68. Eliminating Karmic Obstacles through Hardships
六八、吃苦是消業障
1 No prophet tells people not to bear hardships. To bear hardships is to strive. It requires both body and mind to strive and to be disciplined. One has to endure such a process.
1 沒有那一個先知先覺者不叫人苦行。苦行就是奮鬥。要身心同時並用，同時磨練，一定要吃苦才行。
2 A common adage says: “only those who can painstakingly endure hardship are a cut above.” The hardships that no one else wants to accept and the ones that people cannot stand, let me do it. I will take it not just for a day or two. If you can take it for a long time, your illness will disappear and your karmic obstacles will be eliminated because to forebear hardship is to eliminate karmic obstacles.
2 用最通俗的話來說，就是「吃得苦中苦，方為人上人」。別人不願吃的苦，不能吃的苦，我來吃；而且不是吃一天、兩天，而是要長期的吃下去，自然你的毛病就沒有了，業障就消掉了！吃苦就是消業障。
The Anthro-Celestial Research College, October 6, 1992
天人研究學院－民國八十一年十月六日