It is because your samadhi is insufficient.

　　因爲你的定力不夠

　　Cultivators who know how to apply effort can cultivate even in a noisy place. Those who do not understand how to apply effort cannot cultivate even in a total vaccuum. In this world, it is virtually impossible to find a place without sound. In the Chan halls in China, you can also hear sneezing and coughing. If there is a lot of human traffic moving in and out of the Chan halls, it is hard to deal with because some people do not want to cultivate and abide by the rules. When it is not the proper time to take care of worldly matters, hardworking cultivators should not pay attention to these matters.

　　Someone said to me, “There isn”t a single quiet place here.” Well, if you are calm, then everywhere is quiet. If you are not calm, then everywhere is noisy and you will always be afflicted. Even when no one else is around, you will still not be able to get along with yourself. Why

　　 Because you cannot overcome the environment and are influenced by your surroundings. If you can look but not see and listen but not hear, then you are truly a cultivator of the Buddhadharma. Someone may say, “You must just be kidding around with us; we cannot achieve any of these things!” If you cannot, then you have not realized the Way. Once you realize the Way, these are but small states. You can change a noisy city into a mountain forest, and it feels no different being in the woods or in the noisy city.

　　用功的人在鬧市也可以修行，不會用功的人就是鑽到真空管裏，還是不會用功。在這個世界上，你要找一個沒有聲音的地方，相信是很難的。在中國禅堂裏，人打鼾的聲音是在所難免，咳嗽的聲音也會有的；在禅堂裏有人走進來、走出去，這是人格的問題，他不願意守規矩，是很難管得了他。用功修行的人不是管事的時候，就不管那麼多閑事。有個人對我講：「這兒沒有一個靜的地方。」你要是自己靜了，什麼地方都靜；你自己不靜，到什麼地方都不靜，你都會有煩惱；就是沒有人，你和自己都會過不去，和自己都要發脾氣，爲什麼呢？你沒有能克服環境，你被境界轉。你要能視而不見，聽而不聞，那是真正學佛法的人。有人說：「你盡講愚弄人的事，我根本做不到。」你做不到，你就是沒有道；你要有道，這都是小境界，你能轉鬧市爲山林，在鬧市也和在山林裏是一樣的。