Nobody Wants to Drink Coffee

　　没有人想喝咖啡

　　Sitting in meditation is cultivating samadhi. walking meditation is cultivating the precepts. you should walk inside the Chan hall, rather than outside, unless you are going to the restroom or taking a tea break. you should drink your tea quickly. do not wait till when it is almost time for the sit to begin before you take your tea break. Time is especially precious during a basic meThoDs of inVesTigaTing chan (1 0 )

　　Chan session. You do not know in which minute or second somebody will be enlightened. This is why no one should be thinking solely about drinking tea or wanting to drink coffee. Nobody drinks coffee in the Chan Hall. When you are really thirsty, you should drink water.

　　Other beverages are seldom consumed. Under such conditions, many people can become enlightened or have a breakthrough in their investigation of Chan. We now wake up early and go to sleep late. During this period, everybody is working hard but those who are really keen on enlightenment or making some progress are few in number. The majority has a half-hearted attitude towards the Chan session. In this way, who knows how long they have to wait to become enlightened. In China, the Chan session is the most important event of the year. But there have not been any Chan sessions since China came under Communist rule. Nor are there authentic Chan sessions where true cultivation takes place in Hong Kong and Taiwan either.They may hold a session in name, but it lacks substance.

　　打坐是修定，跑香就是修戒，怎么跑也是在里边跑，不要跑到禅堂外边去；除了到厕所、喝茶的才可以。你要喝茶也要快点，不要等着快要止静的时候去喝茶。在打七的期间，时间是特别宝贵，你不知道在哪一秒钟、或者哪一分钟，就有人开悟了，所以不会有人尽去想喝茶，也没有人想喝咖啡。尤其在禅堂里，大家都不喝咖啡，有的时候实在渴了，喝点水，其他的东西很少用的，那时候常常有人开悟、破本参。我们现在很早起来，晚间很晚睡，这期间不能说没有人专心用功，但是真正想要开悟，想要得到受用的人是很少的，都是马马虎虎的对打七不太热心，这样子打到什么时候也不会有成就的。在中国，一年里就以打七的时候最重要，自从大陆变色后，这种打禅七的就没有了；在台湾、香港都谈不到真正的打禅七、真正的修行，都是有名无实。