Why Do You Feel Pain

　　爲什麼你覺得痛？

　　Q: After sitting for so long, I ache everywhere. I don”t know what to do.

　　A: Grit your teeth and endure! You must show some perseverance!

　　How can you lose the battle due to aches

　　 You should tell yourself, “You”re afraid of pain

　　 I like pain. You will have to listen to me as the legs belong to me. I do not belong to the legs. You will have to listen to me. You may feel pains and aches. I don”t care!”

　　Similarly, you can consider this: earth, water, fire, and wind form a body.

　　When I feel pain, what is it that feels the pain

　　 Earth

　　 Water

　　 Fire

　　 Or wind

　　The four elements are all false and without consciousness, without feeling.

　　Why then do you feel pain

　　 If you can cross the hurdle of pain, you are a person of initial resolve.

　　Q: Master! I have heard from others that sitting in meditation is no good as it may hurt the internal organs.

　　A: No! No! Even if the internal organs were made of paper and glue,sitting in meditation would not damage them. It is only when you eat the wrong things or eat toxic substances that the internal organs can get damaged. Sitting in meditation is not practicing inner qi gong. Do not be afraid.

　　問：坐得太久，我這邊痛，那邊也痛，不知道怎麼辦？

　　答：咬著牙挺著，你要拿出一點志氣來！你痛一點就打敗仗，那怎麼可以？你應該對自己說：「你怕痛嗎？我歡喜痛，你不聽我的話是不行的，這個腿是屬于我的，我不屬于腿，所以你一定要聽我的。你痛你的，我不管！」你要問一問「地水火風成一個身體，我痛是什麼痛呢？是地痛？是水痛？是火痛？是風痛？」四大都是假的，無知無覺，爲什麼你覺得痛？你能把痛關打過了，那才是一個初發心的人。

　　問：師父！我聽人家說靜坐不好，有時會傷到內髒。

　　答：不會的，不會的！內髒就是紙糊的，打坐也不會傷到它，那是吃錯東西，或者盡吃有毒的東西才會傷內髒。打坐並不是練內功，不要怕。