自覺手冊 Manual of Self-Awareness

　　by Luangpor Teean Jittasubho

　　FOREWORD

　　Throughout the 30 years of his teaching, Pann Intapew, later known as Luangpor Teean Jittasubho, pointed out the true essence of Truth which is latent in everyone without exception, regardless of nationality, religion, sex or age. If the practice is performed correctly, one can see, know and understand the Truth, as the Buddha did.

　　Brief Biography

　　隆波田禅師

　　活在當下的實修法門念頭如溪水般恒常的流動，當念頭來時，要同時知道身體的動作，這是滅苦最簡單有效的方法，我可以向你保證。　

　　－－－　隆波田　禅師

　　Luangpor Teean Jittasubho

　　Luangpor Teean Jittasubho (1911-1988), or Pann Intapew, was born on September 5, 1911, at Buhom, Amphur Chiengkhan in the Province of Loei. He was the son of Jeen and Som Intapew. His father died when he was young. Since there was no school in the small village of Buhom, he did not have formal education in his childhood. The boy, like the rest of them in the village, had to help his mother in running their farm.

　　隆波田禅師或稱潘．印特佩悟，1911年9月5日生于泰國東北邊境洛伊省的布宏小鎮。他是清與姗的兒子，他的父親早逝。由于小鎮上沒有學校，隆波田在童年時並沒有接受正式教育。就像其它小孩一樣，他必須幫著母親照顧耕田。

　　At the age of eleven, he was ordained as a novice at the village monastery, and stayed there with his uncle who was a resident monk. During a year and six months in the monastery, he studied Laotian scripts and ancient local scripts. He also started practicing various meditation methods, such as the Budh-dho and Breath Counting methods. After disrobing, he returned to his home.

　　11歲時，他在當地的寺裏成爲沙彌，他的叔叔是該寺的常住。在寺裏18個月中，隆波田學習經典與不同的禅修方法，例如吸氣時默念「佛」，吐氣時默念「陀」以及數息法。在脫下僧袍後，他回到家裏。

　　Following tradition, he was ordained as a monk at the age of twenty. Again he studied and practiced meditation with his uncle for six months. After returning to lay life, he was married at twenty-two and had three sons. In his village, he was always a leader in Buddhist activities and was highly respected and chosen to be the head of the village on three different occasions. Despite of heavy responsibilities, he continued his meditation practice regularly.

　　根據習俗，隆波田在20歲時回去受戒成爲比丘，再次向叔叔學習並禅修6個月。回複在家生活之後，他22歲那年結婚，並育有3個小孩。在村裏，隆波田經常是舉辦佛教活動的負責人，受到當地人民深深景仰，並在叁次不同場合被推選爲村子的領導者。盡管身負重任，他還是繼續不斷地禅修。

　　Later he moved to Chiengkhan, a larger community, where his sons could attend school. Being a merchant, he sailed his steamboat along the Maekhong River between Chiengkhan-Nongkai-Vientiane, or even as far as Luangprabang. He had opportunities to meet several meditation masters and his enthusiasm in pursuing Dhamma (the Truth) continued to strengthen. Furthermore, he began to realize that many years of being good, making merit, and practicing various methods of meditation had not liberated him from his anger. Finally, he determined to start searching for the way out.

　　後來他移居到同省較大的江翰鎮，以便孩子們上學。做爲一個貿易商，他駕著自己的船沿著湄公河往來于泰國與寮國間做買賣。這段時間內，他有機會接觸到一些禅修大師，也增強了他對正法(真理)探究的決心。此外，他發覺到多年努力的行善、做功德、練習不同的禅修方法，並沒有消除他的瞋心。最後，他決定開始尋求解決的方法。

　　In 1957, when he was nearly forty-six, he left his home with firm determination not to return unless he found the Truth. He went to Wat Rangsimukdaram, Tambol Pannprao, Amphur Tabon in Nongkai Province (Amphur Srichiengmai at present) and practiced a simple form of bodily movements except that he did not follow the recitation of the words "ting-ning" (moving-stopping) like others did. What he did was only being aware of the movements of the body and mind. Within a couple of days, on the early morning of the eleventh day of the waxing moon, the eighth month of 1957, his mind reached the End of Suffering completely without traditional rituals or teachers.

　　1957年，隆波田年近46，離開了家並下定決心若不找到真理，就不回家。他來到了農開省的摩尼光寺練習一種簡單的肢體動作，但是他不像別人在心中默念「動、停」，只是覺知身心的動作。幾天裏，也就是1957年泰國舊曆8月11日的早晨，他的心已完全到達了苦滅，不需要任何傳統的儀式或老師。

　　Later he returned home. He taught his wife and relatives what he had found for two years and eight months, as a lay teacher. He then decided to re-enter monkhood in order to be in a better position to teach the people. The ordination was made on February 3, 1960.

　　後來隆波田回到家，以在家老師的身份，用2年又8個月的時間將所找到的法教給他的妻子和親戚。而後，他決定再出家使正法更弘開。剃度典禮于1960年2月3日舉行。

　　His teachings were spreading across the country as well as outside. He devoted his life to the teaching of Dhamma despite his poor health. He was diagnosed to have stomach cancer (malignant lymphoma) in 1982. In spite of his illness he continued his work actively and incisively until the end of his life.

　　隆波田的教法流傳國內外。盡管身體狀況不佳，他還是獻身于傳法。1982年診斷出他有胃癌，他不顧病情，仍然繼續積極地工作6年直至生命終止。

　　On September 13, 1988 at 6:15 PM., he passed away calmly at the age of seventy-seven in a hut on Koh Buddhadhamma, Tabb Ming Kwan, Tambol Gudpong in Loei Province.

　　1988年9月13日下午6點15分于泰國東北的洛依省，隆波田安詳地離開人世，享年77歲。

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