The Pain You Are Feeling Is All Worthwhile

　　你痛有痛的價值

　　in the Chan session we have the opportunity of countless eons. although your legs and waist may be aching, the pain you are feeling now is all worthwhile. The suffering you feel will lead to attainment. “if not for the intense cold, how could the plum blossoms be so fragrant

　　” The same goes with all of you. if not for the tough training, how could you attain the indestructible vajra body

　　 everybody, do not let the time slip away! This is indeed an extraordinary opportunity that rarely comes along in countless eons. in the past, we did not encounter the dharma door of investigating Chan and sitting in meditation. now that we have, if you let the time slip by, it would indeed be a thing to regret!

　　我們打禅七，是百千萬劫難遭遇的一個好機會。雖然說坐禅腿也痛、腰也酸，但是你痛有痛的價值，苦有苦的成就。你「不受一番寒澈骨，怎得梅花撲鼻香？」你要不經過一番辛苦的鍛煉，你也不能成就金剛不壞身。所以各位啊！不要把光陰空過了，這是不容易遇的「百千萬劫難遭遇」我們以前都沒有遇著參禅打坐的法門，現在才遇著，你再隨隨便便把光陰都空過了，這是很可惜的一件事。

　　Although i am not here to participate in Chan session with all of you, my mind is always here in this Chan hall. i know that there are some who are really putting effort in cultivation and some who are just accumulating merit and virtue with others by following along with their friends. if their friends meditate, they follow; if their friends leave, they leave along with them. if their friends indulge in false thinking, they do the same. They do not know the true meaning of cultivation. working hard just means not indulging in false thinking, breaking away from all atta chments.

　　我雖然沒有在這兒陪著你們各位來打七，但是我的心常常在這禅堂裏。我知道有的人在這兒真正的用功，有的人在這兒是隨喜功德，人家坐，我也坐；人家走，我也走；人家打妄想，我也打妄想，不知道真正用功的方法。我們用功就是要不打妄想，破一切執著。