修學佛法如果一直無法建立思維，(也不見得一定要多麼有系列的想，留點神想一下的那種想法總做得到吧!)是要走很多冤枉路的，有了思維能力，如同有篩選工具，不致使自己全無方向感，無方向感的走法太恐怖。
If you cannot establishing an ability to reason in your Practice of Buddhism (Actually, it doesn't even have to be that complete a system. All you have to do is to pay attention and think about it.), you will walk down many wrong roads. Having the ability to reason is like having a filtering tool, so that you will not be totally aimless. Walking aimlessly is too scary.
回到如理思維的原點，為了專注而訓練大腦緊盯念頭，一樣會有成就，譬如；容易入定、容易專心、但如果用在思維會是很無力的，一個念頭畢竟不是一個想法，做一個比較來看這兩者之間的不同；「我討厭你」，是一個念頭，「我為什麼會討厭你?」是一個想法，前者已無討論空間，後者可再延伸的解決方案無限! 只要你自己思維能力夠，想就這個話題想到哪裡，修到哪裡，都是可能的，這即是思維的厲害，想用頭腦去完成修行，該想想這兩者的內涵，很多事無法用比較去衡量，但修行方法一定要討論一下，愈清楚愈好。
Let's go back to the original point of "reasoning". If you can train your mind to focus on only one thought, you will have success as well. For example, it will be easier for you to enter samadhi, and it will be easier for you to concentrate. But it does not help you think. A thought is not thinking. "I hate you" is a thought. "Why I hate you?" is thinking. There is no room for discussion in the former, but there are limitless extensions to the later so that a solution can be found! If you have enough ability to think, to reason, you can use this ability to reach whatever destination you desire, and will be able to practice so you can actually get there. This is the power of thinking. If you want to use your brain to Practice, you need to think about the meaning behind "thoughts" and "thinking." Many things cannot use comparison to judge, but methods of Practice need to be discussed. You need to be clear about your Practice.
如理思維養成習慣以後，判斷力自然增強，想不進步都難!
Once "reasoning" becomes a habit, your ability to think critically and differentiate will improve as well, and you cannot help but make progress.
半寄 Master Ban Ji
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師父講的如理思維，使我在眾多學派的思想中開始思考，比如說儒家，老莊，華嚴，天台，淨土等；絕對不敢說自己對眾多學派有多深入研究，但我要講的是，一個思想對我來說，要我能用，而且好下手去修。我現在常用師父講的因緣果來思考事情，當時或當下如何決定，當中如何揀擇運作，最後怎樣面對結果。然後再檢視自己的情感與事情的變化如何應對，看看過往的經驗與現況的連結。近期面對喪母之痛，我發現用因緣果來處理悲痛不捨的情緒，竟能讓我的情感緩緩釋放，有從游泳池慢慢起身的感覺。用因緣果作為如理思維的「理」，能有效地平息情感與釐清事情。小心得分享。
電蚊燈 wrote:
"Master Ban Ji's article on 'Reasoning' lets me start to think about different schools of thoughts, such as Confucian, Tao, Huayuan, Tiantai, Pure Land...etc. I cannot say that I understand all these schools deeply. But what I want to say is that I need to be able to use and practice an idea. Now, I often used the idea of Yin (Cause), Yuan(Conditions) and Karmic results to think about an issue. How I made the decision, how I implemented the decision and how I faced the results. Then I looked at my own feelings, and how I react to the changes, to look at the relationships between my past experiences and my current situation. Recently, I encountered the pain of losing my mother. I found that using Yin,Yuan and Karmic Result to handle the feeling of sad dismay helped released my emotions. I have a feeling of slowing rising from bottom of a swimming pool. I just want to share with everyone that using the idea of Yin,Yuan and Karmic Result as the 'reason' in Reasoning can help calm your emotions and clarify issues."
Master Ban Ji responded:
"Congratulation, you have made a big step."
恭喜電蚊燈， 跨出不小的一步!
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