..续本文上一页ator needs an understanding and acceptance of the Lord Buddha”s Teachings and one”s precepts must be pure. Insight will be needed to achieve each of these stages, that is insight into the meaning of” letting go”. The further one develops these stages, the more profound will be the insight, and if you reach as far as Jhana then it will change your whole understanding. As it were, Insight dances around Jhana and Jhana dances around Insight. This is the Path to Nibbana, the Lord Buddha said, ”for one who indulges in Jhana, four results are to be expected: Stream-Winner, Once-Returner, NonReturner or Arahant” (Pasadika Sutta, Digha Nikaya).
那些被误导以为所有这些都是「纯定禅法」而没有内观 (毗婆奢那) 的人，我想请他们明白，这并非毗婆奢那亦非奢摩他，这叫做「巴瓦拿」(BhŒvanŒ)，乃是佛陀所教导的方法，并在泰国东北部的森林传统里延续著，而我的老师阿姜查尊者就是其中的一员。阿姜查经常说，奢摩他 (止) 与毗婆奢那 (观) 是不能分割的，两者也不可离开正见、正思惟、正确道德行为等等而独立发展。真的，要於上述七个阶段上有所进步，禅修者必须明白并接受佛陀的教导，而且戒行亦必须清净。要成就以上的每一个阶段，智慧是必须的，那就是领悟「放下」的意思的智慧。这些阶段发展得愈深入，智慧便会愈深睿，还有，若你达至禅那，你整个见解亦会有所改变。可以说，禅那与智慧两者互相辉映、相辅相成。这便是通往涅槃之道，因为佛陀说过：「一个常住於禅那的人，有四种可想像得到的结果：入流果、一来果、不还果，或阿罗汉果」《长部‧(29) 宜人经》(DN 29, PŒsŒdika Sutta)。
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MAY ALL BEINGS GET JHANA
The Buddhist Society of WA and Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre in Perth
The Buddhist Society of Western Australia has been established to encourage the teaching, practice and realisation of the Dhamma (the Buddhist word for ”Truth”) with special emphasis on Theravada Buddhism. To fulfil this aim, the Society has established Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, 60 km south of Perth, and Dhammasara Nuns” Monastery in Gidgegannup, 35 km north east of Perth. The Society actively supports the monastic communities living there.
The complex which we call Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre at Nollamara consists of a large Dhamma Hall used for talks on Buddhism, instruction in meditation and for major Buddhist Ceremonies; adjoining meditation and shrine rooms; and a Community Hall for Buddhist cultural activities. A multipurpose building provides accommodation for monks, offices for the administration of the Buddhist Society, a library containing many books for loan and sale as well as audio cassettes and CD recordings of many talks given by monks and nuns, and a reception area and kitchen where visitors can sit down to a cup of tea and friendly chat. The whole complex of buildings is set in beautiful grounds on a very quiet street opposite a park, just 5 km north of the centre of Perth.
Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre aims to serve the whole Buddhist community and others, regardless of age, gender or country of origin.
作者简介
梵种尊者 (Venerable Brahmavamso，百拉马王索尊者，一般被单音节化简称为阿姜班 Ajahn Brahm)，俗名Peter Betts，於一九五一年生於伦敦。他还在读书时有一次在伦敦一间书店内浏览，由此而开始接触佛教。他其後进入剑桥大学修读理论物理，并於其时加入当地的佛学会成为会员，也开始修习禅定。他取得一级荣誉毕业後，在德文郡一所中学教导物理学，其间他在伦敦遇到一些泰国僧人，很受到激励，於是在当了一年教师後，便毅然跑到泰国去加入僧团生活。他二十三岁时在撒克寺 (Wat Sraket ) 於Tan Chao Khun Prom Gunaphorn比丘座下受比丘戒。
梵种尊者从一九七五年开始追随阿姜查学习，也成为国际森林寺院 (Wat Pah Nanachat) 的第一批常住之一员。一九八三年，他来到扎咖洛尊者 (Jagaro，阿姜查弟子，意大利裔，曾任国际森林寺院住持) 在西澳大利亚帕斯新建立的菩提智寺 (Bodhinyana Monastery - 「菩提智」乃阿姜查的巴利文僧名)，一直留至现在。他曾积极参与该寺的主要建筑计划，也向自小童至癌症病人乃至监狱囚犯等不同类别的大众教导佛法。
梵种尊者对戒律的广博学识，在西方比丘社群中享负盛名，他早在早期的出家岁月中已被请求编写一部英文的戒律指导书籍。他在这方面的成果目前正为在英国、瑞士、澳洲和纽西兰寺院的西方僧人提供戒律训练的基础。此外尊者的讲座尤以幽默及振奋人心而见称，经常被邀请在澳洲内和东南亚地区作讲座。
梵种尊者於是便接手他的工作，并接任成为菩提智寺的住持，也成为西澳大利亚佛教协会的精神主事。自那时开始，他便在这所瑟彭泰恩 (Serpentine) 寺里勤奋地教导白衣修士众和沙弥众，以及指导比丘众，周末则在法界佛法中心 (Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre) 教导在家众佛典与禅修，也不时开办讲座，并提供有需要人士心灵辅导服务。
Addresses:
The Buddhist Society of WA
Dhammaloka Buddhist Centre, 18-20 Nanson Way Nollamara WA6061, AUSTRALIA
Phone: (61-8)93451711 Fax: (61-8)93444220
Website: www.dhammaloka.org.au
Email address:info@dhammaloka.org.au
Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery 216 Kingsbury Drive
Serpentine WA6125 AUSTRALIA
Phone: (61-8) 9525 2420
Fax: (61-8) 95253420
Dhammasara Nuns” Monastery 287 Reen Road
Gidgegannup WA 6083 AUSTRALIA
Phone/Fax: (61-8)95746583
May the merits generated be to the well-being and happiness of the donors, departed ones and all sentient beings.
May all beings be liberated from suffering.
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!
《正定初阶 The Basic Method of Meditation》全文阅读结束。