妄想不断不能开悟
We Won”t Be Enlightened Until Our Idle Thoughts Stop!
一分一秒也不可空过，时时刻刻用功修行。
Not even a single minute or second should be wasted; we must cultivate vigorously at all times.
参禅的目的，就为着开智慧，求解脱。要专心致志来参「念佛是谁？」参到极点，就把一切妄想都忘得一乾二净，吃饭、穿衣、睡觉都忘了，甚至大小便也忘了。这时候，风也吹不透，雨也打不漏，只是绵绵密密地念「谁」字。
The goal of investigating Chan meditation is to develop wisdom and to seek liberation. We must concentrate our minds and investigate the question, "Who is mindful of the Buddha
" When we can investigate this question to the ultimate point, then we forget all idle thoughts whatsoever. We forget about eating, sleeping, and dressing, even to the point of forgetting to go to the bathroom. At this stage, the wind may blow, but it won”t touch us; the rain may fall, but it won”t get us wet; we are intensely and unceasingly asking the question "Who
"
这一念，犹如金刚一样坚固，什么也破不了。这时上不知有天，下不知有地，中不知有人，到无人、无我、无众生、无寿者的境界；也就是内无身心，外无世界的地步，与宇宙合为一体，打成一片了。
This single thought is just like vajra; it is so durable and solid that nothing can break it up. We are not aware of the heavens above, the earth below, or the people in between. Our state is free of the traces of self, others, living beings, and life spans. Then we reach the point of there being "no body or mind inside and no world outside." We have united in substance with the entire universe and have become one with all things.
古时高僧大德，他们修到一念不生的程度，所谓「终日吃饭，未吃一粒米，终日穿衣，未穿一缕纱。」到无人、无我的境界，哪有时间去打妄想呢？他们认为浪费一分钟的时间，就会把开悟的机会错过了，所以拼命地参「念佛是谁？」找不到「谁」字，就永不休息。找「谁」字，就是控制妄想最佳的办法。
In ancient times there were lofty Sangha members of great virtue whose cultivation reached a level where "not even a single thought arose." A saying captures that state: "They eat all day long, yet don”t know they have consumed a single morsel; they get dressed each day, but aren”t aware of having put on a single stitch." They”ve arrived at a state of "no self and no others." Where is there any time left for them to indulge in idle thinking
They felt that if they wasted even a single moment, they could miss their chance to become enlightened. For this reason we must give our very lives to the investigation of "Who is mindful of the Buddha
" We should never rest until we find out who it is. Finding out "Who" is the very best method for controlling our idle thoughts.
在扬州高旻寺有一位妙度老和尚，当初他在参禅时，参到「行不知行，住不知住，坐不知坐，卧不知卧」的程度，什么也不想，只想着「念佛是谁？」有一天，要去小便，因为专心参「谁？」绵绵密密地参，所以误走到天王殿，在韦陀菩萨座前，当作厕所。正要小便时，抬头一见韦陀菩萨瞪着眼睛，举起宝杵，把他吓得清醒了，知道自己走错路了，急忙向韦陀顶礼，忏悔过错，祈菩萨原谅。
In China”s Yangzhou County, at Gaomin Monastery, there lived an elder monk named Miaodu, who cultivated Chan meditation to the point that, "When walking, he wasn”t aware of walking; when sitting, he wasn”t aware of sitting; when standing, he wasn”t aware of standing; when reclining, he wasn”t aware of reclining." He thought of nothing at all, except "Who is mindful of the Buddha
" One day, he needed to relieve himself. Because he was unceasingly investigating the question of "Who
" he walked by mistake into the Hall of the Heavenly Kings and assumed that the seat in front of Weitou Bodhisattva was the toilet. Just as he was about to relieve himself, he looked up and saw the image of Weitou Bodhisattva glaring at him with his Jewelled Pestle raised up high, and it scared him awake. Aware that he had made a mistake, he quickly bowed to Weitou Bodhisattva to repent and seek forgiveness from the Bodhisattva.
为什么会有这种情形呢？因为妙度禅师用功专心，一心一意参「谁」字，别的一概不知，所以把天王殿误做厕所。有人在打妄想，我也学妙度禅师，不去厕所小便，来到观音台上小便。你故意这样做，那就离道十万八千里了。要知道妙度禅师不是学某某人的行为，他是一心在想「念佛是谁？」精神集中在一个问题上，所以才有这种现象。你想故意学走错路，那是大错特错的，连这种想法也不可以有的。
Why did this happen
Because Chan Master Miaodu had concentrated his mind and devoted his entire attention to investigating the word "Who." That was his sole concern, and as a result, he mistook the Hall of the Heavenly Kings for the bathroom. Someo…
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