血的緣
大家好！
在台南讀書會成員裡面，家人有從事醫療背景的大德很關心DNA的問題，
我說基因其實也是修行裡面的天關，
比方說；你不喜歡家人的遺傳，但是你偏偏有著跟他們一樣的想法、生活習慣，
假設你有著修行的概念，想衝過去這一關，血緣便宛如天關聳立在你眼前。
如同我寫過的影子一樣，這一關說有多難就有多難，
華人小說《封神榜》寫出哪吒「剔骨還父，剔血還母，蓮花化身。」
精準地說出修行，必須歷經脱胎換骨依
佛法（蓮花）而重生。
脱胎換骨的意義於我就等同認知「性空緣起」般，在天關面前徘徊又徘徊，不甘心再不甘心，
如果；粉身碎骨沒了身體如何修行？
如果拖著身體沒有蛻變這一切的能力，又如何看待自己？
「修行」真不是兩個字寫得清楚的。
每一個肉體都有一個「基因印記」，這些探索對於修行者反而是必要的，
經典指向解脱，而解脱來自蛻變。
半寄
The Bond of Blood
Greetings, friends of NanZen!
At our study group in Tainan, someone whose family are with a medical background raised questions about DNA.
I responded that genetics is actually one of the big barriers one must confront in spiritual practice.
For instance, you may find yourself resistant to your family’s inherited traits, and yet, your thoughts and habits mirror theirs.
If you embrace the concept of spiritual cultivation and want to overcome this challenge, your bloodline stands in front of you like a big wall you have to climb.
Just like the "shadow" I once wrote about, this barrier is is a really tough challenge.
In the classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods, Nezha offers his bones back to his father and his flesh to his mother, then is reborn from a lotus.
This metaphor precisely illustrates that true spiritual practice requires a complete transformation—a rebirth through the Dharma (like the lotus).
To me, this kind of transformation is like realizing the truth of “ śūnyatā and dependent origination.”
One circles again and again before that heavenly barrier, unwilling to accept it, yet still unable to break through.
But—if the body is shattered, how can one still cultivate?
If we drag our bodies along without the power to transform, how do we truly face ourselves?
Spiritual cultivation is not something that can be fully explained in a couple of words.
Every (human) body carries its own genetic imprint. For those on the spiritual path, exploring this is not only helpful—it’s necessary.
The scriptures point toward liberation, and liberation comes only through transformation.
Master Banji
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