..續本文上一頁學習過內觀課程之後，每天要花費多少時間在禅修上呢？

　　Q: After learning Vipassana, how much time daily should we spend on meditation

　　答： 終究它會變成你全天的工作，你能夠在每一個時刻都清楚地覺知。但剛開 始的時候，如果你在每天早晚各修習一個小時，對你是有幫助的。這是對心的訓練，就如同你每天做身體的運動，使身體健康強壯一樣；所以，你每天要做這個心的運動，讓你的心保持健康又強壯。

　　A: Ultimately it will become a full-time job, and you will be aware every moment. But initially, if you practise for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening, it will help you. It is a mental exercise. Just as you do physical exercise every day to keep your body healthy and strong, so you do this mental exercise every day to keep your mind healthy and strong.

　　問： 爲什麼這個世界的道德風氣會一天天地敗壞呢？

　　Q: What about corruption, which is increasing day by day

　　答： 人們己經忘了自然的法則。如果這些人開始觀察在他們自身之內的實相， 那麼他們就不可能過著糜爛敗壞的生活。

　　A: People have forgotten the law of nature. If these very people start observing the truth within themselves, it will become impossible for them to live a corrupt life.

　　問： 我們可以結合兩種或多種的技巧來修行嗎？

　　Q: Can we combine two or more techniques

　　答： 你可以依你喜歡，將許多不同的技巧結合起來修行，但是不要將其它方法 和內觀混雜來修持。內觀是一種獨特的方法，如果你又加上其它的技巧，這對你 是沒有什麼幫助的，甚至可能會傷害到你。保持內觀修法的純淨。其它的技巧有 可能只是停留在心的表層；而內觀是一種深層的開刀手術，它是從內心的深層去 根除不淨煩惱。假使你將內觀混合了其它技巧，你是在玩遊戲並且可能會對你造 成非常大的傷害。

　　A: You can combine as many techniques as you like, but don”t combine them with Vipassana. Vipassana is a unique technique and combining it with anything else will not help you. It may even harm you. Keep Vipassana pure. Other techniques only give a veneer to the surface of the mind. But Vipassana makes a deep surgical operation; it takes out complexes from the depth of the mind. If you combine it with another technique, you are playing a game which may be very harmful to you.

　　問： 經由修習內觀是否能夠引發拙火(kun　　Q: Can kuṇdalinī be awakened by the practice of Vipassana

　　答： 什麼是拙火(kun　　A: What is kuṇḍalinī

　　 Kuṇḍalinī is the activation of nerve centres on the spinal chord. By the practice of Vipassana, every atom of the body gets activated. Kuṇḍalinī is just a small part of that. Practise Vipassana and you will easily understand the difference between the two.

　　問： 是否有可能經由書籍的指導來修持內觀？

　　Q: Is it possible to practise Vipassana by taking guidance from a book

　　答： 不！絕對不要這麼做，這太危險了。

　　A: No, never do that. That will be dangerous.

　　問： 可否參與政治，以便在印度建立正法，解決目前的問題。

　　Q: Kindly enter politics to establish Dharma in India and solve the present problems.

　　答： 我從報紙上看到一個說法：正法應遠離政治。我是全然反對這個觀點的； 政治必須充滿正法。但問題是這個國家已經將法視爲派別意識；其實，政治是要 超越派別意識而不是要脫離正法。如果政治合乎正法，這是最好的；整個國家將會變得純淨、快樂、和平。

　　A: I have read in the newspapers that politics should be kept away from Dharma. I am totally against this view. Politics must be full of Dharma. The trouble is that the country has taken Dharma to mean sectarianism. Politics must be free from sectarianism, not from Dharma. If there is Dharma in politics, it will be wonderful. The whole country will become so pure, so happy, so peaceful.

　　問： 我們如何能像悉達多．喬達摩一樣成爲覺悟的人呢？

　　Q: How can we become enlightened as Siddhārtha Gotama did

　　答： 每個人都能覺悟，覺悟並非是悉達多．喬達摩所獨有的。他曾經說過：「在我之前，有許多人覺悟，而在我之後也會有許多人覺悟。」任何人在經驗的層面 上，從無明當中解脫出來的，他就是一位覺悟者。任何一個人都可以修行，並且達到覺悟。

　　A: Everyone can become enlightened. Enlightenment is not the monopoly of Siddhārtha Gotama. He said: "Before me, so many people became enlightened, and after me also so many are going to become enlightened." Anyone who comes out of ignorance at the experiential level is an enlightened person. Any human being can practise this and become enlightened.

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