觀空之應用_Application of Sunyata Visualization

上座觀空捨一切，日常應用頓出離；
習於小局多拘絆，回復無限便怡然。

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儀軌中兩度觀空。第一次空去對世間一切之執著，第二次則將由空性中觀起之一切亦再放捨，以達本來純粹、毫無造作的明淨，而後由之起用渡生。

觀空之體驗應用於生活中，即是了達在任何一刻皆可將心中所有懸念、牽掛，以及身體一切覺受皆完全置之度外，而自然安住於清明無事中，並且由此純淨之安定心態自然應對於日常生活中。

一般而言，吾人習於集中注意在心中所執之小範圍內，以及個人之覺受及好惡，並執以為實，因此無以出苦。經過觀空的修習，可能漸漸體會一切本來如幻，只因習於執實而成無以擺脫之桎梏。基於觀空的體驗，吾人可能在生活中頓時出離窠臼，而得以休息及略嚐安詳之法喜。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○五年七月卅一日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

Application of Sunyata Visualization　Yutang Lin

During Sadhana practices visualize Sunyata to renounce everything.
Applying such experiences in daily life one instantly becomes free!
Being accustomed to small circles there are many entanglements.
Once returned to being boundless tranquility and joy are natural.

Comment:

During Sadhana practices one visualizes Sunyata twice. The first time is to renounce one's grasping to everything in the world. The second time is to further renounce even grasping to any realization born of Sunyata attainment. Thus one would arrive at the originally pure and free from any artificial endeavor state of clarity and brightness, and then from within such a state of mind freely apply oneself to salvation activities.

Applying experiences gained through Sunyata visualizations in daily life one would realize that at any instant one could set all concerns and tangles of mind and all sensations of body aside, and thereby abide naturally in a state of clarity that is free from worries, furthermore, one could then respond naturally to daily-life situations from within such a state of purity and tranquility.

Generally speaking, we are accustomed to concentrating our attentions to a small circle of matters of personal grasping and personal feelings and preferences, and furthermore, we grasp to these as being substantial, and consequently there is no escape from the ensuing sufferings. Through practices in Sunyata visualization one could gradually realize that all things are originally evanescent, and that it was only due to our customary practice of grasping them as being substantial that they became inescapable bondages. Based on experiences gained through Sunyata visualizations we could instantly escape the nest of old habits in daily life, and thereby get some rest and have a taste of the tranquil joy of Dharma.

Written in Chinese and translated on July 31, 2005
El Cerrito, California

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