Wednesday, March 31, 2010

"不立文字，教外别传，直指人心，见性成佛"

过去有人把"不立文字"解释为禅宗没有经典，不讲理论；把"教外别传"解释为只传门内弟子，门外弟子就不教了。其实这是误解。

禅宗的"不立文字"，是说不受文字约束，是随机说法。禅宗在渐修过程中，要求身、口、意三密。

身密就是盘坐、手印，它的名称和作用是有理论的。

口密就是特音，比如"晻""吽"这两个特音，怎么写，什么意思，它的作用，也是有理论的。

意密，比如我们观想多宝符号，它也有一定的含义和作用，也是理论。从佛家修持来说，你念佛经，如果不懂得它的意义，就叫"口头禅"，没用。你修持打坐，不懂得方法和道理，就叫"骷髅打坐"。所以禅宗是讲理论的，而且理论对于修持禅宗的人来说，十分重要。因此，大家应当重视功理的学习和实践。在入门阶段，一定要按照功理、功法要求去做。而当你通过一段修炼以后，从入门到进入三摩地，你就可以抛开一切教条，不拘一格，不受以前文字和某些形式的限制。这就是禅宗"不立文字"的真实含义。

　　"教外别传"并非门外弟子都不教。如果是这样。大家都和华藏无缘了。因为大家都不是少林弟子。"教外别传"的真实含义，是打破教的框框，别具一格相传，针对不同的对象，施以不同的方法。这就是禅宗的随机说法，忘我度人。比如过去老师教我练功的第二天，是把我的两条腿盘起来用绳子一捆，丢在那里一整天。我哭我喊一概不管。一天下来休息半天再捆，一直四十九天。这还是"小儿科"，更苦的还在后头。今天，如果我用这些方法来教大家，能行吗？所以，"教外别传"的真正含义，是要根据不同对象，采取不同方法，进行传授。

　　"直指人心"就是心印、心悟、心授。"见性成佛"则是说，当你顿见真如本性，自身的潜在思维和潜在功能充分开发出来以后，你就可以成为一个大智大觉的人。

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Recently, a friends approached me and shared her problems with me.. I'm very happy that I was able to be there to listen to her when she needed a listening ear most..

She mentioned about Zen in our conversation, and I feel that she has this misconceptions on it, so I went to read up more on this.

I must say it's too chim a topic for me, but I came across this phrase and I thought it's rather interesting to share with everyone.I raise both my hands n legs when I see this phrase

从佛家修持来说，你念佛经，如果不懂得它的意义，就叫"口头禅"，没用。你修持打坐，不懂得方法和道理，就叫"骷髅打坐"。

Many people don't understand Buddhism.. not that I understand it very well, but I strongly believe that it's supposed to be a state of mind and not about chanting or what. If you don't understand what u're chanting, u won't achieve anything out of it.

Even if we don't understand anything about the religion, there's a way of life we should all learn to live by.

Do the best you can, and leave everything else to fate.

To a doctor, he will do to his fullest ability to save a patient. But if it's time for the patient to go, the doctor has to accept this result and not keep feeling guilt over it.

A teacher tries to teach his student all that he knows and in all sort of ways he could, but if the student still fails, he has to accept this outcome.

I'm not a saint and I can't say I always live by what I preach.. but at least it will make me feel happier when I can't get the things that I want..

at least I can say I've tried..

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