來源：賢書 小四子記事 2024年10月16日
在哈佛大學(xué)組織的第一場(chǎng)禪修活動(dòng)
First meditation event organised at Harvard University
最近在和同修們一起學(xué)習(xí)一部非常有代表性的中國(guó)禪宗著作《大珠和尚頓悟入道要門》，每周兩次，學(xué)了好多好多周了，一句句地講解，一段段地學(xué)習(xí)，都挺開心的。
Recently, I have been studying a very representative Chinese Zen work, ‘Monk Dazhu’s Essentials of Enlightenment and Entry into the Way’, with my fellow students, twice a week, for many, many weeks, explaining sentence by sentence, studying paragraph by paragraph, and all quite happy.
但是，有一位參與學(xué)習(xí)的老師忽然發(fā)出了靈魂拷問：“小四子同學(xué)，既然是頓悟，為什么你卻講了這么多，講了這么久？”
However, one of the classmates participating in the discussion suddenly posed a soul-searching question: “Xiao Si, if it is truly enlightenment, why have you spoken so much and for so long?
”你看看，這是一個(gè)多么振聾發(fā)聵的問題啊，單刀直入，直指人心，切中要害。
Look at it, what a deafening question, single-handed, straight to the heart, to the point.
是的，只要落入語言文字，就是現(xiàn)象，就是葛藤，就是口舌，就是無奈。只有離心意識(shí)，離一切語言文字，離一切起心動(dòng)念，才行。
Yes, as long as one falls into language and words, one is a layman, a phenomenon, a kudzu, a tongue, a helplessness. Only when you are centrifugally conscious, away from all language and words, away from all starting thoughts, can you do it.
我學(xué)習(xí)了二百多天的英語，很慚愧，學(xué)了個(gè)片兒湯二五眼，根本就不足以進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)單的對(duì)話，但這個(gè)時(shí)候，剛剛好，可以繞過語言文字，體悟絕言絕慮。
I have studied English for more than 200 days, and I feel ashamed that I’ve only achieved a mediocre level — not even enough for simple conversations. But at this moment, it turns out to be just right, as I can bypass language and words to experience pure understanding beyond expression and thought.
對(duì)于不會(huì)中文的美國(guó)人，這個(gè)時(shí)候，也是剛剛好，可以繞開語言文字，直接體會(huì)絕言絕慮。
For Americans who do not know Chinese, this time, also just right, can bypass the language text, directly experience the absolute words absolute anxiety.
會(huì)中文的，也剛剛好，可以順著語言文字的指向，去體會(huì)絕言絕慮。
For those who know Chinese, it is also just the right time to bypass the words and experience the absolute words.
中文、英文都會(huì)的，也剛剛好。
Those who know both Chinese and English are also just right.
體會(huì)到絕言絕慮，就體會(huì)到從來就沒有什么不好。
If you can experience the absolute words, you will realise that there is never anything wrong with them.
體會(huì)不到，也沒關(guān)系，還有止觀禪，通過對(duì)呼吸的觀察，數(shù)、隨、止、觀、還、凈，步驟明確，方向清晰。
If you can’t experience it, it doesn’t matter, there’s still the Zen of stopping and observing, through the observation of the breath, counting, following, stopping, observing, returning, and purifying, the steps are clear, and the direction is clear.
當(dāng)然，說“體會(huì)不到”是錯(cuò)誤的，因?yàn)楦揪筒恍枰裁础绑w會(huì)”，這個(gè)動(dòng)詞是多余的，是錯(cuò)覺，是妄想，本來就是，還體會(huì)什么呢？
Of course, it’s wrong to say ‘can’t experience’ because there is no need to ‘experience’ anything at all. This verb is superfluous, it’s an illusion, it’s a delusion, it’s already there, so what’s the point of experiencing it?
世間所有的學(xué)習(xí)都是直接告訴我們，或者暗示我們，我們不好，我們不行，所以才要學(xué)習(xí)，而禪修則是掰開揉碎地告訴我們，一切關(guān)于禪修的方法、步驟、過程、乃至努力，都是為了幫助我們確認(rèn)，本自具足，本來就是最美好的存在，這個(gè)事實(shí)。
All the learning in the world is to tell us directly, or to imply that we are not good, we can’t do it, that’s why we need to learn, while meditation is to tell us in a broken way, all the methods, steps, processes, and even the efforts of meditation, are all to help us to confirm the fact that we are self-sufficient, and that this is the best existence.
這場(chǎng)超越語言文字的有趣的禪修活動(dòng)
時(shí)間：美國(guó)東部時(shí)間2024年11月1日上午10:00-11:30
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This intriguing meditation that transcends words and language?? Time: November 1, 2024, 10:00 am – 11:30 am (EST)??? Location: Harvard Divinity School, Swartz Hall Multifaith Space
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