中國傳統文化歷來都說：「智者修心不修境，愚人修境不修心。」我們遇到任何環境的時候，如果不順利，有障礙，都要境不轉心轉。
Traditional Chinese always say, 「The wise cultivates the mind instead of the circumstance. The foolish cultivates the circumstance instead of the mind.」 Whatever conditions we are in, if they are adverse and forming obstacles, we must adjust our mind if the environment is not changed.
正如德國的文豪歌德所說：「生活就像是一面鏡子，你對它笑，它也對你笑；你對它哭，它也朝你哭。」
The German master of literature Gothe said, 「Life is like a mirror. If you smile at it, it smiles back. If you cry in front of it, it cries to you too.」
同一件事情，不同的人因為看法不一樣，所以感受就完全不一樣。
The same thing can be perceived differently by different people. Different perceptions cause different feelings about it.
比如我們看蘇軾這首詞《定風波》，這是蘇軾被貶到湖北黃岡的時候，有一天路遇風雨所寫的。
Let us take a look at a poem in the 「Ding Feng Bo」genre. It was written by Su Shi on a rainy and windy day when he was expatriated with a lowered rank of officialdom to Huanggang in Hubei Province.It goes,
莫聽穿林打葉聲，何妨吟嘯且徐行。
竹杖芒鞋輕勝馬，誰怕？一蓑煙雨任平生。
Not listening to the leaf-hitting sound while crossing the woods
I continue to sing and chant while walking ahead slowly.
The bamboo crane and straw shoes are lighter than the horse.
Who cares?
A life wearing a straw (coir) raincoat on a misty rainy day is just as good.
這個上闕其實是指自己在風雨之中能夠從容淡定。
These stanzas form the first half of the poem. They reflect the calm and aloofness of the author in the midst of a naturally and (for him) politically rainy day.
下闕更加描繪了他超然物外，連風雨之念都沒有了，能夠從容面對人世間沉浮榮辱的瀟灑曠達的人生情懷。
The second half of the poem describes his even more transcendent attitude to the point he does not even have any thoughts of the ongoing rain and wind. It reflects his broadmindedness in face of the alternating glory and shame in life.
料峭春風吹酒醒，微冷，山頭斜照卻相迎。
回首向來蕭瑟處，歸去，也無風雨也無晴。
The chilly spring wind wakes me up from the alcoholic effects,Which allows me to see the hilltop facing me in the sunshine.
Looking back at the rustle in the air,I see it is neither rainy, windy nor sunny.
其實他寫《定風波》這種詞牌的詞寫了很多。蘇軾後來流放嶺南又流放到海南，之後又被召回京，然後在翰林院供職。他的一位好友王定國也是從嶺南被召回京，兩人相見以後，故友重逢都很喜悅，王定國就讓他的侍妾，一個叫做柔奴的女子來勸酒。
In fact Su Shi wrote many poems in the same genre. He was expelled to Linnan and then to Hainan, and finally was summoned back to the capital and offered a position in the imperial academy. One of his friends Wang Dingguo was also recalled from Linnan to the capital. Seeing each other again in person, the two were very delighted. Wang Dingguo asked his attending concubine named Rounu to serve drinks to Su Shi.
蘇軾就問柔奴說：「你的家人都在京師，你孤身一人隨主人在嶺南住了那麼久，這些年是夠辛苦的吧？」
Su Shi asked Rounu, 「Your whole family was in the capital and you stayed with your master in Linnan for so many years. Were those years very tiring? 」
柔奴就很安靜地回答說：「此心安處，便是吾鄉。」蘇軾聽了以後覺得非常震撼，一個弱女子卻能夠有這樣瀟灑超然的心境，馬上提筆就寫了一首《定風波》，來表示讚許。
Rounu replied quietly, 「My home is where my mind is at ease.」 Hearing this Su Shi marveled at the transcendental life attitude such a seemingly fragile woman revealed. Right away, Su Shi wrote a Ding Feng Bo poem to express his appreciation.
下闕就說：「萬裡歸來顏愈少，微笑，笑時猶帶嶺梅香。試問嶺南應不好？卻道：此心安處是吾鄉。」
The second half of it goes,
Coming back from thousands of miles of the journey
She still looks young.
When smiling, she still conveys the fragrance of the plum from Linnan.
I asked her whether Linnan was good or not.
She replied that her home is where her mind is at ease.
可見，隨遇而安就是在任何遭遇裡面都能夠安祥自在，事實上外在的環境是我們心境的顯現，我們的內心是安祥的，外境也不能夠傷害我們，不能夠幹擾我們，反過來如果我們的內心是貪瞋痴，貪婪、憤怒種種情緒，外境也就會傷害我們。
So, being at ease with whatever one encounters means to be at peace and free from whatever one comes across. In fact, the external environment is a reflection of our mental status. If our mind is peaceful, then the external environment cannot harm or disturb us. On the other hand, if our mind is full of craving, anger and ignorance, full of greedy and angry emotions, then the external environment will harm us easily.
----節選自大願法師《聆聽禪的聲音
Tune into the voice of Chan》