If you lean against the wall, you may vomit blood.

　　靠著牆坐會吐血

　　When the person next to you eats, it does not make you full. Likewise, no one but yourself can enable you to become enlightened. Good teachers can only teach you how to cultivate and how to meditate. Although they may show you the path, you yourself must walk upon it. If you choose not to, it will not be of any use. When you meditate, do not lean against the wall. You may think that the wall is hard and sturdy: “The wall will not fall if I lean against it, nor will I make a hole in it. Even if I fall asleep, I will not fall to the ground.” Well, let me warn you first—by doing this, you may get sick and vomit blood. Do not be so dependent and lean against the wall or anything else, thinking that this is more comfortable. This is a mistake!

　　旁人吃飯你不會飽，旁人是沒法子幫助你開悟，善知識只能告訴你怎麼樣用功修行，怎麼樣打坐；雖然指示你這條路，可是這條路要你自己去修行，要你自己去走，你自己不走，那還是沒有用的。你打坐的時候，不要依靠著牆上，以爲牆是很硬的「我靠也靠不倒它，靠不出窟窿來；我就是睡著了，也掉不到地下。」你靠牆靠得多了，我先警告你這會吐血的、會生毛病的，所以不要生這種依賴心，不要往牆上靠，或者在背後邊墊上一個墊子，以爲靠著舒服一點，這也是錯誤的！