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　　参禅就是去妄存真，也就是沙里澄金，在沙子里找金粒，那是很不容易的一件事。可是你想求金子，必须在沙子里找，必须要有耐性，你想明白自己本有佛性吗？明心见性吗？就要有耐心去修行，去参学，去研究，久而久之，豁然贯通，骤然开悟，原来如此！

　　One investigates Chan just to get rid of the false and keep the true. It is also to pan for gold, to look for gold dust in the sand, which is a difficult task. But if you want to find gold, you have to look in the sand, and be patient. Do you want to understand your inherent Buddha-nature

　　 Do you want to understand your mind and see your nature

　　 Then you must patiently cultivate, study and investigate, and when enough time has passed, you will suddenly penetrate and enlighten to the fact that it is originally this way!

　　参禅上了路，不需要打闲岔，各位自己努力参「念佛是谁？」非把这个「谁」找到不可，什么时候找到，方可停止。功夫到了炉火纯青的时候，便有好消息。

　　When your investigation of Chan is progressing well, there”s no need to meddle in other people”s business. Each of you should put forth effort to investigate “Who is mindful of the Buddha

　　” No matter what, you have to find out "who" it is. Only when you find the answer can you stop. When the intensity of your efforts has reached a peak, there will be good news.

　　结双跏趺坐的姿势，是将左腿放在右腿上，然后将右腿搬到左腿上，因为左腿属于阳，右腿属于阴。打坐时，左腿是阳在上边，右腿是阴在下边，好像无极生太极，太极生两仪(阴仪、阳仪)，也是这样的摆法。若是因为方便起见，左腿在下，右腿在上也可以的。法无定法，随着个人习惯而决定，不必执着一定要这种姿势。教你左腿压右腿，这只是个方法而已。并不是硬性规定，一定要这样子。

　　To sit in full-lotus posture, put your left foot on your right thigh, and then put your right foot on your left thigh. The reason for this is that the left leg is yang and the right leg is yin. When you sit in meditation, the left leg which is yang is on top, and the right leg which is yin is below. This is like the Limitless giving rise to the Absolute, and the Absolute giving rise to the two primordial forms (the yin fish and the yang fish)─they are also set up in this way. For the sake of convenience, putting the left leg below and the right leg on top is also okay. The Dharma is not fixed, and the decision is based on inpidual preference. You don”t need to become attached and think that you have to use this posture. When I teach you to put your left leg on top of your right leg first, that”s only one method. It”s not a hard and fast rule that you have to do it that way.

　　总而言之，结跏趺坐，是教你容易入定。你能在走路时入定，那么坐不坐都可以的。入定的境界，没有任何的妄想，心中一念不生，一尘不染。若能行住坐卧一念不生，一尘不染，那就是在用功，并不一定是坐在那里，才算是用功。

　　In general, sitting in the full-lotus posture will make it easier for you to enter samadhi. If you can remain in samadhi even when you are moving, then it is not necessary to sit. Within samadhi, you have no idle thoughts. Your mind is totally free from thinking and you are not defiled by even a speck of dust. If you can constantly maintain this state when you are moving, still, sitting or reclining, then you are working vigorously. It is not the case that you are working hard only when sitting.

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