很多人引经据典，向你传授人生的目的。聪明之士还会继续杜撰更多的人生目的，政治团体有其目的，宗教团体有另外的目的，不一而足。那么，当陷入人生困惑时，你不禁要问：人生的目的究竟是什么呢？

当我困惑时，向你请教人生的目的，因为我渴望穿透困惑，发现答案。但如果我内心困惑，又怎么能找到真正的答案呢？你明白吗？如果我内心困惑，就只能得到一个同样困惑的答案。如果我内心困惑、烦恼，如果我内心没有美好与宁静，那么我所收到的任何答案都是透过这层困惑、焦虑与恐惧的滤网而获得的，因而答案也是错乱颠倒的。

所以，重要的不是询问人生的目的、存在的意义，而是廓清内心的困惑。如同盲人问我：“光明是什么？”如果我向他讲解何为光明，那么他只是透过他的目盲经验、透过他眼前的黑暗来倾听；但假设他的眼睛能看见，那么他绝不会询问“光明是什么？”，因为光明就在眼前。

类似地，如果你能澄清内心的困惑，自然就明白人生的目的，不必去询问，不必去寻觅。你所需要做的，就是从制造困惑的因缘中解脱出来。

——克里希那穆提《生命书：365观心日课》（The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti）

Life’s Purpose

There are many people who will give you the purpose of life; they will tell you what the sacred books say. Clever people will go on inventing what the purpose of life is. The political group will have one purpose, the religious group will have another purpose, and so on and on. So, what is the purpose of life when you yourself are confused?

When I am confused, I ask you this question, “What is the purpose of life?” because I hope that through this confusion, I shall find an answer. How can I find a true answer when I am confused? Do you understand? If I am confused, I can only receive an answer that is also confused. If my mind is confused, if my mind is disturbed, if my mind is not beautiful, quiet, whatever answer I receive will be through this screen of confusion, anxiety, and fear; therefore, the answer will be perverted.

So, what is important is not to ask, “What is the purpose of life, of existence?” but to clear the confusion that is within you. It is like a blind man who asks, “What is light?” If I tell him what light is, he will listen according to his blindness, according to his darkness; but suppose he is able to see, then he will never ask the question, “What is light?” It is there.

Similarly, if you can clarify the confusion within yourself, then you will find what the purpose of life is; you will not have to ask, you will not have to look for it; all that you have to do is to be free from those causes that bring about confusion.

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