不需要神秘經驗的修行 1 There is no Need for Practice with Mystical Experiences 1

{修行}這個世界跟{修養}很不一樣，因為差距太遠，世俗的人對它陌生的可以，以致於修行的內容是什麼? 始終蒙上一層神秘面紗，舉一些經典裡提到的境界詞句，來看看修行的內容。

The world of Practice is very different from the world of "Self-Cultivation" (Or Self Improvement). Because there are such a large differences, people are not familiar with it, and this caused the lessons of Practice to be always hidden behind a mysterious veil. Let us look at some words that describes the states of Practice from Buddhist Texts to learn about the contents of Practice.

在中國淨土宗阿彌陀經裡，有提到: 若有人一日至七日一心不亂的唸佛，{一心不亂}是什麼境界? 一心不亂是入定的境界，也就是意志很專心的集中去唸佛號，因為身、心都達到專注的功用，而進入一種超越時空的感覺，用跨越時空也可以，哪種感覺會讓一段的時間，比如一天或幾個小時，感覺像一剎那的時間而已，就過完了!

In the Amitābha Sūtra used by Chinese Pure Land Buddhism, it was mentioned "If someone can be fully concentrated on the name of Amitabha Buddha for 1 to 7 days." What kind of state of mind is "fully concentrated?" It is the same state of mind as samadhi. In this state, you only have Amitabha Buddha in your mind and nothing else. That is, you have fully focused your willpower on the name of Amitabha Buddha. Because your mind and body are concentrated on the same task, you will enter into a state that seemingly transcend or across space and time. In this state, a day or a few hours of time will feel like a moment to the practitioner.

看起來好像很容易，在上面有提到{意志很專心}這句話，意志一般人都是碰到棘手事情，才會咬牙產生的情緒，面臨困難要求自己不能倒下，而產生的最高保持專注的境界，現在要用在修行裡，很高的警覺狀態，有唸佛號經驗的人都清楚，在唸佛聲裡，腦海也同時夾雜其它想法，跟唸佛一起存在，不是想平日的瑣碎事，就是亂七八糟的事塞一堆，也不是唸了佛號才會這樣，反而是藉想專心的結果，才凸顯出腦袋根本就習慣胡思亂想。

It might look and sound easy. But "fully focus your willpower" is very difficult to achieve. A person will usually invoke willpower only when he met a very difficult task. The "fully focused willpower" usually manifest itself in a life or death situation, when a person needs the full concentration of his mind and body to resolve a difficulty. In the environment of Practice, it would be very difficult for a practitioner to develop "fully focus willpower". Anyone with any experiences with this method knows that while been mindful of 'Amitabha Buddha', the brain is filled with other thoughts and distractions. Thoughts of the daily lives and other distracting thoughts coexist with the thought of 'Amitabha Buddha'. This does not happen because you are thinking of 'Amitabha Buddha'; this happens because you are trying to focus and concentrate on one thing. It is only during this time that you realize your brain is accustomed to have many strange and wild thoughts.

半寄 Master Ban Ji

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