三十六對法-請說人語1
大家好！
很久以前，跟我的居士住處在遠方，我覺得離精舍太遠了，希望他們去找就近的道場親近，
等我們開讀書會的時候，發覺事情已經超乎想像，因為他們所使用的佛教語言跟我所學已經差距太遠，
一開始的讀書會根本是格格不入的，
我記得那時候南禪讀書會最流行用語是；請說人語，哈哈😄
而且還不止我講這話。
因為他們講的玄奧佛法我懂，
我講的融匯貫通的佛法他們聽不懂，就著讀書會現場邊釐清，
重點：他們講的玄奧不是人聽得懂的，所以我們都說：請說人語。
歷經幾年的努力，雖然當事者也會誠實地說：他感染了佛痞的毛病，但佛法語言的應用似乎已經改不過來。
如同《六祖壇經》最後的三十六對法的教導，「長來短對、黑來白對，」
這黑白棋子的教導說半天佛法還在黑暗底，
但修行者到底有幾個青春可以耗在這裡面？
半寄
The Thirty-Six Pairs of Opposites-Please Speak Human Language 1
Greetings, friends of NanZen!
A long time ago, when some lay practitioners lived far from my residence, I felt they were too far from our vihara. So, I encouraged them to seek nearby temples instead.
When we later started the study clubs, I realized the situation was already quite different from what I had expected. The Buddhist language they used had already drifted too far from what I had learned.
At first, the study clubs felt completely incompatible. I remember at that time, the most popular saying in the NanZen study club was: “Please speak human language.” Haha 😄 And I wasn’t the only one saying it.
They spoke of mysterious and abstruse Dharma that I could follow, but when I spoke in a comprehensive and interconnected way, they could not follow me. So, we had to clarify as we went along.
The key issue was: their talk was so mysterious and abstruse that no ordinary listener could make sense of it. That’s why we would keep saying, “Please speak human language.”
After years of effort, the participants themselves admitted that they had picked up the habit of using “Buddhist slang.” Yet, their use of Buddhist terminology still seemed impossible to change.
Just like the final teaching of the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch with its thirty-six pairs of opposites—“long versus short, black versus white.”
These black-and-white comparisons still keep the Dharma in the dark. But really, how many years can a practitioner afford to waste in this darkness?
Master Banji
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