这种慈悲需要在生活中去检验，需要在每件事、每个众生身上去检验。然后通过检验不断调整，慈悲的力量就会越来越大，我们就有能力面对更多的人，包括曾经不喜欢的人。这是我们培养和成就慈悲心的过程。
In Buddhist scriptures, great loving-kindness and compassion are portrayed as the thousand hands and eyes of Guanyin Bodhisattva. His thousand eyes represent infinite wisdom, and his thousand arms signify infinite compassion. The Bodhisattva, in his efforts to benefit all sentient beings, found ordinary eyes and arms insufficient, thus manifesting a thousand of each. This is an emblem of his vow of compassion. Within the Universal Gate Chapter on Guanyin Bodhisattva, great loving-kindness and compassion are expressed through his thirty-two forms: “If there are people who must be liberated in a certain way, then Guanyin Bodhisattva will manifest according to that need and teach them the Dharma.”
佛经中，这种大慈大悲的具体体现，就是观音菩萨的千手千眼。千手代表无限的慈悲，千眼代表无限的智慧。菩萨为了利益无量众生，眼和手都不够用，所以才要化现千手千眼。这是菩萨悲愿的象征。表现在《普门品》，则是观音菩萨的三十二应——“应以何身得度者，即现何身而为说法。”
More often than not, we cannot distinguish who Guanyin Bodhisattva is, as a true bodhisattva does not wear a label saying “I am Guanyin.” So, what distinguishes Guanyin Bodhisattva? The couplet by Master Taixu in the Hall of Guanyin at the South Putuo Temple provides a clue,“With purity of heart, every place becomes Putuo; with compassion towards all, one becomes Guanyin.” This suggests that anyone who embodies the compassionate qualities of Guanyin is the Bodhisattva himself.
很多时候，我们看不出谁是观音菩萨。真正的菩萨，不会在头上贴一个“我是观音菩萨”的标签。那么，观音菩萨究竟是什么样的？南普陀观音阁有太虚大师撰写的楹联：“清净为心皆普陀，慈悲济物即观音。”告诉我们：只要具备观音菩萨的慈悲品质，就是观音菩萨。
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Excerpted from:
Studying the Path with Guanyin Bodhisattva
By Master Jiqun
