Feb. 15:条件好，收成好

Say your neighbor and you decide to share a container of tomato seedlings. He grows a bumper crop and you grow a good crop but not as good as his. It depends on the conditions—sunlight, water, soil, shade, compost and so forth—as to what sort of crop you will get. And of course they will grow at their own pace. This is the same with the meditating mind. After all, it too is nature. If we provide the right conditions, understanding will arise of its own accord. This will happen when the mind is balanced and the conditions are right for it to do so.

比方说，你和你的邻居分了同一盒西红柿苗来种。他有一个丰厚的收成，而你种的也不错，但是没他的好。这取决于各种条件-阳光，水分，土壤，阴凉，肥料等等，从而影响到你得到什么样的收成。当然啦，它们要按自己的规律生长。这同禅修的心也是类似的。毕竟，它们都是自然现象。如果我们创造了正确的条件，理解就会按自己的规律出现。当心获得平衡，条件合适之时，理解就会出现。

个人注解：修行跟种地一样，想要好的结果，就要在因上用力，创造好的条件。对于禅修，一颗平衡的心是因，各种善缘也是因。