南禪朋友好！
禪宗問答2
Questions and answers on Chan2
在看繪畫、筆墨的時候，個人了解到每一次下筆作者手的穩定度至關緊要，每一筆不知道要練了多久，還有他背後的思想跟努力⋯⋯
禪宗公案短而有力，當然也伴隨背後的思想！
下面是我個人的看法，如讀者看到有人解釋；看到水中的倒影是『天人合一』的意思，
那就代表這個解讀者有儒家的想法！
當解讀者說；看到水中的倒影，想要發明玻璃、鏡頭，這個人是科學家（可以參照明代王陽明先生的看花）
In
painting and drawing, it’s imperative for each stroke to be
executed with a
steady hand. Each stroke has to be honed to
perfection with
lots of practice; and we mustn’t forget the critical
background factors of
effort and artistic conception.
A Chan gongan
is both pithy and powerful; and, of course, its
meaning is also dependent on
certain background concepts.
Now, as I see it, if somebody explains the
inverted image as “the
unity of heaven and earth,” then he must surely be a
Confucian!
And if somebody says that the inverted image
reminds him of the
invention of glass and the optical lens, then he must surely
be a
scientist. (compare how the Ming dynasty scholar Wang Yangming
contemplated
a flower.)
體認水中的倒影體會到「無為」，這人是老莊學者。
stroke has to be honed to perfection with
lots of practice; and we
mustn’t forget the critical background factors of
effort and artistic
conception.
A Chan gongan
is both pithy and powerful; and, of course, its
meaning is also dependent on
certain background concepts.
Now, as I see it, if somebody explains the
inverted image as “the
unity of heaven and earth,” then he must surely be a
Confucian!
And if somebody says that the inverted image
reminds him of the
invention of glass and the optical lens, then he must surely
be a
scientist. (compare how the Ming dynasty scholar Wang Yangming
contemplated
a flower.)
體認水中的倒影體會到「無為」，這人是老莊學者。
想要解讀水中的倒影是佛法『本來面目』也可以看看《阿毘達
摩》中論師們的討論。
我個人修空法所以就參考《中觀論》
提供參考。
If for someone else the inverted image is
interpreted as “non-action,”
then he must surely be a Daoist.
For a Buddhist, the inverted image is one’s
original face; it’s also
worthwhile considering how this is interpreted in the
Abhidharma.
My own practice is based on the cultivation
of emptiness as
expounded in the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.
讀者或許會想各個公案禪師的想法呢？
我個人絕不用第一人稱去解讀禪師的證悟，只因開悟的心路歷
程只有禪師們自己最清楚，
旁人去解讀可能都是畫蛇添足的。
禪師說：君心若似我，還得到其中。
問題是；沒有兩個同樣的我！
半寄
A reader might be reminded of any number of
Chan masters who
used the gongan
approach.
We shouldn’t interpret a Chan master’s
enlightenment based on our
own experience, for it is only the Chan master
himself who fully
understands his own mind and how it was awakened;
For others to attempt to do so is
superfluous.
The Chan master says: When your mind is
like mine, then you’ll get
what’s in it.
But here’s the rub: The Chan master is one
of a kind!
Master Ban Ji
Translated by Ken Kraynak
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