真 理 ？ 歪 论、， 见 仁 见 智

There is a kind of monkey trap used in Asia, a coconut is hollowed out and attached by a rope to a tree or stake in the ground, at the bottom of the coconut a small slit is made and some sweet food is placed inside, the hole on the bottom of the coconut is just big enough for the monkey to slide in his open hand, but does not allow for a closed fist to pass out, the monkey smells the sweets, reaches in with hand to grasp the food and is then unable to withdraw it, the clenched fist won’t pass, through the opening, when the hunters come, the monkey becomes frantic but cannot get away, there is no one keeping that monkey captive, except the force of its own attachment, all that it has to do is to open the hand, but so strong is the force of geed in the mind that is a rare monkey which can let go, it is the desires and clinging in our minds which keep us trapped, all we need to do is to open our hand, let go of our selves, our attachment and be free.

在亞洲某些偏远地區﹐流傳著某種传统捉猴子的陷阱﹐他們把椰子挖空﹐然後用繩子綁起在樹上或固定在地上﹐椰子上留了一個小洞﹐洞內放了一些美餌﹐洞口大小恰好只能讓猴子空著手伸進去而無法握著拳伸出來﹐於是頑猴聞香而來﹐將手伸進去抓拿美食﹐而後理所當然的﹐手便伸不出來﹐緊握的拳頭伸不出洞口﹐當獵人到來時﹐羣猴驚慌失措﹐但﹐就是逃不掉﹐並沒任何人捉著猴子不放﹐牠﹐只是被本身的執著所俘虜﹐牠只需將緊握的手拳頭鬆軟放開便可伸出來﹐但是﹐就是內心中貪戀的慾念所致﹐鮮有頑猴能放下﹐因內心中的慾望與執著﹐使得我們一直受縳﹐面對這逆境﹐我們唯一要做的﹐只是將雙手釋然放下﹐放下自我執著的堅持﹐就能消遙自在了。