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金剛上師林鈺堂瑜伽士開示錄 弟子藥恩關於法身光明和〈金剛經之大圓滿〉的提問 壹、 藥恩：我尊貴的上師，謝謝您的掛念和慈悲開示！ 經由您的作品，我徹底地理解了「緣起性空」。我以前一直追逐於「為什麽法身光明是空的」，總想抓住一個東西，把這個東西當做一切事物的本源（擺脫不了以科學探討佛法的思維習慣）。但是當我這麽思考的時候：「一切事物都會隨時間而變化，沒有不變而持續的事物存在」，我想到，既然法身光明能出生過去、現在、未來的一切事物，如果它是一種東西，那麽它必定是不會隨著時間和條件變化的、永恒的東西。如此一來就違背了徹底的「緣起論」。因此法身光明不是任何事物，所以我們說它是空的；但是普通的人執著於「空」，認為在我們理解的事物之外還有一個恒定不變的東西存在——「空」 。這也是錯誤的，應該是連「空」也是不可得的，「空」也是空的。 藉此，我明白到為什麽法身光明是什麽都沒有了，因為它不是任何東西，就連「什麽都沒有」這個概念也不可以有。它不在我們概念的認識範圍內，但是我們可以這樣表述它：Absence of everything except blue lights （明空之外，一切皆無），以幫助初學者認識。我這才明白上師為什麽再三強調讓我不要用思維去思考法身的境界。謝謝您！ 上師：現在你懂了。你以往無法了解的原因僅僅在於你執著於通過概念來理解事物的習慣。 Part One Yaoen: My noble guru, thank you for your concern and compassionate teaching! Through your works I have come to thoroughly understand the notion of "Blank Essence as dependent arising." I used to chase after "why the Dharmakaya Light is empty" for long, thinking that the Dharmakaya Light must be something we can grasp, because I always wanted to grasp a thing as the source of all things (couldn't get rid of the habit to use scientific thinking to explore Buddhism). But when I thought in this way: "Everything will change with time, and hence no unchanging thing exists." I understood that, since all things in the past, present and future are born from the Dharmakaya, if it is an unchanging thing we can grasp, it must be unchangeable with the time and conditions, an eternal thing. Then it becomes contrary to the Mutually-dependent Arising Theory: all things are mutually dependent, and there is no unchanging thing. Therefore, the Dharmakaya is not anything, so we say that it is empty; but ordinary people are accustomed to grasping, so they grasp the "emptiness" as an unchanging thing, thinking that there is a constant thing beyond our understanding—emptiness. But this is wrong; it should be that, even the "emptiness" is unavailable and non-existent. Thus, I comprehended why the Dharmakaya Light is in the absence of everything because it is not anything, and even the concept of "absence of everything" should not be held. It transcends our conceptual understanding, and yet we can describe it like this: Absence of everything except blue lights, which can help beginners to comprehend it. Now I know why Guru repeatedly stressed, that I should not ponder on the state of Dharmakaya in thoughts. Thank you! Guru: Now you have comprehended it. And the reason you could not comprehend it was simply due to your habit of grasping through mental concepts. 貳、 藥恩：弟子近來沒有修習多餘的法。按照您的指示，弟子遵循您當年的足跡，每天念佛。採取「肉包子打狗」法——有一個念頭生起，我就默念一遍「阿彌陀佛」。如此修行，頗有心得。 上師：這是真正的進步。這同樣告訴我們，遵循上師的指導去修行是非常重要的，因為當你確實地遵循那些指導時，可以在覺道的進展上為你節約很多精力和時間。 Part Two Yaoen: Recently I have not practiced other Dharma teachings. In accordance with your instruction, I follow your footprints; daily I just chant the Buddha name "Amitabha." I use this method (like throwing pork-dumplings at dogs): when a thought arises, I chant "Amitabha" once in my mind. Through such practice I gained many insights. Guru: This is real advancement. This also shows that it is very important to just follow Guru’s guidance because actually those guidance, when followed exactly, can save you a lot of energy and time for advancement on the Dharma path. 參、 藥恩：我尊貴的上師，弟子想請問您，經常看到密典講述「始覺、母光明」。弟子請問這個前念已逝，後念未生，中間這個間隙、空檔，是否就是我們說的「始覺、母光明」的顯發？ 上師：錯了。它並非在某個時間或空間我們可以抓住的某樣東西。它是永遠總在的。 藥恩：如您作品（http://www.originalpurity.org/gurulin/b5files/f0/f0015.html）所闡述的那樣，「念頭與念頭之間的空白」，此乃大圓滿的境界；這個理解對嗎？ 上師：錯了。在該作品中清楚地陳述：「當下不著於相」。而你卻誤解為執著於「當下」。 Part Three Yaoen: My noble master, I would like to ask the following: I often read in Tantric texts talking about "Innate Awareness," "the Mother Brilliance." I want to know, when a thought disappeared and the next thought hasn’t arisen; at this moment, in the middle of the gap, is that what we called as "Innate Awareness" or " the Mother Brilliance"? Guru: Wrong. It is not something that can be captured at some time or point. It is always there all the time. Yaoen: As your work (http://www.originalpurity.org/gurulin/efiles/p0/p0018.html) expounded, I think, a gap between thoughts is the state of Great Perfection; is this understanding correct? Guru: Wrong. It is clearly stated in the work: "at the instant not confined by forms." And yet you misunderstood it as grasping to "at the instant." 願您永遠健康、永遠住世！ |