“Peace of Mind”
Calm and collected, without a single worry.
Having neither too much nor too little.
Purposeful but not possessive, adaptable but not ambivalent.
Peace of mind is that state of balance.
Guarding yourself against the world is no way to maintain peace of mind.
The more defensive your posture, the more corrupted your spirit.
A corrupted spirit isn’t capable of good judgment.
Your spirit takes in all of life’s happenings,
But to a twisted spirit the intake, too, is twisted.
To an unsettled spirit the intake is confused.
To absorb events properly,
The spirit must be calm and even-keeled.
The very act of recognizing events properly
Endows the spirit with the gift of good judgment.
The ingredients in peace of mind are
A sense of values founded on truth
And the grit of will power.
「平常心」
穏やかで何ひとつ不安がない
不足もなければ過分もない
執着もなければ迷いもない
平常心とはそういう状態を指す
平常心を保つには保身がないことだ
保身が強いほど心は乱れる
乱れた心に正しい判断はできない
あらゆる事象は心に映るが
歪んだ心には歪んで映る
波立った心にはぼやけて映る
事象が正しく映るには
心が平らで波がないことだ
事象を心で正しく認識できてこそ
正しい判断ができるもの
平常心を保つには
真理に基づいた正しい価値観と
強い意志が必要なのだ