VII. 禪修的姿勢 Posture for Meditation

VII. Posture for Meditation

VII. 禪修的姿勢

Idha pana bhikkhave bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā nisīdati pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā.

O bhikkhus! In this Sāsana a bhikkhu, having gone to a forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to a quiet place, sits down cross-legged with his upper body erect, keeping his attention firmly fixed on the object of meditation.

諸比丘！于此有比丘，或住森林，或住樹下，或住空屋，結跏趺坐，正直其身，置念面前。

Here, in the sutta, the Buddha says 「sits down cross-legged」 because the cross-legged posture is especially suitable for meditation. But any of the four postures diligently adopted will suffice.

因為跏趺坐特別適合于禪修，所以在經文此處，佛陀說「結跏趺坐」。不過，可以采取四種威儀中任何一種，只要勤奮去修習，便已足夠。

Parimukhaṃ means, literally, 「in front of his face.」 It means he does not look around here and there, but pays attention to his meditation object (of respiration at the nostrils). ed.(注，該段只出現在aimwell版中)

Parimukhaṃ的字面意思是「他的面前」。這意味著他不能左顧右盼，而是專注于禪修所緣(鼻孔處的呼吸)。

This ends the posture for meditation.

禪修的姿勢節到此結束。