..续本文上一页o perceive forms, the ears to perceive sounds, the nose to perceive smells, the tongue to perceive flavors, the body to perceive contact, and the mind to perceive thoughts. When the six internal sense organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind) come into contact with the six kinds of external sense data (forms, sounds, smells, flavors, contact, and dharmas), the six consciousnesses are brought into being. Because the sixth consciousness is influenced by the seventh consciousness with its attachment to a self, all speech and actions are based on the self and motivated by the wish to benefit the self. This leads to discriminations between self and others and to all kinds of afflictions. That one thought of “attachment to self” is none other than our fundamental ignorance. Based on ignorance, we create various kinds of karma and incur various sorts of retribution, so that we must undergo endless rounds of birth and death. Should we want to uproot the foundation of birth and death, we must calm the restless waves of the conscious mind and interrupt its continuous functioning. At that time the mind will be in a state of perpetual thusness, profoundly still and eternally illuminating, spiritually bright and unconfused, not thinking of anything in the past, present or future. That is called “having no thought.” If one can maintain that peaceful state of mind, then health, longevity, and eternal youth will come as natural by-products.

　　此种无念真心，是绝诸对待，没有大小、方圆、长短、善恶、是非、垢净、增减、生灭、来去等相；一尘不染，空空 洞洞，什么都比不上。这是禅宗所求的终极目标––明心见性，也就是祖师的指标，在二六时中，不分行、住、坐、卧、动、静，一相本自如如；妄念不生，何患长 寿不了？若不如此，总是忙忙碌碌，从朝至暮，从生到死，空过光阴；在修持上固然是劳而无功，在身上也永远不得安定。这样，和健康长寿也是背道而驰的。

　　The true mind which is free of thought is absolute; it precludes all dualities. There are no distinctions of great or small, round or square, long or short, good or evil, right or wrong, pure or defiled, increasing or decreasing, production or extinction, coming or going. Undefiled by a single speck of dust, it is empty and beyond compare. That is the ultimate goal sought for in the Chan sect—understanding the mind and seeing the nature. It is also what the patriarchs pointed to. At all times, whether one is moving or still, sleeping or awake, the One Mark is originally thus. If one has no false thoughts, how can one worry about not attaining long life

　　 On the other hand, if we are busy and hectic from morning to night, from birth until death, then we are letting the time go by in vain. Not only will we fail in our cultivation, but we will also be unable to find peace and calm. We will be running in the opposite direction from health and longevity.

　　因此，我们应当知道，妄念对于人生实在是关系太大，必须以真对治。

　　Therefore, we should realize what a tremendous influence false thinking has upon our lives. We must use a true method to deal with.

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