I am better than you are.

　　我比你們行

　　Q: I have sat in meditation for so long, why have not I entered samadhi

　　A: It is because you are sitting there indulging in false thinking and not really cultivating. That is why you have not entered samadhi. In the past, people used to become enlightened very quickly if they really cultivated vigorously and could see their true nature. Nowadays, many people just cultivate superficially and are not able to deeply enter samadhi. They may sit in meditation for an hour, two hours, three, four, five, six hours or even one day at a time, and never become enlightened. Why is that the case

　　It is because they have the mentality of competing with others. They want others to look at them, and they think, “Look at me! I have sat for the longest time in meditation and have the most experience in cultivation. I am much more capable than all of you.” It is precisely due to such a competitive mentality that they may meditate for eighty thousand great eons and never become enlightened.

　　問：我雙跏趺坐坐了這麼久，怎麼也沒有入定？

　　答：因爲你坐在這兒盡打妄想，你沒有真正曉得用功，所以沒有入定。古來的人用功很快就開悟，明心見性；現在的人用功用來用去，只在皮毛上轉轉，沒能深入叁昧，就是能坐一點鍾、兩點鍾、叁點鍾、四點鍾五點鍾、六點鍾、甚至可以坐一天，也沒有開悟，爲什麼呢？

　　就因爲他們是和人比賽，要人看看自己：「你看看我坐的時間最久，你看我修行年頭也最多，我比你們行，比你們好！」因爲心裏有這種勝負心、和人比賽的心，所以就算能坐八萬個大劫，也不能開悟。