精勤 Strenuous

Strenuous

精勤

The text also uses the word 『ātāpī』 the root of which means to heat up. When one is enthusiastic, ātāpī may be said to be at work. Heat causes the evaporation of moisture. Enthusiasm causes the evaporation of all mental defilements (kilesā), as flies do not hover around a piece of red-hot iron. When enthusiasm is weak, defilements gain entry into the heart via the six sense-doors and torment ordinary people who fail to note the arising and passing away of all conditioned things. Defilements find no foothold in the mind of a vigilant meditator. In the texts, a defiled mind is compared to a wet, sappy stick. When meditation is practised with the utmost zeal and enthusiasm, defilements evaporate from one』s mind, leaving it absolutely dry and pure.

經文也使用了詞彙『ātāpī』。該詞的詞根表示加熱。當一個人是熱誠的，就可以說ātāpī 正在工作。熱導致潮氣蒸發。熱誠導致所有心的煩惱(kilesā)蒸發掉，就像蒼蠅不會盤旋于又紅又熱的烙鐵周圍。如果熱誠變得虛弱，煩惱就通過六根門獲得入口進入內心，折磨那些忘記觀照一切有為法的生和滅的凡人。煩惱在精勤的禪修者的內心找不到立足處。經文中，煩惱的心比喻為潮濕多液的樹枝。盡最大的熱心和熱誠來練習禪修時，煩惱就從禪修者心中蒸發掉，讓心保持乾燥和純淨。