看戲修行 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體
佛道的修行
不只是佛課的精進
終歸要應用在日常生活
而實行中修習的要點
是覺查自心的執取而加以放捨
若不知修去執
而只在堅持一己所執
雖精進於佛課
也是未諳修行
看戲一般視為放逸
說是也在修行
難免被批為謊言
更何況看的是
有暴力、有殘殺、有色情
真知要修去執
但不可能有那麼多情景
讓自己去體驗種種執取的生起
看戲設身處地
在短暫的時間裡
便可覺查自己偏於那些地方
是否忘失平等的慈悲
還是陷於立場而不能悲憫一切
更何況
一部戲的對白、故事、舖陳、情節
點點滴滴 處處都表現
種種觀點 眾生百態
可使心智起反思及觀感
並可能從中學習及反省
豈止是休閒
佛法教示「不著於相」
不要執影戲為
一定是放逸
不要認定
只有「真、善、美」才能觀賞
實相並無人為的見解與禁忌
修是修去執
任何情況都可修
才是活的
才是通達了如何修
只能在一個框框裡的
修來修去
只在死胡同內
二○○九年十二月四日
養和齋 於加州
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yutang Lin"
To: "Dharma Friends"
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 2:57 PM
Subject: New Work
Whenever I watch movies, my wife is not happy about it because she
thinks that a practitioner should not waste time on that.
每當我看戲時，內人會因為她認為身為一個修行者不應該浪費時間在這上面而不開心。
When I explained that it is also a Dharma practice, she challenged me
to tell the world how it is also a Dharma practice. Otherwise, it
would be just leisure in disguise.
當我向她解釋那也是一種修行時，她就質問我要向全世界說那怎麼也是一種佛法的修行。否則，就只是放逸的藉口。
So I wrote on this topic.
所以我寫了這個主題。
I hope that this would enlighten some practitioners as to how to
practice--the key is to renounce one's attachments as soon as one
became aware of them. And I also hope that it will not become an
excuse for novices to spend much time on leisure pursuits.
我希望此篇能夠點醒一些行者知道該如何修行─要點是在於只要一覺查到自心的執取就要放捨。而我也希望這不會變成初學者花費太多時間於休閒的藉口。
May all beings attain Enlightenment soon!
願一切眾生早日成佛！
Yutang
鈺堂
Practice through Watching Movies Yutang
Lin
Practicing on the Dharma path
Is not only to be diligent during Dharma practice sessions
Eventually one needs to apply Dharma in daily life
In actual applications the key to practice is
To become aware of one's grasping and then renounce it
If one knows not to renounce grasping
But only insisting on upholding one's grasping
Even though diligent in Dharma practice sessions
One is still not well-versed in Dharma practices
Watching movies is generally considered as leisure
Saying that it is also a Dharma practice
Could not help being criticized as lying
Not to mention the movies watched
Have scenes that are violent, cruel slaughter or lewd
Really knowing that one should practice renouncing grasping
But impossible to have so many situations available
For one to experience the arising of all kinds of grasping
Through movie-watching one goes into the situations presented
Within a short while
One could notice where one is inclined to lean to
Whether one had forgotten about universal compassion
Or is confined by certain position to have mercy for all
Not to mention the fact that
Dialogue, story, presentation and sequence of scenes in a movie
Bit by bit, showing everywhere
All sorts of views on life, and all kinds of attitudes of beings
Thus capable of arousing reflection and personal views
And the opportunity to learn therefrom and reflect on oneself
How could it be just a leisure pursuit
Dharma teaches: Not to grasp to form
Don't grasp to movies as
Definitely a leisure pursuit
Don't take it for sure
That only "truth, goodness and beauty" can be watched
Reality has no artificial views and taboos
To practice Dharma is to practice renouncement of grasping
Under any circumstances one can practice it
Only then is it a lively practice
And a thorough mastery on how to practice Dharma
Things that are confined within a certain framework
No matter how you practice them
You will remain in a blind alley
Written in Chinese and translated on December 8, 2009
El Cerrito, California
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