《森林里的一棵树》是法园出版社所出的"阿姜查系列"譬喻集, 对於"修行"的譬喻许多都特别鲜活,格外亲切也让人易於了解. ^ ^ 佛教南传头陀行比丘阿姜查开示佛法的方式, 我们发现,常常用到生活中伸手可及的事物来做比喻-- 透过幽默而贴近修行"实相"的譬喻,常常特别能鼓舞人们. 《森林里的一棵树》这本书,是英中对照的文本, 因此可兼用两种语言欣赏阿姜查的教法,譬如在以﹝垃圾坑﹞为题谈论禅坐: "If your mind becomes quiet and concentrated,it is an important tool to use. But if you're sitting just to get concentrated so you can feel happy and pleasant, then you're wasting your time. The practice is to sit and let your mind become still and concentrated, and then to use that to examine the nature of the mind and body, to see more clearly. Otherwise, if you make the mind simply quiet, then for that time it's peaceful and there is no defilement. But this is like taking a stone and covering up a smelly garbage pit. When you take the stone away, it's still full of smelly garbage. You must use your concentration, not to temporarily bliss out, but to accurately examine the nature of the mind and body. This is what actually frees you." (摘自 p.65.) "如果你的心平静而专一,它就是个很有用的工具, 但如果你禅坐只是为了得到禅定的喜悦,那是在浪费时间. 禅坐是为了让心平静专一,而後用来观察身与心的本质,用来更清楚地看清它们, 否则,只是让心平静,那麽心在那段时间里也许是安详无杂染的, 但这好就好像拿一块大石盖住恶臭的垃圾坑一样,当大石移开时,却仍旧充满着恶臭垃圾. 你们必须善用禅定,不要只为短暂的快乐,而忘却要正确地观察身心的本质, 这本是真正的解脱之道." (摘自 p.66) 愿有愿於心灵之道的人们也都能依禅坐得到很好的利益. ^ ^ -- ◣◣◢ ◣◣◢◢ ◣◢◢ ◥◤ ◥◤ ◥◤ ◥◤ ◥◤ ◥◤ ◣◢◢ ◢ ◤ ◥ ◤◢◢ ◥ ◤ ◥◤ ◥◤ ◢◣ ◢◣ ◢◣ ◢◤ ◥◤◢◣ ◢◣ ◣◢◢ ◢ ◣ ◤◥◥ ◤◥◥ ◣ ◤◤◥ ◥◤ ◥◤◢◣ ◢◣ ◥ ∣◢ ◥◣∣◢◣ ◢◣ │◢ ◢ ◣ ◤◤◥ --

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