So the true mind is something I cannot
tell you. I can only say what it's not.
我無法告訴你真心法性是什麼，我只能說它不是什麼。
What is not the true mind -- it's not this body, it's not our feelings, it's not
真心如來藏不是肉軀，不是感受，不是
our consciousness, and some thoughts. But when you actually experience the true
意識或念頭。但當體驗到真心時，
mind you can know it. Q: Is the true mind
the same as the Buddha nature? A: Yes.
你必會知道。問：真心是佛性嗎？答：是的。
Q: What about if you experience
compassion for someone, love for
問：當你憐憫心或大悲心流露時，
someone. Is that part of the true mind? A: It can be. Not all love and empathy comes from 那是本心自性的一部分嗎？答：可以是。並非所有的愛或同情皆源於
the true mind because actually a lot of
times our love and our empathy...
法性，更多時候是…
Q: Are attachments, huh? A: Yes. There's a huge amount of self in it. A lot of 問：是執著嗎？答：是的。這絕大多數是把自我當真了。
that is a matter of give-and-take;
it's conditioned. That's something to
這種執著是帶有條件的。這是有為法。
be aware of. That requires somebody who
is very observant of their thoughts, of 我們必須要注意，只有會觀照自己念頭感受等的人才會發覺。
their feelings. Q: But if you're too perfectionist on yourself, you're never going to 問：但如果你是個完美主義者，因對自己要求過高你將會變得冷漠無情？
let yourself feel anything. You're
always like, I can't feel love because
我無法承受愛因為
I mind the attachment. I better not
feel love, you know. A: Oh wait a second.
我太在意我執著而否。答：等等。
One day this seasoned meditator had gotten
the news that his son passed away.
有一天，有位高僧聞曉他兒子去世的消息。
This is the son he had before he became a monk.
這是他出家前有的兒子。
His students thought, here's 
is this seasoned meditator. He's seen all
老修行的弟子們想說，這禪者閱歷豐富，
kinds of different mind states and he knows what inner peace is like.
歷經種種禪悅境界。
So when he hears this news, he must just
be kind of blase, or
當他聽到消息必定無動於衷、漠不關心。
nonreactive. But when they told the news
to the seasoned meditator, he bawled his head off.
但是當他們告知老法師後，老師父潸然淚下。
He just sobbed and sobbed and sobbed.
接著更是嚎啕大哭，泣不成聲。
After he stopped, he came to. He back to
this calmness. His students asked him
平心靜氣後，弟子們問道:
why did you react that way? Aren't you
supposed to be a great meditator? How can
為何反應出乎意料之外？打坐功夫高超的您
you cry when you hear
about your son? He says, that's the way
為何聽到兒子的往生竟放聲大哭？老僧解釋說:
I let my feelings come, and I let them come fully.
如是如是。感觸來了就讓它來，
They express themselves and then
I let them go. That's it. The way
來了後就會走。
we think about thoughts, feelings,
sensations, we're not trying to stop them
不管是念頭、感受或觸覺，我們不是要遏止羈絆、掩飾遮蓋。
we're not trying to put a cover
over them. Q: Like suppress them? A: Yes, exactly.
問：例如壓抑抑制一般嗎？答：是。
But you notice that when we're talking about meditating, we're talking about
禪坐是觀想
observing the sensations; we never ever
say we want to push away those
並非冥頑地杜絕阻截一切。
sensations. That's not what we want to do when it comes to feelings. When you said
當你說你感到焦躁不安，我從未曾說你要抗拒那感受。
you felt agitated, I never said to resist
the agitation. Right. I said befriend it.
我說相與為友。
Right. Let it come and let it go because when
觀照它的來回。行於當行，止於當止。
you actually try to get rid of it, that's
when it becomes
當你試圖排斥擺脫它，反而令它
stronger. But that's our tendency: our
tendency is fight or flight.
更強勁猛烈。但那也是我們的習性，或戰或退的反應。
Q: My tendency is to either fight it, either fight my thoughts or
問：我的習性是還擊，要不與我的念頭戰鬥
distract myself by watching TV or
something like that. A: Right that's flight. 
要不就看電視或做其他事來分散自己的注意力。 答：那是逃避。
That's a form of escape. Yeah, that's everybody's tendency. It's a
退脫的反應。這也是每個人的習性。
very natural habit that all of us have,
so it takes a lot of practice and a lot
這習慣成自然，眾皆如此，所以需要時時觀心，
of awareness to do that. That type of
self-awareness, yes, to become
精進修行。
vigilant at it all the time requires
a lot of discipline, a lot of hard work
自我觀照需要意志力、克制力、努力。
and sometimes it does get dry. That's
where, for me for example, when I did
有時會覺得枯燥。
meditation for a number of years, I did
feel like it became a bit dry for me. 
我打坐幾年後頗有同感。
That's where the rituals and
the chanting became very moisturizing,
唱誦法會成為滋潤，
like nourishment for me.
So it requires an amount of balance but
一種平衡法。
it's always excellent to be very
vigilant and self aware at all times,
修行精進
that's when we really develop. After a while you
也就會進步。在一陣子後
don't have to think about it, you don't
have to think, okay, now I'm going to
不必刻意作意就能揮灑自如。
practice awareness, but it just comes naturally. Q: So being aware of your emotions isn't about
問：因此，注意自己的情緒並非
suppressing or judging them, it just means you're aware of them.
抑制批判它們，僅是意識注意到它們。
A: Exactly. Guests that comes through. With guests that come,
答：沒錯。如有朋來訪，
you offer them tea or coffee, then they leave. Sound or we could say
客人來時你請他們用茶或咖啡。他們過後會離開。
sensations, feelings, thoughts,
all these things only come temporarily.
色聲香味觸法皆無常住。
We don't resist it and we don't try
to control it, but we simply watch it.
切勿排斥、控制或障礙，只要注意到就好。
