追隨你的老師 Follow Your Teacher

Follow Your Teacher

　　追隨你的老師

As you grow in Dharma, you should have a teacher to instruct and advise you. The matter of concentrating the mind, of samadhi, is much misunderstood; phenomena occur in meditation that otherwise do not normally arise. When this happens, a teacher’s guidance is crucial, especially in those areas in which you have wrong understanding. Often where he corrects you will be just where you thought you were right. In the complexity of your thinking, one view may obscure the other and you get fooled. Respect your teacher and follow the rules or system of practice. If the teacher says to do something, do it. If he says to desist, desist. This allows you to make an honest effort and leads to making knowledge and vision manifest in your mind. If you do as I am saying, you will see and know.

　　在佛法中成長時，應該要有一位老師來指導、忠告你。關于定心或三摩地這檔事，是常被誤解的，平常不曾發生的現象，在禪修中都會發生。當這種情形發生時，一位老師的指導是非常重要的，特別是在那些你誤解的領域里。通常，他糾正你的地方，正是你認為是對的地方。在你錯綜複雜的思想中，一個見解中也許會隱藏另一個，而使你受矇騙。尊敬你的師父，並遵從其修行規矩及方法。如果老師叫你去做事，就去做；如果他叫你停止，就停止。這使你產生一個摯誠的努力，並引導你去產生智慧，及內心明晰的洞察力。如果你照著我的話去做，你就會明白和了解。

True teachers speak only of the difficult practice of giving up or getting rid of the self. Whatever may happen, do not abandon the teacher. Let him guide you, because it is easy to forget the Path.

　　真正的老師只談關于「舍棄」和「除去自我」的困難修行。無論發生什麼事，都不可舍棄你的老師。讓他指導你，因為我們很容易就會忘了「道」。

Alas, few who study Buddhism really want to practice. I certainly urge them to practice, but some people can only study in a logical way. Few are willing to die and be born again free. I feel sorry for the rest.

　　唉！學習佛法而想真正去實踐的人太少了。我的確鼓勵他們去修行了，可是，有些人只能以一種合于邏輯的方式修行，很少人願意去死後再自在地再生一次。對于這些人，我只能深感遺憾。