妄想不斷不能開悟
We Won”t Be Enlightened Until Our Idle Thoughts Stop!
一分一秒也不可空過，時時刻刻用功修行。
Not even a single minute or second should be wasted; we must cultivate vigorously at all times.
參禅的目的，就爲著開智慧，求解脫。要專心致志來參「念佛是誰？」參到極點，就把一切妄想都忘得一乾二淨，吃飯、穿衣、睡覺都忘了，甚至大小便也忘了。這時候，風也吹不透，雨也打不漏，只是綿綿密密地念「誰」字。
The goal of investigating Chan meditation is to develop wisdom and to seek liberation. We must concentrate our minds and investigate the question, "Who is mindful of the Buddha
" When we can investigate this question to the ultimate point, then we forget all idle thoughts whatsoever. We forget about eating, sleeping, and dressing, even to the point of forgetting to go to the bathroom. At this stage, the wind may blow, but it won”t touch us; the rain may fall, but it won”t get us wet; we are intensely and unceasingly asking the question "Who
"
這一念，猶如金剛一樣堅固，什麼也破不了。這時上不知有天，下不知有地，中不知有人，到無人、無我、無衆生、無壽者的境界；也就是內無身心，外無世界的地步，與宇宙合爲一體，打成一片了。
This single thought is just like vajra; it is so durable and solid that nothing can break it up. We are not aware of the heavens above, the earth below, or the people in between. Our state is free of the traces of self, others, living beings, and life spans. Then we reach the point of there being "no body or mind inside and no world outside." We have united in substance with the entire universe and have become one with all things.
古時高僧大德，他們修到一念不生的程度，所謂「終日吃飯，未吃一粒米，終日穿衣，未穿一縷紗。」到無人、無我的境界，哪有時間去打妄想呢？他們認爲浪費一分鍾的時間，就會把開悟的機會錯過了，所以拼命地參「念佛是誰？」找不到「誰」字，就永不休息。找「誰」字，就是控製妄想最佳的辦法。
In ancient times there were lofty Sangha members of great virtue whose cultivation reached a level where "not even a single thought arose." A saying captures that state: "They eat all day long, yet don”t know they have consumed a single morsel; they get dressed each day, but aren”t aware of having put on a single stitch." They”ve arrived at a state of "no self and no others." Where is there any time left for them to indulge in idle thinking
They felt that if they wasted even a single moment, they could miss their chance to become enlightened. For this reason we must give our very lives to the investigation of "Who is mindful of the Buddha
" We should never rest until we find out who it is. Finding out "Who" is the very best method for controlling our idle thoughts.
在揚州高旻寺有一位妙度老和尚，當初他在參禅時，參到「行不知行，住不知住，坐不知坐，臥不知臥」的程度，什麼也不想，只想著「念佛是誰？」有一天，要去小便，因爲專心參「誰？」綿綿密密地參，所以誤走到天王殿，在韋陀菩薩座前，當作廁所。正要小便時，擡頭一見韋陀菩薩瞪著眼睛，舉起寶杵，把他嚇得清醒了，知道自己走錯路了，急忙向韋陀頂禮，忏悔過錯，祈菩薩原諒。
In China”s Yangzhou County, at Gaomin Monastery, there lived an elder monk named Miaodu, who cultivated Chan meditation to the point that, "When walking, he wasn”t aware of walking; when sitting, he wasn”t aware of sitting; when standing, he wasn”t aware of standing; when reclining, he wasn”t aware of reclining." He thought of nothing at all, except "Who is mindful of the Buddha
" One day, he needed to relieve himself. Because he was unceasingly investigating the question of "Who
" he walked by mistake into the Hall of the Heavenly Kings and assumed that the seat in front of Weitou Bodhisattva was the toilet. Just as he was about to relieve himself, he looked up and saw the image of Weitou Bodhisattva glaring at him with his Jewelled Pestle raised up high, and it scared him awake. Aware that he had made a mistake, he quickly bowed to Weitou Bodhisattva to repent and seek forgiveness from the Bodhisattva.
爲什麼會有這種情形呢？因爲妙度禅師用功專心，一心一意參「誰」字，別的一概不知，所以把天王殿誤做廁所。有人在打妄想，我也學妙度禅師，不去廁所小便，來到觀音臺上小便。你故意這樣做，那就離道十萬八千裏了。要知道妙度禅師不是學某某人的行爲，他是一心在想「念佛是誰？」精神集中在一個問題上，所以才有這種現象。你想故意學走錯路，那是大錯特錯的，連這種想法也不可以有的。
Why did this happen
Because Chan Master Miaodu had concentrated his mind and devoted his entire attention to investigating the word "Who." That was his sole concern, and as a result, he mistook the Hall of the Heavenly Kings for the bathroom. Someo…
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