速度1-2 Speed 1-2

 速度

 

南泉禪師：

「昨夜三更失卻牛

，今早起來失卻火」-《指月錄》

 

從三更半夜到清晨，是幾個鐘頭的事情，幾個鐘頭內已跨過兩個階段。

 

南泉禪師對佛法的清楚掌握度十分驚人，

體證佛法的「速度」南泉禪師已得箇中三昧。

 

而我從《原始教典雜阿含經》中的所得，終於，明白南泉禪師說了什麼！

 

半寄

 

Speed 1

 

Master Nánquán said,
“Last night, in the middle of the night, I lost my ox.
This morning, when I woke up, I lost my fire.” — Record of Pointing at the Moon

Only a few hours pass between midnight and morning, yet in that short time he had already crossed two stages of realization.

Master Nánquán understood the Dharma with amazing clarity.
He had mastered the “speed” with which realization unfolds.

Through what I have learned from the Saṃyukta Āgama, I finally understood the meaning behind his words.

 

Master Banji

 



速度2

 

昨天有出家眾來拜訪，帶著年輕女居士，也是我的讀者，

談起道場生活，我主動說了一些情形，年輕人睜大眼睛一付不能相信，接著一直笑，好像她終於找到知音，

很多事我全部明白，不用說了！

哈哈😄

 

我自己也不曉得跑多遠了，回頭看，那些人事物彷彿原形的佇立在那裡！

 

想起南泉斬貓，南泉禪師一定對身邊的跟隨者不耐煩到極點，才會有斬貓這件事的發生！

（爭執：中國唐朝南泉普願禪師的兩堂徒弟（東西兩堂）為了爭搶一隻貓而爭執不休。）

（此為禪宗公案，請勿模仿）

 

人們不明白修行，不只是證悟這件事

，你證入以後時間（速度）

跟空間（熟識的慣性反射）的挑戰，隨之而來，

再看到那些人還在爭執，我先看到貓，他先看到貓？如何忍受？

半寄

 

Speed 2

 

Yesterday a monastic visited, bringing along a young laywoman—one of my readers.
When we talked about life in the monastery, I started explaining things myself.
Her eyes opened wide in surprise, and then she kept laughing, as if she had finally found someone who truly understood her.
I completely understood her without needing any explanation—haha.

I don’t even know how far ahead I’ve gone.

Looking back, people and events appear as if they were simply their original forms, unchanged and distant.

 

I thought of the story of Nánquán cutting the cat. He must have been completely fed up with his disciples for that incident,cutting the cat, to happen.

(The quarrel: In the Tang Dynasty, Nánquán Pǔyuàn’s students in the east and west halls argued over a cat they both wanted, fighting over who “saw it first.”)

(This is a Chan/Zen kōan. Do not imitate.)

 

People don’t understand that spiritual practice is not just about enlightenment itself.
After awakening, challenges of time (speed) and space(old habits and reactions) come right away.
So when you see people still arguing, “I saw the cat first!” “No, I saw it first!”—how could anyone tolerate it?

 

Master Banji