身心兩雙安 - 千人禪修 1000-People Meditation Event

秀峰禪院在3月29日參加了大覺福行中心與溫暖人間合辦的「身心兩雙安 - 千人禪修」活動，與一千位參加者分享禪遊和坐禪的方法，體驗以呼吸攝心的輕安自在。

Strong Center

Zen Master Seung Sahn always taught that we need to have a strong center. But how do we develop a strong center? More importantly, how do we use this strong center in our daily life to help ourselves and others? I want to share a case of one of our students with you.

堅固的中心

崇山大禪師經常敎導我們，要有堅固的中心。但我們如何做到呢？更重要的是，我們能不能在日常生活中運用堅固的中心，自利利他呢？我想跟大家分享一位學生的個案。

Outside and Inside Incenses

After one Tuesday night's sitting, a student asked Sifu : Someone told me that if we want to communicate with Buddha, we need to offer very high-class agarwood incense. Is that true?


Sifu : Zen teaches us that 'Mind is Buddha'. If you want to communicate with your 'Mind', do you need to light high-class incense for your Buddha within?

The student was shocked to hear this and didn't know how to respond. After a few seconds, she said : Thank you for waking me up to this incense issue!

Commentary:

There are two kinds of incense. Outside incense is to purify the air we breathe. Inside incense is our pure True Nature. Outside incense depends on outside conditions which have appearing and disappearing. The incense of our True Nature is always bright and clear. Whenever our mind can let go of any kind of strong attachment and be humble with an open heart, and with a mind for others, this incense will permeate from our mind within. This we cannot find outside of us. This is the true offering of incense to Buddha.

外在與內在的香

某星期二坐禪共修後，一位學生向師父求教：

學生：有人對我說，如我們想跟佛陀感應，便要向佛陀供養最高級的沉香。這是真的嗎？

師父：禪宗教「即心是佛」。如你要跟你的「心」感應，你要為你內心的佛燃點高級的香嗎？

學生聽後一愕，不懂回應。過了一會兒，她説：「多謝師父讓我從這香的問題中覺醒！」

評論：

香有內與外兩種：外在的香可以淨化我們呼吸的空氣；內在的香即是我們的清淨自性。

外在的香依靠外緣而有生滅。自性的香永遠明亮和清晰。當我們的心能放下一切執著、以謙卑及開放的胸襟為其他人服務，這自性香便會從內心滲透出來，不假外求。這是向佛供香的真義。

With harmony in family, all things will prosper Without wanting, everything can be attained

Zen Master Seung Sahn opened his first zen center in Providence, Rhode Island. The area was fairly violent with drunken brawls and knife fights. The atmosphere was unhappy. At that time Zen Master Seung Sahn was totally independent and self-financed. He started everything from zero. There was no furniture except for a small kitchen table and a few wooden chairs.

One day a Buddha from Korea arrived in a large wooden box. It was broken into about 15 pieces. Without hesitation, and with a joyful mind, Zen Master Seung Sahn started piecing the Buddha together meticulously and patiently, converting emptiness back into form. From this starting point, we now have over 100 zen centers around the world with many students practicing the Dharma together, making harmony, and helping each other.

Now our situation in Hong Kong is similar to this broken Buddha statue. Our society is broken with different strong opinions. Many families are also broken. The world situation is also like this. Nobody wants to put it all down and listen to each other and find harmony. Many people are just holding to their one cracked piece and think that this is it. One of Zen Master Seung Sahn's greatest teachings is keeping 'don't know' mind and 'just do it' to fix any situation. This 'don't know' glue can close the spaces between us and put back together the broken pieces. Strength comes from being together and from not splitting among ourselves. Behind there is no selfish intention. Only how can I help?

The horse is trotting away, and the goat is entering the gate of 2015. Sifu sincerely wishes that we all make a vow together to use this 'don't know' glue treasure. The ingredients of this glue include an open heart and the putting down of our strong attachments to our opinions and emotions. At the same time, we respect each other and make harmony. This will be the greatest gift to our families, our colleagues, our friends, our communities, and eventually to our world, in the Year of the Goat.

Dae Kwan Hap Jang

家和羊羊興 無求事事成

崇山禪師於羅德島Providence成立了美國第一所禪中心。禪中心所在的區域並不太平，經常有人醉酒鬧事，甚至持刀打架，氣氛很不愉快。那時候，禪師完全獨立，自資經營，一切皆是從零開始。初時，禪中心除了一張小廚桌及幾張木椅外，沒有其他傢俱。一天，一個大木箱載著一尊佛像從韓國運抵禪中心。但木箱內的佛像碎成了十五件。當時，禪師毫不猶豫，帶著歡喜心，仔細並且耐心地將佛像修補。從空到有，佛像最終回復了原狀。由此開始，我們現在於全球有超過一百所禪中心，很多禪子因而能夠一起修習佛法，創造和諧，自利利他。

Fresh breeze with every step

Zen Master Dae Kwan

There is a Zen teaching:

     If you want to understand the realm of Buddha,

     Keep a mind clear like space.

     So let go and do not keep any thinking or external desires,

     Let your mind go any place, with no hindrance.

     Fresh breeze appears with every step.

These five lines have a very significant teaching and application to our everyday life. I have a sharing to illustrate this. 

步步清風

大觀禪師

禪有這樣的教法：

若人欲知佛境界

當淨其意如虛空

遠離妄想及諸趣

令心所向皆無礙

清風徐徐步步現

這五句教法很有意思，並可活用於日常生活之中。我想以一段分享來說明之。

佛門網B頻道會客室-大觀禪師專訪

大觀禪師接受佛門網B頻道會客室訪問

大觀禪師專訪 01



大觀禪師專訪 02

大觀禪師專訪 03

龍年的開示

崇山禪師在1976年的龍年寫了以下這首詩：

此是真，哪是實？

真松無根，

真光無影，

無孔笛鳴真音，

是什麼意思？

如你找到有鬚的龍牙，

讓我看看。

那我會告訴你，1976是龍年。

2012也是龍年，以上的詩句如何幫助我們渡過龍年？

For the Year of the Dragon

In 1976, the Year of the Dragon, Zen Master Seung Sahn had written a poem like this :

Here is Jin, which is Truth.

Jin Song means True Pine Tree-

True Pine Tree has no roots.

Jin Kwang means True Light-

True Light has no shadow.

Jin Um means True Sound-

That is the sound of the flute with no holes.

What does it mean?

If you find the dragon's tooth hair

Then show it to me;

Then I'll tell you that 1976

Is the year of the Dragon.

2012 is also a dragon year. How can the above poem help us in this year of 2012?

「無汝棲泊處」

唐代禪宗有一個法脈--牛頭宗，這個法脈源自四祖道信，當中有一位鶴林禪師。有一次，有一位學僧來扣門找鶴林禪師，鶴林禪師問：「是什麼人？」學僧答： 「僧人。」鶴林禪師回答說：「莫說是僧人來，就算是佛來亦不著。」學僧問：「為什麼不著？」禪師答：「無汝棲泊處（沒有地方讓他留下來）。」這位僧人聽到 後即時開悟。這公案對我們有什麼啟發呢？

很多時候，我們都喜歡依賴和執著某些人、物、事情、環境。執著外在的事物非但不能幫助我們；反而 會增加我們的貪瞋痴，誤導我們生活的方向，如狗追逐骨頭一般，不斷向外追逐。而禪修就是訓練我們的內心要獨立，不攀緣任何人和事。禪院的工作就是幫助到來 修行的朋友，拿走心中所執著、渴求的東西，證入自性，活出正確的人生。

有人問我為何整天工作也不會倦，其實我也會倦，只是倦時，我便去休 息睡覺，有足夠的休息便可繼續工作。但有很多人雖然很疲倦，但晚上卻睡不著，為什麼？因為他們打開了心門，讓外間事物停留下來佔據了內心，自然睡不著，內 心也不會安寧。我們並不是不去處理善惡、好壞和世間種種事情；而是處理好事情後，便不要再執著。

這世界經常會有很多「不速之客」會來扣我 們的心門：壓力、憤怒、失望、愛恨、得失、慾望、自卑、驕傲等等情緒，如果我們不去開門招呼它們，它們就沒有機會賴在你家裡影響你的日常運作。假使不小心 開門招呼了它進來，也要即時下「逐客令」。如何做到這一點呢？對於這些客人只是保持「不識」的心，把精神都投放在當下所做的每一件事上，不去執著，不為自 己。如果你能不著煩惱就有定，不著自己的看法就有正念。如果你不著外面的樓價，就會有清明心去投資。如果你不著家庭不和，就會懂得用另一種態度去把它轉化 成溫暖的家。

2011(辛卯年)是兔年，願大家都能夠如兔子般活力充沛、活活潑潑的充滿希望，讓我們一起努力令所有的希望都能夠實現，亦 不會像龜兔賽跑故事般，因起一念驕傲心而落敗。大家要好好照顧自己的心，不要讓好壞是非和負面的事物霸佔你的心靈；就如鶴林禪師所說的「無汝棲泊處」：僧 人來不開門讓他留下，連佛來也不開門讓他留下。這樣便可證入六祖所說：「不思善，不思惡，是仁者本來面目」，見自本性，繼而普渡眾生，離苦得解脫。

“There is no place for you to stay”

In Tang Dynasty, there was a lineage of Zen Buddhism called the “Ox Head” School, which came from the 4th Patriarch Dao Xin. In this lineage there was a Hak Lin Zen Master. One day, a monk knocked on the door and looked for Hak Lin Zen Master. Zen Master asked, “Who is this?” The monk answered, “Monk.” Zen Master replied, “Not to say it’s a monk, even Buddha came I don’t entertain.” The monk asked, “Why not?” Zen Master replied, “There is no place for you to stay.” After hearing this, the monk got enlightened right away. What insight we get from this kong-an?

Very often, we like to depend on and attach to certain people, possessions, events and situations. Being attached to things outside us not only cannot help us, it will make our greed, anger and ignorance grow, mislead our direction in life. It is like a dog chasing a bone, always chasing something outside. Meditation is to train our inner self to be independent, not to rely on anyone or situation. The job of Zen Center is to help people who come to practice, take away our attachments and desires inside, attain our true self, and to live a correct life.

Someone asked me why I never feel tired even my work is so busy. Actually I do feel tired. And when I am tired, I go to sleep and take a rest. Once I have enough rest I can continue to work. But many people even though they are very tired, they cannot sleep at night. Why? Because they have opened the door of their mind, and let external situations come in and stay there. Their mind is occupied and of course they cannot sleep, and they do not have inner peace. This does not mean that we do not handle all the good and bad situations and other worldly matters, but after we have handled them, we should not stay attached to it.

In this world, very often we have many sudden visitors knocking on our door: stress, anger, disappointments, love and hate, winning and losing, desires, inferiority complex, arrogance, etc. If we do not open the door and entertain them, they do not have a chance to stay at your home and affect your daily life. If we are not mindful and have already opened the door, we have to ask this visitor to leave right away. How can we do that? Only keep “don’t know” mind with these visitors, put all your energy on the you are doing, no attachment and not for ourselves. If you are not attached to your problems and worries then you will have concentration. If you are not attached to your own views you will have mindfulness. If you are not attached to the housing prices, you will have a clear mind to invest. If you are not attached to the disagreements in the family, you have to capacity to transform it into a warm and loving family.

2011 will be the year of rabbit, I wish everybody can be alive and energetic like a rabbit, full of hope. Let’s put our efforts together and make our hopes come true. Let us not to be like the rabbit in the story of the race with the turtle, loose ourselves because of our pride. Please take good care of your mind, and do not let good, bad situations and negative emotions occupy your mind; just like Hak Lin Zen Master said, “There is no place for you to stay.” Do not open the door to anyone, the monk, even Buddha. Then we can attain what the Sixth Patriarch said, “Not thinking good, not thinking bad, this is the original face.” And we can attain our true nature, save all beings from suffering.