..续本文上一页端然正坐，把脊背挺直，不可低头弯腰，所谓「坐如钟」，头要正，腰要直，好像一个大钟，四平八稳的。
When it”s time to end the walk, the Ceremony Master watches for the senior monk to return to his seat, then he strikes the wooden fish once. When everyone has returned to his seat, the Ceremony Master strikes it once more, and everyone sits upright and properly with a straight back, without letting the head droop or the back curve. This is called "sitting like a bell." This means the head is erect and the back is straight, just like a great iron bell, very stable and solid.
参「念佛是谁？」不是念这句话，而是参这句话，研究这个「谁」字。有人说：「我知道，念佛是我。」这是不对的。这句话头，若是明白了，就是明心见性，彻法底源，借道还家。不是像你所说那么样地简单，那样地容易，「就是我嘛！我在念佛。」你在念佛？那么人死了之后，还有人在念佛吗？说：「没有了。」既然没有，怎么会是你在念佛？要晓得念佛的人是不会死的，你会死，那念佛的不是你。念佛成佛，成佛的又是谁？谁去成佛？你已经死了。所以就在这个地方要参，参到海枯石烂，也不放松，追根究底地参，终会有水落石出的一天––豁然大悟，原来如此！
Investigate the sentence: "Who is reciting the Buddha”s name
" Don”t merely recite the sentence, but investigate it, look into the word "who." Someone may say, "I know, the one reciting the Buddha”s name is me!" That”s wrong. If you really understand the answer to this meditation topic, then you can "understand your mind and see your nature." Then you have "penetrated to the the source of Dharma," and you have "found your way home." To understand is not as simple a matter as you make it out to be. "It”s just me! I”m the reciter!" you insist. Well, after you die, is there anyone still reciting
No, there isn”t. Since there isn”t, how can you claim that you are there reciting the Buddha”s name
You should realize that the person who recites the Buddha”s name is a person who does not die. You, however, can die, so you can”t be considered the one who is reciting. We recite the Buddha”s name, and we can become Buddhas. But who is the one who becomes a Buddha
Who goes realizes Buddhahood
You”ve already died. This is what you must look into, and don”t slack off even when "the ocean dries up and solid rocks fall apart." Investigate to the ultimate point; then you”ll see the waters part and the rocks appear. Suddenly you”ll enlighten to the truth that it was just this way all along!
一九八○年禅七十二月开示
A talk given during a Chan Session
in December, 1980
《参禅是行六度波罗蜜 Chan Meditation Involves Practicing the Six Paramitas》全文阅读结束。