This Is Incredible!

　　这是不得了！

　　There are people who feel at ease whenever they sit in meditation. It is a state of true freedom that words cannot describe. You forget everything when you obtain this kind of state. I have said that those in the Form Realm are attached to the flavor of Chan. The blissful flavor of Chan cannot be compared to anything, how much the less the pleasures of marriage or taking hallucinogenic drugs. This state is incomparable and indescribable. It is like a person who drinks water. Only he knows if it is cold or warm. Therefore it is called freedom – true freedom and ease. Only a person who has gone through this state, knows what it is like. What is meant by “a person who has gone through it”

　　 This refers to a person who has walked the path; he will know at which state or what level you are at. It is like a person who is about to reach the state “the ground of bliss from leaving production” of the Four Dhyanas, this kind of bliss is incomparable. Therefore it is called “the bliss from leaving production”. The person leaves afflictions behind and experiences the bliss of meditation. This is one kind of samadhi. But do not think this state is something incredible! This is actually a common, ordinary phenomenon. Any person who cultivates Chan can obtain this if he is truly sincere.

　　有人觉得打坐非常自在，自在、自在、真自在，说不出来那么自在，你要是得到这种自在，你会把什么都忘了。我不是说过色界执着味禅吗？味禅那种滋味比任何情形都快乐，比结婚快乐，比你吃任何迷药都快乐，那种境界真是难以形容的，「如人饮水，冷暖自知」，说不出来，所以说自在、自在、真自在，这个境界，一定要过来人才明白。怎么叫「过来人」呢？就是从这条路上走过来的，你一说，他就知道你到什么阶段，到什么程度了。好像有人将要得到四禅的「离生喜乐地」境界，那种的快乐，是没有能和它比的，所以叫「离生喜乐地」；离开烦恼，得到打坐的快乐，这是定的一种；可是不要以为：「这是不得了！」这是很平常的，修禅只要你有一点诚心，谁都可以得到的。