The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a Place for Cultivating the Path

　　萬佛城是修道的地方

　　Those who came for the Chan session cannot be lazy! Unless you are not joining the Chan session, you should not be lazy in the slightest. Since you are here, you should diligently cultivate. Do not be lazy! The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a place for cultivating the Path. If you are not cultivating the Path, it is meaningless to be here. Those of you who entered the Chan Hall should not engage in casual conversation. Do not talk or even giggle. In fact, even when you are outside the Chan Hall, you should refrain from doing this. Do not let the mind of the person of the spiritual Path who is without a mind come running out. The person of the Path who is without a mind has reached the stage in which he perceives no self and no others; he cannot even find his own mind. If you make noise, he may find his mind (i.e. lose his concentration). Then you would be obstructing the cultivation of others, which is wrong! It is best if we can remain silent. If we really must speak, we should whisper so as not to disturb the minds of other cultivators.

　　凡是以「打七」的名義到這兒來的，不可以懶惰，除非你不是來參加打七，那可以隨便一點。你來就要好好用功修行，不要那麼懶惰；我們萬佛城是修道的地方，到這兒你不修道，那是沒有什麼意思。我告訴你們，凡是來到禅堂，都不要隨便講話，隨便說說笑笑的；就是在禅堂外邊，也不要有聲音，不要令無心道人的心跑出來。無心道人到無人無我的境界，連心也找不著，你若出種種的聲音，他無心就變成有心，這是障礙其他人修行，是不對的！所以我們要能不講話是最好，有必要的事情可以說，但是都要小一點聲講，免得搖動修道人的心。