佛陀的教學，處處可以看到啟發修行者自己去想的語句，以前看經典看到「如理思維」時，有說不出的喜愛，後來乾脆寫在書案前，時時去想這句話蘊藏的意思。
You can see words and phrases that constantly inspire practitioners to reason and to think in Buddha's teaching. When I saw "reasonable thinking", I felt indescribable joy. In the end, I wrote it on my desk, and think about the meaning of this phrase all the time.
這大概是我看到「念頭用看」的修法，不能想像的主因，印度的教派真要說也數不清，一天吃一點芝麻的，拜火的、絕食的、泡恆河水想洗淨污垢的............太多了，
This is the main reason that I was not able to imagine a method that talked about "mindful of your thoughts." There are countless numbers of Practices in India, some only eats a bit of sesame a day, some worships fire, some use fasting, some try to wash away their impurity in the Ganges river...too many to mention.
這裡邊只少了動大腦的修法，其餘修法一應俱全，修道變成跟腦袋無關，跟身體有絕大關聯，按照這些修法身體佔很重要的位子，應該是要好好了解它、理會它、因為自己不斷要求身體，做很多嚴苛的事，
The only method that is missing is the one that uses brain. All these methods want to have nothing to do with brain, but everything to do with the body. The body seems to be very important to these methods, so I would think they will try to understand their body, because they kept asking their body to perform many harsh acts.
可是很奇怪大部分的修行者，最不理會的就是身體，就算你自認吸收一門很好的修法，在修持的過程中是不是也應留意一下，這個修法帶給你的感覺如何? 自己雖不一定具足判斷能力，但自己的感官總不至於把痛苦當歡樂傳導給自己吧?! 修法再多，也沒有自己神經誤傳的法門，傾聽自己身體的反應，也是一種解讀! 除非自己一直吸食鴉片，已不願意好好看待自己。
But it is strange that most practitioners tend to ignore their bodies. Even if you have encounter a very good method, shouldn't you at least pay attention to the feeling that this method is giving you? You might not have the ability to differentiate, but would your own senses treat pain as happiness? There are many methods, but none that teaches your nervous systems to lie to you. Listening to your body is also a part of interpretation of a Practice. Unless you are always smoking opium and no longer willing to treat yourself well.
半寄 Master Ban Ji
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