..續本文上一頁端然正坐，把脊背挺直，不可低頭彎腰，所謂「坐如鍾」，頭要正，腰要直，好像一個大鍾，四平八穩的。
When it”s time to end the walk, the Ceremony Master watches for the senior monk to return to his seat, then he strikes the wooden fish once. When everyone has returned to his seat, the Ceremony Master strikes it once more, and everyone sits upright and properly with a straight back, without letting the head droop or the back curve. This is called "sitting like a bell." This means the head is erect and the back is straight, just like a great iron bell, very stable and solid.
參「念佛是誰？」不是念這句話，而是參這句話，研究這個「誰」字。有人說：「我知道，念佛是我。」這是不對的。這句話頭，若是明白了，就是明心見性，徹法底源，借道還家。不是像你所說那麼樣地簡單，那樣地容易，「就是我嘛！我在念佛。」你在念佛？那麼人死了之後，還有人在念佛嗎？說：「沒有了。」既然沒有，怎麼會是你在念佛？要曉得念佛的人是不會死的，你會死，那念佛的不是你。念佛成佛，成佛的又是誰？誰去成佛？你已經死了。所以就在這個地方要參，參到海枯石爛，也不放松，追根究底地參，終會有水落石出的一天––豁然大悟，原來如此！
Investigate the sentence: "Who is reciting the Buddha”s name
" Don”t merely recite the sentence, but investigate it, look into the word "who." Someone may say, "I know, the one reciting the Buddha”s name is me!" That”s wrong. If you really understand the answer to this meditation topic, then you can "understand your mind and see your nature." Then you have "penetrated to the the source of Dharma," and you have "found your way home." To understand is not as simple a matter as you make it out to be. "It”s just me! I”m the reciter!" you insist. Well, after you die, is there anyone still reciting
No, there isn”t. Since there isn”t, how can you claim that you are there reciting the Buddha”s name
You should realize that the person who recites the Buddha”s name is a person who does not die. You, however, can die, so you can”t be considered the one who is reciting. We recite the Buddha”s name, and we can become Buddhas. But who is the one who becomes a Buddha
Who goes realizes Buddhahood
You”ve already died. This is what you must look into, and don”t slack off even when "the ocean dries up and solid rocks fall apart." Investigate to the ultimate point; then you”ll see the waters part and the rocks appear. Suddenly you”ll enlighten to the truth that it was just this way all along!
一九八○年禅七十二月開示
A talk given during a Chan Session
in December, 1980
《參禅是行六度波羅蜜 Chan Meditation Involves Practicing the Six Paramitas》全文閱讀結束。