清洁空气的电疗法

　　Using Electrotherapy to Clean the Air

　　打禅七，就是要把你那些小聪明、小智慧都收起来。

　　During this meditation session, you should set aside your cleverness and your petty intelligence.

　　禅宗这一门，是直指人心，见性成佛的法门，也就是顿教。顿教是由渐教勤修而成的，所谓「理可顿悟，事须渐修。」我们现在行住坐卧，就是渐修。等到有一天，真正明了，豁然开悟，就是顿。顿也没有离开渐，渐也帮助顿。

　　The Dharma-door of Chan meditation points directly to the human mind. It teaches us to see our nature and to become a Buddha. It is also called "the sudden teaching." The teaching of sudden enlightenment is brought to success by cultivating the gradual teaching. There”s a saying that goes: "One may suddenly be enlightened to the principles, but then one puts the principles into practice gradually." Now in our daily deportment, as we walk, sit, stand, and lie down, we are cultivating gradually. Then in the future, there will be a day when we truly understand and we suddenly get enlightened. That”s what we mean by sudden. The sudden, in fact, is not apart from the gradual; and the gradual also aids the sudden.

　　一般修行人，他修什么法，便说什么法是最好的，是第一的。要不是第一，他就不会欢喜它，也不肯去修行。你要是真明白，一切法都是佛法，皆不可得，所以没有什么可执着的。

　　Most people who cultivate the spiritual path assume that the dharma that they are cultivating is the very best; it”s number one. If it weren”t the number one dharma, then they wouldn”t want to cultivate it, and they”d have no interest in cultivating. However, if you truly understand, then all dharmas are also the Buddhadharma. But none of them can be attained, so there”s absolutely nothing for us to be attached to.

　　打禅七，是调身调心。调身，令身不乱动。调心，令心不打妄想，常常清净；心能常清净，则尽虚空遍法界都在自性里边。自性是无所不包，无所不容，也就是本来的佛性。

　　When we hold a Chan session, we are taming our bodies and regulating our minds. Taming the body keeps it from acting in random, impulsive ways. Regulating the mind means not allowing it to indulge in idle thoughts, so it”s always pure and clear. Then no matter where we go, to the ends of space or the limits of the Dharma Realm, we”re still right within our self-nature. Our inherent nature contains absolutely everything. Nothing falls outside of it. It”s just our fundamental Buddha-nature.

　　我们从无量劫以来，生生世世，世世生生，都被邪知邪见迷染得太深了，所以不容易明心见性。因为这个原因，所以要打禅七。打七叫「克期取证」，定下一个时间，在这个时间之内，一定要得到好处，一定要用功求个明白。

　　From limitless numbers of eons in the past, in life after life, in world after world, wherever we appeared, we”ve been deeply deluded and defiled by deviant knowledge and views. So it”s not very easy for us to understand our minds or to see our natures. For this reason, we need to participate in a meditation session. A session is a period of time set aside for seeking realization. During this special period, we are determined to gain benefit. We must certainly apply effort and seek understanding.

　　你若想真正明了，首先要学一个不明了。在禅堂里用功，用的是什么功？不知道。上不知有天，下不知有地，中间不知有人。从早上到晚上，做的是什么事？不知道。吃的是什么饭？不知道。穿的是什么衣？不知道。就是昏昏沉沉，什么也不知道。这叫：

　　养成大拙方为巧，

　　学到如愚始见奇。

　　If we want to truly understand, the very first thing that we need to do is to learn to be as if we don”t understand anything at all. Here in the Chan meditation hall, what is our method of cultivation

　　 We don”t know. We are not aware of heaven above, earth below, or people in between. What did we do all day long

　　 We don”t know. What did we eat

　　 We”re not aware. What clothes are we wearing

　　 We don”t know. In this state of complete absorption and obscurity where we bring ourselves to know nothing at all, we approach a state like this:

　　When one can train oneself to appear as if foolish, Then one”s genuine cleverness comes forth. If one can study until one appears dull, Then one”s real talents begin to appear.

　　就是说养成世界上最笨拙、最愚痴的人，这时便会生出巧妙来。此时，

　　一通一切通，

　　一了一切了，

　　一悟一切悟。

　　That is to say, only after you make yourself seem like the most stupid person in the world can you bring forth genuine cleverness. When you reach that state, then:

　　When one thing penetrates, all things penetrate. When…

《清洁空气的电疗法 Using Electrotherapy to Clean the Air》全文未完，请进入下页继续阅读…