..续本文上一页at”s called even when not reciting, the recitation continues; when reciting there really isn”t any recitation. You recite until there aren”t any idle thoughts remaining. The only function of the mind is the recitation of the Shurangama Mantra. That”s called meshing with the mind. There are no second thoughts. The flow of the mantra”s recitation is like water that flows on in uninterrupted waves. At that point, everything expresses the Mahayana--the sounds of the breezes blowing and the water flowing are all the Shurangama Mantra”s Heart Mantra. If you can reach that level, then if you have broken precepts, you will be able to return to pure precepts. You will be endowed with the precepts without going through the formal transmission. If you are someone who doesn”t want to progress in your practice, who doesn”t want to investigate the Buddhadharma, but you recite the Shurangama Mantra for a period of time, quite naturally you will be inspired to be vigorous; those who lack wisdom can open their wisdom. If you are not pure in your cultivation so that you break your vegetarian practices and violate the precepts, but you have not forgotten the Shurangama Mantra, you will be able to quickly return to purity. If you violated precepts before you began upholding the mantra and prior to receiving the precepts, then once you start reciting the mantra you can completely wipe out all those former offenses, no matter how serious they were, including even the Four Parajikas, the Five Rebellious Acts, the Four or Eight Offenses warranting dismissal from the Sangha, which are basically unpardonable. Not even a hair”s breadth of an offense will remain. And so I say that the power of the Shurangama Mantra is beyond all conception or description!
有的人听见〈楞严咒〉这么灵，他就单单念咒，也不修行了，这也是一种太过的行为。因为修道，无论修哪一种法，要求中道，不要太过，也不要不及。这个咒固然是灵，但是定力也要修的。《楞严经》说这个咒是灵的，但是反闻闻自性，修耳根圆通这个法门，也是最要紧的。你就诵咒的时候，也应该反闻闻自性，要自己回光返照。前边不是说吗？诵这个咒，咒就是心，心也就是咒，心和咒分不开了，心、咒，二而不二。你能到这个样子上了，你求什么就都能随心如意，一定会成就的。那么你能心和咒都合到一起，这也正是你得到禅定三昧了，得到真正的定力了。所以这一点，我们每一个人要知道的。
Some people who learn how efficacious the Shurangama Mantra is decide to exclusively recite it and ignore all other aspects of cultivation. That”s going overboard. In cultivation, no matter what Dharma it is, you have to keep to the Middle Way. Don”t do too much and don”t fail to do enough. Although the mantra is definitely efficacious, still, you have to develop samadhi. The Shurangama Sutra describes how efficacious this mantra is, but it also explains the method of returning the hearing to listen to your own nature by cultivating perfect penetration of the ear organ. That”s also extremely important. While you are reciting the mantra you should be returning your hearing to listen to your own nature. You must reflect within. Didn”t I explain earlier how the mantra becomes the mind and the mind becomes the mantra
The mind and the mantra cannot be separated; they are non-dual. When you get there, then you can attain whatever you seek; everything will go the way you want it to; and you will have success in whatever you undertake. When the mind and the mantra merge into one, then you have actually attained the samadhi of Chan meditation and have acquired real samadhi-power. That is something you should know.
〈楞严咒〉每一句都有无量意义，每一义都有无量功能。要明白〈楞严咒〉是天地间的灵文，灵文中之灵文，秘中之秘，无上法宝，是一切众生救命之宝。它包罗万有，上自十方诸佛，下至阿鼻地狱，四圣六凡都要遵从〈楞严咒〉的法，十法界中，无论哪一个法界都没有超出这个范围；所有一切鬼种类、神种类、一切护法诸天的种类、声闻、缘觉、佛乘都在〈楞严咒〉内。〈楞严咒〉所说的都是鬼神王的名字，一念这鬼神王的名字，其余鬼眷属和神眷属就都服服贴贴，循规蹈矩，不敢放肆了。天天念〈楞严咒〉，能令世上的妖魔鬼怪都老实一点，不敢出来害人。〈楞严咒〉是全体大用的，可以说是包括佛教所有的教义，若能明白〈楞严咒〉，就能将佛教秘密精华都明白。天地间的奥妙、天地间不可思议的事情，也是在〈楞严咒〉内。若会〈楞严咒〉，则不必学密宗，白教、黑教、黄教、红教，什么教也不需要学。这是根本的三昧法，最究竟的密法。不过这种密法没有人懂得，也没有人认识。一般人都是学而不化，只知道念，却不知它的意义。本来咒不必知道意义，只要知道它是不可思议的灵文就够了。
Every line of the Shurangama Mantra contains infinite meanings as well as infinite functions. …
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