I remember when I started practicing Buddhism fourteen years ago, and I was told that the end of this practice was to be happy.
还记得14年前当我开始修习佛教的时候，他们告诉我修行的最终是得到幸福。He studied graphic arts for a year to please his parents but then switched to his passion: fashion.
修习了一年的平面艺术，以取悦父母，但之後就转向他真正的热情所在：那就是时尚。Therefore, I encourage you to try to practice until you meet with you own thoughts and are able to pull yourself out of them.
因此，我鼓励你们要努力修习，直到你能看见自己的念头，并且能将自己从中拉出来为止。After learning the Convenient Method, he said he felt very good and would continue the practice.
在学了方便法之后，典狱长告诉我们，他感觉非常好，会继续修习下去。Just a year ago, I started going to Law School. I am not enrolled for this semester but I am planning to go back and finish it.
大约一年前左右，我开始修习法学院的课，这学期虽然还没有正式注册，却也一心想着要重回母校完成法学课程。"I suppose it's part of my training. " I said. "I'm a monk in the Hare Krsna movement. We live to help others in various ways. "
“我想这是我修习的一部分。”我说“我是奎师那运动的出家人，我们的存在是为了从各方面帮助别人。”This teaches us not to listen through views and opinions, but to listen with determination and to try it out with practice.
这故事教导我们：不要用自己的观念和想法来听别人说话，而要决心好好听受，并且透过修习予以检证。Whether in primary school or middle school, our focus is nothing but basic knowledge.
由小学到中学，所修习的无非是一些普通的基本知识。Without this mind, no one can hope to be accepted by the Buddha, and therefore is not qualified for the practice of the Esoteric doctrine.
没有这头脑，没有人能够希望被佛陀认可，而因此没有资格修习密教。