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　　參禅就是去妄存真，也就是沙裏澄金，在沙子裏找金粒，那是很不容易的一件事。可是你想求金子，必須在沙子裏找，必須要有耐性，你想明白自己本有佛性嗎？明心見性嗎？就要有耐心去修行，去參學，去研究，久而久之，豁然貫通，驟然開悟，原來如此！

　　One investigates Chan just to get rid of the false and keep the true. It is also to pan for gold, to look for gold dust in the sand, which is a difficult task. But if you want to find gold, you have to look in the sand, and be patient. Do you want to understand your inherent Buddha-nature

　　 Do you want to understand your mind and see your nature

　　 Then you must patiently cultivate, study and investigate, and when enough time has passed, you will suddenly penetrate and enlighten to the fact that it is originally this way!

　　參禅上了路，不需要打閑岔，各位自己努力參「念佛是誰？」非把這個「誰」找到不可，什麼時候找到，方可停止。功夫到了爐火純青的時候，便有好消息。

　　When your investigation of Chan is progressing well, there”s no need to meddle in other people”s business. Each of you should put forth effort to investigate “Who is mindful of the Buddha

　　” No matter what, you have to find out "who" it is. Only when you find the answer can you stop. When the intensity of your efforts has reached a peak, there will be good news.

　　結雙跏趺坐的姿勢，是將左腿放在右腿上，然後將右腿搬到左腿上，因爲左腿屬于陽，右腿屬于陰。打坐時，左腿是陽在上邊，右腿是陰在下邊，好像無極生太極，太極生兩儀(陰儀、陽儀)，也是這樣的擺法。若是因爲方便起見，左腿在下，右腿在上也可以的。法無定法，隨著個人習慣而決定，不必執著一定要這種姿勢。教你左腿壓右腿，這只是個方法而已。並不是硬性規定，一定要這樣子。

　　To sit in full-lotus posture, put your left foot on your right thigh, and then put your right foot on your left thigh. The reason for this is that the left leg is yang and the right leg is yin. When you sit in meditation, the left leg which is yang is on top, and the right leg which is yin is below. This is like the Limitless giving rise to the Absolute, and the Absolute giving rise to the two primordial forms (the yin fish and the yang fish)─they are also set up in this way. For the sake of convenience, putting the left leg below and the right leg on top is also okay. The Dharma is not fixed, and the decision is based on inpidual preference. You don”t need to become attached and think that you have to use this posture. When I teach you to put your left leg on top of your right leg first, that”s only one method. It”s not a hard and fast rule that you have to do it that way.

　　總而言之，結跏趺坐，是教你容易入定。你能在走路時入定，那麼坐不坐都可以的。入定的境界，沒有任何的妄想，心中一念不生，一塵不染。若能行住坐臥一念不生，一塵不染，那就是在用功，並不一定是坐在那裏，才算是用功。

　　In general, sitting in the full-lotus posture will make it easier for you to enter samadhi. If you can remain in samadhi even when you are moving, then it is not necessary to sit. Within samadhi, you have no idle thoughts. Your mind is totally free from thinking and you are not defiled by even a speck of dust. If you can constantly maintain this state when you are moving, still, sitting or reclining, then you are working vigorously. It is not the case that you are working hard only when sitting.

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