平常心 林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體
佛法裡講「平常心」，是說猶如無事，平靜安寧的心態。禪門也有「平常心是道」的公案。但是人生峰迴路轉，難免遭值驚心動魄、千鈞一髮的情境，又如何能安住「平常心」呢？ 一般是說，要不著相、不起分別，放下罣礙。但是，這若非老修行，習於無執，定力深厚，談何容易？其實，只要了悟我們經驗的性質，便能隨時修「平常心」，並且容易安住「平常心」。 我們的一切經驗都是轉瞬即過，無從把捉。著相、分別及罣礙都是由於自心的執取纔在。既然經驗，不管自己覺得好壞、喜惡，不斷隨因緣轉化，無人能掌控，執取又有何用？了悟及此，不復執取念頭及慾望，便能隨時修「平常心」；並且容易安住「平常心」，因為只是隨順因緣渡日而已。難只難在人心已離純樸遠了！
二○二○年十二月十八日
Ordinary Mind Yutang Lin
″Ordinary Mind″, as mentioned in Dharma works, refers to mental state, which is peaceful and stable, as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened. There is also a Chan (Zen) Kong An (Koan) on ″Ordinary Mind is the Path″. Nevertheless, courses in life twists and turns, it is inevitable for one to encounter disturbing and drastic situations, how, then, could one abide in such ″Ordinary Mind″? Usually, teachings in Dharma would instruct that, one should not attach to concepts, should not develop comparisons, and let go of attachments. However, unless one is an adept used to no grasping and has profound stability of meditation, this is easier said than done. Indeed, we need only to comprehend the nature of our experiences, and then we could cultivate ″Ordinary Mind″ whenever we want; furthermore, it would be easy to abide in ″Ordinary Mind″. All our experiences passed instantaneously, and there is no way to grasp it. Attaching to concepts, making comparisons and grasping to attachments subsist only due to our mental grasping. Now that our experiences, despite our feelings of good or bad, like or dislike, are incessantly evolving as causal conditions changed, and no one can control all these, what is the use of our grasping? As one comprehends this and no longer grasps to ideas and desires, then one can cultivate ″Ordinary Mind″ whenever one wants. Furthermore, then it would be easy to abide in ″Ordinary Mind″ because one simply passes days in accordance with causal conditions. The difficulty of realizing this lies in the fact that peoples′ minds are already distant from being pure and simple!
Written in Chinese and translated into English on December 18, 2020 [Home][Back to list] |