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title: 手 Hand
description: "那些研究理論的人和禪修的人，彼此誤解。強調研究的人，通常會這樣說：「修禪定的僧人只憑靠自己的看法，他們的教導是沒有依據的。」"
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 那些研究理論的人和禪修的人，彼此誤解。強調研究的人，通常會這樣說：「修禪定的僧人只憑靠自己的看法，他們的教導是沒有依據的。」

 事實上，從某方面來說，學習與修行這兩種方式，其實是同一件事。我們把它想作是手心和手背，可能會比較容易了解。如果我們把手伸出來，手背好像不見了，其實它並沒有消失，只是藏在下面而已。當我們再把手翻過來時，會有相同的情形發生，手心哪里都沒去，只是藏在下而罷了。

 談到修行時，這點我們必須牢牢記住，假使我們認為它「消失」，就會改變心意而去做研究，希望能在研究中得到結果。不過，無論你下多少功夫研究佛法，你將永遠無法了解佛法，因為依據真理，你並不真的了解它。假若我們懂得佛法的如實本性，就會開始放下。放下就是——除去執著，不再有執著，就算仍有，也會逐漸減少。研究與修行之間，就有這種差異。

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Those who study theory and those who practice meditation misunderstand each other. Usually those who emphasize study say things like, "Monks who only practice meditation just follow their own opinions, they have no basis in their teaching." Actually, in one sense, these two ways of study and practice are exactly the same thing. We can understand this better if we consider the front and back of our hand. If we hold our hand out, it seems like the back of our hand has disappeared. Actually the back of our hand hasn't gone anywhere. It's merely hidden underneath. We should keep this in mind when we consider practice. If we think that it has "disappeared," we'll go off to study, hoping to get results. But it doesn't matter how much we study the Dhamma, we'll never understand it if we don't know it in accordance with Truth. If we do understand the real nature of Dhamma, then we begin to let go. This is surrendering, removing attachment, not clinging anymore, or if there is still clinging, it diminishes as time goes by. So study and practice are really just two sides of the same hand.