Purpose: To reverse our habit of wanting all the good things for us and hoping all the bad things go away.修習自他相換法的目的: 逆轉我們那種「想要得到好的事物, 希望不好的事物都走開」的習慣。
Make us much more brave.
此一修習能讓我們變得很勇敢。
In this practice, we are sending out our bodhicitta, our goodness, and taking in the suffering, fear and claustrophobia.
在這個修法中, 我們把我們的菩提心和美善送出去, 把痛苦、恐懼和幽閉感吸收進來。
When we breathe out, we are sending out white, light, and cool; and when we breathe in, we are taking in dark, heavy and hot (and constricted) qualities.
當我們呼氣的時候, 我們把潔白、輕盈/輕鬆自在、清涼的質地放送出去；吸氣的時候, 我們把黑暗、沈重、炎熱和束縛的質地吸取進來。
Stage I 第一階段：
We begin with flashy absolute bodhicitta － a moment of openness.
我們從絕對菩提心的閃現開始——片刻的敞開、開放；
Absolute bodhicitta － emptiness, openness, vastness.
絕對菩提心的質地——空性、開放、廣大
We all have glimpses of open awareness. The buddha mind is always open, and we all have buddha mind. So, when we are relaxed, sometimes our mind is just open and free.
我們常常會有對「開放之覺知（覺性）」的一瞥。佛心永遠是開放的, 而我們都具有佛心。此故，當我們放鬆的時候, 有時我們的心是開放而自由的。
Here we try to be open, be connected with buddha nature.
在此我們試著開放, 與佛性相連結。
Stage II 第二階段：
Start sending and taking using the breathing.
開始配合呼吸, 做送出、和吸入的修習。
Breathe out white, light, cool, fresh atmosphere, and breathe in black, heavy, hot atmosphere.
呼出白色/潔白、輕盈/輕鬆、清涼、清新的氣息氣氛, 吸進黑色/黑暗、沈重、炎熱的氣氛。
Stage III 第三階段：
We bring to our mind somebody we know who needs our help, someone who's suffering that we know. (Or it could be an animal.)
我們想及某個正在受苦的人，我們認識的、需要得到幫助的人 (或者動物也可)。
We send out to that person peacefulness, white, openness, care, refreshing qualities.
呼氣時, 我們把和平安寧、潔白、開放、關愛、清爽的質地送出去給那個人。
And when we breathe in, we take in their suffer, take away their fear, anxiety, pain or claustrophobia.
吸氣時, 我們把他（們）的苦難吸進來, 取走他們的恐懼、焦慮、痛苦或幽閉感。
We have a heart big enough to be able to be with that and help that person and take on their suffering.
我們有足夠廣大的心（量）, 能夠處在那個情況, 幫助那個人, 並承受他們的痛苦。
Stage IV 第四階段：
We continue sending out good, light, freshness, and taking in dark, suffering, but we do it generally for everybody, for the whole planet, not just for that particular situation.
我們繼續送出好的、輕鬆的、清新的氛圍, 以及吸取進黑暗、苦難的氛圍。但這次的對象是普及所有人、全世界、全地球, 而不只限於剛剛那個特定的情況。
There is no solid self, solid me. So we can afford to be very generous and open.
（佛陀教導說, ）實無有一個堅實的自己、堅實的「我」。所以我們的確有能力變得心胸非常地廣大、開放.
修習綱要：
1. One-minute shamatha.
一分鐘（或數分鐘）的靜坐；
[開始時：領眾者快速敲兩下引磬]
2. Having a moment of open bodhicitta
閃現片刻開放之菩提心；
3. Alternating with the breathing: sending out white, light, cool, and bringing in dark, heavy and hot.
配合呼吸交替: 呼送出潔白、輕鬆自在、清涼, 以及吸進來黑暗、沈重、炎熱等。
(Eyes can be close or open.)
(眼睛可以閉起來或張開。)
4. Bring to the mind the particular person, situation, family or animal that is suffering.
在心中想起某個正在受苦的人、家庭、動物、情況等等。
Give to them healing (soothing), courage, kindness, relief from suffering. Draw in their suffering, pain.
放送給他們療癒撫慰、勇氣、慈愛、和痛苦之解脫。把他們的苦難和痛苦吸取過來。
You can do it for yourself also.
你也可以為對自己做此修習。
Taking in what usually we do not want.
把我們平常不想要的吸取進來（並且佈施、呼出自己喜愛執著的）。
5. Extend to all beings.
（最終，）把對象擴展為所有的眾生。
[結束時：領眾者連續敲引磬、漸漸密集、終止[最後三擊：中度敲擊-輕擊-重擊] (A double rolldown on the gong, ending with a full stop [medium-soft-loud].)
6. Shamatha for a while.
奢摩他（修止）一段時間。
This practice is similar to windhorse, because it cuts away our self-absorption.
這種修行與風馬的修習法有其相同點, 因為它能斷除我們的自我耽溺。
祈願世界和平，眾生離苦！請修習施受法為天災、人禍中一切受苦眾生祝禱回向！！
另外一個非常簡單、有效的，香巴拉阿闍黎佩瑪丘卓對「自他相換法」Tonglen 的指導：http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwqlurCvXuM
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