Which leg should be on top

　　哪個腿在上面？

　　Q: Which leg should be on top (when sitting in full lotus)

　　問：哪個腿在上面？

　　A: First, place your left leg on top of your right leg. Then move your right ankle up on top of your left leg. The left leg represents the Yang and the right leg represents the Yin. Thus, placing the left leg on top of the right and then moving the right over the left symbolizes the Yin and the Yang. To put your right leg on top of the left, instead of the other way round, would strengthen the Yin while diminishing the Yang. In China, no matter where a monk goes, once he closes his eyes and sits down in full lotus, someone will come and make offerings to him. However, you should not learn the full lotus position because you want offerings. Never do it to build your own reputation or to pretend to be an old cultivator. If you are willing to do a bit of manual work, the money you earn will definitely be much more than your offerings. If you are learning this solely because of your greed for offerings, then you should not learn it at all; you will not get enough to feed yourself nor will you become rich.

　　答：左腿先放到右腿上面，然後把右腿再搬上來。左腿爲陽，右腿爲陰，左腿放在右腿上邊，右腿在再搬到左腿上面，這表示一種陰陽的意思；你右腿要在上邊，這就是陰盛陽衰了。在中國，和尚無論到什麼地方，只把眼睛一閉，往那兒一坐，結上跏趺坐，就有人供養你了。但是你可不要因爲貪圖供養修跏趺坐，不要靠它去創招牌，裝老修行。你去做一點苦工，這比供養所得的錢還會多一點。你要單單的爲了貪圖供養，就不要學這個，那只能餓不死你，不會發財的。