惡業當中，最大的惡業莫過於自殺：結束自己的生命將 會種下強烈痛苦的因。

你們必須知道，在一顆執著於我的心當中，每一種痛苦都有它 的一席之地。試著去換一個身體並無法換掉你的心－你無法 逃避你的心。自殺所導致的痛苦甚至比你現在經歷的苦更為劇 烈，痛苦並不會因為自殺而消失。

你有你的業力和壽命，你必須讓業力自行運作，不要貿然的結 束自己的生命。此外，在自殺的同時，你也殺死活在你體內 十億百億的生命體。因為這樣，自殺使你又造下了更多惡業。

與其選擇自殺，倒不如轉化自心。在你痛苦的時候修持「自他 相換」承擔他人的痛苦，並思維藉著你所承受的苦讓他人得以 從苦中解脫。所有的痛苦都是暫時的，而因緣所成的安樂也是 暫時的。心必須獲得穩定，不受無常的情境所影響。修行永遠 不嫌遲。從無始以來，我們就一直在輪迴中漂流，遲早我們都 得開始修行。

別去擔心過去你浪費了多少劫的時間－現在就開始修持，這樣你將死而無憾。你從現在開始所做的比過去所做的更為重要。 覺得生病的時候，把心住於虛空之中，不要去執著身體。心從 身體分開來並住於虛空中。你也可以觀想度母在虛空之中，然後持誦度母心咒。我自己滿身是病，但如果我不執著它們，把心送到虛空之中並禪修，就感覺不到病痛；只有在開始想到病 痛的時候，才會又感覺到疼痛。

你們也應該思維，與許多其他眾生的苦比起來，你自己的苦其 實很小。舉例來說，我曾經被囚禁二十年，你們可以說這是個 困難，但是對我來說，我從沒想過何時才能出獄，我只是天天 修著度母，心中其實頗為快樂，更別說想到自殺這回事。如果 你想從痛苦中解脫，需要改變的是你的心，不是你的身體。無 時無刻祈請度母並持誦她的心咒，這樣你絕對不會忘記她。這 樣一來，我也可以幫助你，因為我無時無刻都在修持度母。不 論何時只要你感到痛苦或困難，應該一心專注地憶念度母。

There is no greater negativity than committing suicide—one creates a very powerful cause of intense suffering by taking one's own life.

You must understand that all suffering has its seat in the self-grasping mind. When trying to exchange your body, it does not result in exchanging your mind—you cannot escape from your mind. Committing suicide leads to even greater suffering than you experience now; you will not be able to just erase your suffering.

You have your karma and your lifespan. You must allow your karma to play itself out and not bring an end to your life prematurely. Moreover, by killing one's body you are killing billions of life-forms living within your body, and you acquire the negative karma of that.

You should rather transform your mind. When you are suffering, practice tonglen; take on the suffering of others and think that by you experiencing suffering they will be released. All suffering is temporary; so is conditional happiness. The mind must gain stability in being unmoved by impermanent circumstances. It is never too late to begin to practice. We have wandered in samsara since beginningless time, and at some point we must begin to practice.

Don't worry about how much time you have wasted for eons in the past—begin to practice now and you will die free of regrets. What you do from now on is more important. When you feel sick in your body, send your mind out into space; do not fixate on the body. Separate the mind from the body and rest in space. You can also visualize Tara in space and recite her mantra. I personally have many pains, but if I do not fixate on them, if I send my mind out into space and meditate, I do not feel them. Only when I begin to think about them do I again feel the pain.

You should moreover think that your own suffering is quite small compared to the suffering of so many other sentient beings. For example, I was kept in prison for twenty years, and you could call this a problem, but not one time did I think about when I would be released. I just practiced Tara day by day, and let alone not thinking of suicide, I was actually quite happy in my mind. If you want to become free of suffering, you must change your mind, not your body. Pray to Tara all the time and recite her mantra, so you never forget about her. Then I can also help you, as I am always practicing Tara. Whenever you experience pain and difficulty, think of Tara single-pointedly.

（轉譯自Garchen Buddhist Institute 2012/1/16 Gar Quotes Message 法訊）