平常心 Normality - 總結平靜之道 Summary

Part 2: Walking The Path 第2篇：行道

2-2. The Path of Peace 平靜之道

2-2-2. Summary 總結平靜之道

Once more, I’ll summarize the principles of practice in short:

我要再次將修行的原理做個簡短的總結：

1. The first stage is to catch the movements of the body in all the postures. When we can catch them, we will know the convention that we can see with our eyes and touch with our hands. This is objective, external.

2. 修行第一階段是要覺知到我們身體行住坐臥時的一切動作，當我們能覺知到它們，我們就能知道世間法，也就是我們眼睛看得見、手摸得到的這些東西，這些是客體的、外在的。

3. Having practiced the first stage, a little bit of knowledge arises, it is called defilements due to Vipassana. It is important to avoid this, not being too glad with the knowing, and continuing to watch the mind, when we see, know and understand our minds penetratingly, greed, hatred and delusion will be destroyed to some extent.

4. 練習過第一個階段後，會生起一點智慧，但是我們稱之為修習毘婆舍那的染污。因此很重要的一點是要放下它，不要因為有這種知解智慧而變得太高興，要繼續看心。當我們持續深入去看見、知道與了解我們的心，就能消除某種程度的貪瞋癡。

5. When greed, hatred and delusion have gone down a bit, we’ll feel joyfulness. When joy arises, fix on it, but don’t be caught up in joy. We have to pull ourselves out of it. Keep watching the mind. At this stage, wisdom-knowledge will appear that destroys or diminishes clinging and grasping.

6. 當貪瞋癡減少了一點，我們會感到歡喜。當喜悅生起時，要覺知它，而不要沈迷在那種喜悅當中，我們必須把自己從中給拉出來，繼續看心。在這階段，會生起智慧，滅除我們內心的執取。

7. When attachment has decreased, one will see, know and understand normality: the body is normal, speech is normal and the mind is normal. This is normality is called virtue-concentration-wisdom.

8. 當執著減少了，我們就能看見、知道並了解「平常心(normality)」：身回復平常，言語回復平常，心也回復平常，這就是平常心，也叫做「戒-定-慧(virtue-concentration-wisdom)」(注：意即平常心即戒、即定、即慧，即一即三，即三即一)。

9. When seeing the state of arising/passing, if one doesn’t understand it, one will hold an abnormal view, but if one is fully aware, practice reaches its end.

10. 當見到自心生滅的狀態(the state of arising/passing)時，如果我們不了解的話，就會執取某些錯誤的知見，反之，如果我們覺性圓滿完全了解的話，修行就達到終極目標了。

Therefore, I encourage you to try to practice until you meet with you own thoughts and are able to pull yourself out of them.

因此，我鼓勵你們要努力修習，直到你能看見自己的念頭，並且能將自己從中拉出來為止。