..續本文上一頁at”s called even when not reciting, the recitation continues; when reciting there really isn”t any recitation. You recite until there aren”t any idle thoughts remaining. The only function of the mind is the recitation of the Shurangama Mantra. That”s called meshing with the mind. There are no second thoughts. The flow of the mantra”s recitation is like water that flows on in uninterrupted waves. At that point, everything expresses the Mahayana--the sounds of the breezes blowing and the water flowing are all the Shurangama Mantra”s Heart Mantra. If you can reach that level, then if you have broken precepts, you will be able to return to pure precepts. You will be endowed with the precepts without going through the formal transmission. If you are someone who doesn”t want to progress in your practice, who doesn”t want to investigate the Buddhadharma, but you recite the Shurangama Mantra for a period of time, quite naturally you will be inspired to be vigorous; those who lack wisdom can open their wisdom. If you are not pure in your cultivation so that you break your vegetarian practices and violate the precepts, but you have not forgotten the Shurangama Mantra, you will be able to quickly return to purity. If you violated precepts before you began upholding the mantra and prior to receiving the precepts, then once you start reciting the mantra you can completely wipe out all those former offenses, no matter how serious they were, including even the Four Parajikas, the Five Rebellious Acts, the Four or Eight Offenses warranting dismissal from the Sangha, which are basically unpardonable. Not even a hair”s breadth of an offense will remain. And so I say that the power of the Shurangama Mantra is beyond all conception or description!
有的人聽見〈楞嚴咒〉這麼靈，他就單單念咒，也不修行了，這也是一種太過的行爲。因爲修道，無論修哪一種法，要求中道，不要太過，也不要不及。這個咒固然是靈，但是定力也要修的。《楞嚴經》說這個咒是靈的，但是反聞聞自性，修耳根圓通這個法門，也是最要緊的。你就誦咒的時候，也應該反聞聞自性，要自己回光返照。前邊不是說嗎？誦這個咒，咒就是心，心也就是咒，心和咒分不開了，心、咒，二而不二。你能到這個樣子上了，你求什麼就都能隨心如意，一定會成就的。那麼你能心和咒都合到一起，這也正是你得到禅定叁昧了，得到真正的定力了。所以這一點，我們每一個人要知道的。
Some people who learn how efficacious the Shurangama Mantra is decide to exclusively recite it and ignore all other aspects of cultivation. That”s going overboard. In cultivation, no matter what Dharma it is, you have to keep to the Middle Way. Don”t do too much and don”t fail to do enough. Although the mantra is definitely efficacious, still, you have to develop samadhi. The Shurangama Sutra describes how efficacious this mantra is, but it also explains the method of returning the hearing to listen to your own nature by cultivating perfect penetration of the ear organ. That”s also extremely important. While you are reciting the mantra you should be returning your hearing to listen to your own nature. You must reflect within. Didn”t I explain earlier how the mantra becomes the mind and the mind becomes the mantra
The mind and the mantra cannot be separated; they are non-dual. When you get there, then you can attain whatever you seek; everything will go the way you want it to; and you will have success in whatever you undertake. When the mind and the mantra merge into one, then you have actually attained the samadhi of Chan meditation and have acquired real samadhi-power. That is something you should know.
〈楞嚴咒〉每一句都有無量意義，每一義都有無量功能。要明白〈楞嚴咒〉是天地間的靈文，靈文中之靈文，秘中之秘，無上法寶，是一切衆生救命之寶。它包羅萬有，上自十方諸佛，下至阿鼻地獄，四聖六凡都要遵從〈楞嚴咒〉的法，十法界中，無論哪一個法界都沒有超出這個範圍；所有一切鬼種類、神種類、一切護法諸天的種類、聲聞、緣覺、佛乘都在〈楞嚴咒〉內。〈楞嚴咒〉所說的都是鬼神王的名字，一念這鬼神王的名字，其余鬼眷屬和神眷屬就都服服貼貼，循規蹈矩，不敢放肆了。天天念〈楞嚴咒〉，能令世上的妖魔鬼怪都老實一點，不敢出來害人。〈楞嚴咒〉是全體大用的，可以說是包括佛教所有的教義，若能明白〈楞嚴咒〉，就能將佛教秘密精華都明白。天地間的奧妙、天地間不可思議的事情，也是在〈楞嚴咒〉內。若會〈楞嚴咒〉，則不必學密宗，白教、黑教、黃教、紅教，什麼教也不需要學。這是根本的叁昧法，最究竟的密法。不過這種密法沒有人懂得，也沒有人認識。一般人都是學而不化，只知道念，卻不知它的意義。本來咒不必知道意義，只要知道它是不可思議的靈文就夠了。
Every line of the Shurangama Mantra contains infinite meanings as well as infinite functions. …
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