This Is Incredible!

　　這是不得了！

　　There are people who feel at ease whenever they sit in meditation. It is a state of true freedom that words cannot describe. You forget everything when you obtain this kind of state. I have said that those in the Form Realm are attached to the flavor of Chan. The blissful flavor of Chan cannot be compared to anything, how much the less the pleasures of marriage or taking hallucinogenic drugs. This state is incomparable and indescribable. It is like a person who drinks water. Only he knows if it is cold or warm. Therefore it is called freedom – true freedom and ease. Only a person who has gone through this state, knows what it is like. What is meant by “a person who has gone through it”

　　 This refers to a person who has walked the path; he will know at which state or what level you are at. It is like a person who is about to reach the state “the ground of bliss from leaving production” of the Four Dhyanas, this kind of bliss is incomparable. Therefore it is called “the bliss from leaving production”. The person leaves afflictions behind and experiences the bliss of meditation. This is one kind of samadhi. But do not think this state is something incredible! This is actually a common, ordinary phenomenon. Any person who cultivates Chan can obtain this if he is truly sincere.

　　有人覺得打坐非常自在，自在、自在、真自在，說不出來那麼自在，你要是得到這種自在，你會把什麼都忘了。我不是說過色界執著味禅嗎？味禅那種滋味比任何情形都快樂，比結婚快樂，比你吃任何迷藥都快樂，那種境界真是難以形容的，「如人飲水，冷暖自知」，說不出來，所以說自在、自在、真自在，這個境界，一定要過來人才明白。怎麼叫「過來人」呢？就是從這條路上走過來的，你一說，他就知道你到什麼階段，到什麼程度了。好像有人將要得到四禅的「離生喜樂地」境界，那種的快樂，是沒有能和它比的，所以叫「離生喜樂地」；離開煩惱，得到打坐的快樂，這是定的一種；可是不要以爲：「這是不得了！」這是很平常的，修禅只要你有一點誠心，誰都可以得到的。