震驚Shock

震驚

我震驚地發現，自己從《雜阿含經》——這部早期佛教經典中所得到的修行體驗，竟然還未超出當時印度所記錄的一切範圍。
（當然，修行與思辨的內容，都必須經過慎重的選擇與取捨。）

要怎麼形容這種感受呢？
我驚訝-深深地、一次又一次地驚訝。

在早期佛教經典中，初果聖者（入流者）斷除了三種結縛，其中最核心的一項就是「疑」。

這意味著修行者不再懷疑佛法的真實性，因為他已經親自證見並直接體悟到因與果之間的相互關聯——這種境界稱為「法眼淨」（dhammacakkhu-visuddhi）。

當這種清楚的見解被運用來解開人生中的疑團與衝突時，其價值便無可估量。
世間沒有任何事比學會這一課更為重要。

在我看來，這樣的證悟遠比研究「真如」、「唯心」或「心性本淨」等抽象概念更加珍貴。

當一個人能親眼見到因果法則的運作及其內涵的意義時，
「唯心」與「唯識」又有什麼難以理解的呢？

無論人們如何讚頌佛法，或用多麼高貴的詞藻來描述它，

都比不上親身以佛法解決自身內在問題的力量。

當佛法真正被體證並運用於自我轉化之時，
一切語言上的讚嘆都不及那從心底自然湧出的真實讚嘆。

半寄

Shock

 

I was shocked to realize that everything I have gained in my practice from the Saṃyukta Āgama—the early Buddhist scriptures—has not yet gone beyond what was already recorded in India at that time.
(Of course, the content of both practice and dialectical reflection must be carefully chosen.)

 

How can I describe it? I am astonished—deeply and repeatedly astonished.

 

In the early Buddhist texts, the first stage of enlightenment—the Stream-enterer—transcends three fetters, among which “doubt” is central.

This means that the person no longer questions the truth of the Dharma, because he has personally realized and directly seen the interdependent relationship of cause and effect—a state known as the purification of the Dharma eye (dhammacakkhu-visuddhi).

 

When this kind of clear understanding is used to solve the puzzles and conflicts of human life, it becomes priceless.
Nothing in this world is more important than learning this lesson.

In my view, this realization is even more valuable than studying abstract ideas like tathatā (suchness), mind-only, or the originally pure mind-nature.

Once one has seen the law of cause and effect with one’sown eyes, what difficulty remains in understanding “mind-only” or “consciousness-only”?

 

No matter how splendidly the Dharma is praised or how noble its terminology becomes,

nothing surpasses the power of using the Dharma to solveone’s own inner problems.

When the Dharma is realized and applied to transform oneself,
all verbal praise fades beside the sincere praise that naturally arises from within. 

 

Master Banji