《森林裡的一棵樹》阿姜查的教法 - 冥想,靜坐 Meditation

《森林裡的一棵樹》是法園出版社所出的"阿姜查系列"譬喻集,
對於"修行"的譬喻許多都特別鮮活,格外親切也讓人易於瞭解. ^ ^

佛教南傳頭陀行比丘阿姜查開示佛法的方式,
我們發現,常常用到生活中伸手可及的事物來做比喻--
透過幽默而貼近修行"實相"的譬喻,常常特別能鼓舞人們.

《森林裡的一棵樹》這本書,是英中對照的文本,
因此可兼用兩種語言欣賞阿姜查的教法,譬如在以﹝垃圾坑﹞為題談論禪坐:
"If your mind becomes quiet and concentrated,it is an important tool to use.
But if you're sitting just to get concentrated so you can feel happy and
pleasant, then you're wasting your time.
The practice is to sit and let your mind become still and concentrated,
and then to use that to examine the nature of the mind and body, to see more
clearly. Otherwise, if you make the mind simply quiet, then for that time
it's peaceful and there is no defilement. But this is like taking a stone
and covering up a smelly garbage pit. When you take the stone away, it's
still full of smelly garbage. You must use your concentration,
not to temporarily bliss out, but to accurately examine the nature of the mind
and body. This is what actually frees you." (摘自 p.65.)

"如果你的心平靜而專一,它就是個很有用的工具,
但如果你禪坐只是為了得到禪定的喜悅,那是在浪費時間.
禪坐是為了讓心平靜專一,而後用來觀察身與心的本質,用來更清楚地看清它們,
否則,只是讓心平靜,那麼心在那段時間裡也許是安詳無雜染的,
但這好就好像拿一塊大石蓋住惡臭的垃圾坑一樣,當大石移開時,卻仍舊充滿著惡臭垃圾.
你們必須善用禪定,不要只為短暫的快樂,而忘卻要正確地觀察身心的本質,
這本是真正的解脫之道." (摘自 p.66)

願有願於心靈之道的人們也都能依禪坐得到很好的利益. ^ ^

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