耽着味禅头头错（1）
Being Greedy for the Flavor of Chan Is Wrong(1)
就等着这种味禅，一等就把什么功都忘了。
You will just keep waiting for that flavorful experience to reoccur. Waiting, you forget all about applying effort.
◎宣化上人开示
A talk given by Venerable Master Hsuan Hua
坐禅不要贪着味禅。什么叫味禅？就是一种禅悦，坐得时间差不多了，就有一种感觉：很自在、很舒服、懒洋洋的。你要是贪着于这种舒服自在的境界，就不容易再进步，就会在此停留，总想找味禅。要是这种境界没有了，就去追求“什么时候我再能有这种境界呢？这种境界无人、无我、无众生、无寿者，无烦无恼，非常自在快乐，什么时候可以再来呢？……”就等着这种味禅，一等就把什么功都忘了，这就是执着于味禅上。When you sit in Chan, don"t be greedy for flavorful Chan. What is flavorful Chan? It refers to the bliss of the Dhyanas. When you have been sitting just about long enough, you start experiencing a feeling of comfort and freedom, and you may feel kind of indolent. If you become greedy for this state of comfort and ease, it"s not easy for you to go on and make progress. You will linger there, always trying to get back to the state of flavorful Chan. When the state goes away, you will chase after it, thinking, "When am I going to have that kind of state again? In that state there was no self, no others, no living beings, and no life span; no afflictions, and no hassles. It was very blissful and very comfortable and free. I wonder when I will ever have that experience again." And you will just keep waiting for that flavorful experience to reoccur. Waiting, you forget all about applying effort. That"s known as getting attached to flavorful Chan.坐禅人要无罣无碍、无贪无求、无喜无忧、无恐无怖，应把己身看成虚空法界一样，不需有所执着贪求。你一有所贪求，就落到第二义上。以下略释四禅天修证的境界。Cultivators of Chan need to be free of obstructions and hang-ups. They cannot be craving anything. You cannot get excessively happy, or depressed, and you shouldn"t have any fear or terror. You should see your body as being the same as empty space and the Dharma Realm. There"s no need to cling to anything or crave anything. As soon as you crave something, you fall into a secondary level of truth. A brief explanation of the states of the Four Dhyana Heavens is given below.初禅天，“离生喜乐地”：离开众生之烦恼，生出禅悦为食、法喜充满的快乐；离开众生之迷倒，向圣人之菩提路上迈步。达到这种禅时，不能冒充，不是自己说，而是要善知识为你印证。The Heavens of the First Dhyana / The Stage of the Happiness of Separating from Production: leaving the afflictions of living beings, one obtains the happiness of "taking Dhyana bliss as food" and "being filled with the joy of Dharma." Leaving the confusion of living beings, one starts advancing along the Bodhi path of the sages. Arriving at the First Dhyana isn"t something you can fake. It isn"t something you can claim for yourself; a Good and Wise Advisor must certify the state for you.这种境界有个证明：气不出不入，呼吸断了，但人未死，这叫入定，入初禅定。它与睡觉不同，不要以为睡觉是入定；睡觉不单单呼吸气照常，而且也打呼打鼾，邻单听得如雷鸣。所以你的呼吸气断了没有，善知识一看就知道。你要是说：“我觉得我没气了！”这是假的，是冒充的。你若知道，那根本未入初禅！所以不能拿假牌当真货卖。When you reach that state, there is proof--the proof is that you no longer inhale or exhale--your breath has stopped, although you aren"t dead. This is known as entering the Samadhi of the First Dhyana. It"s different from sleep, so you shouldn"t think that going to sleep is the same as entering samadhi. When you are sleeping, you continue to breathe, and you may even snore so loudly that it sounds like thunder to your neighbors. A Good and Wise Advisor can tell immediately whether or not your breath has stopped. If you say, "I feel like my breath has stopped!" that"s false. You"re faking it. If you know, then you haven"t even entered the First Dhyana! So don"t try to put up a false sign and sell counterfeit goods.这里头若细分析起来，有大块文章可以写，很多理论可以说。不过说那么多，反而是障碍，故说一点点，免得你们生贡高起邪见，说自己入了初禅（离生喜乐地），这真是骗人。If I were to go into this in detail, there are a lot of principles that could be talked about, and I could write a whole essay on this. But if I say too much, it only creates obstacles. So I"ve just said a little bit to prevent you from becoming arrogant and misled by deviant views and claiming to have entered the First Dhyana (the Stage of the Happiness of Separating from Production). That"s really cheating people.（待续 To be continued）
【编注】恭录自《宣化上人中英开示录（二）》，刊载于“法界佛教总会中文官网”。
