第十二章 舉難勸修
佛言：人有二十難;
釋迦牟尼佛告訴我們，人生的苦難太多了，難做的事，也是非常的多，把它歸納起來，我們難以辦到的事，有二十種。
貧窮布施難，豪貴學道難，棄命必死難，得睹佛經難，生值佛世難，
忍色忍欲難，見好不求難，被辱不瞋難，有勢不臨難，觸事無心難，
廣學博究難，除滅我慢難，不輕未學難，心行平等難，不說是非難，
會善知識難，見性學道難，隨化度人難，睹境不動難，善解方便難。
釋迦牟尼佛在本經中所舉的二十種難（人生最困難的事），無非是勉勵我們要精進，不怕苦地去克服困難，所謂「天下無難事，只怕有心人」啊！
Chapter 12: Twenty Difficulties in Cultivation
The Buddha said, “People have twenty kinds of difficulties:
“It is difficult for the poor to practice dana.
“It is difficult for the rich and eminent to practice the Way.
“It is difficult to renounce life when facing death.
“It is difficult to encounter the Buddhist sutras.
“It is difficult to be born in the age of a Buddha.
“It is difficult to subdue desire and lust.
“It is difficult not to covet what one likes.
“It is difficult to face humiliation without anger.
“It is difficult to have power and not abuse it.
“It is difficult to face situations with a detached mind.
“It is difficult to master vast areas of knowledge.
“It is difficult to extinguish self-conceit.
“It is difficult not to belittle those who are unlearned.
“It is difficult for the mind to act with impartiality.
“It is difficult not to gossip or be judgmental.
“It is difficult to meet the right, learned teacher.
“It is difficult to see one’s original nature and practice the Way.
“It is difficult to guide beings appropriately to liberation.
“It is difficult to be unperturbed by circumstances.
“It is difficult to master the expedient means of the Way.”
