什麼是性定？
What Is Samadhi
時時刻刻正念現前，就沒有任何的煩惱。
At all times, have a proper mind; then you won”t have any afflictions.
性定魔伏朝朝樂，
妄念不起處處安；
心止念絕真富貴，
私欲斷盡真福田。
When one”s nature is settled,
Demons are subdued,
And every day is happy.
If false thoughts do not arise,
Every place is peaceful.
When the mind stops and thoughts cease,
That is true wealth and honor.
Complete severance of selfish desires
Is truly the field of blessings.
我們爲什麼有魔障？就因爲「性」沒有定。如果性定，時時刻刻都是明明了了，清清楚楚。到了這種程度，內觀其心，心無其心；外觀其形，形無其形；這時身心皆空，遠觀其物，物也沒有了，身心物這叁種都沒有了，這時只有空理，依空理而起中道。這個中道，沒有喜，沒有怒，沒有哀，沒有懼，沒有愛，也沒有惡，更沒有欲，在喜、怒、哀、懼、愛、惡、欲七種感情上，沒有波浪。那麼在內沒有妄想，在外也沒有貪求，內外身心都清淨，這種境界就是性定，性定就是中道的本體。
Why do we have demonic obstructions
They occur when our nature is not settled. If our nature were stable, it would be lucid and clear at all times. In that state, one inwardly observes the mind, yet there is no mind; one externally observes the physical body, yet there is no physical body. At that time body and mind are both empty. One observes external objects, and they are non-existent too. The body, the mind, and material objects, all three have vanished. There is only the principle of emptiness, and the Middle Way arising from it. In the Middle Way, there is no joy, no anger, no sorrow, no fear, no love, no disgust, and no desire. The seven emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, fear, love, disgust and desire make no waves. At this point, internally there are no idle thoughts, and externally there is no greed. The body and mind are all clear and pure. This is the state of having a settled nature. A settled nature is the essence of the Middle Way.
性定，就不會被七情的境界所動搖，堅固如金剛山一樣。若是見喜時，你知道喜；見怒時，你知道怒，這就證明你還沒有性定。或者境界來了，你就生一種貪愛的執著，或生一種憎惡的執著，這就是沒有性定。
When the nature is stable, it is as firm as a vajra mountain, not swayed by the states of the seven emotions. If you are delighted by pleasant states and upset by states of anger, your nature is not settled. If you experience greed or disgust when states appear, your nature is not settled.
七情好像海中的波浪，若是白浪滔天，可能將船打翻；若是風平浪靜，船就能平安抵達彼岸。修道人首先要將七情認識清楚，但不是知道七情的道理，就沒事了，還要控製七情的引誘，調伏七情的作怪，如果不被七情的境界所動搖，那就是性定。
The seven emotions are like waves on the ocean. Mighty tidal waves can wreck a ship, but if the wind is gentle and the waters calm, the ship can sail to the other shore safely. Cultivators need to really understand the seven emotions. It”s not enough to know them in principle. We need to know how to control ourselves when these emotions arise. If we aren”t influenced by them, then our nature will be settled.
性定了之後，魔就降伏了，他不能再興風作浪，擾亂修道人的身心。降魔之後，順境來了也快樂，逆境來了也快樂，無論喜的境界，惡的境界，統統快樂。這種快樂乃是真快樂，不是被外物所誘的快樂，而是內心得到其樂無窮的滋味，時時在快樂，天天在快樂，憂愁、煩惱統統沒有了。
Once our nature is settled, the demons are subdued. They can”t make waves to disturb cultivators” minds and bodies. With the demons subdued, we”ll be happy, whether a good or a bad state manifests. Whether it”s a joyful situation or an evil one, we”ll be happy either way. This kind of happiness is true happiness, unlike the happiness brought about by external things. Our mind experiences boundless joy. We are happy all the time, and never feel any anxiety or affliction.
性定魔伏就時時快樂，妄念不生就處處得到平安，所謂：
When the nature is settled and demons are subdued, one is always happy. If idle thoughts do not arise, every place is peaceful. It is said,
念動百事有，
念止萬事無。
When the mind moves, everything appears;
When the mind stops, all things disappear.
若能不起心動念，身心自然清淨平安，所以說：「心止念絕真富貴，私欲斷盡真福田。」這是修道的圭臯。不要認賊作子，他會將你的財寶偷光；不要聽魔鬼的話，他會欺騙你上當，你中他的詭計便會吃大虧。不要和魔鬼的眷屬做好朋友，他們只會陷害你，令你做些顛顛倒倒的胡塗事。
If our minds don”t move and thoughts don”t arise, our bodies and minds will naturally be pure and peaceful. That”s why it”s said, “When the mind stops and thoughts cease, that is true wealth and honor. Complete severance of selfish desires is truly the field of bless…
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