📜 原文 Original Text
「劫数难逃，定业难转。」 ——佛教劫数观念
— Buddhist concept of kalpa
📖 释义 Annotation
「在劫难逃」源自佛教的「劫」（kalpa）概念。「劫」是佛教的时间单位，指极其漫长的宇宙周期。在每个劫中，世界经历成、住、坏、空四个阶段。「在劫难逃」原指在特定的因果周期中，某些业报是不可避免的——因为「定业」已经形成。但佛教也强调「不定业」可以通过修行来转化，因此「在劫难逃」不是宿命论，而是对因果规律的尊重。
'Cannot escape one's karmic fate' comes from the Buddhist concept of 'kalpa' — vast cosmic cycles. In each kalpa, the world undergoes creation, preservation, destruction, and emptiness. Certain karmic results are unavoidable when 'fixed karma' has formed. But Buddhism also emphasizes that 'unfixed karma' can be transformed through practice.
💡 当代启示 Modern Application
接受无法改变的事情，同时努力改变可以改变的。「在劫难逃」提醒我们：有些事情是过去行为的必然结果，接受它、面对它，然后在当下种下新的善因。
Accept what cannot be changed, while working to change what can. 'Cannot escape one's fate' reminds us: some things are inevitable results of past actions — accept them, face them, then plant new good causes in the present.