真實的魔術 The Real Magic

The Real Magic

　　真實的魔術

The villagers and other disciples around WatBa Pong tell many tales of Achaan Chah’s powers. They say he can make his body manifest in several places at once and some claim to have seen his double. They tell of his great healing powers, of his cures of the sick, or they speak of his power to know the minds of others, of his clairvoyance and penetrating Samadhi.

　　住在巴蓬寺附近的村民和其他弟子，傳出很多關于阿姜 查有神通的傳說。他們說，他能夠同時在很多地方出現，甚至望稱見過他的復身。他們談他的治病神通、他醫病的良方或談他有他心通、他的天眼通和進入三摩地的神通。

Achaan Chah laughs at these stories, at the unenlightened concern for, the misguided awe of such powers. “There is only one real magic,” he says, “the magic of the Dharma, the teachings that can liberate the mind and put an end to suffering. Any other magic is like the illusion of a card trick-it distracts us from the real game, our relation to human life, to birth and death, and to freedom. At WatBa Pong,” he says, “we only teach the real magic.”

　　對于不明智地顧慮怪力亂神的故事，阿姜 查引以為笑。他說:「只有一種魔術是真正的魔術，那就是「法」的魔術──能夠使心解脫並斷除苦的教法。任何其他的魔術就如同牌戲的幻影，干擾我們的真實的游戲──人類生命的關系、生與死和解脫的游戲。他說：「在巴蓬寺里，我們只教導真實的魔術。」

On another occasion he told the monks: “Of course, if one reaches Samadhi, it can be used for other purposes-cultivating psychic powers, or making holy water, blessings, charms, and spells. If you reach this level, such things can be done. Practicing like that is intoxicating, like drinking good liquor. But over here is where the Path is, the way the Buddha passed. Here Samadhi is used as a foundation for Vipassana, contemplation, and need not be very great. Just observe what is arising, continue observing cause and effect, continue contemplating. In this way, we use the focused mind to contemplate sights, sounds, smells, tastes, bodily contacts, and mental objects.” It is in our very senses that the whole Dharma of liberation can be found.

　　在另外一次的集會中，他告訴僧侶們：「沒錯，如果達到三摩地的話，可以拿它來做其他目的之用──長養超能力、做聖水、祈福、咒符和巫術。如果你達到這種境界，就能有諸如此類的神通。但那樣的修行就好像喝醉酒一般。這里，才是「道」的地方──佛陀走過的路。在這里，三摩地是用來做為昆婆奢那、思惟的基礎，而且也不需要非常深的三摩地。只須審視生起的和繼續觀照因、果。如此一來，我們利用專注的心來思惟(觀)色、聲、香、味、觸和法。」整個解脫的「法」是在我們的感官中找到的。