跨時空而來-後記Across Time and Space – Postscript

跨時空而來——後記

習慣閱讀唯識學（Consciousness-Only Buddhism）著作的人，往往認為，重大的記憶只需要透過「轉識成智」便能得到處理。

請思考以下幾個問題：

一、 重大的記憶，會在人身上留下深刻的烙印。

要消除或轉化這些烙印，真的有那麼簡單嗎？

二、 如果我們承認生生世世的存在，那麼「轉識」也應該被理解為對延續而來的一切進行處理、化解與扭轉。

這樣的處理，需要內在的力量；需要徹底看清問題的真相；甚至還需要累積的福德與因緣作為助力。

到了這裡，我們所談論的，早已超越了對「轉識成智」這句話的文字或理論理解。

同樣地，這句話：

「言語道斷，心行處滅。」

也是一位真正透過修行而到達那種境界的人，留給後人的印記，是他自身證悟的痕跡。

當我第一次看到這句話時，內心震撼不已，一時之間完全不知所措。

人的心行——也就是意識本身——怎麼可能會止息呢？

唯一能做的，就是繼續向著修行的高峰攀登，

並透過親身實踐，找到答案。

半寄

Across Time and Space – Postscript

Readers who are accustomed to the writings of Yogācāra (Consciousness-Only Buddhism) often assume that profound memories are dealt with simply through the process of “transforming consciousness into wisdom.”

I invite you to consider the following questions:

1. Profound memories leave deep imprints upon us.

Is it really so simple to erase or transform those imprints?

2. If we accept the existence of successive lifetimes, then the phrase “transforming consciousness” should also be understood as processing, resolving, and redirecting what has been carried forward.

Such processing requires inner strength. It requires seeing the truth of the problem clearly. It may even require the support of accumulated merit and favorable conditions.

At this point, we have already gone far beyond an intellectual understanding of the phrase “transforming consciousness into wisdom.”

Similarly, the saying,

“When words come to an end, the activity of the mind ceases.”

was left behind by someone who had genuinely reached such a state through spiritual cultivation. It is the imprint of that practitioner’s own realization.

When I first encountered these words, I was completely astonished and did not know what to make of them.

How could the activity of the human mind—our consciousness itself—ever come to an end?

There was only one thing to do:

to keep climbing toward the summit and discover the answer through practice.

Master Banji